{"id":340,"date":"2007-10-18T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/2007\/10\/18\/miscellany\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T17:49:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T22:49:38","slug":"miscellany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some odds and ends while I download Moyashimon<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Does anyone make shows about folks who can focus on saving humanity, or are we doomed to a diet of crappy sci-fi soap operas? If WWII had been like this, Roosevelt would have looked like Professor X and have been crippled years ago by his quasi-enemy, Super Seiyjin Stalin; Hitler would have been the lunatic madman out to conquer\/end\/dominate\/destroy the world, Mussolini would have been the jilted bishie lover of both Roosevelt and Stalin, Churchill would have been an angsty teenager, and Hirohito would have been a cute female high-schooler in a sailor outfit trying to end world militarism in time for this semester\u2019s finals.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Isn’t chocolate pudding… bad<\/em> … for the violins?”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*****<\/p>\n

I’m not a fan of Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>, but this<\/a> was uncalled for. (Caution: causes severe ear pain. Blame the LLamas<\/a> for this one.)<\/p>\n

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Here’s an alternate history story: if MGM had said “yes” to Bob Clampett in 1936<\/a>, would the Japanese now be fansubbing American animation? (Via Aliens in This World<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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I may be wrong, but as I understand it, the “sei” in “seifuku” is short for “sailor.” I.e., its distinguishing characteristic is the sailor collar. Consequently, I think only one of the outfits in this poll<\/a> qualifies as a proper seifuku<\/em>. (Update: I was<\/em> wrong \u2014 see Andrew F.’s comment. Never mind.)<\/p>\n

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I’ve added Yumedamaya Kidan<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to my to-investigate list. <\/p>\n

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The next self-help bestseller: Aerophobics: The Easy Six* Step program to end your exercise addiction<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> It could be helpful in maintaing a proper otaku lifestyle.<\/p>\n

*”’cause let’s face it, twelve steps is WAAAAAAY too many.” \u2014SR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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