Comments on: Looking ahead to 2010

By: RP

RP — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:45:36 +0000

Crap. Why does that little guy always seem to disappear? I’ll have to add it onto the list of tweaks.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:54:51 +0000

Like the new look but where is the snow bunny? .-= Kabitzin´s last blog ..Kimi ni Todoke 11-12 =-.

By: Fate8

Fate8 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:21:09 +0000

I have been looking for a good anime blog for quite awhile. I have considered making my own blog, as I have not been satisfied with the blogs that I have surfed. The sole anime blog exception is Tenka Seiha. Unfortunately, she and I have different tastes and sometimes do not watch the same shows in a given season. Today, I found your blog and I think its pretty awesome. I wouldn’t mind blogging 2 shows regularly for you if you are interested.

By: RP

RP — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:30:41 +0000

Nobody wants to settle for “same old, same old.” Ganbatte!

Ah. True that!

By: RP

RP — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:30:22 +0000

Heh, if one of you guys is a dinosaur, I’ll let you guys fight that out. :p

Thanks for the feedback. I think I’ve gotten to the point where I’m able to blend the recaps in to be almost peripheral to the post. Sometimes, at least. It’s usually when I have little to say about an episode that I’ll drone on with summary text. I might’ve got a little lucky with Umineko since that had something crazy going on each episode.

Thanks for the well wishes! Oh yeah, there’s no way I could’ve done grad school coming out of college. But having worked several years since then, the terrible memories of studying have faded, while the bitter resentment of working has built up. I can’t wait to retire. :p

By: Shinmaru

Shinmaru — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:55:01 +0000

Haha, I am pretty much the exact opposite of EO in terms of images in posts, but I am a dinosaur on that front. xD I think you use a solid number of them in your posts, though it’s always good to be more thoughtful about how they’re used. I at least try to make sure each image I use connects to the next point I want to make and comes during a natural break in the post, but that doesn’t always work, haha.

I find recaps useful only when they explain things that might be a bit fuzzy in the episode, or remind me of things that happened earlier in the series that connect to what it is going on in the current episode. For example, I thought the episode recaps you did for Umineko were quite helpful, but if you wrote, say, Haruhi-chan with that level of detail, I would gloss through it, haha. For the most part I tend to ignore recap, but if it has to be done, I like the way you do it because you offer your own thoughts along the way.

Best of luck in applying for grad school in the future! I thought about grad school for a couple of seconds because I had such a difficult time finding a job, but I don’t think I could handle more school — I was so glad to finally graduate college!

By: moritheil

moritheil — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:02:39 +0000

With the economy as it is, schools are flooded with applications, so it’s gotten a lot tougher to get in.

Nobody wants to settle for “same old, same old.” Ganbatte!

By: RP

RP — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:17:56 +0000

Yeah, you’re right. Plenty of time to think about what’s next. In the meanwhile, I’ll still be working. So at the very least I won’t be destitute.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll definitely keep that in mind. And I agree, just as I wouldn’t want a derelict writer, I think the flipside is definitely just as important.

By: RP

RP — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:14:04 +0000

That’s a good suggestion. For whatever reason, I have a strange habit of forgetting that I have the option of making a random post about a random show. I think in general, I wouldn’t want to go over 3 shows a season. That’s probably the max I could give each a fair amount of attention to. (Unless one as a shorter, crappier show like Haruhi-chan)

If I did pick up a writer, it’d be very important that each writer have a distinct voice of their own (or develop one). I definitely agree that it’s a little discombobulating if there’s a bunch of different writers that all sound the same, or post irregularly so that you never get to make a good connection with them. Then the whole blog seems to lose its personality.

Thanks for all the feedback!

By: RP

RP — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:01:31 +0000

The schools I applied to had October deadlines with December responses. Although there’s 3 stages of applications that go until Feb or so. The flip side is the chances of getting in are tougher for each subsequent stage. It must’ve been a tough crowd this year. But all’s well that ends well hopefully.

Yep, you can’t speed up time unfortunately. :-p Thanks and happy new year to you too!