Obsessions of the Week(s): 12/15/08 - 01/24/09

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!



Ah, Gokudera Hayato.



It just so happens that he has white hair. Really. I love my Hurricane Bomb. He's smart and has an insane obsession with the 10th. It's actually kind of disturbing but funny.

Sawada Tsunayoshi



No Good Tsuna. The 10th. Hitman Reborn took some time to grow on me but I love it now - it's funny and I'm waiting for it to get all hardcore but in the meanwhile, I can say for the 2nd time this year, I love the lead character. He's not my favourite but he's a sweetie and I love his voice. It cracks me up. And that whole "Reborn" mode he goes in to somehow manages to make me laugh everytime. It's good to see he changes his underwear but yeesh, how many pairs of undies does he have?

Darker Than Black



I've been meaning to watch this since IDK, early this year or late last and finally got to it - Superficially, this anime reminds me 'Cowboy Bebop'. Maybe it's the Yoko Kanno composed ost? Maybe it's the Gate? Maybe it's the Storyboard Artist? Or all this talk of "The Syndicate"? Or those two idiots from the Detective Agency that I love?

Li Shengshun



I love him. He's the 'bumbling idiot' on the outside - calm, slightly stupid and anything but a threat to anyone (and he's got Dr. Tenma's voice!)

Hei



But ultimately, you just can't trust a Contractor. Hei's as bad-assed as they come. I'm almost finished with the series and I'd hate to see him with that blonde biatch! Don't do it Hei! Just destroy her!

November 11



He's cool, got nice shades, nice hair, nice eyes, nice white suits, is deadly...



...and really, this isn't as dirty as it looks or reads.



He's also kind of ded ::tears::, and his cool (literally, ice) powers, and cool Kakashi voiced voice actor with him which brings me to the next obsession...

Kakashi Hatake



What will I do if my favourite Ninja dies?! I can't watch the show just for Shikamaru and it's brilliant story content! Hotness will immediately leave that anime if they take the only silver haired, copy ninja out of the mix!!! Oh, Kakashi...please be okay... =,(

Justin Law's Headphones



Thanks to Gen Frien' for making me a pair. Goodness knows I'm obsessed with Soul Eater these days and there's nothing cooler than J.Law's headphones and his blasting jrap/jrock. Now, I can do what I usually do...in style! And be berated by H1...

Currently listening to: "Ulysses" by Franz Ferdinand. Still trying to make it through this album but I did discover a song to love in "Dream On". That's a sekshi song. No, H1, I'm not a lover of all things sekshi.

Obsession(s) of the Week(s): 11/10/08 - 12/15/08

Dragon Quest IV



Being a Weapons' Dealer?



That's awesome! For a while I played as a Merchant named Taloon (I think that's what it was) and who knew being on the side of the selling could be so much fun? Well, we all know how I hate to spend my hard-earned, monster dropped monies - so selling weapons to louts really worked out for me.

Soul Eater



With Professor Franken Stein. I love how cute he is - got white hair, glasses, has a great voice actor, a sense of humour, bad-assed, a giant screw in his head...



...and is damned freaking insane.



Everything can be dissected. Self included.

Justin Law



Another great character from Soul Eater, which has proven to become quite a shock fest, action-filled, great art and edgey anime. Justin's a sweetie - A priest who travels around the world with a sense of happiness to kill. Did he bring enough coffins? And what Japanese Rap/Rock track are we listening to?

Hidan



Hidan is indeed that bastard that killed Asuma. And while I only stopped crying last week, a month after the death, I actually like that foul-mouthed Akatsuki member. "Oye! Fuck you, Kakuzu! Whose side are you on?" Yeah. Fuck me because I don't know whose side I'm on either - Akatsuki or Konoha.



Hidan and his crazy rituals. He may hate the lengthy rituals himself, but they're part of his faith and he has to follow through. He's particulary strict (and extremely fond) of the part about leaving no target alive.

Rock Band 2



I swear, I don't know over half the songs in RB2 but it's been an even more fun experience even though the changes were slight in-game. I do miss my square on my chest for my girl which everyone seems to hate, but I created my love Zarnyx. He's not perfectly Zarnyx but he works for me. I'm sure you A.s like H1 will hate him too. Other than that, RB2 is fun times that I can't wait to share with Beetchie!

Currently listening to: "Wake Up Dead Man" by U2.

"It's Written All Over Your Face...

...you just want my headphones, don't you?"

Justin Law, it's true. I do want your headphones and thanks to Gen Frien', I have a pair like them now.

My Etymotics conked out on me a few weeks ago, so I finally decided to try some Shure headphones that I've wanted for a while. Of course, until the day comes when I get the $600.00 pair (which I don't think will ever happen), I will never be satisfied.

I'm happy with my new Shure headphones for the most part - the sound is clear but the ear pieces are kind of hurting my ears (because in addition to tiny carney hands, apparently I've tiny carney ear holes as well) but struck upon a bit of genius before I ordered them to make the already awesome Shure headphones even more awesome...



(fantastic photo above of the shures taken by Gen Frien')

Why not commission my talented artist friend Gen to craft some Justin Law headphones for me?!

She's my talented artist friend but she's also one of my best friends, and insisted that she'd make them and give them to me as a Birthday pyo.

I. love. them.

It took about 2 tries before getting it on the 3rd due to my overwhelming demands and pestering but here's the set we decided on:





Of course, it was hard with the manga artist's and the tv series artists' inconsistencies and getting just the right picture but Gen did the best she could and they're fabulous as expected.

And of course, the day after I got them from her (they fit right on the Shure's so neatly!), episode 36 of Soul Eater came out and there is a screen shot of the headphones is perfectly clear and detailed. Grrr!

Well, Gen will try again to craft them as seen in Episode 36 in the near future, but for now, I'll keep rockin' these hotness ones I have on the train, so even more people can look at me and think me crazy.

No otaku has jumped me yet for my J. Laws.

H1, I am no Otaku!