Archive for March, 2004
Maria-sama ga Miteru – Episode 12 「ファースト・デート・トライアングル」
Posted by Sam in Maria-sama ga Miteru on March 29th, 2004
So the 3 en Boutons go on dates with the people who won the contest.
That’s uhm.. pretty much… it. The 24 minutes just flew by. What am I saying? It was fuckin’ boring. There wasn’t any slurpslurpslurp!
Rei (Rosa Foetida en Bouton) goes on a date with some jabronie girl. Yoshino (Rosa Foetida en Bouton Petit Souer) stalks them because jealousy is an ugly, pigtailed beast. Shimako (Rosa Gigantea en Bouton) goes on a “date” with Shizuka (Rosa Canina). After some cryptic discussion on the bus, they wind up at school. It’s pretty clear that Rosa Canina has some hidden agenda but no one cares about her or anyone else that I’ve mentioned so far.
Yumi (Rosa Chinensis en Bouton Petit Souer) sucks valuable time out of this episode by worrying about how she can please the aristocratic Sachiko-sama (Rosa Chinensis en Bouton) on their date with her boorish ways. She even consulted a 風水 (feng shui) book for window shopping strategies. That’s some dedication (or unparalleled lesbian lust) right there.
The highlight of the episode is when Yumi and Sachiko go to the local fast-food place. I never thought I’d find any entertainment value in watching someone order hamburgers. The uncanny way this show can turn anything into an emotional experience is something that cannot be explained in words, so I won’t.
Couple (three) things to note here though.
1. Rei and the jabronie girl go watch a movie on their date. It might be just me, but I think going to a movie on a first date is a really stupid idea. Eh, but what do I know?
2. Yumi invites Sachiko on a date without any plans on what to do. What the fuck is wrong with her? Even I know that’s bad.
3. Who eats sandwiches with a knife and fork? Weird.
The thrilling (huh?) conclusion to this show airs in roughly 3 days. I hope they slip each other the tongue.
HDTV
We got HDTV service on the new TV. I watched the UAB vs. Kansas game in HDTV and that shit looked nice.
I’ve officially been spoiled.
P.S. HDTV also means digital cable. That also means watching Duck Tales and Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers in 2 hours. Too fuckin sexay… with the quickness!
Evolution 2004
The big announcement for this year’s Evolution tournament.
Thank goodness I bought a MAS stick!
I’ll share my thoughts on this issue later.
Maria-sama ga Miteru – Episode 11 「白き花びら」
Posted by Sam in Maria-sama ga Miteru on March 20th, 2004
Maria-sama ga Miteru (マリア様がみてる) – A show about a bunch of snobby girls who rule an all girls Catholic school with an iron fist and their unambiguous homosexual tendencies.
Yeah, the first entry is on the 11th episode of a 13 episode series but I couldn’t let the rampaging acts lesbianism go unrecognized. I won’t bore you by writing a long ass entry about my opinions of the show, but how can you say no to this?
This episode is a flashback of Sei’s (a.k.a Rosa Gigantea) past. It was a rather tragic (corny) story of how she meets some girl and falls in love with her. However, their romance is short lived when Sei loses her to the church because of her choice to become a nun.
The best part of this episode was when Rosa Gigantea got mad and asked her girlfriend if she’s choosing God over her… while they were in a church. Good job there, Sei.
Then this (right click and save as) happens…
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Transcript – done by me
栞: シスターになるのは私の希望なの
聖: じゃぁ、どうして私の目を見ないの? 迷っているからじゃないの?
栞: 違う…
聖: 栞、好きよ…
栞: いやぁ!
Shiori: It’s my dream to become a nun.
Sei: Then how come you’re not looking me in the eyes? Is it because you’re having doubts?
Shiori: That’s not it…
Sei: Shiori, I love you…
Shiori: No! Don’t!
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Man, someone is going straight to hell!
How anyone can possibly take this show seriously is totally beyond my comprehension. I still don’t understand how they managed to make a 3 part Valentine’s Day episode even though there aren’t any males in a 5 mile radius. Maria-sama ga Miteru isn’t just a show, it’s a weekly, 24-minute sacreligious experience. Even I felt dirty after watching this episode and I’m not even Catholic.
Next episode features a date between the real main characters, Sachiko (Rosa Chinensis en Bouton) and Yumi (Rosa Chinensis en Bouton Petit Souer). I’ll write another entry if it features any “action”.
Bonus
More Rosa Gigantea action from episode 6 (right click and save as), this time it’s with another girl (Rosa Canina). What a slut, but that’s what makes Sei so awesome. She makes everyone her bitch.
Transcript – done by me again
聖: ロサ カニーナ…
静: 静…と呼んで下さいませんか
聖: し ず か
Sei: Rosa Canina…
Shizuka: Won’t you please call me Shizuka…
Sei: Shi zu ka
Priceless.
Hiking
I went hiking for 2 hours in the mountains today and now I’m in pain. Don’t ask why.
Exercise = not sexy.
Custom Error Pages Part 2
It has come to my attention that my 404 page doesn’t show up in IE, because IE has its own 404 page that it uses. I could go on a long rant about how IE sucks and how everyone should switch to Mozilla Firefox but that would be a waste of my time (and yours too but you obviously don’t give a shit about that if you’re reading this).
So here’s a direct link to the page that your browser is supposed to use for my site in case of a 404.
You’d think that an apology from me is in order, right?
Wrong!
If anything, you should be thanking me for giving you another reason to switch to Mozilla Firefox. You’re welcome.
Out of the 3 people that I asked, 2 of them said that 500 – Internal Server Error was the best one. Here’s the voting breakdown.
Andy – 403 – Forbidden (with 401 – Authorization Required in a close 2nd).
Bosun – 500 – Internal Server Error and 404 – Not Found
Kent – 500 – Internal Server Error
I’m just glad to know that Chiyo’s death wasn’t in vain.
Custom Error Pages
I had some fun messing around with the .htaccess file for my site today. Kenthu showed me a site that teaches you how to customize error pages (403, 404, 500, etc). I wasted a good couple of hours on making these so I figured that I might as well show them off.
404 – File not found
http://www.lovelykitsune.com/adsjakldj.ahsdj(a nonexistent file)
403 – Forbidden
http://www.lovelykitsune.com/img/ (A folder that you don’t have access to)
and here are the actual html pages for errors that I can’t recreate. Hopefully, you’ll never see these ever again.
There’s a whole shitload of http status code definitions that I didn’t cover. Since I have never even seen most of them, I’ll just assume that you won’t either, or at least when you’re visiting my site.
New Look and New Host
I changed the webhost for this site earlier this week. So far, the transistion seems to have gone smoothly. I get more bandwidth and space now, plus I’m not under the tyrannical rule of kenthu anymore! Just kidding Kent, you’re a great webhost providing person or something like that.
As for the new look, I was going for something simple, but in my infinite wisdom, it turned into something bland. The lack of color is driving me nuts. I’m almost tempted to turn this into an anime blog so I’d have an excuse to plaster screen shots all over the place.
Any input on the color scheme (the layout is fine as it is) would be greatly appreciated.
-Edit-
Okay, I colored the Chiyo and Chiyochichi in my banner which improves things somewhat, but it still needs work.