Gavin

[CENTER][SIZE=1][IMG]http://www.akiba-station.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ms_unicorn_logo.png[/IMG][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=1][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam_Unicorn"][B]Obligatory Wiki link[/B][/URL][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [SIZE=1] So Sunrise's latest foray into the Gundam universe aired the day before yesterday with the first of six adaptations of the Gundam Unicorn light novels. I have to say I was rather pleased with the finished product, the style for the anime is modern while at the same time the visuals are all clearly reminiscent of the original series and its sequels. Funnily enough I've never got around to watching the original series, something I may have to remedy. Anyway anyone else watching Unicorn ? [/SIZE]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][FONT=Trebuchet MS]I was thinking the same thing Gavin. I get sick all the time. The only good thing about it is they tend to be mild infections that clear out on their own in about 24 hours. So I rarely need to go and see a doctor. [/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]Same, I might see a doctor two maybe three times a year but generally those are just for colds or stuff (or tonsillitis as it turned out last week) that aren't going away by themselves or are particularly bad. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Well, it started out feeling like bad allergies, but I think I might actually be sick right now. This sucks. Especially since I hardly ever get sick. Three times within the past year is way weird for me.[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1] Wow, I'd considering getting sick three times in a year near enough divine intervention for being well. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Well, just saw it. You know what would be nice? If someone in Hollywood could make a movie with a pro-environment moral that doesn't spend an entire scene printing the words HUMANS ARE BASTARDS across the screen in six foot tall neon green flashing letters. I know it's a pipe dream, but I can remain optimistic, can't I?[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]I know I said no before but [B]Wall-E[/B] actually has quite a nice environmental moral at the end which doesn't come across as forced, nor does it invoke the "Humans Are Bastards" trope.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Saw [B]Theme Hospital [/B]in my local Gamestop for ?4 yesterday and knew I must absolutely have it. Got home, stuck it in the drive, when to install and was told "Sorry you have a 64-bit system therefore this game will not play". Some googling later I did manage to get it to play, and save but sadly it still crashed quite a bit. I have to say though the last 13 years haven't dulled this game's shine one bit, it's still immensely fun to construct your own little hospital and watch people wading through and Bloaty Head remains my favourite comical disease. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Well, just saw it. You know what would be nice? If someone in Hollywood could make a movie with a pro-environment moral that doesn't spend an entire scene printing the words HUMANS ARE BASTARDS across the screen in six foot tall neon green flashing letters. I know it's a pipe dream, but I can remain optimistic, can't I?[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]Nope, sorry.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Lilt has just given me an epileptic fit.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]A tongue depressor and an extremely queasy stomach do not mix well. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This chapter was like Christmas coming early, but all your presents are socks and your dad gets drunk and beats you while still dressed as Santa Claus.[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]That's a rather specific metaphor there Ace.[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]I still don't like the chapter, actually reading it properly instead of just the spoilers made it a bit worse in ways and a bit better in some ways. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Sakura is now by far the dumbest character in the series, when she took out her own backup I figured she was either serious in her desire to join Sasuke, or she had some kind of suicide jutsu that she couldn't risk using with allies around. Of course neither of these turned out to be true, and Sakura was just going to try and stab Sasuke with a kunrai /facepalm. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Even better, she turned her back on the man she was intending to assassinate /facedesk and survived only because Kakashi can apparently move faster than lightning to be able to talk to Kiba, move the sleeping Konoha ninja and then intercept Sasuke's chidori after about a 15 second conversation between himself and Sakura. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Kakashi himself comes off much better, I've generally speaking always liked him aside from his love affair with the ninja nerf-bat. As I said before this fight might actually be even given Kakashi pathetic chakra capacity although really I'm comparing him to genuine Kage class fighters like Naruto, Sasuke etc when he's just not up there with them. I know Sasuke is supposed to have f-all chakra but when has that ever stopped him before.[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Best outcome of this fight (actually the least likely sadly) would be for Sasuke to kill Kakashi, then kill his two former fangirls. More than likely Sasuke and Kakashi will fight for a bit, Kakashi will say how amazed he is at how much more powerful Sasuke has become but also how horrified he is by how evil he has become, they'll fight a bit more, Sasuke will sense his chakra nearing dangerously depleted levels but thankfully Kakashi took a couple of steps forward and is now nearly dead from chakra-loss. Naruto will arrive, he and Sasuke will trade words about how Naruto is gay for him and then Sasuke buggers off.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Angry radical feminists have to be one of the damn funniest things in the world, as apparently my holding hands with my girlfriend is, hang on need to try to remember the exact wording, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]"[I]my perpetuating [/I][/SIZE][SIZE=1][I]a culture of patriarchal dominance to spite her feminine independence[/I]". My girlfriend in turn is "[I]blind to the shackles I place upon her with these malicious actions[/I]". It is not, apparently, weird nor rude to stop two people at random and begin yelling at them. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus'][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]I knew that was gonna be brought up lol. I'll quote myself at another forum about the same thing. (Guy pretty much said the same thing you said) Yep, Ichigo's officially an idiot. But on the bright side Naruto's a bigger idiot :)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/quote] [SIZE=1]True enough, I think he probably released just after the Captains charged and left Ichigo behind (although that brings up the question how he released without withdrawing his sword). It all depends on when the switch was made as well, did Kyouraku hit Aizen or Hinamori ? Did he hit anything at all ? Can't really tell with Captain OP until we're told. If he did indeed release when I speculate he did it ties up why Ichigo knew but wasn't able to shout to the captains Aizen wasn't really there.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Ah but what makes you think he wasn't ? Remember Kyouka controls all five senses of those under its power so it's entirely possible that Ichigo was roaring his lungs out trying to alert them, Aizen just didn't let them hear him until he wanted them to. After all they were thrown off by Ichigo's shouting just as much as by the revelation of it being Hinamori. I was also just thinking, how many combat capable captains are there actually left ? Kyouraku, Koma, Ukitake, Hitsugaya and Soifon are all down, Unohana is busy healing it seems, of the Vizards only Kensei seems left combat fit and he's busy trading blows with Wonderweiss. Dare I say it, Gramps might actually take to the field pretty soon.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]And yet somehow believable. [URL]http://i29.tinypic.com/2d77uwg.jpg[/URL][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I am rather disappointed having finished the series Firefly was cancelled.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus'][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]LOL!!! How about this? Unless someone bring Toushiro up (or he does something in upcoming chapters) we won't speak about him? (One thing I won't do is brag about him like so many other people do, and besides, he hasn't reached Byakuya or Ulquiorra's status to be bragged about)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/quote] [SIZE=1]We have ourselves an agreement then. :P [/SIZE] [SIZE=1][/SIZE][quote name='Magus'][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]Rukia, I don't know, I think it was the anime that ruined her for me (dub). 1st episode she just sounded like an idiot for some reason. (Maybe it was her voice actor... I can't explain it) And ever since then I couldn't get into her character.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/quote] [SIZE=1]Yeah, took one listen to the dub and pretty much gave up on it altogether in favour of subs. Just didn't like the way any of the characters, with I think the exception of Byakuya sounded though it's been over 2 years since I saw it so I'm a tad sketchy.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Bah, your continued heresy is regrettable but if I went and purged you then I'd have nobody to discuss Bleach or Naruto with so I'm just going to have to fill every post from now on with a subtle loathing of the very fibre of your being. Personally I've always liked Rukia, she's got a fire to her while at the same time being reasonably grown up in a shounen manga. Now if they didn't keep bringing up the creepy Chappy fascination that'd be nice.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Boo'][FONT=lucida fax]Germans...[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]God damn it Boo, not when I'm drinking tea. *Wipes monitor*[/SIZE]

[quote name='Korey'][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][SIZE=1][COLOR=Navy]*plays on your lawn* AND I'M NOT GETTING OFF OF IT! D

[SIZE=1]Why not. [U][B]Gavin[/B][/U] [B]Who:[/B] Lurker since V2 2001, Member since V3 2001, Staff Member since 2008 [B]Where:[/B] Republic of Ireland, moved about 45 miles from home to Limerick City from university as of September 2008. [B]What:[/B] 2 years away from finishing my undergraduate degree in Business and Japanese, 12 months away from working in Japan which scares the living daylights out of me at the thought of it. That said I've loved damn near every minute of college and intend to stick around for a post-graduate degree of some sort. Also 9 days off 23 and currently one of, if not the, supreme evil of OB. [B]When:[/B] Was a Dragonball Z aficionado when I joined, moved to the RP forum and found I enjoyed it immensely, not really posting outside the RP forum during my first two years. I have had the good fortune of being able to RP with most of the big names of OB's RPing circle over each of the different versions and maintain solid friendships with many of them to this day. At some point became a devoted follower of Josh/Shy and have never really stopped being one since. [B]Why: [/B]Always been a friendly site with good people, good times and good memories. [/SIZE][quote name='Korey'][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][SIZE=1][COLOR=Navy]Am I too young a member to be a part of your oldie club? :animesmil[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]Hmm 2004 is still a bit new for my tastes anyway. :p [/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus'][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]I once mentioned that I never hated Toushiro, but couldn't figure out why people supported him the way they do. Over the latest chapters (even though some of the things he said to Aizen had me rolling my eyes, and being able to keep up with Halibel don't sit well with me) I've actually grown to like him more. Not a top favorite, but I do like him now. (At least more than the primary characters)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/quote] [SIZE=1]Damn your treason man, retract that scandalous admission before the rage overwhelms me and I'm left a frothing, incomprehensible lunatic.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][COLOR=deeppink]I have a real hard time believing that most people would come up with 5000 as their answer.[/COLOR][/quote] [SIZE=1]As far as I remember it comes down to adding the last 10 from 4090, people jump to 5000 when adding it on.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Sara'][FONT=secret font!][SIZE=3][URL="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22Dance+chaque+fin%2C+il+a+un+debut&fp=c26c79a56c95bda8"]Google thinks you might mean "Dans chaque fin, il ya un debut."[/URL] Make sure you spell-check that before you go to the tattoo shop.[/SIZE][/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]Google needs to put a space in between the y and the a of "ya" and "aussi" for also, then and it'll be a bit closer to correct. Dredging up my high school French I believe it would be more accurately translated as: [I]"Dans chaque fin, c'est un debut aussi" [/I]or "[/SIZE][SIZE=1][I]Dans chaque fin, c'est aussi un debut" [/I]depending on the position of the also.[/SIZE][SIZE=1] [I]Il y a[/I] is translated directed to mean there is, but I think [I]c'est[/I] is more accurate in this case. Anyone with better French than me feel free to correct me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Beth's ._. face creeps me out.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I have a slight *makes sign for little with his fingers* tendency to walk into closed doors every once in a while. Usually it's down to a lack of time difference between pushing down the handle and actually trying to walk through the door, or my parents fixing that door which never locked and you could simply push open (still not quite used to that yet).[/SIZE]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][FONT=Trebuchet MS]So this makes post # 3,000 for me. I spend too much time at this site. :animestun[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]I know what you mean, only gets worse with time.[/SIZE]