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Oh, Heck, it's Wednesday Already Again?
Jan. 10th, 2018 08:52 amMan, it's a good thing that I didn't make a New Year's resolution about being better at blogging. I would have already messed that one up. I actually didn't make any resolutions this year. I have in the past, but this year I found myself thinking that the best I might be able to hope for is "be nicer," and then I immediately engaged in a knock-down, drag-out internet fight about the new Star Wars movie on my Facebook page and I thought, "Whelp, there goes that one."
Did I read anything this last week? No, I really didn't. I mean, yes, of course, there was a manga. It was really AWESOME manga (and a long one, 21 volumes) called: Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made / Until Death Do Us Part by Takashige Hiroshi / Song Ji-Hyoung ("Double-S"). It's about a blind katana-welding vigilante who ends up as the bodyguard to a girl with pre-cognition. It's literally everything you want from a story with that kind of premise, including scenes where our blind hero slices bullets with his microfiber space-age katana. I mean, so CHEESY that it comes out the other side into SO AWESOME, you know?
I highly recommend it, but I'm not sure it's available in any commercial venue. Oh, looks like you can consume it legally: https://www.amazon.com/Until-Death-Do-Part-Vol/dp/031621390X. Well, I might have to support this, because I really loved this whole stupid story. The art is really pretty amazing and I loved the characters a lot. If you want to read my review, as usual, you can find it over on Mangakast: https://mangakast.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/shi-ga-futari-wo-wakatsu-made-until-death-do-us-part-by-takashige-hiroshi-song-ji-hyoung-double-s/
I didn't manage to get any further in the other PEN award novel that I took out from the library. That one might be a lost cause, after all. But the library lets me borrow it for three weeks, so I'll keep it around for a while yet in the hopes that I'll feel in the mood again soon.
How about you? Read anything of interest this week?
Today is the first day that Mason will be a volunteer debate JUDGE of middle school debate teams. He's going to be over at Highland Park Middle today with a bunch of his colleagues from Washington Tech. He's super nervous about it, which I understand, but I suspect it will go well (knock on wood.) But, because this is volunteering, I'm going to play chauffeur to a number of his fellow debaters, which should also be interesting. I should see what Google Maps thinks is the fastest route between Washington and Highland....
Anyway, the joys of parenting, eh?
Did I read anything this last week? No, I really didn't. I mean, yes, of course, there was a manga. It was really AWESOME manga (and a long one, 21 volumes) called: Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made / Until Death Do Us Part by Takashige Hiroshi / Song Ji-Hyoung ("Double-S"). It's about a blind katana-welding vigilante who ends up as the bodyguard to a girl with pre-cognition. It's literally everything you want from a story with that kind of premise, including scenes where our blind hero slices bullets with his microfiber space-age katana. I mean, so CHEESY that it comes out the other side into SO AWESOME, you know?
I highly recommend it, but I'm not sure it's available in any commercial venue. Oh, looks like you can consume it legally: https://www.amazon.com/Until-Death-Do-Part-Vol/dp/031621390X. Well, I might have to support this, because I really loved this whole stupid story. The art is really pretty amazing and I loved the characters a lot. If you want to read my review, as usual, you can find it over on Mangakast: https://mangakast.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/shi-ga-futari-wo-wakatsu-made-until-death-do-us-part-by-takashige-hiroshi-song-ji-hyoung-double-s/
I didn't manage to get any further in the other PEN award novel that I took out from the library. That one might be a lost cause, after all. But the library lets me borrow it for three weeks, so I'll keep it around for a while yet in the hopes that I'll feel in the mood again soon.
How about you? Read anything of interest this week?
Today is the first day that Mason will be a volunteer debate JUDGE of middle school debate teams. He's going to be over at Highland Park Middle today with a bunch of his colleagues from Washington Tech. He's super nervous about it, which I understand, but I suspect it will go well (knock on wood.) But, because this is volunteering, I'm going to play chauffeur to a number of his fellow debaters, which should also be interesting. I should see what Google Maps thinks is the fastest route between Washington and Highland....
Anyway, the joys of parenting, eh?