Been a fun weekend. Great cookout and porch jam session last night, and ultimate pickup today with Matt’s folks. Survivor finale tonight.

I watched more Fruits Basket today. Nice, light-hearted, feel-good anime. Makes me feel good about life.

I’m a little socially drained.

I’m off to Portland, OR, in a few days for RailsConf with one of my co-workers. I worry about him sometimes, because I think he might be fighting off depression. He’s mentioned going through some hard times while he was in college, and he seems to still be struggling. I just hope that he’s doing alright. I think it’ll be a fun trip though.

So even after the weekend, my motivation to do work is still low.

Yesterday I skinned my knees playing ultimate. Bloody knees FTW.

Starting a couple of new anime this week, Basilisk and Fruits Basket. Also, I finished Shadow Puppets last night and will be starting Shadow of the Giant today or tomorrow.

Shart.

We finished Berserk today, and I finished Elfen Lied. Overall Berserk was decent, although the ending left me unsatisfied. Stuffy, Leah and I talked about the fact that most anime end crappily. I think it’s because they all build up to a huge ending but leave only 2 episodes to resolve everything. The only ending I really liked was Cowboy Bebop’s.

Elfen Lied (which I affectionally call “elf pr0n”) was good. One of the better anime I’ve seen. The music was great, too. Hence, my desktop wallpaper is now from Elfen Lied. Generally if an anime makes it to my desktop, it means I liked it (or that there are boobs in it… or both). I mean, I spend 8 hours a day looking at my desktop, after all.

I’m always in an introspective mood after watching a good movie or anime. I have the desire to be epic, just like a character in the movie I just saw. I felt that way tonight after Elfen Lied. I did some reflecting and realized that life is more epic than any story. My life might not be epic to everyone else, but it is to me. I guess that’s what counts.

It’s hot in here. I hate sleeping in the heat.

I watched more Elfen Lied tonight. It’s starting to get really good. Only three more episodes to go.

When I first started watching the series, the nudity in it seemed gratuitous. But it’s more than just physical nudity. It’s about emotional nudity. Being naked means having nothing to hide. It’s about the need to connect to people, the need to feel included. The human condition.

Some anime touches me more than others because of my personality. The ability to tell a story that has a profound meaning underneath is art. Art expresses ideas that cannot be expressed in words, and that inspires me. Awes me.

Sleep.

Kinda lonely today. I started Elfen Lied, a somewhat bloody and scandalous anime about girls with horns and extra invisible arms who like to walk around completely naked.

Time to go to a recital.