1. I like dancing with a hat and a formal attire. Guess that explains why I love to dance with the Michael Jackson songs "Smooth Criminal" and "Dangerous".
2. I'm now beginning to be known as "Detective Mask" in the site podcast. Well...I'm still a nerd, and Conan's still amazing as ever, so that should explain it.
3. This is how I imagine "Detective Mask" to be. A guy who wears a hat and formal attire, has considerable intellect, and has some pretty smooth moves. 
And yeah, this guy's gonna be dangerous.
4. Thesis work is tiring. Totally. I'm hoping we do make the cut and pass it.
5. Hey guys! Here's your image of the day:
6. If I told you I'm making a research paper on male erectile disorder for our abnormal psychology class, will the image make sense now?
7. No, I didn't want this topic. But my classmates did. Oh well.
8. When I was a kid, I was a history geek, yet I never considered being a historian. And here I am today, considering a Masters in History a few years from now.
9. I'm considering making an account on deviantART. It's not that I'm not liking theOtaku anymore. It's just that they have a lot of wonderful artwork there that I'd like to add as my favorites.
10. Uhh...does anybody here know how to interpret linear regression data?
That's all for today. HAVE A NICE DAY!
It's already Friday in our place, but for some of you it's still Thursday, January 28, 2010. And as you may have known already, this is the date that Light Yagami passed away in the Death Note universe. His death was one of few deaths in the anime world that continue to sadden me to this day, especially now that his official date of death has finally arrived.
Back in 2008, when I first learned about Light's death after watching the series, I wrote an essay entitled "The Day I Grieved For Light". This showed how much I had been grieving and saddened when I learned of Light's death, to the point that my chest was hurting, I underwent a "denial stage of death", and the line between fantasy and reality almost became blurry. Call me an otaku for having behaved like this, but this is really what happened. Just like I wrote on that essay, Light symbolized what I had wanted to be, and seeing him die felt like part of me died as well. It saddened me so much that it took a two-week vacation and some abstinence from Death Note in order for me to move on.
That is why almost two years later, I pay tribute to Light on his day of death. That is why I made these four memorial cards, invited people to make a eulogy for Light, and plan to make my own eulogy as well. Light somehow influenced who I am right now, and like I had already said, his death just struck me so much.
Rest in peace, Light Yagami.
1. I must graduate in March. To delay it should not be an option.
2. A thesis with a bad discussion section is not worthy of passing. And that scares the hell out of me.
3. FACT: Fourty-four percent (44%) of Google News users simply read the headlines instead of clicking the links. (Thank goodness, I'm not one of them.)
4. FACT: Some theOtaku News readers simply read the headlines instead of clicking the links they're supposed to click on. (Thank goodness, I still have some patience with them.)
5. The anime School Days looks innocent, but its ending has left me traumatized and frightened for days. Blame it on the news nuggets.
6. School Days made the past two nights a nightmare of sorts. Even the "Nice Boat" clip creeps me out.
7. Next Thursday, it's the official date of death of a popular anime and manga character. I wonder what will happen on that day.
8. Craig Ferguson seems fun to watch. Letterman's still fun as well. Guess I like the CBS late-night shows more than the ones on NBC.
9. My Facebook is used primarily for schoolwork. It simply does wonders with my group works and outputs.
10. This happens to be my first post for the year 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
A couple of hours more and it will be 2010 here in our place. Goodbye to 2009, and goodbye to the 2000s decade.
I don't really have that many words to say right now. I guess 2009 was an okay year. Not exactly my best, due to schoolwork getting more tiring than ever, not to mention that academic casualty I suffered. I did get time to ponder on my plans for the future due to these things.
Also, this was the year that Michael Jackson passed away, which was sad for me since it was in his death that I realized that I had been a fan of the guy all along, dating back to the Dangerous era and the first time I saw the music videos for "You Rock My World" and "Smooth Criminal" back in 2001. Sometimes I feel regretful over the fact that I wasn't able to explore more on this fandom back when he was still alive due to the intrigues and scandals surrounding him. These days, I try to compensate for the years I've missed doing that. On another note, his songs "Stranger in Moscow" and "Scream" did provide good therapy when I was suffering from that academic casualty.
I did get to cosplay for the first time this year. I admit I wasn't the best cosplayer then, but I did my best to give out my best at that period. And this will probably be my last cosplay, due to the cycle of life and stuff, so to at least experience it once was good enough for me.
Basically, that's how I would sum up the year 2009. Now for the 2000s decade. (I guess I had a lot to say after all.)
The 2000s were a great decade for me. After all, this was my decade of adolescence, so it really should be a great one. I've already done my top 10 anime for the decade. The list below should sum up all the great highlights of each year of this era.
2000 - Political Jokes and Impersonation
2001 - Detective Conan
2002 - Rurouni Kenshin
2003 - MyOtaku, WWE, Anime
2004 - Anime, Mick Foley, and The Undertaker
2005 - Journalism
2006 - David Letterman and Jon Stewart
2007 - Ron Paul
2008 - Death Note and Major
2009 - Michael Jackson
And I guess that should end my year in review and decade in review. On the next decade, I'll be in my 20s already. Now I feel like crying a bit, because that means I'm already old and I would have to find a job already. Then again, when I already became older than Shinichi back in 2008 (him being 17 after all), I cried as well. (EDIT: I should also add that thinking of Michael Jackson's death in this year also makes me want to cry too.)
Well, here's to a good new year and a good new decade to all. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
1. Sleepy eyes right now, since it's 2:25 am. Oh yeah, it's already December 31 here.
2. "Why am I still awake?", you ask. Well, I'm just surfing around the Net. If only I had a more meaningful answer, like the assignments that I've started to forget. (Oops...)
3. Kinda sad that there's no theOtaku podcast this week. I'm wondering what happened to it. In a way, I was excited to hear what they had to say about all the stuff that I had linked in the News, especially since there's a whole lot of them. Not to mention the "top 10 anime of the decade" that I was hoping to get promoted. Oh well...
4. So I've began to buy some stuff with my Christmas money. I've already bought the book for my Filipino Psychology class as well as the Michael Jackson songbook. Not sure what to buy next, with thesis work and all that stuff.
5. Hmm...now that I think about the shortage of shorts in my closet, maybe I ought to be a few shorts for myself.
6. My Top Ten lists may be my most popular writeup here in the site, but I truly believe that Light and Ferdie: The Murderer and the Dictator is my greatest masterpiece in the site, even though it isn't free from flaws.
7. While surfing around in the Net months ago, I noticed that someone advertised my site through a YouTube comment:
8. Last month, I noticed this LiveJournal blog post referring to my work and giving interesting feedback about it.
9. Now do you see why I think that writeup is my greatest masterpiece? Not only did I tap an anime subject, bu also history and culture. And if I would get a chance, I'll promote this article on the next anime convention I'll attend.
10. Hey, don't forget to post your top 10 anime for the decade, guys and gals! Don't let the deadline scare you; just go ahead and think of your top 10.
