Inventory of the Poor

Honestly just a purchase image dump of stuff I got months ago but totally forgot to post about. Unfortunately doesn’t help I don’t remember what 1/2 of this stuff is and am way too lazy to look everything up. Sorry!

If people really wanna know, just leave a comment and I guess when I get enough time (or get off my lazy arse) I can try to remember WTF I actually bought. Alternatively if anyone wants to take up the challenge, you are more than welcome to do so

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Financial Woes 9 Comments » May 2008

Macross Frontier - I Spy With My Little Eye…

Well if the above image isn’t Alto Saotome as a trap, I shouldn’t be in the anime biz at all

Anyway, while watching Macross Frontier episode 2 I noticed two things that some viewers may or may not have. Being the great good horrible old anime blogging guy I am, I figure I may as well post ‘em to help further folks’ enjoyment of the series! (read: I’m calling first on these two potential spoilers!)

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Anime One-shots 4 Comments » April 2008

2 Hours Idoling

So I finally switched to Vista. Honestly it’s not that bad of an OS but man it really kills the computer. For example, mkv at 720p I used to be able to play in WinXP are now sluggish in Vista, which wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact a lot of new releases (i.e. CODE Geass R2) are at 720p-ish. Annoying but I’ll deal.

Beside that, I’ll have to admit at least Vista is pretty looking

Why the switch? Basically to force myself to learn Vista for work plus I figured it was about time I see what the big deal was. Initially I was going to do dual boot with WinXP and Vista but that didn’t happen due to various reasons. For one, doing the install almost hosed my C drive that I didn’t backup. Luckily after everything was said and done, I was able to at least grab all the data off the old WinXP C partition before I decided to just hose it and do Vista only… which was a pain in itself due to trying figure out why it wouldn’t continue to install after the initial copy (eventually figured it was because of my SATA drive/controller that I temporarily disabled while the install went). Pretty much spent Friday night (how sad) and the majority of Saturday finishing up the install and getting everything how I liked it, which was great for a bit…

… until I found out I had some spyware trojans already! I won’t go into details but getting cracked programs finally got the better of me. Many hours were spent trying to get rid of everything but eventually, ended up formatting the C drive and starting again. This was at 8PM on Sunday with work the following day, so much to say I probably did the quickest install ever all in about 2 hours. And I’m not just talking the Vista install, I mean re-doing all the programs, settings, configurations, etc that I initially spent over 10 hours on before. Pretty crazy right?

Much to say, my weekend was wasted due to Vista and bad luck. Thankfully at least now *knock on wood* everything is good and running fine… minus 720p mkv videos, but I guess that’s something I’m going to have to live with until I upgrade some parts or just build another system. Hopefully, I’ll do the former cheaper method first before going all out and spending money I don’t have

And of course with a new install comes a new wallpaper, in part to honor our id@lmaster guru DiGiKerot, I found this lovely wall somewhere on the ‘net. Go ask him for more information on the girl and the game while I crash for the night k? Thanks!

Wallpaper Source: 1920×1080 | 1920×1200

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 19 Comments » April 2008

Maid in a Box?

I should probably apologize for a few things first before anything else. Sorry DiGiKerot but it ain’t a Mikan box; I’ll try harder to get one next time! Also I’m sorry about my appearance as I usually look like that after work; I mean I normally look like arse in general but look 10x more arse-ish on the weekdays due to the grind of the IT field (as weird as that may sound to some).

With the apologies out of the way, today I received a nice sizeable package containing something(s) that figure collectors have been raving about recently. If you don’t like surprises, photos after the jump but for those willing to wait, any guesses? Maybe a Hatsune Miku or two? A Kotona Elegance as well? Or did I finally get back to building some gunpla like HG Gundam Throne Zwei? Heck maybe my Saber (or general TYPE-MOON) fetish got the better me?

… or did I just order everything under the sun again?

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Financial Woes 21 Comments » April 2008

Roaming NYC

In what was one of my non-bumming weekends, I ended up adventuring to NYC on a whim all without spending money on anime related goods to boot!

To make a long story short, it all started with going out to eat at White Mana for lunch in Jersey City with some friends. Definitely a Jersey thing, but man oh man White Manna has some kickarse burgers! Personally I would recommend the one in Hackensack as the better of the two, but in either case both locations make some excellent cheap fresh burgers on the fly. Honestly it’s hard to describe without actually tasting them but all I can say is, if you’re ever in Northern Jersey and are looking for some cheap good eats, White Manna would be the place to go. Definitely unhealthy as hell but just so dang good for “fast food”!

After lunch, we were planning of just heading home but me being bored and needing something to do, we randomly decided to head to the city instead. With no real plans in mind, it really came down to RPG-style world map walking as we eventually ended up going to Kinokuniya and BookOff. One guess on who’s ideas they were The new Kinokuniya I got to admit looks pretty nice and is a lot more spacious than before; doesn’t feel like I’ll accidentally bump into something/one when looking through stuff. Plus if anything else, one really can’t beat the art by Takehiko Inoue on the 2nd floor… very sweet! BookOff, on the other hand, wasn’t so hot. I guess cause the last time I went it wasn’t that busy but man, the 2nd floor where all the manga was killed with all the human heat. Walked out with a killer headache for a few hours after that but I guess if one wants cheap manga, it’s worth the pain? (Un)fortunately I ended up not getting anything but EXP for future reference? O_o

Beside visiting some Japanese bookstores, pretty much just roamed Chinatown as was our usual routine. Along the way ended up going to TenRen for some boba tea and Jamba Juice for more drinks. I have to admit the boba tea at TenRen was rather good, or at least better than some of the other places on Mott St that totally rip you off (or have crappy unique drinks like chocolate boba tea or strawberry cake milkshake. I kid you not). Jamba Juice was Jamba Juice although having it while it was a bit cold probably wasn’t the brightest of ideas ^^;;

So yea. Totally pointless entry other than that “I’m alive” and that I do get out every once in awhile LOL

Posted by moyism Posted in: Misadventure 4 Comments » April 2008

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