Sanity… is for the Weak

It’s been a while since I’ve trained in armor, and it shows. I’m aching everywhere today…

Anyway, it was time for our post-evaluation photo shoot, and with the recent additions to the Company, as well as new pieces of kit being integrated, the demo company is starting to look more impressive by the day.

Six more weeks before we fly up to Helsinki for training at the mother school!

スミレ１６歳！！ , or Sumire 16 sai!! is a rather… quirky manga to come out of Japan recently.

In a nutshell, it’s about the daily life of Sumire, a sixteen year old high school girl… except that she’s actually a life-size puppet, controlled by a guy in black clothes.

What’s even weirder is that they even made a live-action TV drama out of it.

Like, WTF man?!?

The first chapter may be read online here.

:Links:
Wikipedia Entry
Shonen Magazine
TV Drama

Scored a Soul Eater bag, courtesy of One - thanks bro!

Was a slice of roasted pork belly with side of spiral pasta salad with zucchini.

Yum.

Been a while since I did this

Audio/Visual Update

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+The Sex, the City, the Music: Shanghai
+Monkey Majik: 空はまるで
+Queen: Greatest Hits

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Heroes Season 2
+My Neighbor Totoro
+Appleseed: Ex Machina

In the PSP:
+Freedom
+Hayate no Gotoku
+Clannad
+Rental Magica
+Bamboo Blade

Movies to Catch - ‘08:
+Sweeney Todd
+The Spiderwick Chronicles
+Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
+Iron Man
+The Dark Knight
+Cloverfield
+Jumper
+Wall-E
+Hancock
+Get Smart
+Charlie Wilson’s War
+Bangkok Dangerous
+Speed Racer
+The Love Guru
+Wanted
+Indiana Jones and The Temple of the Crystal Skull
+Forbidden Kingdom
+Doomsday

Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+The Machine Girl
+Oneechanbara
+Zombie Strippers

Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 21
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 210
+死がふたりを分かつまで Chapter 12

Dead Tree
+Freakonomics
+Why We Want You To Be Rich

Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider

Other Stuff

Finally went back to training after a 1-month hiatus due to increased workload, and it seems like my conditioning has slipped by quite a bit. This is worrying, as we’re due to head up north to Helsinki in June for training at the mother school ~ looks like additional training is in order. That aside, due to the change in syllabus, and me missing most of the classes last month, I had to skip the current evaluations ~ I don’t really mind, as I think I’m now at a comfortable position of the learning curve, trying to get the basics down perfect before moving on to the advanced stuff. That said, kudos to the rest of the students who worked very hard and were promoted, you guys deserved it!

We caught We Will Rock You at the Esplanade on Friday night, and enjoyed it immensely. On the surface, it was an unabashed cheesy recycling of Queen’s hits into a jukebox musical, yet it was disturbingly entertaining at the same time. The energy of the cast really makes the difference, leading the audience clapping and singing along.

We appreciated the fact that the producers took time to add local flavour to the musical with references to Dick Lee and Puah Chu Kang, and the inside jokes that flew fast and furious (”You can’t even make it into INXS!” and “You are my Guitar Hero!”)

But the highlight of the evening came during the intermission and after the show ~ never have we been so entertained by the looks of utter embarrasment on the faces of kids and teenagers, trying desperately to disappear into the upholstery… all because their parents were there clapping, singing, dancing along and generally having a rockin’ time. So, the lesson is: If you want your kids to behave and get serious jobs when they grow up, go hide a few of your Def Leppard or other Heavy Metal tee-shirts with your old punk rock costume photos somewhere where they will find it, and the shock of it will probably drive them in the opposite direction

Congratulations go out to Zero, no One, err… One plus One? For successfully proposing to his girlfriend of seven years, and in style, no less.

We await the “Red Bomb” with anticipation

P.S. That is one *HUGE* rock.

Picked up the tickets today ~

I’m a man with a one track mind
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)
Not a man for compromise and wheres and whys and living lies
So I’m living it all (yes Im living it all)
And I’m giving it all (and Im giving it all)

- Queen, I Want It All