http://www.worryvsdonuts.com Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm writing this mainly in response to Sean O'Mara's FanimeCon report on Otaku USA's site. Remember when you first got into anime fandom? Sure you do - everyone does. Perhaps you're a younger fan who saw Ash and Pikachu facing off against Team Rocket on a daily basis, or perhaps you ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=139 Quite a lot needed to be done around here... a new format, a new banner, new... stuff. Lots of newness needed. I was thinking of abandoning having a place to scribble, but lately as life has returned to normal for the first time in four years, I find myself with a ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=136 Dear California Students: I noticed that a bunch of you are upset about the price of education skyrocketing. Yeah, I'm pissed about that too. We live in a weird country; one where our education system is often given the short end of the stick. I could list link after link that ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=133 The Art of the Day is a selection of interesting, intriguing, or otherwise pretty pieces from around the web. Have any suggestions? Want your own art to be eligible? Let me know @ jariten at iddx dot net. Is it the holiday? Lanny's acrobat peers down to see. Why yes, it is ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=131 Editor's note: I'm testing out a new format for a new blog this week. That's why there's actual content here. I know, shocking! The best part of waking up is Melon Bread and Milk Coffee. Let's get right to it: WSJ on the Industry (The Beat - cheers, MangaBlog) - A collection ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=130 FYI: Lanny is also blogging from Japan! She's on LiveJournal here - feel free to add/friend/follow her escapades there. :D My third time living in Japan has begun, and quite honestly, I never quite thought it would start out this way. I don't mean that negatively, but damn, it's weird where ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=127 Artist: Kirinji Genre: Alt. rock Video ratings: Silly (1/5) • Artsy (3/5) • Meaningful (0/5) • Eye-candy (4/5) Synopsis: Out of all the videos I could have selected from my favorite band of all time (a title which I do not assign to Kirinji lightly!), I chose this one simply ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=126 Artist: Peppertones Genre: Alt. rock, pop Video ratings: Silly (3/5) • Artsy (3/5) • Meaningful (0/5) • Eye-candy (0/5) Synopsis: If there's one thing that bugs me about Korean pop stars, it's how fashionable the guys are. With their "bounce this quarter off my pecs, baby" looks and their funky dance moves, watching ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=125 This is probably gonna get ranty, so let's get to it: The Good: The programming schedule had very few major shifts over the weekend, and the fans were pretty hospitable. The city returned the favor, welcoming the extra boost of business that the con brought into town.  The Bad: I still think there ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=122 The good: The word from PIxar's Up panel is good: fans sound pretty happy with what Pixar has planned for the summer. Hopefully this means we won't be seeing something on the level of, say, Cars 2. Elsewhere, the convention stayed extremely busy on its second day as fans packed the ... http://www.worryvsdonuts.com/?p=121