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Monster Mash
Monster post a day late because I am amazingly easy to distract.
Yesterday was election day, and I discovered the frustration of trying to work the word "incumbent" into single column headlines. (They are the bane of any copy editor's existence.) Almost got a Final Fantasy VI reference into the paper with the use of the word "returners" in a headline, but unfortunately the paper was sent off before we got complete election results, and using a word with such obvious implications (even if the incumbents were winning at the time) is not a good idea. Plus, I'll admit it sounded awkward. Oh well! It was late, and I was just trying to push stories through the chain of editing as quickly as I could.
Artists use lies to tell the truth.
I feel kind of weird being down to just two movies a week. I'm totally going to watch more, I swear. V for Vendetta (2006): It is about as good as a V for Ven...Well, then.
First strange happening at the office!
I arrived to work this afternoon and saw a couple of my co-workers standing outside the office, which is sort of strange but not completely unbelievable since we all arrive at around the same time. Then I get into the building and a bunch of people are standing around the door to the main office, including our weekend editor (the person in charge), so I was like, "... What the hell is going on?"
I stop for a bit and see one of our copy editors, Russ, with his hands steadying the shoulders of some woman I've never seen before, and it is quickly apparent that she is bombed out of her mind. Somehow she got into the building (might have followed someone else in) and fell asleep in the hall. I hesitate to say anything more about the whole thing, because I really do not know the circumstances at all -- aside from the fact that the police were informed, and the woman's husband came to pick her up -- so I will settle with saying that it was quite strange.
In other news, there is a ton of food in the break room for some reason. :O Back to work for me!
My Week in Anime #49
I might have watched a bit more this week, but I have been absolutely addicted to Bill Simmons' Book of Basketball. 700 pages of basketball goodness~ This book is my dream come true. At least it didn't stop me from finally moving forward ...The More You Know
Third Monster post is up now! Not too much in the way of morality analysis this week, but I did have fun breaking down why episodes like 5-6 are important in the long run, even though they are not the absolute best, most epic episodes. Sports analogies ftw~ (Also maybe the only Dragnet reference ever made in connection with Monster.)
And a fun note for English dub watchers: Apparently Kyle Hebert voices Mauler, the grizzled journalist who teams up with Tenma in ep6. I did not recognize his voice at all while watching the episode, although I could hear it while concentrating the second time around, haha. Pretty good job by Mr. Hebert!
