Hey everyone! I know I’ve been terribly quiet lately, but I’ve been reading a lot of manga as well as watching a lot of anime! I have a few series I really can’t wait to write reviews of, so look forward to that! I plan on doing posts on Sket Dance (manga/anime), my top ten favorite Magical Girl characters, Seiho Boy’s High School (manga), and perhaps Code: Breaker (manga)!! I’m also ALMOST done with Persona 4! Expect my first video game review in ages right after I finish! I’m at 100+ hours played with less than 20 hours left to go! (At least I think it’s at less than 20). Afterward I’m going to finish DragonQuest V…if you can believe it I put the game down because I wasn’t sure which bride to choose! In the end I’ll probably go for Bianca because she’s the choice that seems to match the story best.
The next few years of my life is going to get considerably busier, I need to finish my final project for my Master’s Degree before December and seriously start to put effort and money into fixing up my house (so I can sell it at a profit). Me and my boyfriend are at a stage in our life where we’re realizing that if we’re going to get married and visit Japan before turning 30, then we have to start saving more than ever! As a result more time has been spent these days fixing up the house we bought two years ago, we made a schedule of ”honey do’s” and have been staying on track tackling them one at a time. Last weekend we painted the deck, and this week we’ve hired someone to improve the heating in our house so we can use the finished basement as our lazy TV cave. That basement heat will really help with the re-sale value of the home (I know, boring real life chatter). Well I’ve realized when faced with limited free time for my hobbies I end up choosing gardening, manga, anime, cleaning (this is a hobby?) and a few select video games above all else! So I’m the process of reducing the size of my figure collection to a reasonable amount (under one hundred), and I’m going to get away from dolls altogether. Dollfie Dreams and Pullips are lovely, but I just treat them like figures and don’t take enough pictures of them! My goal is to be a bit simpler in how many possessions I own. Although to be honest, I’ll still probably have an incredibly selfish amount of manga lol. I’m looking forward to emptying out my hobby room a bit and making it so that there’s enough room in there so I can put in a super comfy chair for reading. I think I’ll have anime figures displayed in my house for many years to come and will still actively collect them, but it’ll be on a much smaller scale 
Look forward to more posts than I did last month! Even when I’m not posting on my blog I’m on Twitter a few times a day! Feel free to tweet with me!
#1 by anonymous_object on October 18, 2011 - 7:32 pm
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100+ hours into P4? Hehe, it must be fun xD. I haven’t put that many hours into a game since DA:O.
Nice work on the Master’s degree, that will be quite an accomplishment. I know what you mean about real life obligations catching up on you. I’m currently looking for a house (first one) and it’s stressful ^^; I’ve been cutting back on my hobby purchases as a result. I hope you are able to fix your house up nicely and sell it. Good luck!
#2 by IshokuOsero on October 19, 2011 - 4:57 pm
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Good luck with selling the house, and great job on the Master’s degree!
Understandable about the collection. I’m not looking forward to the day when I’ll have to say ‘it’s time to tone this down a bit’, either. And one of the reasons I haven’t gotten a DD, despite how much I want one (other than the fact that I can’t quite afford them at this point in my life), is because I’m not sure how much I’d take it/them outside and really do some good shoots of them. As it is, I’m frightened to take any of my figures anywhere for fear of damaging them, so I’d probably just have them get all dusty on a shelf just like my figmas do.
I definitely look forward to seeing you more active on your site again. =)
#3 by bluedrakon on October 20, 2011 - 5:32 pm
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Do you even have time to eat and sleep?????
We are house hunting ourselves and not having any luck so far. We are trying to be patient, but my wife really really wants a house. When we get that, I don’t know if I will have any free time either getting it all setup.
Good luck on the Masters degree as well!
#4 by Persocom on October 21, 2011 - 12:16 pm
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Please give your cleaning hobby to me. I could use it, I’ve been slacking in that department lately. I’ve been watching a ton of anime too, really need to get reviewing them before I forget what to write @_@ I’m also trying to reduce the amount of figures I buy that way I take better care of them and give them the proper attention they need, I feel like the more I get the less I care about them and it shouldn’t be that way. Well, having a busy life is good as long as you enjoy yourself when possible
#5 by Fabrice on October 25, 2011 - 7:16 am
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I wish we could trade place,
Myself i have fallen way way behind with manga and anime, i think the last time i watched a series was 2 months ago.. as for manga well i still have my dengeki daisy to look at ^^
#6 by xJAYMANx on October 27, 2011 - 5:16 pm
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Yeah, this year, I hardly watched anime, let alone Facebook, Twitter, or WordPress, anymore. Especially with the new Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO launching at the end of the year. But somehow I’ve managed to keep my Google Plus account alive and kicking. Yup, as Punk Trooper. ^_^
#7 by lovelyduckie on November 2, 2011 - 11:59 am
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@ Object – Persona games are a major weakness for me, I hesitate to start them because I realize how much time I’m about to waste. I finished my final paper and my final presentation is the upcoming Monday.
@ Ishoku – I plan on being a lot more active again, although my emphasis may be more on anime/manga than figures. When I first started this blog I focused mostly on figures.
@ Blue – I enjoy having a house a lot, I’ll probably won’t be moving for a few years but it’s best to slowly make changes for us.
@ Persocom – With as many pets as I have the floors often don’t look like I clean at all unfortunately.
@ Fabrice – Although it’s rare for me to be watching the “new season’s” anime, I tend to be 1 year behind all the fans that watch series as they air.
@ Jay – I’ve actually recently started tweeting, I find it a lot of fun.
#8 by AS on November 3, 2011 - 7:34 pm
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Hope you call sell your house for a real nice price ^^. Also, hope you are able to finish your project soon to enjoy some down time afterward.