Sunday, May 14, 2006

Mother's Day

Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Greetings all! I hope you have all been having a great Mother’s Day! So, to any of you mothers who might read my site, happy Mother’s Day!

This past week for me has been rather hectic, like I had thought it would be. I last left you with the statement that I would be going down to visit my friends after their finals. That went really well. We hung out and just talked for the most part. I did see a movie though. I went and saw Poseidon with them. It was a really good movie. I liked it. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. I like movies like that. And, to jump forward a few days, since I’m on the topic of movies, I saw M.I.:III last night. Much better than Poseidon was. I’m not saying Poseidon was bad, I’m just saying M.I.:III was extremely good. I strongly suggest you all see both of those movies, but if you have to choose one, choose M.I.:III.

Now that the past week is taken care of as far as it’s goings on, let me enlighten you as to the way that this wonderful Mother’s Day has unfolded. Wow, has it been a long day! Heh heh. It didn’t start that way though. It started to be a rather boring day. I woke up at about 11:00 when my Mom left the house with my sister to go hang out with my aunt and cousin. They went to lunch and then saw Just My Luck (the new movie starring Lindsay Lohan). So, suffice it to say I didn’t really have much of a desire to join them. I went out back and mowed our backyard at about 11:30 after searching high and low for the keys to the shed in which we keep the lawnmower. I never found the keys I was looking for, instead I figured out that my dad had made a new set of keys for the shed. After I finished mowing the lawn at about 11:45 I decided I’d go ahead and go running. It is a nice day out, I was already in the appropriate clothes for it, and I need to start exercising anyway. So, I went running. I get back at about 12:20 and immediately go upstairs to the shower since I am all stinky and dripping with sweat. It only seemed like a nice day until I was out running in it. It really is quite hot outside. Anyway, after my cold shower I got dressed and came downstairs to take the dogs out to do their business in the freshly shorn grass. This is where my day becomes very interesting. When I get into the kitchen I find that our water filter had busted and was spraying water all over. At the point I got in there there was probably about half an inch of water already accumulated on the floor. Panic. Water. Gotta turn it off. Ignorant. Run next door. Gone. Run to the other next door. “Help!” We run back to my place and the water is turned off. Now is the wonderful task of mopping up and controlling half an inch of spreading water. Thankfully my neighbor had a large wet/dry vacuum which we used to get up most of it. I controlled the water’s spread through strategically placed bath towels. They worked sufficiently. For the most part there is no damage. But, the wooden cabinets did soak up a good amount of water and one area of the adjacent carpeting was thoroughly waterlogged. I think it’ll be all right though. But, this is not where the day ends. My mom had misread my dad’s flight itinerary. He has been gone to east Asia for the past three weeks and was returning today. She read the itinerary to say that he was landing tonight at around 6:00 PM, but that’s the time he left Tokyo. He actually landed today at around 3:00 PM. So, I get a call from him at around 3:15 asking where my mom is. So, I run to the airport and pick him up. That’s pretty much the extent of today so far. Talk about hectic.

Now, I want to follow up on a post from a few months ago. Some of you might recall my “Women of Sound” post in which I went in to detail about three female music artists that I like. In Imogen Heap’s biography I mentioned that her partner from the band Frou Frou, Guy Sigsworth, had gone on in a solo career but I had not seen anything he had done. Well, last night at around 1:00 I found what he’s been working on since the breakup of Frou Frou! He is currently the producer and songwriter for a phenomenal new female vocalist named Kate Havnevik (pictured at right). Kate hails from Oslo, Norway and sings in a style very similar to that of Imogen. I can see why Guy was attracted to her. But, she is still quite distinct from Imogen in her voice. She is quite clearly Norwegian. When I listen close to her voice, I can most closely equate it to that of Björk. I realize some of you might be thinking, "But Björk is from Iceland, not Norway." I know. But, despite that fact, the two women have similar vocal styles. Kate's first album, Melankton is currently in stores and has been showcased as an iTunes featured album. I strongly suggest you all go and listen to the clips of her songs on iTunes. If you go to her webpage at www.katehavnevik.com you can link over to her MySpace blog where you can hear 4 full songs from her single Unlike Me. Check her out. So, thank you Guy Sigsworth for bringing us yet another amazing artist. Have a great day everybody!

Caesar1280's Anime Ticker

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Air, Air: The Movie, Akira, The Animatrix, Appleseed, Aquatic Language, Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, Beck, Black Lagoon, Blame!, Blood the Last Vampire, Bokurano, Burst Angel, Castle in the Sky, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express, Egao, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Gankutsuou, Gatekeepers, Genshiken, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, Gin-iro no Kami no Agito, Grave of the Fireflies, Grenadier, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Hikaru no Go, Howl?s Moving Castle, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jyu Oh Sei, Karas: The Prophecy, Last Exile, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Midori?s Days, Milennium Actress, Mushi-shi, My Neighbor Totoro, Naruto, Naruto: The Movie, Nausicaa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth, Ninja Scroll: The Movie, Other Worlds, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Prétear, Princess Mononoke, Read Or Die, Read Or Die: The TV, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, She and Her Cat, Spirited Away, Steamboy, Tide-Line Blue, Tokyo Babylon, Tokyo Godfathers, Trigun, Voices of a Distant Star, Witch Hunter Robin, Wonderful Days, Wrath of the Ninja, X

Anime I've Seen - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - .hack//Sign - 5 Centimeters per Second - Air - Air: The Movie - Akira - The Animatrix - Appleseed - Aquatic Language - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror - Baby Blue - Beck - Black Lagoon - Blame! - Blood the Last Vampire - Bokurano - Burst Angel - Castle in the Sky - Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express - Doorbell - Egao - FLCL - Fullmetal Alchemist - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala - Gankutsuou - Gatekeepers - Genius Party - Genshiken - Genshiken OAV - Ghost in the Shell - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society - Gin-iro no Kami no Agito - The Gokusen - Grave of the Fireflies - Grenadier - Haibane Renmei - Happy Machine - Hellsing - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Hikaru no Go - Howl's Moving Castle - Innocent Venus - Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Jyu Oh Sei - Karas: The Prophecy - Karas: The Revelation - Last Exile - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Midori?s Days - Milennium Actress - Mushi-shi - My Neighbor Totoro - Naruto - Naruto: The Movie - Nausicaa - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth - Ninja Scroll: The Movie - Other Worlds - Ouran High School Host Club - Paprika - Perfect Blue - Pet Shop of Horrors - The Place Promised In Our Early Days - Prétear - Princess Mononoke - Read Or Die - Read Or Die: The TV - Samurai Champloo - Samurai Seven - Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal - Serial Experiments Lain - Shanghai Dragon - She and Her Cat - Spirited Away - Steamboy - Tekkonkinkreet - Tide-Line Blue - Tokyo Babylon - Tokyo Godfathers - Trigun - Trinity Blood - Vampire Hunter D - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Voices of a Distant Star - Witch Hunter Robin - Wolf's Rain - Wonderful Days - Wrath of the Ninja - X Total: 93

Anime I Haven't Completed - .hack//Roots - Ah! My Goddess - Angelic Layer - Avenger - Baccano! - Bamboo Blade - Basilisk - Binchou-tan - Black Cat - Bleach - Blood+ - Boogiepop Phantom - Case Closed - Le Chevalier d'Eon - Chobits - Chrono Crusade - Code Geass - Coyote Ragtime Show - D.Gray-Man - D.N.Angel - DearS - Death Note - Dennou Coil - Desert Punk - Digimon - Dragon Ball Z - Ergo Proxy - Eureka Seven - Excel Saga - Fighting Beauty Wulong - Final Fantasy Unlimited - Flag - Freedom - Full Moon - Gantz - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Gintama - Glass Fleet - Great Teacher Onizuka - Gundam Seed - Gundam Wing - Hayate the Combat Butler - Hellsing OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Ikki Tousen - InuYasha - Jigoku Shojo - Kage Kara Mamoru - Karin - Kino's Journey - Love Hina - Loveless - Lovely Complex - Lucky Star - Makai Senki Disgaea - Marchen Awakens Romance - Meine Liebe - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Mononoke - Monster - Moon Phase - Mr Stain on Junk Alley - Naruto Shippuuden - Negima?! - Negima! - Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion - Nerima Daikon Brothers - NHK ni Youkoso - Night Walker - Ninja Nonsense - Noir - Peacemaker Kurogane - Pokemon - Prince of Tennis - R.G. Veda - Ragnarok - Rec - Red Garden - Robotech - Romeo x Juliet - Rosen Maiden - Rurouni Kenshin - Saikano - Sailor Moon - Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sci-fi Harry - School Rumble - Scrapped Princess - Shin-chan - Shingu - Shion no Oh - Shuffle! - Shrine of the Morning Mist - So Long, Mr. Despair - Solty Rei - Sousei no Aquarion - Speed Grapher - Spice and Wolf - Super Milk Chan - Tales of Phantasia - Tenchi Muyo - Tenjhou Tenge - Texnolyze - The Third - Tsubasa Chronicles - Urusei Yatsura - Venus Versus Virus - Welcome to the N.H.K. - Winter Cicada - X-1999 - Xenosaga - XxxHolic - Yu Yu Hakushou - Yume Tsukai - Zero no Tsukaima - Zipang Total: 116

Manga I've Completed - Cowboy Bebop - FLCL - Manga Messiah - Manga Metamorphosis - Q*Ko-chan - Saiyuki - Shirahime-Syo Total: 7 Manga I Haven't Completed - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Black Cat - Blame! - Chobits - D.Gray-man - Darkside Blues - Death Note - The Demon Ororon - Desert Coral - Disgaea - Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl - Fruits Basket - Getbackers - Hayate the Combat Butler - Kamunagara - Legal Drug - Love Hina - Loveless - Megatokyo - Naruto - Negima - Read Or Die - Rurouni Kenshin - Tactics - Trigun Maximum - XXXHolic Total: 26

Anime I'm Currently Watching
Samurai 7, InuYasha, Samurai Deeper Kyo,
Boogiepop Phantom, and Shrine of the Morning Mist

Manga I'm Currently Reading
Read Or Die, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Megatokyo.hack//Roots, .hack//Sign, 5 cm per Second, Ah! My Goddess, Angelic Layer, Avenger, Basilisk, Binchou-tan, Black Cat, Bleach, Blood+, Boogiepop Phantom, Case Closed, Le Chevalier d'Eon, Chobits, Chrono Crusade, Coyote Ragtime Show, D.Gray-Man, D.N.Angel, DearS, Death Note, Dennou Coil, Desert Punk, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Ergo Proxy, Eureka 7, Excel Saga, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Flag, Full Moon, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Innocent Venus, InuYasha, Jigoku Shojo, Kage Kara Mamoru, Karin, Kino?s Journey, Love Hina, Loveless, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Makai Senki Disgaea, Marchen Awakens Romance, Meine Liebe, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Mononoke, Monster, Naruto Shippuuden, Negima?!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nerima Daikon Brothers, NHK ni Youkoso, Night Walker, Ninja Nonsense, Noir, Ouran High School Host Club, Peacemaker Kurogane, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, R.G. Veda, Ragnarok, Rec, Red Garden, Robotech, Romeo x Juliet, Rosen Maiden, Rurouni Kenshin, Saikano, Sailor Moon, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Sci-fi Harry, School Rumble, Scrapped Princess, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingu, Shuffle!, Shrine of the Morning Mist, So Long Mr. Despair, Solty Rei, Sousei no Aquarion, Speed Grapher, Super Milk Chan, Tales of Phantasia, Tenchi Muyo, Tenjhou Tenge, Texnolyze, The Third. Trinity Blood, Tsubasa Chronicles, Urusei Yatsura, Welcome to the N.H.K., Winter Cicada, X-1999, Xenosaga, XxxHolic, Yu Yu Hakushou, Yume Tsukai, Zero no Tsukaima, Zipang

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