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Motto Motto!

I keep gaining subscribers for some reason. Is lurking in chat with a gold name really that effective?

Also, here, have a vaguely related video. I prefer Nomizu Iori's cover that was used for the OP of Morita-san wa Mukuchi, but dat music video...

You asked for it

No, screw the rules.

1. Are you a black leather kind of person or a brown leather kind of person?
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2. What was the first thing you ever cooked on a stove-top by yourself?
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3. If there was one physical bodily thing you wouldn't mind changing, what would it be?
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4. What was the last time you ever had to explain a weird/niche fandom to someone about?
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5. What is the best aspect/trait/feature of bacon?
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6. If you had to get into a fistfight, what would your favourite / most confident attack be?
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7. Have you ever been caught singing something embarrassing in public before you realized you were doing it?
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8. What is the worst pick-up line you have ever told or have ever been told?
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9. What is your favourite fancy essay-type word?
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10. If you were despot of a small, completely indoctrinated nation, what would the national chant be?
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11. If you could go back in time and change one thing in your life, keeping in line with what's important to you right now, these days, what's on your mind, what would it be?
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Anime Club WHEN?!

I edited the Watercooler and OtakuBoards posts but I figured I'd toss this up here as well so people will get an update in their backroom about it. Since I'll be working Saturday instead of Sunday this week, due to Easter being on Sunday, I'll need to start the Anime Club an hour later. So it'll be at 11:00 PM Eastern (8:00 PM Pacific) this time. Unless people mutiny and start without me.

Oh noes!

I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to Anime Club tonight. We've got family visiting over the weekend and such and I might be busy this evening. So, if I'm not around at 6:30 PM PST (9:30 PM EST), someone else feel free to start the chat. Gome, Shin, anybody... anybody... Bueller...?

Isogashii Isogashii

Lots has been going on lately but I've been too lazy to post about things individually.

Two chains please, extra heavy.
I hired two new moderators on OB recently; congrats to Korey and Darren who joined us in the Arcade and Theater, respectively. Picking out new staff almost always takes a long time and this was no exception. It's also a rather boring process so it's become one of my least favorite parts of being an admin. But it's one of the most important parts of my job, so I do it anyway and take satisfaction in knowing I play such a central role on the site.

It's funny, though, that even after I became an admin, but before I took over hiring new staff, that I never really thought about what was involved in it. So when James came along and said, "Hey, I'd like to put you in charge of hiring," I was just sort of like, "Okay." Then when it came time to actually find some new mods I was like, "Oh snap, I see why he doesn't have time for this anymore." But it's worked out nicely since I do have the time, even if I find it boring compared to other stuff I do.

Walk outside and you'll get cancer. No, really.
As some know, I went on a short vacation with my family over the fourth of July weekend to the Eureka area on the coast. We went partly to escape the smoke that has been covering most of northern California for weeks now. It's been clearing up lately but for a while it was so thick here that visibility was reduced to only a couple hundred yards. I don't think there had ever been another time in the summer here when I couldn't see blue sky for a week straight.

The vacation itself was a mix of fun and not-so-fun. For some reason both my and my mom's stomachs decided to be a pain after we went out for dinner on the fourth so we ended up having stomach cramps instead of watching fireworks. That was certainly not a good trade. But our visit to Fern Canyon the next day was a lot of fun and we took some nice pictures, which I may get around to posting later.

The Des does fansubbing.
There was a DVD-only bonus episode of Aria the Origination that was released a few weeks ago in Japan but, after waiting a while, it seemed no was was going to sub it. And, since I'd rather not have waited who knows how long for the R1 DVDs to see it (the first season of Aria is only now being released in the US this September and Origination is the third season), I found a raw and managed to get Dagger to translate it for me.

I had never produced any subtitles or worked with Aegisub (the best open source software for creating ASS format subtitles) before but I learned fast. And, for a first time effort, I think I did a pretty awesome job. It was an interesting experience, though I don't plan on doing any more subbing unless another similar situation presents itself or Dagger wants me to sub something.

We released the episode publicly since there weren't—and still aren't—any other subbed releases by the time I finished. Look around and you should be able to find it if you're interested in seeing our work.

You need to go watch Slayers nao.
The new Summer season anime started around the beginning of the month so I've been picking up some new shows. The highlight of the season is Slayers Revolution, which marks the continuation of the first three Slayers TV series after eleven years, so that's totally awesome. And I couldn't be happier with Revolution; it's staying incredibly true to the series' roots while featuring some nice upgrades in the animation and music. In addition to Slayers, you can read my opinions on the other new shows I'm watching in the Summer Anime '08 thread on OB.

You know what you doing. Take off every sig.
I've been working with boothten in organizing signature of the week contests on OB. The current winner will get a little SOTW graphic in their member title, which I'll be handling since only admins can edit titles. Hopefully it'll be another fun, ongoing project for the graphics people out there and also a way for others to get involved in the Art Studio forum through voting on the signatures.

Adam: im thinking about implementing chat on theO
Everyone should be aware of theO's impending chat room launch by now. I was involved in testing it, which was fun. I made Aaryanna cry by trying out the warn feature on her. (And then I did it again later. Aren't I horrible?) And I'll be there for its launch tomorrow at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Pacific Time for me), helping out with moderation whenever I happen to be in the chat.

I look forward to using the chat to find more people to own in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Boku wa makeru wake ni wa ikanainda!

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