Watching Da Capo II Second Season episode 5 for the first time on my 60 GB ZEN Vision W on the way home from Oto's today,it had me wondering if a supporting character(Akane Hanasaki)was either bi or rezu.During that same round trip on certain long bus legs,re-watching episodes 3-6 of Gokinjo Monogatari had me wishing that one certain male classmate of Tsutomu's had a yaoi admirer,as pairing Yuusuke with "Body-ko" would be too generous...

Back to D.C. II,it sounds like that Minatsu Amakase from the first season may be at least a partial clone of a character in the first series judging from subbed dialogue in D.C. II SS #5,though I don't plan to get into the original anytime soon...

Strangely,I've recently seen some region 1 Inu Yasha DVD's at my local 99 Cents Only Store...

Happy birthday to Kouji Ishii(who turns 49),Chie Satou(who turns 45),Chiaki Kiyu Morita(who turns 41),and Tetsu Inada(who turns 37)...

This morning,no sore throat.Not only that,the weather is finally beginning to feel seasonal.Hopefully,it'll stay that way once I ease back to a normal routine at work tomorrow...

Yesterday,I did an auto-scan of the digital channels on my DTV-ready backup portable TV.Unfortunately,while it did pick up half of the locals,the built in antenna wasn't optimized for DTV.At least I can still use an external antenna with it...

Back on Friday,I only intended to use an e-mailed Barnes and Noble coupon;but while at this particular one,I got sidetracked and I ended up refamiliarizing myself with a Sacramento institution that I hadn't shopped at in 8½ years.On the way home,I re-watched Da Capo II Second Season episode 5.Apparently,baba-nuki is a popular Japanese card game in reality,not just in anime.This especially figures in a Ranma ½ season 4 episode...

Well,I haven't missed a single issue of LaLa since Oto's started carrying it.However,I've been forgetting to examine the contents;and according to a quick scan of one of the issues,I believe at least one new series has started serialization.I'll look further into this when convenient...

Happy 33rd birthay to Hiroyuki Takihiro Mizushima,perhaps the youngest seiyuu older than yours truly...

Though Futari wa Purikyua Splash Star episode 24 has surfaced on some video hosting sites(YouTube included),WM Converter unfortunately hasn't always been able to convert some newer Real Player recordings of .flv's.However,though not listed at Tokyo Toshokan,an XviD version of the episode has surfaced at here,thank goodness owing to WM Converter's imperfect conversions of those stupid .mkv's(i.e.,it loses the subtitles)...

Browsing the seiyuu fan blogs,I stumbled into this.Based on the the info in the listing(despite possible reliability issues),Kappei-sama thankfully can't be married to and/or have fathered children by either of 2 josei_seiyuu that he voiced characters with in certain animated works of Rumiko Takahashi or Satoshi Urushihara.Though it's known that he definitely has fathered at least a son,it's unlikely that the biological mother was born after 1970(seiyuu or not).I could be wrong,but the chances of that are lower than the thankfully non-existant chances of my store stocking gift cards for CVS/pharmacy and/or Walgreens,though some trolls on the Y!Finance boards fantasize about it...

Happy birthday to Hiroe Oka(who turns 38),Kouzou Mito(who turns 30),Ai Nonaka(who turns 28),and Mamoru Miyano(who turns 26)...

Recently,the Longs Drugs near my work had its register/POS systems converted to those of its new parent chain.Buying one of the last packs of Longs brand AA batteries left on the shelf yesterday,the cashier tried to get me to sign up for an Extra Care card(I passed).Additionally,on the way home from Borders today(where I scored a copy of Ouran High School Host Club volume 3),I stopped by another Longs(between buses)to grab a few things that Rite Aid doesn't sell;and they tried to lure me into that card,but I was truthfully in a hurry.Having been on this site,I'm a bit wary about the Extra Care program.I have a Safeway Club card,but they're more careful about protecting personal information.After today,it's unlikely I'll even want to step into an actual CVS anytime soon.When I did access my CU account online for routine checkbook balancing,I couldn't bring myself to write "CVS" for the debit transaction(for today's purchase)and opted to put Longs Drugs instead.Though they still wear Longs Drugs uniforms to work,I can never allow myself to find out what CVS uniforms look like.I grew up with Longs,and it'll be missed.Even my employer didn't ruin Thrifty Drug and Payless Drug when buying them out over a decade ago...*is thankful that Rite Aid's stock is on the rebound*

Lost in all this,Walgreens is unfortunately the only national drugstore chain with a mobile version of their .com...

With swine flu having reached Japan and some Japanese guests cancelling American con appearances due to quarantine hazards,at least Sakura-Con 2009 was already held beforehand...

Happy 29th birthday to Eri Nakao...

...I'll be sure to enable/activate LJ-texting as my new handset can text instead of only receiving them(unlike the last one),though the main function would be as a mobile web device(because of the big screen and sliding QWERTY keypad).I wonder if any key animanga portals have a .mobi...

Happy birthday to Masako Isobe(who turns 52),Tomoko Akiya(who turns 33),and Chie Nakamura(who turns 30)...

According to this recent edit to Kappei-sama's Japanese Wikipedia article suggests he had at least a small role in the Mezon Ikkoku anime.In case it wasn't a vandal edit(unlikely since it was by a register user),hopefully it was before Ibuki Yagami was introduced(or it least in an episode without that character)for obvious reasons...

Happy birthday to Shigeharu Matsuda(who turns 57)and Youko Teppouzuka(who turns 45)...

...I recently won a Yuu Yuu Hakusho character song CD which features a Kappei song sampled at seiyuu...

Though the Futari wa Purikyua Splash Star fansub project has reached episode 24,I'm in no hurry to bother with the torrent since I have the ZEN-friendly raw,not to mention that Anime Magic Box has gone from .com to .bomb...

Happy 42nd birthday to Akiko Yajima...

Though they somehow managed to surprisingly outlast Geneon's North American operations,Central Park Media folded within the past week after being on financial life support for the last couple of years.As many of their licenses have lapsed over the past few years(with some affected titles re-licensed by rival companies),it would be interesting what becomes of whatever licences they still had at the end(the most notable ones being Shoujo Kakumei Utena and Lodoss to Senki)...

Additionally,it would be interesting how Wall Street reacts to Chrysler's bankruptcy,though my dad has never owned any of their models as far as I can remember...

Happy 45th birthday to Misa Watanabe...

According to his latest entry,he may have a liking for Jimi Hendrix as it appears he visited a memorial and/or museum while in Seattle for Sakura-Con.I happen to have his greatest hits in each of my 3 ZEN's.Go figure...

Recently,I asked my battery-operated keychain magic 8 ball whether my employer would still be operating in NorCal when it celebrates it 50th anniversary in 3 years.The response:"clearly yes,"thankfully.I would have sledgehammered that thing if I got a negative response...

Happy birthday to both Kouji Tsujitani(who turns 47)and Shinnosuke Tachibana(who turns 31)...

At that time,I was trying to set up shop at Geo$hities in mid-June 1998.However,due to glitches at the time,I kept getting server errors when I tried to sign up.I had success trying Tripod,and the rest is history.My site has moved twice,but is still up despite being dormant update-wise(mainly because Ranma ½ is basically old-school at this point).Good thing it was never a GeoPage,because the Geo$hities service is folding after some 15 years.Many earlier ani-fansites were GeoPages...

Though beaten to the punch by communities such as cvshell and walgreenworkers,I've been contemplating starting a community for those(myself included)who work at the one pharmacy anyone needs if someone doesn't beat me to the punch;but the one reason that I've been hesitant to do so is the "jinx" factor...

Happy 38th birthday to Tomoko Kawakami...