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Massage Tomorrow

As some of you know one of my guilty pleasures is that I love massages. Operating at less than 100% capacity I decided I needed a little rest and scheduled a 1-hour Swedish massage for tomorrow.

Sometimes I wonder, why didn't I found a website on reviewing spas? Press badges to conventions are one thing, press visits to spas are quite another...

Another Day In Bed...

I finished all of Solty Rei in only two days. That's 13 episodes / day...

(Yeah, I'm still bed-ridden, but I managed to do some improvements to the backroom early in the afternoon.)

I might still be unwell tomorrow...what do you think I should tackle next:

Origins
Basilisk
Mushi-shi
Speed Grapher

?????????

Haven't Been Well

I spent 3-4 hours in bed today just watching Solty Rei, one of the FUNimation series they passed along during my trip there. It'll probably be a while until I'm at 100% capacity again so please be patient with all the site imperfections and my delays. So far I like Solty Rei, I'd give it a B+, it's just what I need right now.

A few notes:

• I'm disappointed in the Governor of my State
• I played a game online of Smash Bros Brawl and won second place. Sonic kept creaming me. I look forward to playing against a lot of Otakuites
• I want to thank the team for their patience

Good night...

Sunday Notes

I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl all day to try and get my mind off things. For some reason the game does not work online, every time I try to connect it gives an error message, but single player is amazingly good. The single player is like a quasi-3D platformer game that could have probably been sold stand-alone. It's a little reminiscent of Kingdom Hearts...

I'm happy that a lot of members have re-submitted their avatars to be 100 by 100 pixels, it really makes a difference in the look of the entire site.

I'm also happy to see a lot of people referencing our new 'hat' mascot.

An Otaku Easter Egg

Shhh...Don't tell anyone, but if you type : devil : without the spaces, you get a secret emoticon: . This one's dedicated to Aaron Ecker and Jeffrey Borncamp.