Life is hard, right? Wrong! Life is easy...YOU Suck!


So my own apprehension is as follows: I have an open forum with which I can do whatever I like. And yet, I choose not to. I really intended to post more often on this thing, but for some reason I just haven't. It's interesting, though that when one considers the term "blog" it immediately conjures up political notions. For the past two weeks, this space had the potential to be a goldmine of political discourse, thanks largely in part to massive adminstration fuckups RE: Iraq. I sat back and did nothing because:

1) I didn't feel like I was really adding to the discussion. There are so many political blogs out there right now that I could probably type in a random bunch of letters.blogspot.com and come up with something.

2) I also waste time on message boards. Because of this, I get into heated discussions about politics that wear me out, so by the time I get around to the blog, I just don't have the energy to go over my points again and again.

3) (And this one is important. It represents one of my dirty secrets as a writer. Lean in closer...) Sometimes, not often, but sometimes, I just don't have anything interesting to say. Let alone anything at all. (Okay that's not really true. I often have A LOT to say. But I'm not so pretentious as to believe that my words are ALWAYS worth your time. Thus. If I have something. I'll give.)


In the meantime, I'm catching up on some long needed filmwatching. American Splendor was excellent. Coffee & Cigarettes, not to jump on the point made earlier by Ms. E, was oozing hip. So much hipness, in fact, that the movie may even be too hip for itself, let alone the twentysomethings who showed up to listen to the tired insider jokes made just for Jarmusch and his pals.

And on the Anime front: Fullmetal Alchemist has been licensed to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Hopefully I won't hear the voice of Elyse Floyd (Yahiko Myojin) or Richard Ian Cox (Inuyasha) shouting at me top of their lungs as Edward. They really need to find better voice actors to play younger boys.

Also licensed recently: Peacemaker Kurogane. I don't know who got the rights though, and I'm curious to see how a largely historical series will play in the U.S. But, if Kenshin worked, this one might also.

And Shinichiro Watanabe (of Cowboy Bebop fame) has a new series out, titled, strangely, Samurai Champloo. I kid you not when I say that it is, without a doubt, the best new anime series I've seen all year. It makes everything that every american animator is doing look absolutely childish. If you can find it (*cough*), watch it. I'll be around.