In the beginning the series confused me. It seemed to me it was just trying to make it seem all intricate and convoluted and it wasn’t really going anywhere. Like it was trying to be deep, but really it was just … pointless.

When the last DVD ended, I again thought, ‘What?’ It made no sense to me! I thought, well maybe I missed something, maybe watching the series in lumps over the course of a year wasn’t a good way to watch it (duh, I wouldn’t watch Serial Experiments Lain that way, unless I wanted to break my brain), maybe I should rewatch it.

There were some notes from … someone (director? producer?) involved with the English translation that were included on the last DVD, which I read initially … then skimmed. This guy (I assume the person is a male, I don’t think the name was female, but what do I know?) was just gushing over the series … how else can I put it? He thought it was the best series in recent years, he said there was so much depth to it, that some people wouldn’t get it, that people would have to look at it again, that it’s probably best seen on a weekly basis on tv.

So I thought, okay, I guess I did miss something, I guess I should rewatch the series before I dismiss it.

But, having just read the Wikipedia Boogiepop Phantom article, what I thought was the whole plotline in the series ended up being exactly what was outlined on Wikipedia! Well okay, the timeline was a lot more jumbled than I’d realized. But basically, yeah, the series really was all about what was in the series. I didn’t miss anything. Except for the backstory that was written in a book, which was lightly touched on in the series but not enough to actually say, yeah this is what happened.

The Wikipedia article says, “[the series] has also received criticism for not addressing certain areas of the back-story,[18]leaving the viewer ‘with more questions than answers’.” You got that right! >_< But I think I want to read the book now. :) Then I’ll have to rewatch the series. XD; Yeah. Just add that on to the two series I started but never finished (Escaflowne, got halfway through, and Fushigi Yuugi, stopped two tapes from the end of the first box set) and should really rewatch.

I had two cups of ocha this morning. I thought that was enough, but … I was falling asleep in class. I finally did what Noelle did: write notes without knowing what I’m writing. XD So weird. For the most part I wrote stuff correctly.

I felt like apologizing to the professor for being so rude. But I didn’t know how weird that would be. mreh. I definitely probably got 1/2 on the quiz today. *blink*

Pretty much for the rest of the day I watched Boogiepop Phantom and drove C around. BP is getting interesting now. Still don’t know if it’s any good.

From about 4:30 to 8:30 I slept. ^^;;; Didn’t eat dinner. I dunno, I don’t like eating so late. Now I’m going to bed.

(On to the real interesting post.)

I finished Howl’s Moving Castle on Sunday. When I closed the book, I was grinning, the story made me so happy and thoroughly satisfied. It’s even better than the movie. Although the movie’s still good. It’s just, you know, a shortened and simplified and prettified version. And it’s a bit different than the book. I don’t know if it’s bad. It’s Miyazaki, so I’m biased. I like both the book and the movie. But I’d choose the book over the movie.

The problem I have now is, well, I finished the book! No more moving castle to read about, no Sophie and Howl to join while they go about pretending the other isn’t important. I miss the book. :( (I can’t tell if it’s sad or a sign of a good reader and a good book that I miss these characters so much.)

I just had a thought. I should go buy Castle in the Air. It’s sort of a sequel. Howl and Sophie are in it, but they’re not main characters, I don’t think. ^^’ That makes me a little happy.

I kind of wanted to point out all the differences between the book and the movie … just because. But I figure that no one would want to read it (unless they don’t mind being spoiled, or they’ve already read the book, the latter being highly unlikely). Also, I’m typing this entry up rather late, and seeing as my sleep schedule recently is already messed up enough … I shall skip the contrasting.

For now. muahahaha …

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hah. Um. Woke up around 11. Went on the comp for a while, retitled entries … moved quiz results to tfjlj … ate lunch, leftover burger … took N C R to Best Buy (scraped the curb x.x durr), Toys R Us, Target.

At Target I spent all my time putting all the CDs in order. ^^;; That was fun though! My hands got dirty. Yuck. I managed to not spend any money! XP Not like that’s much of a feat. I’m saving up my money for clothes, and we didn’t go to Best Buy.

I’m thinking of buying NFG’s Sticks and Stones album (the one I lost to teh eatering CD changer), but only if it’s $12 or less. ehehe *sweatdrop*

And I feel like watching anime. So I might buy something or other. But I really have no idea what I want to watch. I have no idea what’s good. Haibane Renmei was all right. Chobits … eh, it’s just fun. I have the manga anyway. Inuyasha, I want to buy the boxset, same for … that one anime. (starts with a b *shifty eyes* [2009-09-13: Boogiepop Phantom?]) Meh, I don’t know. I’m not into anime that much anymore.

Came home. I watched the Ev DVD before dinner. heh. Kinda surprised by how they act. By the end I was kinda disappointed and I didn’t like Amy Lee as much as I used to. But now I’m telling myself I’m stupid and she can act however oddly and stupidly she wants, I’m no judge, I still admire her and everything, and she’s a good person, so what’s wrong? (She was drunk! :o But mostly I was disgusted by this sex move she did on her friend *rolleyes* Whatever.)

The concert on the DVD is terrible, with its awful music video-esque direction. I like the videos I downloaded off the internet more. Even including the image quality. Geez! The concert looks like she’s not even singing! Like they coulda stuck video of anyone in there and it wouldn’t have looked any more off! They cut away too much, show little snippets too much, there’s no loooooong camera view on her or anyone. Or maybe that’s just the first minute or two. I don’t know. I don’t want to watch any more of it anyway. ugh.

Dinner. Comp. After that C bugged me to play Texas holdem with him and R and he asked Daddy too, so we all played. Fun. Y’know. At first. After a while we got bored. So … all in, and Daddy won. Of course. >b Um. Yeah, that’s it.

There were lightning/thunder storms today. In addition to the rainstorm. XD There was even a tornado somewhere around the Catalina islands a while ago. o.o! Um. About the Asia thing. It’s just so sad. Actually, I’m not really all that sad that so many people died. I’m more sad that everyone else who survived and knows someone who died is suffering now. And. Uh. I want to donate money. Some to help Asia, and some to the St. Jude’s hospital. Buuut … I’m being lazy and/or chickenshit and I’m not doing anything. mreh. I should ask Mum for help. ^^ Yeah.

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