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So I’m back from my vacation week!? What did I accomplish? NOT MUCH!! I had originally intended on sinking myself into mostly playing video games, but I didn’t touch a video game once over vacation! I found myself focusing more on anime/manga and random things I don’t usually do. In particular I found myself starting to re-read the Harry Potter books.

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I saw the new Harry Potter movie on Saturday and I’ve never re-read the whole series at once so I thought I’d try it. The last book felt a bit like a let down the first time I read it and I was hoping maybe it will improve upon re-reading the whole series. Also speaking of Harry Potter, I almost died when I saw this Japanese girl interviewing Harry and Ron from the movies. When she touched Ron’s eye lashes and then smelled her finger tip it was almost too much for me! LOL even if you don’t like Harry Potter they’re pretty amusing to watch.

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For manga I finished Her Majesty’s Dog and Crossroad…I also re-read Skip Beat! (again for at least the 5th time). Her Majesty’s Dog is a decent Shoujo with a bit of a supernatural twist, I really liked it and I’m glad that the people on my forums talked about this series so often because I probably would have skipped it otherwise. Crossroad was a bit of a love/hate experience for me, I LOVED certain aspects of the series and was utterly disappointed with others. Basically I really liked Sensei and how he and the heroine joked around, he made the series worthwhile. I disliked the “hero” of the story, he was a stupidly boring character. I also read a few stray single volumes of things like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei volume 2 and a few others I can’t think of right now.

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For anime I finished K-On! and Candy Boy. I also started Fireball, Lovely Complex, and continued re-watching Lucky Star. Threw a few episodes of Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei in there too. I tried one episode of 07-Ghost and ran away after episode 1, I don’t think that’s a series that suits my tastes. I hate series where it seems like there are nothing but bishies interacting with one another. Although I do like the occasional reverse harem and love triangle shoujos that involve bishies, I need at least 1 female in my series if it isn’t Shonen/Seinen. I watched a bit of Fireball because that Figma of Drossel looks sweet, but I decided it was only worth the money to me if I really REALLY liked the skits…I only watched about 4 but so far I’m not in love. So no buuying a Drossel Figma for me, still a cool looking Figma though! I’m watching the anime Lovely Complex…I actually like the anime (still hate the manga though). The art style and the delivery of the humor from the series suits the story better animated then in the manga for me.

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But what ended up happening the most was me watching marathons of regular TV shows. I watched many episodes of Spongebob, Say Yes to the Dress, Clean House, What Not to Wear, and various shows where we watch people flip houses for profit. I also caught up in The Tudors. I wouldn’t mind if  The Tudors continued beyond Henry VIII’s death and on to the situation of Mary vs. Elizabth for the throne. I love watching the Tudors because I toured Hampton Court Palace for a whole day and it’s amazing to see all this happening in that same setting, they perfectly mimicked Hampton Court. It’s also cool to see all the tourist information that was poured into my head about the people involved with Hampton Court come to life in front of me (fictionally) in this series. Although I think I’ll end up liking Rome more, will start that series soon.

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Well anyway this weekend I plan on doing at least one figure shoot right after I make myself a light box. I’ve really let the whole figure review aspect of my blog slide considering that was my main reason for starting a blog.