I’ve been subjected to such incredible injustice today. It’s just so frustrating to be treated in an unfair way, unequal to the others. Had a hard time holding back the tears, I was that disappointed. Oh well. A coffee, a good friend to talk to (she’s the best!), and Bloc Party afterward made me put everything into perspective. I don’t give a shit anymore, really.

(Now that was abstract.)

A short recap of the past few weeks: Christmas was lovely, New Year’s Eve was rather quiet, my presentation last Tuesday went pretty well too (Prof liked it loads, whee *^-^*). So yes. All’s fine. Except… oh well.

Did all of you see Match Point? I have to admit I’m not that much of a Woody Allen fan and I mostly went to see it because of Mr Rhys-Meyers and Miss Johansson but who cares what made me want to watch it in the first place? All that matters is I saw it. And loved it. Every minute of it. It was so real, so intense, so complex, so absolutely convincing ♥

I’m also trying to watch a bit of anime. The new season features so many good series, it’s really hard to keep up with all of them. Mushishi has to be one of my favourites of the season; it’s neo-japanesque (o_O), atmospheric, almost melancholic and natsukashii; and the sceneries are so beautiful, absolutely amazing. I’m still trying to find out whose subs are the best, I think I’m going to stick with the releases by AF-F. (The downside of not actually needing subtitles because your Japanese is rather good is you become picky about subs that leave out bits of information or even get whole sentences wrong.)
I’m also watching Monster (until the subbers finally finish it), Garasu no kamen, Eureka seveN (for my dose of recycled mecha action drama, it’s quite sad how every single element of that show has already been used in other titles of the genre; but I’m still addicted…), Noein and ParaKisu.

On the manga front, I’ve been reading lots of shoujo classics and newer works by older artists (Kuramochi Fusako, Ikuemi Ryou). I’m still subscribed to Betsuma and Hana to yume so that makes for a nice stack of low quality paper in my apartment and hours of fun for an avid manga reader.
All my novel-reading ambitions had to be cancelled though because I figured I really need to catch up with Korean history first or else I will most definitely not pass my class. (Like all my fellow students of Japanese, who absolutely have to take this Korean History course for the BA – for whatever reasons, probably will -_-)