Pandora Hearts Episode 22-23

Finally! It feels like forever since I blogged any anime. New Hampshire sucked me into their laid back no technology lifestyle! SAVE ME ANIME!

WTF is going on?!

But yeah...I wish I hadn't gotten behind on Pandora Hearts. And I am glad it was only for two weeks. Missing two episodes was confusing enough! X_X I have learned my lesson Pandora Hearts.

But yes. Yay for anime. I have been so busy this week I haven't gotten a chance to overload on anime in preparation for AWA. Fail on my behave. I blame Pokemon Platinum and the damn pokemon radar I can't seem to make work.

Okay! On to Pandora Hearts and how it makes my brain explode in fun and exciting ways. And yes for spoilers and speculations!


Yeah. It was a bad time to take a break (an unintentional one) from Pandora Hearts. I have no idea what happened at all in episode 22. Taking a break on episode 23 would have been the smarter move had I known what was going to happen.

Vincent is good at making friends.

This episode opens up in the past (mog shocker right?). It’s not at the point I remember from episode 21 as the tragedy just took place and White Alice was rolling on the floor in pain. No this scene shows normal Alice while she was human. She was happily waiting for Jack to come and play with her. Vincent comes in with her dead cat Cheshire, having cut his eyes out. He mocks her as Alice loses her mind.

This is important I know it!

Even though this scene seems rather random it is actually really important. One we learn about how the pet Cheshire died and why he and White Alice are the way they are. Two Vincent is holding a pair of scissors. Alice was killed and it was an MOG moment on the scissors. So…I am saying it is safe to say that Vincent killed Alice and not Glen (as later information will show it can’t be Glen). Three it shows Alice capable of insane moments, just like White Alice/Will of the Abyss. So it is easier to see how sweet Alice became crazy insane Alice.

What is Break's real name again? I didn't catch it the first 125896 times!

Break wakes up from his memory nightmare to have people fawning over him. Well Gilbert is more in shock that he is from the past too but everyone else seems concerned. Barma acts like he did Break a huge favor and demands that he continue on with his story (Break left off when Vincent came in with a baby Gilbert and that small explosion happened 100 years ago). Oz proves to be Oz again and tries to tell Break not to say anything that will cause him pain. Break pretends that Oz’s concern is unfounded but we all know that Break is happy someone cares about him.

How can someone so young be so crazy?

Vincent falls on the ground and smiles crazy when he sees White Alice. He wants to know why she is even here because he KNOWS Alice shouldn’t be here. He saw her die (or did it, whatever). White Alice and Cheshire are not pleased to see Vincent. It is attack of the crazy eyes and then…it’s almost like White Alice is Alice, crying like an innocent child. She even doesn’t recognize Break in the room. Instead it is time for a tea party.

I was expecting an epic tantrum....

Yeah…Alice is a crazy person. And Break needs a hug for going through such craziness. He looks like deer in headlights while all these people he doesn’t know have freak attacks. Yes Break was a bad person what with killing people and all to bring back his family…but still. This is above and beyond torture.

Who needs tears?! It's time for tea!

So while White Alice is having her tea party waiting for Jack, Vincent decides to ruin her happiness. He tells her that Jack is probably dead by now, that he will never come back and he is fighting Glen. That everything that is happening right now is her fault, that she killed Jack. That was the wrong thing to say.

I don't think I would be laughing at a time like this but that's just me.

Vincent thinks that if everything breaks and goes insane he will look like the normal one. Yeah….this kid isn’t playing with a full deck. He and baby Gilbert are flung away as the dimension falls apart. Break hears Vincent say the word Break 4896967 times. Break decides that he is broken as well for being in this dimension and that is where the name comes from. In a way it makes sense….but Break is still a weird name.

Favorite scene of the entire episode. Is Break really Fai?!

Despite the fact the Abyss is falling apart and he is missing an eye and White Alice is INSANE Break decides he is going to get his wish granted. Which makes sense. If he is going to suffer and go through all this crap he might as well get his wish granted. The wish to turn back time and save his family.

Yes Gilbert, it's all about you.

And end scene. Gilbert is still walking around talking about how he is from the past. Gilbert I love you…but in the grand scheme of things what happened to you personally was the least suckiest thing out of the whole group. But it is funny to see him hanging on to that fact while everything else is crashing and burning all around him. The person that should be freaking out the most (after Break) is Alice and she is just sitting there on the floor. Poor Alice.

Barama's information fails.

Barma has decided that he is going to share with the group his information to make the deal fair. He says that Jack Bezarius use to write about a person named Alice. He found her living in a tower confine by the Basketcase people. Jack had his feelings hurt that Glen kept this information from him but he visited Alice. Alice does not seem to hate Glen but instead thinks everyone hates her. Alice looked forward to her visits with Jack and Jack seems happy too.

I predict this will end well.

But soon Jack picks up on the fact that not all is right with a girl who locked up in tower by crazy people. Sometimes Alice acts a little off, like she has a dark side to her. Jack questions the other Alice one day and OH BOY. She smiles her evil smile and I am sure Jack regrets asking that question.

This makes perfect sense DUH!

The other Alice explains Alice seems different because they are different. Their souls are connected. It is unclear who is in charge but I would assume it is the Will of the Abyss. But she implies that normal Alice uses their connection to come visit Earth for half the day. So White Alice in this scenario seems like the sane one and the normal Alice is the Will of the Abyss. Or I am just confused and have no idea what is going on and I am sure Jack didn’t either. Poor Jack.

Such a people person.

In conclusion of Barma says that Alice and the Will of the Abyss are twins. They were real people but born in the Abyss. Or some jazz like that. Barma doesn’t give them much else in terms of information. He says that Jack merely mentions a lot of regret when it comes to Alice and that Jack really should have been worried about a nation rather than two individuals. Barma shows his true colors and grabs Alice. The Basketcase people wanted Alice so they could get the Will of the Abyss (hence her being locked up in the tower). He also threatens Break that he will tell all of Pandora who he really is.

Oh it's on!

Oz isn’t having any of that. He says that Barma is an important person and people will listen to him. But Oz has the hero Jack inside of him and he can also twist the situation to his advantage. Oz has a mean streak in him when his friends are threatened. Also it is easier to be brave when Gilbert has a gun pointed at your opponent's head. XD Later Oz feels all X_X about the whole situation and that he was scared out of his mind. Typical Oz behavior.

It's hard to feel bad for yourself when you are hungry.

Alice is sitting on the floor in the exact same position as the boys discuss the situation. Now part of me feels really bad that she is depressed. I am sure all this information was hard on her. Most of it involves her. And she just found out that she is the twin of the Will of the Abyss. But then Alice announces she is hungry. Yeah….I guess Alice wasn’t sitting on the floor feeling bad for herself. But I can pretend she was?

Yay for sparkles!

Oz tries to tell Break once again how he really looks up to him for saying all that hard information even though he didn’t have to. Break tries to brush off the situation by saying he hasn’t even told the whole story. Oz does the whole I don’t care who you are speech and Alice bust out with we are using each other thus we are friends speech. This is supposed to be a touching moment where they all bound and Break smiles and knows they are friends deep down. But no..Break is not feeling the moment which makes the moment that much more special. Or at least it does in my opinion. XD

And you didn't freak out because....?

In the carriage ride home Break tells the rest of his story. About how he was born into a family of knights and he was sent to protect a certain noble family. He and the young daughter were out of the house when everyone else was killed. That is when he was approached by something in the Abyss to turn back time. Oz feels sad that nothing was done for Break, that the wish was too impossible. Break then explains no, that White Alice granted his wish and turned back time. The family was saved…for two or three years. But then they were all killed by a different person for a different reason. So Break’s wish actually cost the life of the little girl as she was spared the first time around.

Fai already has a twin....but we know how Tsubasa works. XD

Yes Break is still alive despite the fact that his life is crap and every decision he has made thus far has sucked hard. Oz tries to tell Break it isn’t his fault but Break goes all Tsubasa on him. It is his fault even if he didn’t know the outcome because he was asking for something so taboo. So Break thinks he is an awful person and deserves all this pain. WOOHOO.

See the seriousness!

Oz is full of these feel better speeches today. I think it is hard for him to be taken seriously since he technically only 15 but he is pretty wise. That and Break is not a very serious person to begin with. Everyone tries to take a moment to reflect on the day as Alice catches two snowflakes in her hand. One for her and one for her insane and murderous twin sister. Exciting.

So yeah…this episode was pretty special. I got kinda lost about how Alice and the Will of the Abyss were twins. Or why “human” Alice needed White Alice to get to Earth and visit Jack. Or why Barma thought his information was on par with Break’s. If I was Break I would be pretty pissed that I told practically everything except the tragedy and all he gets is that Alice is twins with the Abyss…WHICH IS ALMOST EXPECTED! Bleh.

Episode 23 was basically a review/recap episode. But Pandora Hearts went a little different route and didn’t have an episode with boring clips from other episodes thing.

No instead the plot was going at a snail’s pace with lots of pit stops to remind the viewers who people are and about unresolved plot issues.

Vincent is almost nice in this scene. Almost.

The new stuff consisted of Alice, Gilbert, and Oz hunting down another Chain. Once again it doesn’t have a memory for Alice. The entire group comments that none of the Chains so far have had memory pieces and they are not common like Break promised they would be. Ada takes a break from school and Alice is jealous. Oz gets a little antsy that the Pandora people are basically stalking him in an effort to protect him. Break manages to get those people off his back. Oz is a little down about them not getting facts about the Tragedy of Sabrie and Gilbert is sad that his Master is sad. Gilbert decides to go and see Vincent, the only person who knows what went down. Alice and Oz also without knowing Gilbert went but they are turned away by Echo. Gilbert questions Vincent but Vincent claims he doesn’t know anything. He really does later when he gets angry in front of Echo. The gang weighs their options and Oz decides they should go back to his adulthood ceremony site. Alice doesn’t feel anything when she goes to that grave Oz stumbled on in episode 1. Nothing sticks out as odd at the mansion. It becomes a bonding moment for Oz and Gilbert until it is interrupted after low level Chains. After they are squished the group looks over the hill and the nearby town is on fire. X_X

See, that is a lot of stuff that happened for a recap episode. Pandora Hearts did a good job!

Oz is on the ball!

Issues that we were reminded of include Gilbert protecting the Basketcase person. Who is Oz’s father. And will be a big shocker when Oz finally finds out. Shame on Gilbert for not telling him yet.

The song Lacie is discussed. MMM why is the song called Lacie? It’s not like it spells Alice of anything….

Drive by appearance!

We see Leo and Elliot but nothing are mentioned of Elliot’s nightmares and how he had a dream that he was basically Vincent.

Alice doesn't need to know who is in there. Even though she probably does.

The grave was mentioned again and even though it didn’t turn up any clues Gilbert made a big show of saying he couldn’t read what was written on the stone. I am sure it will turn out to be important.

Mortal Kombat!

And I like that they got back to Chain fighting again. That was what they were supposed to be doing all along! Of course it was fruitless but I am glad it got shown again.

I am sensing that there is going to be a season two for Pandora Hearts. XD I have no idea WHY I think that. No, it can’t be that there are only 2 episodes left and there are too many unanswered questions…NEVER. XD But yay for Pandora Hearts and all their confusing plots and scenarios. I look forward to being more confused next week!

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Fall Anime List 2009: My catch up season

I was going to do a long post about all the new shows I was going to watch this Fall Anime Season. I say was because I finally sat down and looked at the list of new shows. I like two.

Two.

Please do not revoke my anime lover card just yet though!



A great deal of the Fall Anime List are sequels. Which is fine...if you watched season one. So while there might be some really good shows (like Darker than Black or so I've been told) but I haven't seen season one yet! I can't watch half of these shows because of that factor alone. There is one sequel that I can and will watch though.


To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

No Touma? :( Sadness.

In Academy City, 80% of its 230,000 citizens are students of the Brain Development Program, meant to develop psychic powers. Based on To Aru Majutsu no Index, the side story follows Mikoto Misaka, a Level 5 psychic of “Judgment” that reserves law and order in the city.

Starting Date: 10-02-09

Well technically this isn't even a sequel. It clearly states this is a side story. So there will be no Touma, no Index, no crazy mages trying to kill either of them, and no awesome Index faces. I know there will be a true sequel to To Aru Majutsu no Index one day but not this season. For now this show looks like it will keep my interest in the series and maybe it will make me see Misaka in a different light. I might want to drop kick her annoying little friend but meh. I plan to blog this series despite the fact it will probably have lots of epic speeches (but no one will top you Touma!!!).

With one half of the list sequels I look to the other half to find new and interesting shows to fill up my viewing time. All I saw were boobs.

Well I guess that isn't fair. But it did have a lot of boringness. Librarians fighting each other? As series that is basically minutes of a student council meeting? 4 magical girl shows that all sound the same?! Yeah...I am not really impressed. Only title really sticks out in that crowd.


Kobato

Can't go wrong with CLAMP!

Kobato is sweet and perky girl, but also extremely naive about the world around her. She has a "mission", which is to fill a mysterious bottle of hers with the suffering from people's hearts so her wish to go a certain place that she desires to go can be granted. However, she has a restriction, she is not allowed to fall in love with any person whom she heals the heart of. Her companion for this task is a grumpy plush dog she calls Ioryogi-san.

Starting Date: 10-06-09

I love CLAMP. I was a little too caught up in Tsubasa and XXXholics to properly pay attention to this title but Simplicity set me straight. I have caught myself up on the current Kobato manga volumes and can't wait to see the anime adaptation. This could go either way as seen with the massive failure that was the Tsubasa anime series or pretty accurate as with the Chobit anime series. I want to have faith so I think it will be a very great series and I will enjoy blogging it. I just hope they don't try to finish it with a false ending like Tsubasa. 24 episodes sounds like a lot given there are only 4 manga volumes out right now. We will have to wait and see.

And...that's it. Nothing else caught my eye except the must see Eden of the East movies. But other than that meh. And bleh.

But I will see this as a positive thing. Things get a little too busy around the holidays and I blogged way too many series last December. Not say that I neglected having fun last holiday season but I'll be working more than I was last year so 10 series is not possible. XD

This will also give me a chance to catch up on some series I am behind on, like CANAAN, Shugo Chara Doki, and Chrome Shelled Regios. I think out of the three CANAAN has the best chance of being finished and blogged about. XD

And if a magical miracle happens perhaps I will have time to marathon some series on my anime must watch list. Just because this season doesn't have much to watch for me doesn't mean I should sit around and be bored. It will be a perfect chance to catch up on some great shows I see other people talking about! Time to stop being lazy and watch entire series in just one day. XD No waiting necessary!

So that is my plan. My plan also includes blogging Pandora Hearts tomorrow and 07-Ghosts Wednesday. We shall see since my renewed interest in Pokemon Platinum. But I think I will just buckle down and do so since I love these shows a lot and I know if I push it aside any longer it will become like Chrome Shelled Regios and be WAY behind.

Perhaps my Fall Anime List will grow once I see other bloggers talking about shows that I snubbed. I will feel bad about my quick judgments and tell myself to stop taking things at face value. But for now this is my plan and when I have a plan I feel better about blogging. Here's to a light Fall Anime Season and to getting caught up on past shows.

*information and pictures stolen...err borrowed from Anime News Network and Wiki*

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Stay Classy Kanye West

We interrupt our regularly scheduled anime blog to bring you this special report: Kanye West is a douchebag.

Wait you already knew that? Man and my anime post got bumped to tomorrow for nothing?

But yes people. If there was any doubt in your mind about this man here is all the proof you need that he is one of the worst human beings on the planet.





For years Kanye West has had this air of self importance with little to back it up. Being that I am not a huge music listener to begin with I am not aware of most of his work. But I think it is safe to say that he isn’t a Michael Jackson and a Madonna. And if he was going to be it is way too early to tell as his first album only came out 5 years ago.

Despite that fact, that his first album is only 5 years old, he has been going on and on for the past 4 years about how important he is, what a talent person he is, and how he deserves every award he is nominated for. Maybe I am just missing what is so great about him but if you have to go on and on about how cool and popular you are…you aren’t.

But now Kanye has topped himself. Which is surprising since he said on national television that George Bush hates black people, compared himself to Jesus, and thrown fits at other award shows when he doesn’t win the shiny trophy. It is surprising both in a good and bad way. Good because I hate this man and I love ammo against him but bad because an innocent person had to suffer.

Who is this innocent person? Taylor Swift. Again not really a big fan of a lot of music so I don’t know much about her body of work. I do know that cheerleader boyfriend song is annoying but that isn’t really the point. The point is that Taylor Swift was nominated for the best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards and won. Clearly you see the problem right?

For those who fail to see how someone winning an award that Kanye West wasn’t even up angers the great Douchebag let me explain based on my limited knowledge of the events (I was busy watching crappy SciFi movies instead of the MTV music awards). Taylor Swift was nominated in the same category as Beyonce. In my opinion both women have annoying songs that were nominated but Swift won. She went on stage and acted like a nervous school girl to accept her award. It was actually quite endearing up until the point where Kanye West ruined it.

While Taylor Swift was trying to be gracious and cute with her award Kanye West stomped on stage and grabbed the mic from her. He told Swift he would let her finish (how kind of him!) but went on to rant that Beyonce’s video was the best and she should have won. That Beyonce’s video might be the best video of the decade and he is here to tell everyone in the world his opinion. He leaves the stage acting like he has done some great act of humanity.

We are left with quite possibly the saddest looking face I have ever seen on live television. Taylor Swift was just standing there stunned with tears in her eyes. Then it was the longest pause in history as she tried to compose herself and think of something to say. Oh but wait she couldn’t as her time was up and she had to leave the stage.

So not only does Kanye West throw fits when he doesn’t win awards but he goes insane when people he personal thinks are better don’t win. What kind of ego does this man have? His opinion is gold and must be fact? And I am sure Beyonce herself does not think her video is the best of the decade. That is the most insane comment he has ever said. No that’s not true…everything he says is insane. But seriously….how can someone possess such an inflated ego and not be smacked around?!

I will give Beyonce beyond major props though. During Kanye’s unasked for speech she looked like a deer in headlights. Sure she smiled but it was that smile you make when you want to kill someone. The kind your mom makes and she is muttering “when we get home mister!!!” under her breath. Then later, when Beyonce won for best music video of the year, she called Taylor Swift on stage so she may have time for her acceptance speech. Beyonce remembers how it is to get your first award and the excitement you feel and wanted to give Taylor back that moment. Beyonce treated the
situation in the best way possible as did the audience that booed sir Douchebag.

Oh but it gets better. Just a little while ago Kanye West blogged an “apology” to Taylor Swift. It has all the sincerity and grace expected of Kanye at this point. It stays true to backhanded apology form. It has the” I’m sorry BUT” which we all know isn’t really an apology but the person making an excuse for their bad behavior. It has rude comments like “Welcome to the real world” that are really unnecessary in any context. It has him explaining that he isn’t crazy (that is code for boorish asshole apparently) but real and he is just saying how it is ya’ll. It has him talking about himself more than the person he is “apologizing” to. My personal favorite though is how this grown man is treating this apology like a text message with ALL CAPS and the random …….. and !!!!!!!!!!. It just makes the entire thing that more trashy.

He is never going to get it. Reading his “apology” lets me know this giant douche thinks he is better than everyone else in the universe and that reality can’t touch him. At this point I wonder if he has a mental illness and I am personally against crying out MOG disability to explain away someone’s douchness. He is just that special.

While he will never get it…why can’t his “fans”? Why can’t they see he really isn’t that talented? That he is a bully, a hot tempered child, and a sickening human being? Why aren’t more people calling him out on his shit? I know some people have but hit him where it hurts! Stop buying his albums, stop going to his concerts. This jerk needs a reality check and maybe the only way he will get it is by people stopping his cash flow. If he doesn’t have numbers to back up his awesomeness perhaps he will finally get that he is not Jesus. But even if he doesn’t get it at least it would be more enjoyable watching him being all pissy and poor.

So in conclusion…Kanye is and always will be a douchebag. I suppose now we should be more surprised if he attended an award show and didn’t make a scene. That would be the real news story.

But I would like to thank Kanye for something. He has shown me that no matter who I meet in this life…no one can be a bigger asshole than him. Thanks Kanye for taking one for humanity.

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My co-workers welcome me back with open arms and pitch forks

Dear Co-workers

Apparently my 8 day vacation was just too much for you. You all got news that I was going to be back at work Friday and decided to bring out your best WTF to welcome me home. Congratulations. I fear you all now.

Also I hate you. I am so tired after only 2 days of work I didn’t have enough energy to watch anime AGAIN tonight. :( I am already anime deprived enough as it is. Don’t tire me out to the point I can’t watch and blog my beloved anime.





I will start with my biggest WTF moment. You know Jimmy (or whatever code name I gave the little turd)? Yeah. He was at work on Friday. He came in around 4 and I was waist deep in a mountain of dishes. The little punk putted around the store for a while and made a pizza or two. He later came to the back and went “Chop chop” to me, as if I was his slave and I needed to pick up the pace.

I saw red. I see red a lot at work and I wish it was blue as that is my favorite color. But at any rate I saw red. I chased that little punk to the front of the store. I was going to call him out on his comment in front of witnesses. The only way we are going to get rid of him is if everyone tells our boss about all the crap he does. He made it up to the pizza assembly line and I stood there glaring at him. I proceeded to ask him what the hell he just said to me and when he denied the comment I laid into him. I made it very clear that I loathed him and wish to drive an 8 wheeler over his useless body. The words “I hate you” were uttered.

So what was I told today by another co-worker? That Jimmy thinks I am in love with him.

Are you done puking yet? Because hours later I am still ill.

Yes apparently Jimmy asked everyone after I left yesterday why I was flirting with him? You know, when I had my hands on my hip and was teasing him for being mean to me. The way a 5 year old would act to her school yard crush. Only not. Have I mentioned that Jimmy is still a teenager, unattractive, scrawny, and I HATE HIM? Yeah it must be love.

The icing on this disgusting cake would be when Jimmy went to another coworker to ask why I am always yelling at him. Because he has honestly no idea what he is doing wrong. Jimmy…seriously…I hate you.

But there are other special people at my place of employment. Mainly some loser guy who use to work for us. Apparently with my manager and me both out of town it was time to rehire this leech. Said leech only wants to stretch pizzas. Occasionally top them. That’s it. No answering the phone, ringing people up, serving them slices, working the ovens, topping boxes, doing the dishes, making preps. NOTHING! So while I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off with the lunch crowd that mainly orders slices Sir Leech is stretching pizzas. Stretching pizzas for orders we don’t have yet. He had the nerve to ask me to check the ovens. SURE! Let me get right on that after I finish with the phone and ringing up the person at the register. I am sure I can watch the ovens and deliver pizzas at the same time. I forget that my name is God!

Why boss why…can’t you see how useless this person is? How he was only there for four hours and yet took a 30 minute break while I was busting my butt? How he complains about how tired he is and how he used to work all these jobs? Oh boss, can’t you see that we all hate you for rehiring him?

This next WTF is from my brother. While some may accuse him of being bossy he is one of the best workers in the store. People call me bossy but I am just telling people what needs to be done. Get over it. Anyway my brother was the delivery driver this afternoon. He was working with 3 other people. Sir Leech, Jimmy, and another kid. Out of those three Jimmy was the most useful. I think that should scare everyone reading this. The most annoying thing they did today besides make my brother do all the work is this tale. My brother went on a delivery and arrived back to the store. The other co-worker told my brother that two more deliveries were up. Both orders came in around the same time, maybe a minute apart. My brother thought WOOT I can take them both at the same time.

But since my brother is related to me that is not how his life works. The coworker said “Yeah, I made one of them already. I left you the calzone one”. Said co-worker has decided that he doesn’t want to make calzones anymore and Sir Leech doesn’t like them either. So they expected my brother to make the second delivery order and deliver the first and second one LATE as he would have to wait for the second one to cook. You know, instead of coming back to the store to have both orders done and ready to get out of the store promptly.

I know that story is a little confusing to follow but basically our coworkers were expecting my brother to make his own delivery orders 20 minutes after they were taken and deliver them late. All because they decided making one order was enough work and that they hate making one of our products. And yes our boss knows how lazy these people are and no he doesn’t care.

But maybe he should start caring. The other good coworkers we have are getting a little pissed off over the special ed people we have at this half way house we call a pizzeria. Granted I think a particular good coworker is a jerk but he gets his job done. He blew up at Jimmy after Jimmy (the love of my life apparently) nearly burnt him and dropped at entire pizza into the oven and on the floor. Jimmy decided handed good coworker the pizza was too much work and tried to balance the pizza on the oven door while it was open. That plan was made of fail in case people were wondering.

Good coworker didn’t really find this all amusing and started yelling that he was going to commit suicide if he had to work here any longer. There was silence…and then laughter. My laughter. The boss asked why I would laugh over good coworker being dead. I said through my giggles that I was not laughing over the dead part. The boss asked what then and a part of me died inside. He’s not going to get it ever is he?

Fellow delivery driver if you ask me one more time where anything is I will stab you. You actually own a GPS. You went to this exact house last week and the week before and the week before. I promise you the street is still in the same place. As is the huge map and the book of addresses by the big map. Use your eye balls and find it! If after looking for said street you still have problems I will help you. But I don’t have time to be wasting helping you find a street we go to every week. Oh and calling me mean is cute. Anyone would be -_____- after answering the same question every week. USE YOUR GPS!

And coworkers….the sinks must be washed out. I am not sure how all of them could fail this bad but seriously. The sink water level stays pretty consist for 10 hours a day at our store. You are washing a butt load of dirty dishes in that water. When you drain the sink scum and other crap builds up in a line on the walls. I do not want to come back after an 8 day vacation to see 8 days worth of grossness in all the sinks. Just draining the sinks doesn’t cut it.

I am sure there are other letters I can write to my special coworkers…but I am tired. And this SciFi (sorry SyFy) movie about a lightening monster is really lame and isn’t keeping me awake. I shall sleep and hope I have more energy tomorrow to blog about my precious anime.

But my coworkers make me miss the trees of New Hampshire and the lazy days of doing nothing. And make me want to join said good worker in that suicide pact.

Love

Tenchi the pissed off pizza delivery driver

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CLAMP 3D Land figurine Fai!

Not quite sure where my first post went....but let's have fun celebrating my magical figurine post again shall we?! XD

Now after a long hard week of no internet and no fast food God finally has smiled down upon me. Despite the fact that I left my mailbox key and a map where said mailbox was my brother failed to collect my mail for 8 days. Which is fine because when we arrived back home I got the joy of seeing my package in the box for myself. WOOT FOR PACKAGES!!

Time to open this sucker up!!!

CLAMP 3-D is serious fun.

Oh CLAMP 3-D. You burned me at AFO with your serious lack of Fai. But with my very own box of series 5 I am promised at least one Fai. There is hope once again in the land of Tenchi.

Check out the special send in form to get exclusive figurines. Or you can spend 300 bucks on them. Your choice after all. XD

My mother started to think I was slightly crazy with all this picture taking. "You haven't even opened up the box yet!". Well mom, figurine collecting is serious business and I am trying to help out my fellow anime fans out. I shall keep track of what positions the figurines are in the box so you can better get the one you want. Of course this only works if the booth people give you a fresh box to pick from. But at least I am trying.

Attempt one: Fail.

Sorry Takeshi but I hate you. I have two extras of you from my first attempt to get Fai. Now you make number 4. Go away.

Okay that was mean. But I have no interest in Dunkylon: CLAMP School Defenders. Fail.

THANK YOU LORD!

WOOHOO! And there was rejoicing in the streets. Attempt number two has produced a Fai. Had I been given a whole box to pick from I would have gotten him. But that is all in the past. The important issue here is I have Fai and all is right in the world. Commence the parade.

To make life easier for other people...

This is the spot that my dear Fai was located in. I am not sure if all boxes are the same but if they are your search for Fai is going to be a lot easier than mine. More Fais for everyone!

Twins? In CLAMP? Never!

My box gave me not one but two Fais!!! Why o why did I spend so much money searching for him when a box would have given me two precious Fais?! I would also like to point out at this point my mother wanted to know what the big deal was over a tiny piece of plastic. She was shortly shooed out of the room.

Another placement picture.

You are seeing correctly. Apparently CLAMP was not very concerned about the thrill of the hunt. Both Fais were right next to each other in the box. In fact all the figurines were next to their matching pair in the box. So you are guaranteed two of each figurine and its match is side by side in the box. In the series five box the figurines go like this:

Row 1: Takeshi from Dunkylon: CLAMP School Defenders

Row 2: Fai from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Row 3: Okawa from Man of Many Faces

Row 4: Chun Hyang from Legend of Chun Hyang

Row 5: Miyuki from Miyuki-chan in Wonderland

Clearly Fai is the most popular figurine in this series....

But on another note the glue holding these boxes together is really cheap. I opened all 10 of these boxes and all my other CLAMP 3D figurines without ripping anything. It could easily be tapped back up and show no signs of being opened. There could be a dealer out there who goes through all the boxes and gets the ones they want and leave the less popular ones to take up space. Just a small word to the wise. Not sure what you can do with said information..but it's there. XD

Fresh from the package.

There's nothing like opening up your brand new figurine and taking in all its cuteness. Fai is one of the better ones in the entire CLAMP 3D series and yes I am biased. But come on. His outfit is awesome, his eyes are large and friendly, and he has enough details on him to be interesting but not too many to take away from his personal coolness. Plus I love him so he automatically wins.

Reunited and it feels so good!

Together at last! Poor Kurogane. I know Big Puppy pretends to be big and bad but I know he was lonely without his Fai. Every Kurogane needs his Fai and I hope all collectors out there try to get both these figurines. They belong together! Polar opposites but obviously a couple. No more empty spot next to Kurogane!

Behold my shelf with 100% more Fai.

Do not attempt to adjust your screen. That shelf is not crocked. Or at least that is what my husband says. It took him forever to hang the thing and he has decided that everything else in the anime/computer room is off centered, not the shelf. RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

But in any event...YAY FAI! No more empty space for me. Sets 5 and 6 are now complete and my wallet is a little empty. But that is okay. You can't put a price on Fai (well you can as I will never get the Vampire Fai but that is understandable). My collection of CLAMP 3D might be a little small but I have my two favorites now. XD

Close up on the Fai.

So there he is. My Fai. The tiny figurine I spent a good chunk of AFO searching for and the last three weeks waiting for in the mail. Am I insane? Maybe. But I am a happy crazy person. I love you Fai despite the long journey it took to get you.

The rest of the series 5 box will be taking a trip to the AWA SuperHappyFunSell if anyone needs one or four Takeshis. XD For now I will caress my Fai and be a freak in the corner. I embrace my specialness.

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How to survive New Hampshire without the internet

So.

Yeah. As you can tell my whole master plan of blogging on vacation did not happen. In fact the whole having internet while on vacation did not happen.

Yes people who know me, I spent 8 days without internet and survived. Where is my cookie (actually given last week where is my fast food?!?!)?!

We have history. We don't need no stinkin internet!

The short story is that my grandparent’s house is over 100 years old. I knew that. But they told me they had a computer. They told me they had the internet. I forgot that my grandparents are 8x old and live in a small town that is lucky to have running water let alone high speed internet.

When we got to their house the first thing I tried to do was hook up the internet (well after the hellos and such, I am not that horrible). And by I tried to hook up the computer I meant my husband tried to hook up the laptop. I was unaware my computer is so awesome (or not as it turns out) that it cannot run on dial-up. All that is available in the small town of 200 is dial-up. I gave myself brownie points for not melting on the floor when my husband told me no laptop. This is a vacation after all; time for family and blah blah stuff right? And besides, dial-up on my grandparent’s computer can’t be that bad right?

That would be a no. I have never had dial-up before but I now weep for you poor souls. It took a minute for the homepage to load and another to get to YouTube to show my grandparents a 5 minute video my brother created. We waited for the video to buff so it would play smoother but yeah….it disconnected after loading 30 seconds.

Behold New Hampshire's version of high speed.

What does this all mean? In means that I had no internet, no anime, no manga scans, no IMs with friends for an entire week!! On one hand that makes me look really sad and pathetic for being that dependent on the internet and not spending time with my family. But said family members go to bed at 8, 9 pm max. I am a night owl. That is tons of free time that I could have been on the web and not ignoring anyone. Thank God for Pokémon Platinum because I might have lost my damn mind.

That is my complaint. I sound petty. I am a brat. I am spoiled. But that is who I am. And that is why I have been gone for an entire week and am beyond behind on blogging. I will attempt to catch up before I make my journey to AWA. What gets done gets done. XD Blogging is supposed to be fun, like vacations right?

So if I haven’t scared you away with my immature whining and needy nature I shall share a few words about my adventure into The Shire aka New Hampshire and some awesome photography. Oh and how I survived without the internet for 8 days in case that point was lost.

This is the second most climbed mountain in the world? X_X How educational. Oh and have some trees.

New Hampshire has a lot of trees. I mean a lot of trees. Not oh pretty little forest here and there. As in here is someone’s house and here are the 6785747 trees on their property and it’s like the house was just dropped in the middle of nowhere. You drive for miles and miles and all you see are trees. And a mountain with more trees on it. And rocks that apparently mark people’s property lines and all their trees. People with allergies beware.

New Hampshire has a lot of old buildings. They don’t like to tear things down and build new stuff. Which in a way I love. I mean, if Japan did that all their awesome temples would be gone right?! We need to have some of our old stuff preserved. But when there is an old 100 plus old house that is now a gynecologist office it makes me go X_X. I guess that gives it old town charm. In any event it is better than seeing manufactured concrete identical houses every five seconds.

Speaking of which….I did not see one neighborhood the entire week. As a pizza delivery driver it was a bit weird. And it made me happy that I don’t live there and try to find people’s houses. There would be a main street and a road would branch off it. Deep into the forest of trees and rocks. No neighborhood signs, no branch off streets, no driveways that actually made sense. It really gives you the impression you are in the middle of nowhere when you can’t see neighbors on all three sides. And who knows, maybe they don’t deliver up there anyway.

Why would you want Taco Bell when you could have a huge pumpkin or a giant squash?!

A word to the wise. When you get to New Hampshire and you see a fast food restaurant and you are hungry STOP. That might be the last fast food place you see for an hour. This isn’t even a joke or me having an over dramatic moment. We drove out of the airport and we saw a McDonalds. I being the lovely and mature person that I am decided since we had McDonalds last night I could wait until the next exit for a Wendys. That never happened. No restaurants happened. Unless you count the 5678 Dunkin Donuts that we saw. I learned from my cousin later that New Hampshire has some crazy ideas about keeping their state nice and cute and trying to keep small businesses alive and keeping out the overbearing corporations. Yeah so…apparently small towns tell all these fast food restaurants NO and all they have are family run places not listed on exit signs. Or the fact that only 9 people live in said town means there is nothing off that exit anyway.

The moral of the story is when you find something to eat in New Hampshire EAT IT! That is all the food you might see for a while. Unless you like Dunkin Donuts. And if you are addicted to Star Bucks I really laugh at your pain.

Chicken nuggets: They're not for dinner.

Now why don’t these crazy New Hampshire people have restaurants? Because they have food all over the place. Apple orchards over here and blue berry patches over there. Everyone has a garden that grows actual vegetables and not pretty flowers. And no I am not being sarcastic again. Every single person I came across had a real garden. I thought having acres and acres of trees was a bit much for a girl who has a two by two square of grass to her name…but a real garden? Where you have to keep things alive long enough to produce food? In New Hampshire where it snows and it’s cold all the time?! I guess it works for them since you know..there aren’t as many restaurants. Woo hoo for eating healthy?

My dreams have been shattered on the ground. At least it didn't have far to fall.

And we did part take in this getting your own food thing. I am an excellent blueberry picker on the account I do not like them. I had in my mind that apple trees were these GIANT trees and we would all need ladders and each apple grows on its own separate branch. But I am stupid after all. Or at least special. But we got some fruit and got to eat fresh veggies every night. Or at least everyone else did. I was too busy mourning that there was no A1-sauce for my rice.

I attended a Clam Bake. This event was a bit traumatizing as I do not like fish/clams/things that have once come from the sea. The smell….was overwhelming. I actually sat next to the fire pit because getting smoke up my nose was better than that smell (which no one else minded). After what seemed like forever they made us boring folks (see children under 5 and me) some hamburgers so we didn’t die. Another traumatizing moment was when some little old lady thought my husband was my mom’s husband. I don’t think my eyes have ever been so big in my life. Like seriously people?! SERIOUSLY?! The sheep were interesting at least. Me and them hung out why extended family had a great time with their fire pit and mountain of dead sea creatures.

Piglu apparently is bad luck.

Bingo is serious business. Anyone who thinks otherwise is mistaken. If you walk into a bingo game with no experience they will eat you alive. They being of course the little old ladies who have 9 sheets, a rainbow of bingo dabbers (dopers?), and a bingo butt pillow. They are armed with their lucky items and are there to win. It isn’t a game. It is like poker but the stakes are even higher apparently. And bingo isn’t a simple get 5 in a row deal. No no my friend. They have crazy eights, coveralls, Roulette, and other names that I have forgotten. The point being I was the youngest person in the room by a good 30 years and I was having a hard time following what was going on! So the next time you make fun of grandma for going to Tuesday night bingo you best beware. It is not some fun game that nice older ladies are playing. It is a battle field and they are out for blood. And no I didn’t win anything. My lucky charm let me down.

People in smaller towns know everything about everyone and everything. Or maybe everyone everywhere knows what is going on where they live and I just suck at life. I am just not use to people being so involved with such small issues. Like voting over what color street signs would be. I thought they were always green! But no, apparently there are different towns that want to help with the town lines and use different colors. This too is serious business. As is knowing everyone’s kids having kids and people getting new mailboxes. It was a bit freaky that my grandfather could remember all these people’s names. I can’t even remember regulars at my restaurant. This might be me sucking again though. XD

The people I was around with are not into technology. Operating a camera makes them content. Instead everyone knows a lot of card games. Which I think is a positive as card games bring people together and stir up more interesting conversations than TV ever could. Cheap easy fun ya’ll if you can get the rules down straight.

Every single house has a huge pile of wood outside like this. Not cold my butt!

New Hampshire is always cold. I don’t care when you go. It is cold. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Bring a jacket. Bring two! Just don’t believe the locals. 60 degrees is not swimming weather! Or at least not for this Florida girl.

In conclusion my trip was interesting and mostly laid back. The complete opposite of what AWA will be I predict. But it was good to see my grandparents and other relatives again. Sometimes you don’t need thrill packed theme parks and over priced entrees to make a vacation worthwhile. Sometimes just kicking back and being around friends and family is all you need to have a good time.

But I still missed my internet. And my cats. And I hate the Battle Frontier place. -_-

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Pandora Hearts Episode 21

XD Here I am 6 hours before I am supposed to get up and head towards to the airport. Feel loved Pandora Hearts as I put my health on the line to blog about you! FEEL THE LOVE!

Or...I have a really bad sleeping habits and I couldn't go to bed this early to save my life. But still feel loved. Despite your craziness.

WTF IS GOING ON? Never mind..it's Pandora Hearts.

There will be no summary for this episode. 1 because I am lazy. XD B because I am leaving for a trip tomorrow and I was spending most of the day running around doing last minute things….and or watching movies and playing Pokemon. And 3…the episode was just that special. It would be hard to make sense of this episode in a tiny summary. It would end up being 1000 words long which defeats the point of a summary.

So…watch the episode for yourself and read my thoughts and opinions about the specialness of the episode! XD And I am not that lazy.




So…I found out that playing Pokemon and watching Pandora Hearts doesn’t work very well. Especially this episode. I have a feeling it would have looked like an acid trip if it had my utmost attention. But since I was trying to level up my team because I was determined to have water pokemon fight an electric gym leader I couldn’t put down the DS. Let this be a note to all: Do not attention to play pokemon while watching Pandora Hearts. It will make less sense than it should.

Also do not attempt to blog about said Pandora Hearts episode while trying to watch a bootleg version of Halloween II. In fact don’t watch a bootleg copy of Halloween
II. Night time movie +bootleg=suckage.

Now on to the train wreck that is my mind and the episode that is confusing.

Now….before I start my MOG what the heck is going on speech I have to give Pandora some credit. They gave us a LOT of answers in this episode. Pretty much all of Break’s back story in fact. Yes it was confusing and nothing I could have ever imagined…but they gave it to us. And I did ask for answers. So I can’t complain about that (but I am sure I will find a way around that).

Err...that came out of left field?

That being said…Break is not Break. I knew he wasn’t Sharon’s real brother but I wasn’t expecting him to be a criminal. I was expecting him to be 100 years in the past and I got that right though. I would give myself a cookie…but everyone is from 100 years in the past so it wasn’t really that hard to guess. But I like cookies. I will give it to myself anyway.

Instead of staying behind to protect the one person left...it's time to make a really bad decision!

Break is really Kevin. His position in life really hasn’t changed all that much. It sounds like he was a servant to another well to do family. But for some reason he left the family for a period of time and everyone died. He became an illegal contractor so he could bring them back to life by turning back time. And there is a random blond hair kid who seemed attached to him. Not sure if that was his real sister as Sharon calls him brother sometimes too.

Red eyes are serious!

So the obvious question is who killed all of Break’s people? And where was he during the killings? Due to the acid trip nature of this show I thought that Break accidentally killed them with his Chain. But since later he said he became an illegal contractor to bring back his master that is probably not the case.

In case people forgot...a lot of people died 100 years ago!

The Basketcase people weren’t doing their killing thing yet and when they did the entire city was destroyed. So I don’t know if we can blame them for these deaths. Now it could be Glen taking out another Duke household but that hasn’t been confirmed either. Vincent was too tiny at that time. And there might have been a time difference from when Break’s contract was up and when he along with White Alice watched the tragedy take place.

So who does that leave? I don’t know. I probably got the time screwed up and or am over thinking it. It was probably Glen. If there are any more bad guys I would probably go insane. XD Must stop over thinking things. In any event it looks like it will be explained next week so I don’t have to stew long in my random theories of insanity.

Behold my shame!

So the reason Break hasn’t been as hard on Oz for being an illegal contractor is because he is one too. But it doesn’t explain why Break was so interested in Oz’s experience in the Abyss. From the looks of it Break knows the most out of everyone. Oz’s contact with White Alice was a lot shorter than Breaks. So…yeah that doesn’t make much sense to me. I can see Break being more interested in Alice as she might have more information about what happened during the tragedy. And the fact that she looks just like White Alice. Break really should have questioned her more as Oz knows nothing. XD All he saw was a crazy white doll Will of the Abyss. Of course I could be missing something very important and Break has a reason for being interested in Oz all this time.

But wasn't the tragedy 100 years ago...

But Break is probably the only one who has gone into the Abyss after the tattoo has moved full circle on his chest and come back to tell about it. And with another Chain under his command. That makes his background rather special and unique. So his body is falling apart because of his normal contract and the fact he pushed his body to the limit the first time around with his Chain. 50 years ago. Which is not when the tragedy took place the first time. But that’s okay. Barma knows everything!

He knows that Break is actually Kevin Regnard. He knows that Break lost the family he pledged his loyalty to. He knows that Break wasn’t able to grant his wish and bring back those people. So…what information does Barma want? He wants to know if Break met the Will of the Abyss? X_X That is what the entire craziness was about?

Crazy man is really going crazy...

What craziness am I talking about? The first part of the episode of course. I like going backwards it seems with summaries. But the whole Barma pretending to be that fat man and flying around like a crazy person? Pure acid trip. It really did feel like Alice and Wonderland for a little while.

And I thought we were going to get some answers out of that acid trip. The whole sin that Oz was punished for was nearly said. But then it was wickedly taken away from me. There was almost a serious moment with Alice having to make a decision about getting her memories back or not.

Um...Liam didn't do anything you jerk!

But then…no. Barma turns out to be a young looking guy (despite the fact he has been alive the longest out of the all the Dukes) and he is violent. He collects information yet he wants whatever is inside Break/Kevin’s head and not Oz? That somehow doesn’t make sense to me. Now I have gone full circle with this post and we are back to the original crazy.

IT'S PEOPLE!

There is a little bit that Break knows that perhaps Pandora does not know. Chains are originally people. People so desperate to get something back they lost they end up coming….insane dolls or story book characters. That is what the Abyss can do. The Will of the Abyss confirms this and says Glen said so. Glen being the head of the Basketcase people.

But who is the REAL Alice?

More happy fun facts that seem interesting to us viewers and maybe Barma is that the Will of the Abyss is referred to as Alice. She looks like Alice (thus all the White Alice remarks further up) and has her temper. I am sure it will turn out that the Will of the Abyss is really Alice’s memories and the Abyss is her empty feelings? That Glen somehow created this universe. I am not sure, it’s late and my ideas are special. XD

She's good at making friends!

Information that I am sure that Barma is not interested in but I am is that Alice hates Glen. He apparently tried to take someone very important away from her (Jack). She also mentions Gilbert and Vincent being close to Glen. MMMM what does any of this mean? She is also the one who stole Break’s eye but the Cheshire Cat is the one who has it, not Vincent. The way she went about taking it out was so….lala this is normal for me. It was freaky.

Oh hi, is it time for tea?!

Before Break could attack the Will of the Abyss the TRAGEDY happens. And White Alice falls on the floor and rolls around in pain (it is amusing). She claims that too many people entered the Abyss at once. Break looks on as baby Vincent enters the room (the room being the doll room that Oz saw at the beginning of the series) with baby Gilbert thrown over his shoulders and bloody clothes.

And that is it! I am left to wonder and stew on what just happened in those 22 minutes!!!

Was my post acid trippy enough? I was trying to recreate the feeling from the episode. XD

That....would be your life Gilbert. Accept it.

But seriously…no matter how confusing this episode/series is…it’s still good. I enjoy every single confusing moment of this series. I also look forward to the last episode when I realize…how wrong I was about everything. But for now I will finish packing and try not to have nightmares about Michael Myers and White Alice. XD

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