Wednesday, April 25, 2007

@ Otemba: INVOKE FTW!
Though saying that, Xanth had some pretty cool choices too. ^^ other notable mentions were Watasefan’s choice of “Inner Universe” (GITS OP) and Sbsp13668’s choice of “Ask DNA” from the Cowboy Bebop Movie. XD

I really couldn’t say what my Fav OP and ED songs are. I’ll write a list of my favs after this post.



Well hi folks. ^^ after that belated intro. ^^; according to a lot of your comments on Mondays lame phlegm of a post, a lot of you think I'm “nice”. Now I wanna know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Cuz, like, everybody likes a nice guy. Which is cool. It means I have lots of friends. But at the same time: “Nice Guys finish last…”

^^;



Ignore my ramblings, I'm having an existential crisis in my spare time.


This weekend (just gone) was great. I was doing my life guarding course at Crystal Palace Sports Centre, which is one of the few Olympic worthy venues in London (until someone finally pulls their finger out and starts building stuff for the 2012 London Olympics). Despite this, Crystal Palace is a desolate place. Honestly. The facilities are OLD and no matter how many people are actually using the place at any one time, the whole complex (which is located in Crystal Palace Park) has a real sense of abandonment and desolation to it. But its got a kinda charm to it too. I have a strange affinity for things that have been abandoned. Crystal Palace speaks to me like that.

Why is it called Crystal Palace? I hear you ask. Well, back in the 1850’s, a huge glass building was constructed in London’s Hyde Park, and was called the London Exhibition Centre. It was there for about 6 months then they relocated it (glass, ironwork and all) to a park area near Sydenham. There it stayed, a huge exhibition to the Wonders of the Victorian Era, until, after a steady period of decline, a huge fire destroyed the building in 1936. (Yes, that’s right. A Glass and Iron building BURNT down). Now all that remains are the foundations upon which it was built. The Park, renamed Crystal Palace Park, now contains the Crystal Palace Sports Centre and Crystal Palace Transmission Station, a huge tower that broadcasts most of London’s TV signals…its one of the largest structures for miles around. But the foundations are still there, and a small museum dedicated to the history of the place.


But I digress. The Life Guarding course was really hard work. On Friday we did a lot of swimming, 500 metres constant, followed by a ditch and retrieve exercise…it was a lot harder than I thought. Then on Saturday I was at the centre all day doing shore to casualty retrieval exercises and spinal injury exercises, which was hard enough. But on Sunday, I didn’t go in the pool at all, and spent all day trying to learn the American Red Cross approved method of CPR and how to handle a choking casualty. It was really taxing mentally; I haven’t done so much learning since I left school. ^^; I gotta study this week, and I got the second part this weekend, which will include my assessments. Wish me luck! But the guys on the course are really cool, and the instructors are really down to earth and funny. It’s been great fun, and I’ve really enjoyed it so far.


It was a pain to have to go back to work after such a tiring yet fun weekend, but I gots ta pay the bills somehow. ^^; It was a right royal pain yesterday cuz we were working with this new girl who got shoved into Pick and Pack (the section of catering I work for) and she is ANNOYING. Those of you who have been reading this blog any significant amount of time (say about two years or so) will recall I used to bitch about certain female cadets at my air cadet squadron back when I used to attend. Well, its like that time all over again. I won’t go into it, it makes me annoyed just thinking about it, but this girl is a right royal pain the posterior. I have to put up with her again today, but after that it she should be transferred to another section, so that will be ok. >.<

Wow, I guess I kinda blabbed on a lot today. ^^;;; my apologies.

I realise I havnt posted any art or comics recently, I should really get round to doing some stuff. Unfortunately, its really all a matter of time and ideas…both of which I havnt got a whole lot of at the mo. ^^;;;

Well, I'm gonna leave you with a list of my fav anime songs from anime OPS and EDS. Have a good week! see ya when I see ya.


OPS:

“Tsubasa Wa Pleasure Line” (Chrono Crusade)
“INVOKE” (Gundam SEED)
“Pride” (Gundam SEED DESTINY)
“All through the Night” (Outlaw Star)
“Cruel Angels Thesis” (Evangelion)
“Sentimental” (Midori Days)
“Tank!” (Cowboy Bebop)
“RISE” (GITS SAC 2nd Gig)
“Shine in the Storm” (Gundam 08TH MS Team)
“Get to Burning” (Martian Successor Nadesico)
“Fly in the Sky” (G GUNDAM)
“Free Bird” (Haibane Renmei)
“Scarlet” (Karin)
“Red Fraction” (Black Lagoon)
“Limitless Answer” (Dirty Pair Flash)
“Stray” (Wolf’s Rain)
“Najica” (Najica Blitz Tactics)
“Love Loyalty” (Excel Saga)
“Voyager” (PANDA-Z)
“Fire Wars” (Mazinkaiser)
“Yuusha oh Tanjo” (GAOGAIGAR)
“Tori no uta” (AIR)
“Tomorrow” (Full Metal Panic)
“Rhythm Emotion” (Gundam Wing)
“Dreams” (Gundam X)
“Rojiurano Uchuu Shounen” (Dai Guard)
“Ask DNA” (Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven’s Door)


And I'm probably forgetting a few… can ya tell I like Anime Ops?

EDS:

“Lithium Flower” (GITS SAC)
“Real Folk Blues” (Cowboy Bebop)
“Life Goes On” (Gundam SEED DESTINY)
“Karenai Hana” (Full Metal Panic)
“anna ni issho datta no ni” (Gundam SEED)
“Kesenai Tsumi” (Full Metal Alchemist)
“Tobira no Mokou e” (Full Metal Alchemist)
“Ichibyo no refrain” (Getbackers)
“Changin’” (Getbackers)
“Raison D’etre” (Chobits)
“Body and Mind” (Najica Blitz Tactics)
“White Reflection” (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz)
“Raspberry Heaven” (Azumanga Daioh)
“Sayonara Solitaire” (Chrono Crusade)
“Shiki no Uta” (Samurai Champloo)
“Fly Me to the Moon (Rei Ayanami Standard Version)” (Evangelion)
“Gotta knock a little Harder” (Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven’s Door)
“Kimi no naka no eien” (G Gundam)
“Hoshi no Tobira” (GUNDAM SEED DESTINY STARGAZER)
“Tsuki no Mayu” (Turn A Gundam)
“Mina Soko ni Nemure” (Blue Sub 6)
“Hare Hare Yukai” (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu)
“Through the Years and Far Away” (Voices of a Distant Star) (LOVE this song)

And again, I'm probably forgetting a few. ^^;; I like my OPs and EDs. ^^ there are a whole bunch of Insert Songs and Image Songs I love too, but that’s a list for another day (includes some stuff with very long titles...)


So until next time folks…

“you know, I heard something today that really opened my eyes…”

“what was that?”

“the alarm clock…”


Toodles. ^^

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