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I love meatballs! Of course, the ones without pork...
There's quite a variety of different kinds out there. They're good with spaghetti, in sandwiches, in soups, salads, etc. There's lamb, vegetarian, beef, and more out there as well. I've made some in the past. They can be easy, but incredibly messy.
Finished the manga, Variante. It was pretty good.
The ending was good and bad, depending on how you interpreted it. I kind of feel odd about it.
We don't know if everyone died, and the main character (Aiko) may have dreamt that everything turned out fine before dying. (Her legs had been ripped off, and a large cement beam was pinning her down...Didn't look good.
) Or, they really did survive, and everything seemed to have turned out really well for them. (They didn't show her legs in that 'dream' or reality.) No one can really tell which part was 'real'. I'd like to think that they survived, and were able to live their lives out normally. But, part of me feels sad about it, even looking at it that way. They destroyed the organization that created and experimented on the Chimeras. So, at least no one else will get hurt in the future. This was surprisingly brutal to go through, too.
Psychologically and visually. The deaths were pretty violent, and almost all the characters had a somewhat traumatic past. Plus, once Aiko found out that the Chimeras were once human, she realized she was really killing human beings. She went nuts. The whole story was like a crazy messing-with-your-head ride.
Also, finished the manga, Dawn: Tsumetai Te or Dawn: Chilly Hands. I liked this one a lot more.
It's another parasite/virus type series. It had a really good ending. They had us going for a moment, though.
This one had a lot of psychological and graphic stuff too. But, it never felt as 'heavy' as Variante. Interestingly, there was also a trans character in it. The author portrayed them in a respectful way, I think. At first I thought they'd turn out to be a villain. But, she turned out to be a good ally to the other main characters. I use 'she', because she was m to f, although she felt she had to hide it most of the time. Even created a group for 'outcasts' where she can feel comfortable being herself with other people who feel the same or that they just don't 'fit' in. She also secretly had Nightshift, which is a virus that turns people into zombie-like 'monsters'. Only, like the main character, Nagasawa, she can learn to control and live with it. Nagasawa was very supportive of her, especially at the end. Taking her out on a 'date' and telling her she's a beautiful lady. (He already had a girlfriend at this point, and she supported her too. They became close friends when they thought Nagasawa died.) Anyways, it turned out that the main doctor also had Nightshift. He kept telling Nagasawa that he needed him to study the effects, and yet he was one of them...
He said Nagasawa was special, because he had the first attempted virus strain. It turned out to agree more with his body than the previous patients. (Nagasawa got it by accident after a rat bit him.) It's more 'pure', too. Originally the virus was designed to help cure things like cancer. It was for a good cause, but something went haywire. For a while, Nagasawa thought he was the only one to survive its effects. If it has a bad reaction with you, you have an insatiable appetite that'll never be sated, your body starts to break down, you grow fangs, etc. until you have a slow and painful death. Some of the Nightshift were able to keep their intelligence intact, like Nagasawa could. So, it was hard to tell who was one during the day. They tended to 'change' at night. Hence why it was called Nightshift.
Went through a giant 3-ringed blue binder my mom used that was full of recipes that were handed down the generations, some from local markets she frequented, some from newspaper articles, etc. Some of the recipes that were handed down were handwritten by her. The oldest recipes were from one of my great grandmothers on her side. I think she asked her or her mom (grandma wasn't very into cooking, if I remember correctly) about them, and wrote them out. I recognized some of them, others sounded really good and I wonder why I never had those dishes.
There was also a large section full of Jewish recipes. Some come in handy especially for Passover. So I've actually used some of these already. I got rid of a lot of the other recipes. Some were pork or shellfish-based. I don't eat that kind of stuff.
Some of the others I tossed were just really bizarre sounding. There was also a 'recipe' on how to make oatmeal. If you really need instructions, it's usually on the container...Some of the dessert recipes I want to keep sound very simple, but very good. It was very interesting to go through.
I also went through all our Jewish cookbooks in general to prepare for what I might make for Passover. Some of the recipes sound really good!
The things I might make from those cookbooks in addition to the usual: Kefte Prasa or Fried Leek and Potato Pancakes, Nanaeya or (lamb) Meatballs with Garlic and Minty Sweet and Sour Sauce, Mina de Espinaka or Matzah and Spinach Pie (it has feta in it, too), Orange Chicken Stir Fry, Tried and True (Passover) Chocolate Cake. The first 3 are actually Sephardic recipes, but even though I follow Ashkenazic dietary guidelines for the holiday, they still seem to follow that. Sephardim are Jews who originated from Spain and the Mediterranean. Ashkenazim are Jews who originated from Germany and eastern Europe. (Which is where that side of my family came from.) There are other ethnic groups that Jews classify themselves as, but these tend to be the largest groups. They also tend to clash when it comes to the holiday. Simply because they have different restrictions, and Ashkenazim seem to have the most limited diet during it. Apparently, this is a big deal in Israel. Also, many Ashkenazim feel they can't attend a Sephardic seder (lit. 'order'. It's really a symbolic dinner that goes in a certain 'order') because of it. Anyways, these 3 sound very interesting. I might do the chocolate cake instead of the almond and cream torte. It sounds like it'll be a lot easier. Although, I remember that the torte wasn't nearly as complicated as I expected last year. I have a hankering for chocolate and it doesn't use very many eggs...So, why not?
I'll make Passover popovers like I usually do, as well. Everyone seems to like them.
They're super quick and easy to make. Depending on how big the chocolate cake ends up being, I might make a Passover angel food cake. We have an old mix for it. If I make that, maybe I'll put some chocolate syrup or fruit over it. I'll be making matzah granola for breakfast, too. That stuff is awesome!
It's matzah farfel (small pieces of matzah), honey, oil, raisins, nuts (I like either walnuts or pecans, sometimes both), and whatever else you'd like in your cereal (sometimes I'll add dates). Might make some potato kugel (like a potato casserole), since we still have a mix of that.
There will be a few other things to make, too. The holiday lasts for 8 days. It starts the night of April 3rd this year. (It's coming up quick!
) The first 2 nights are big, and we have seders for them. We tend to hold one of them, and usually we go to our friends' seder for the other. This year it'll be just Dad and I for our seder. So, it's a lot less food to worry about quantity-wise, but still have to plan it out. For our friends' one we usually just have to bring more popovers and a salad. Lots of people usually show up, too. We haven't had any word from them as to which night they'll have theirs. We tend to trade off with them. When they have the 2nd night, we'll do the 1st, and vice a versa. The 1st night feels a bit more of a to do, simply because it starts off the holiday.
Also, for most of the holiday, the food for it will be just for me...
So, I have to think about things in individual portions. And, how long it'll take for one person to eat something. It's a bit different than thinking 2 people will be following it, like we had it when Mom was around. Dad doesn't follow the dietary laws for the holiday. She's not Jewish, but enjoys the seder part of it.
I also looked through another pile of my mom's that was Passover-related. It was full of haggadahs (like guidebooks to the seder), printouts of outlines on how she wanted our seders to go, extras to enhance it, handwritten notes on what to get, etc. It was kind of like a treasure trove, but most of the printouts I have no use for...
The oldest 'outline' for ours was when I was 13. Found a haggadah that seems to be as old as me.
I'm keeping the haggadahs, obviously. (Except for a weird contemporary one that adds a bunch of side stuff. Probably more for studying than for an actual seder.
) I could use those for my own future seders. There was also a hacky-sack like ball with a matzah print pattern on it. It's a matzah ball!
Found another matzah sweeper. (It helps pick up crumbs after eating matzah, which is cracker-like. We had another one out in the open in a different area.) Yay!
Also, found a megillah printout that was in Hebrew on one side and French on the other. Not sure why a Purim thing would be mixed up in with the Passover stuff, or why it was in French...
All in all it was very interesting.
Made an appointment to get my hair trimmed next month. Haven't had it trimmed in a couple of years. Before that, I didn't see a stylist for around 6 years. I've been growing my hair out for a while. I really needed it styled a couple of years ago, and I like the one the stylist came up with.
Been using it ever since. It's kind of made me like it even more. I have a few reasons for growing it out, but it needs to have a decent style.
That's what I got last time. Now I'm thinking it just needs the trim. Not a new look or anything. Apparently, I'm going to get the same stylist as last time. Even though the company changed its name, she's still with them. Yay!
She's also their go-to person for curly hair. They asked me if I wanted a consult with her to talk about her 'diva' style haircut. No, I'm sorry, I don't want or need something like that...
For last Friday's cleaning day, I used Endust on my bathroom door, the frame, and the bathroom cabinets. They look brand new now!
I don't think I've seen it this clean in years. I tend to forget about the door and outside of the cabinets. Also, tried to lift off some of the weird stuff from the inner doorknob. I used CLR, mouthwash, Endust, Windex, and a few other things but it didn't do much.
Even used an electronic toothbrush I kept just for cleaning to help 'polish' or buffer things. Everywhere around that area on that knob is nice and sparkly now, though. I also tried to put the curtains back up on the upstairs window that you come face to face with as you go up the stairs. Got the curtains on the rod and all that. It's really a 2-person job, and I'm noticing more and more lately that I'm too short for many things.
(I lost 2 inches after I lost all that weight, but it feels like those 2 inches were a big difference. I'm back to the height I was in junior high...) With being at the tallest part of the step ladder, I could barely reach what I thought was its latch. Turns out the things that hold it up on the wall are broken, and it won't hold it anymore. I really tried to get it up there, though. I probably looked like an idiot while doing it.
Started reading Tousei Gensou Hakubutsushi or A History of Present Day Illusions. Kuroshitsuji or Black Butler and Ao no Exorcist or Blue Exorcist are both updated once a month. (Cool that I've caught up with both of these series!) When they're not up yet I'll read this. It's been very interesting so far. It takes place in the early 20th century. In a seemingly ordinary and peaceful city. Residents in general don't notice the strange things that have been happening. Shinobu, in the above pic, is a university student who manages his father's second hand shop. He comes face to face with one mystery after another that most of the time center around items in the shop. In some synopses of the manga online, they say eventually all those occurrences become one story. I think it's starting to form into one where I'm at. Shinobu is kind of mysterious himself. He seems to know a lot about the 'supernatural' or things that can't be explained easily through logical means. So far, he seems to know what to do with these things, too. He rarely mentions his father, and at one point he gestured towards his father's office and asked something. He responded. We haven't actually seen him. He has an unusual maid, too. She's inhumanly strong. (Kind of reminds me of a female version of Sebastian, only more stiff and doesn't show much emotion.) He says she also stands in as a bodyguard. Why he'd need one, I'm not sure. Shinobu kind of reminds me a bit of what Yoko was/did in xxxHolic. She also had a similar shop. This is also a josei, where the audience tends to be for young adult and older women. I kind of like them more than shoujo, which tend to be for younger girls. Shounen is the counterpart to shoujo. Seinen is the counterpart for josei. I tend to like shounen more than shoujo. Josei and Seinen on the other hand, both seem pretty good. They tend to be more complex, more psychological, more mature, artwork can very within their own categories, etc. There are some series that you can't really tell where they fall in the categories, there are some that are labeled a certain way but are popular with everyone, some don't want it to be labeled a certain way, etc. It's very interesting. The lines are a lot more blurred than people realize.
Finished watching Zero no Shinjitsu or Zero Truth. It was pretty good overall. They lead us to believe that something big and mysterious was happening (pertaining towards Mao's mother's death), but it didn't end up that way. Kind of anti-climactic. I didn't really like that part. They did seem to leave it wide open for another season. I liked the case by case aspect they had. It was very interesting, and cringe-worthy at times (only because of the occasional gross-out factor). It was kind of like a Japanese version of Bones. The main character, Matsumoto Mao, rarely shows emotion. She's cold and methodical towards her work and coworkers. She's exceptionally bright. Mishaps happen kind of similar to when the interns mess up in Bones. (There's a scene in Zero where all 3 MEs that sniffed the stomach contents of the deceased passed out at the same time. The deceased person still had remnants of poison in his stomach.) The detective is hot-headed, constantly betting on things, doesn't care about what the chief will think, and often goes off on his own. Slight hints of Booth there. There are some other similarities, but they still kept things fresh. Plus, it was a Japanese drama, so they do things a bit differently. I guess they have a different 'formula' for their medical/mystery/detective shows. The ending theme song was kind of cool. I'd watch the 2nd season if it happens.
Tried to make some hamantaschen for Purim, but they lost their shape. Although, some stayed in slightly triangular shapes, just not the way they started out as. I thought getting store-bought sugar cookie dough that was in a tube would make it easier to cut, and form them. If I do it this way in the future, I won't use sugar cookie dough...
The flavors this time were: lemon, apricot, and chocolate. At least they still taste good. They have those flavors, and the outside ended up crisp while the inside of the cookie was nice and chewy. It was perfect that way.
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Yay for pie! (This was on Monday, but why not continue celebrating it?) There are so many different kinds out there. They vary from savory to sweet. My fave dessert pies are: pecan, peach, cherry, Dutch apple, blueberry, and chocolate chess. I've made the chocolate chess pie one before, and it was awesome! (I should make it again sometime...
) I've had a s'mores pie that comes close to being a fave, too. Today's National Apple Pie Day, so it's still relevant...
This is my wallpaper for December. It's Kuroko and Kagami from Kuroko no Basket or Kuroko's Basketball. They're the main characters of the series. Kuroko feels that he's Kagami's shadow while on the court. It's a bit of a play on his name. Kuro means black. He also is like a ghost while playing. Most of the time their opponent doesn't see his moves until it's too late. He's perfect at passing the ball that way. They don't notice him off the court either. (In fact, it may be worse when off court...Sometimes his own teammates don't notice him.) Kagami is very talented, but is a bit of a hot-head and jumps the gun on things. In a recent tournament game that I watched, he almost got all the fouls a player could get. (Almost disqualifying the team.) Kuroko also has a way of calming him down by sometimes punching him. Of course, he punches back, and it's meant in kind of a friendly way. I'm really liking this show so far, and glad I went back to it.I like basketball, so it's interesting to watch their strategies and plays.
My Italy calendar features Umbria this time. It's a region in the center of Italy. The only region having neither a coastline nor a border with other countries. The capital is Perugia. The region is known to be like an artistic and cultural hub. It's hilly and has a lake called Trasimeno, waterfalls, and the River Tiber runs through it. There are quite a lot of famous places in the region like Assisi, Norcia, Gubbio, Spoleto, and others. A lot of the places in the pics look pretty rural. Today's (and yesterday's) pic's of a couple of friends chatting at a cafe. On the first, they had a farmhouse seemingly out in the middle of nowhere. It'd be interesting to see what the Paris calendar will be like for next month. Sounds like it might be better than this calendar. This one was good, but seemed very busy what with all those pics.
My Jewish calendar's main pic for this month's of a menorah, maker's anonymous, made out of brass; 1850-1900. They don't list the country that it originally came from. Maybe it's from Amsterdam, which is where the museum is located? It's one of those tall ones, and in a golden color. The second pic's of a menorah that's made out of silver; 1998. There's no mention of where it came from, or who the maker was.This one's pretty recent compared to what they've shown before. It's kind of 'modern' and odd looking to me. Each 'holder' is twisted and in columns, instead of in branches. The Shamash candle holder part is taller than the rest. Like many other menorahs. Others set it apart somehow. Like, in some traditional branched menorahs, it's right in the middle, coming from the main body while others are 'branching' away from it. The Shamash candle is like a 'leader' or 'helper'. It's lit first, and it lights the other candles in a certain order each night during Hanukkah. The last pic's of a kiddush cup, made by Daniel Henriques de Castro, made out of glass, from Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1856. It has a cool design etched into it. We use kiddush cups when we say the blessing over wine or grape juice. Usually that's during Shabbat and other holidays. I like seeing more of the older stuff. It's very interesting.
Hanukkah is coming up on the night of the 16th. It's coming up pretty quickly!The last day's on the 24th, which is interesting. We might have a chance to go to a Chinese buffet during Christmas Eve on that night. (Dad has an appointment that day, which might make it easier to just go to the buffet afterwards...) It's kind of a traditional thing to do for Jews during that time. It's either that and/or going to a movie. I think it's because everyone who celebrates Christmas won't be out, and those are the few places that tend to be open during that time. So, it's not all that crowded then, either. Plus, some Chinese buffets run specials during Christmas Eve through the next day.
There was only one month-long holiday that I thought was interesting: National Egg Nog Month. There really weren't that many listed. I love eggnog!Obviously not the traditional kind with alcohol...But, it's silky smooth, and has an awesome flavor. Recently got an eggnog latte at Starbucks, and it was really good. Better than the gingerbread one was.
Went to a friends' place for Thanksgiving. The couple has been friends with our family for a very long time. They usually host Thanksgiving dinner, and invite us to celebrate New Year's Eve, sometimes Hanukkah, and Passover at their place. There have been very few times where they called off their Thanksgiving dinner. They also smoke their turkey. It's really good.Some years they have a lot of guests, and some...not so much. This time there was only 5 people all together. Including the hosts.
We brought the salad, someone brought some candied carrots (I normally like honeyed carrots, but these were even sweeter. Wasn't my thing...) and cornbread. Our salad had dried cranberries, walnuts, shredded carrots, and cherry tomatoes along with a greens mix. We brought Caesar salad dressing, and a raspberry vinaigrette. The Caesar one seemed to be very popular...The hosts did the turkey like usual, gravy, stuffing (with chestnuts, which I hate. I always end up picking them out), orange cranberry relish (another thing I'm not fond of. They usually get canned cranberry sauce as an alternative, as they did this time. I think adding orange to it destroys the sauce...), sweet potato pie (something I really can't stand), and there might have been something else that's not coming to mind...The person who brought the carrots, also brought 3 different pies and caramel ice cream for dessert. The pies were: sweet potato (made to look like pumpkin pie), pecan, and apple. I hate sweet potatoes, so I stayed away from that. The pecan one was really good.
The apples in the apple pie were too soft. It almost felt like they became apple cake instead. The topping was good, though. And, overall it wasn't a horrible pie, just weird.I heard that she used pumpkin pie seasoning for the sweet potato one. One of the hosts said it was just ok. So, oddly, I didn't have pumpkin pie this year. Usually, one of the hosts makes it, and their own homemade whipped cream. The whipped cream usually comes out kind of blah, though. Like they don't add sugar to it or something.
We took the leftovers of the pecan and apple pies home with us. Now we have a boatload of desserts.We now have a huge box of Belgium-style chocolate cookies (barely have gotten into them), 2 pies (there was a lot of it left still...), chocolate almond biscottis, Halloween candy, and chocolate covered raisins. That's a lot. We'll be good on that for a while.
I'm continuing with my idea of making Fridays cleaning days.
Last Friday I swept and mopped my bathroom floor. That completes cleaning my entire bathroom. I hadn't mopped in a while. Had to dry the floor with a towel after I did it, and then sweep it again. But, now it looks amazing!Like a totally different room.
Also, today my bathroom towel rack fell off of the wall.
For a moment I thought that the wall itself was decaying behind it or something. I found a screwdriver, and tightened the screws that were inside the part that is on the wall itself. Then, put the part that holds the rod and connects it to the wall over it, and tightened the screw that was on the outside of it. (That part holds it secure to the wall one.) It worked super well. Now it's really stable, and it hadn't been for years.
The other side is starting to pull apart from the wall too, but it hasn't gotten to the point where it's easy to take off. So, I'll wait on that. But, I'm proud of myself for figuring it out, and that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.
One of the screws looked badly rusted, though. Oh, and recently I super-glued the cover of one of our fancy matchstick holder cases together with its case. The cover has a Shabbat table scene on it, and looks cool. It fell off the holder about a year ago. I've wanted to fix it for a while. So, yay! It's fixed, and the cover is pretty well bonded to it.
This coming Friday, I hope to start cleaning the dining room. Not sure how much I'll get done, but I'll start it, at least. Almost everything in the china cabinet is covered with a thick layer of dust.So, that'll be a major part of it. Our cats have done some odd things on the carpet in there, too. I'll see what more I can do with that. When I get to doing my bedroom, I think that'll take the most amount of time. So, hopefully doing that in 'stages', and cleaning other areas in between them, it won't seem so big.And, I can reach those other places within that time as well. When I get to my closet, I'm thinking of trying on the rest of the clothes I haven't gotten to, as well. So, it's so much more than just dusting and vacuuming things.
Finished watching Amatsuki (Rainy Moon) on Monday. It was one of the worst endings I've seen in a while...
Felt like they really meant to have a 2nd season, but it fell through. It felt like it just started. Things were finally moving along. The story was starting to get really interesting. They still didn't explain how Tokidoki and Kon were transported into this world that was supposed to just be a virtual reality program at a museum. The 'program' wasn't designed to have demons, people with special abilities, etc. in it. Just historically accurate events from the Edo period for high schoolers to get more of a 'feel' for it. You could interact with characters, but they were supposed to only be able to do superficial stuff, and couldn't have thoughtful conversations. So, why did it 'change'? And, there are hints that other characters may have gotten stuck in that world, but have lost their memories of the outside world. Apparently, the manga is still ongoing, and started in 2002. This anime version was only 13 episodes, and was in 2008. So, there obviously is a lot more to it. But, I don't want to have to read something that I watched in order to get some kind of 'closure'.
And the show for most of the season was just lukewarm with me anyways.
Decided to drop Sougiya (Undertaker) Riddle, and replace it with Variante. It's very interesting so far. It's definitely not for the faint of heart.
Lots of gore already, but the story's been good so far, too. I love the horror genre, so this intrigued me. Hosho Aiko's a girl who was brought back to life by the left arm of a 'chimera'. Chimeras in this are a grotesque human-derived species that drastically alter the shape of their own body parts. It all started when Aiko saw her family slaughtered in front of her eyes by a chimera. The creature attacked and killed her after it noticed she was there. But, the next thing she knows, is she wakes up in what she thought was a hospital room. She was in the morgue beforehand, and was about to have an autopsy done on her body, when the ME noticed she had a pulse. The only thing they noticed that was abnormal with her body was her left arm. It looked deformed. Apparently, as she's 'rested' the arm has begun to heal a bit. But, when she woke up, she had amnesia and didn't remember what happened. She saw her arm and tried to cut it off with a shard from a mirror she passed and broke while walking around the 'hospital'. There wasn't a nurse or patient around at the time. She passed out eventually, and woke up again with restraints this time. After meeting the detective that dealt with her case, she came face to face with a chimera. As her arm attacked it on its own, she started to remember everything. Her arm is apparently a weapon now. She was into playing the piano only because it seemed to make her parents happy. Now that her arm is deformed, she feels she'll never be able to play again. Hence, the title of that chapter. Should be interesting to see what happens next. The detective was the one who brought the chimera in, but it was only so that Dr. Kochigawa could study it alive. She's the one who's now looking after Aiko. So far this has been much better than Riddle.
Looked a bit at Kuroshitsuji's (Black Butler) soundtracks. They're quite interesting. There's heavy Indian influences, some have German tones, English flair, classical, and more. It actually makes sense now that I look at the series. It's set in England in the late 19th century, too. Some characters are Indian, some German, etc. The Indian songs sounded like a mix of ragas and a bit of Bollywood type music. I know that on that soundtrack there was a curry competition Ciel and Sebastian were forced to compete in. In that arc, they also met 2 of what are now somewhat regular side characters. Prince Soma and his 'butler' Agni, now live at the mansion too, much to Ciel's dismay. (Now that I remember, I think that he gave one of his manor houses to them to take care of eventually. But, they still visit him constantly. Almost like they never left.) Only because they try to help him out, make sure he's healthy, berate Sebastian if they feel he's not doing a good job taking care of Ciel, be friendly with Ciel, etc. It just gets overwhelming for him. But, they're really interesting characters. Small aspects of they're religion sometimes pops up too. Like, in the manga's arc that I'm currently on, Soma asked if a meat pie had beef in it. (Hindus don't eat beef. Cows are considered sacred.) People were unsure, so he refused to have any. Turned out Sebastian had put a powerful laxative in it, so he was the only one who wasn't affected. I'm glad that they influenced the music for it. I might feature a couple of the tracks on here soon.
Dropped S-The Last Policeman, because the last few remaining episodes haven't been subbed yet. Maybe someone will sub those episodes in the future, but it's not looking very likely...Sad, because it was really good.
Finished watching Senryokugai Sousakan. It had a really good ending, and the humor was spot on this time. It was a 2-hour finale. It was cute and funny, but I'm not sure if it'd be worth it to see a 2nd season if there is one in the future.
I dropped Donten ni Warau (Laughing Under the Clouds), because I just didn't like how things were going in it. For some reason, it was kind of difficult for me to get used to the animation. I'm not exactly sure why. The hair and eyes kind of threw me off, and that might be part of it. They killed off the oldest brother too, and I thought that was kind of lame. He was willing to just sacrifice himself like that. Although, he said he didn't have much time left anyways. They could have looked more into his 'condition'. Since he died early in the show, I'm assuming it didn't end the threat either. Seemed pointless.
I've gone back to Rurouni Kenshin and Ranma 1/2, too. I might go back to D.Gray-man on Saturday. That leaves Monday open for another anime for me to try. Also, I'm getting close to finishing Hero. So, another spot will be open for it. I have 9 anime on my 'to watch' list, so it'd be interesting to look at those. A few are really long shows. And, I might have seen the beginning of a couple of them a long time ago. Those being Kyou kara Maou and the original Prince of Tennis. I might try One Piece out eventually. That's an extremely long one, and doubt I'd ever finish it. But, it'd be interesting to see why people are so into it. There's a lot of other anime that I don't know much about and would be interesting to see. It's kind of like an adventure with each one I'll try.
