Ibitsu, Vol. 1

So a friend of mine introduced me to this manga earlier today, and it was pretty damn interesting. So the basic premise is that this boy named Kazuki finds a strange looking lolita sitting at the trash disposal site in what appears to be a puddle of blood, she also smells pretty bad. He decides to ignore her and attempts to hurry past but not before she asks him a question. "Do you have a little sister?" He runs like hell after replying "Yes."

I usually don't read these types of stories, not because they scare me (some do I'm not Captain Fearless after all) but because I think it's unfair. Oh sure, I realize that there are a lot of unfair things in this world but these random urban legend types kinda annoy me. Its probably because I tend to over-sympathize with the characters.

Prejudice aside though, this story was riveting, the art was fitting and the characters are realistic with the exception of the lolita of course. The lolita is an amazingly obsessive character, she's covered with bruises and she has a long badly sewn slash on either arm. She's absolutely convinced that he's her brother and is determined to get rid of his real sister. As the story progresses though a few characters mention that there's a "Strange lolita" urban legend which is basically this;

When she asks if you have a sister; If you answer no, she'll attempt to become your sister. If you answer yes she'll replace your sister.

So really no way to win ne? Besides I don't think she's human at all (or ever was), the things she does, the way she's able to move after inflicting terrible injuries on herself, no human could do stuff like that. She does remind me of the grudge a bit though but rather than scaring me she annoys me. Ah well, maybe the siblings will survive.

Sankarea - First Impressions

Furuya's not interested in the living, he's got zombies on the brain! When Furuya's cat dies, he decides he's going to try and bring it back to life. In the process, he stumbles across a girl whose failed attempted suicide has turned her into a real zombie! What's Furuya going to do now that the thing he loves the most is right in front of his eyes?

Source: FUNimation

I picked this one out because it seemed interesting, what with all the ooey gooey school type romances I've been subjected to in the past few months I figured why the hell not right? A boy obsessed with zombie girls? I can't imagine it...the only thing that comes to mind when I think of zombies is "KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!"

Besides I am tired of zombies in general, always the same damn plot with few variances if any at all. So let's have a look at the trailer ne?



Hmm...well it doesn't look all that promising but trailers usually tend to be misleading so I'll try it anyway and what zombie girl! She's totally normal in the trailer >_< sheesh...

An angry workout.

I'm still experiencing some unpleasant pains in my shins despite taking a day off yesterday so I decided to reduce the number of rounds by half. I think its kinda sad but hey, at least it's some activity as opposed to nothing at all right?

So today's workout was;

• Lunges 15 L+R - 60
• Hop scotch drills - 4 minutes
• Push-ups - 50

Sono Te no Netsu wo Kasanete, Volume 1 - Manga Review

Story & Art; Fujiyama Hyouta

Genre; Slice of Life, Yaoi

Premise; Nagisa Takakage just opened a restaurant, and finds himself with a strange regular customer. All the workers agree that Kouga Nagisa is a real looker, and nobody minds that he shows up to ask them questions at work. After Kouga gets himself drunk at the restaurant though, Nagisa is forced to take him home, and finds things heating up a bit.

Thoughts:
The artwork is distracting at times, with the exception of the romantic scenes both Nagisas just look dazed. The story was a bit cute Kouga's denseness is rather endearing after all.

Initially upon meeting Kouga, Takakage thought he might have been a reporter due the the amount of questions he asked.

After their first meeting at the opening party for taka's restaurant, Kouga becomes a regular at his shop and is generally well liked despite his somewhat strange mannerisms i.e. his odd habbit of staring intently at Taka while he performs his duties. Due to this and other misleading mannerisms Taka falls in love with Kouga only to realise the extent of Kouga's cluelessness.

This volume ends on a cliffhanger; Will Kouga accept and go on a date with Taka? I'd say it's a strong possibility.

Making Bodhi Linux faster.

We've been here before with Linux Mint 12 (codename Lisa), it turns out that by editing code inputted a bit, we can use the same procedure to reduce the swappiness of Bohdi.

First we'll need to check the current swappiness value;

Applications> Accessories >LXTerminal

Paste the following into the terminal window;

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Press enter.

Most likely the swappiness will be set to 60, and while this may be great for servers its just unnecessary for the average home user.

To reduce the swappiness value;
Copy/paste the following into the terminal window;

gksudo leafpad /etc/sysctl.conf

Press enter.

Scroll to the bottom of the text file and add these lines to overwrite the default swappiness parameters;

#
# Decrease swap usage to a workable level
vm.swappiness=10

Close the text file and reboot your computer.

After rebooting, check to see if the swappiness has changed by entering the following into terminal;

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Press enter.

Your swappiness should now be set to 10.

Note: Some computers may benefit from an even bigger reduction in swappiness. A useful rule is;

1 GB RAM or more: swappiness at 20
Less than 1 GB RAM: swappiness at 1

Harder, better, faster, stronger!

*Sigh*

I hurt everywhere >.< so it was a bit difficult to make the 4 rounds this time.

Today's workout was;

• Squats - 100
• Hop scotch drills - 4 minutes
• Push-ups - 100

Took me all of 1 hour to complete. But I managed, so yay me!

Spring 2012 Anime Chart

Well the new anime season has begun and I'm looking forward to a few titles; Ozuma, Saint Seiya Omega, Shiba Inuko-san, Zetman, Gakkatsu, Kore wa Zombie desu-ka? OF THE DEAD, Lupin III: Mine Fujiko tu lu Onna, Acchi Kocchi & Jormungand. Of course I'll be checking out other titles as well.

So what are you guys interested in?

Friends with Benefits by Cat Johnson - Book Review

Meg & Jeff have been friends since grade school, one night when they were watching a movie together Meg suggests that they start having non exclusive "no strings attached" sex. Jeff agrees and all is well for about six months when, after calling Jeff up at midnight for a booty call she discovers that's he's had a one night stand and becomes enraged. She turns into a total bitch (not that she wasn't already selfish to begin with) making snide comments and constantly harping on the fact that he slept with someone else EVEN though she said that she didn't want them to be exclusive. This turn about is baffling to me because according to Meg;

When it came down to the serious stuff, the reason she’d called him, he knew exactly how to get her off and always did before he took care of himself. A nice predictable lover, that was Jeff. More importantly, there was no messy, emotional, romantic entanglement, just a friendship as comfortable as her favorite old pair of sneakers. Broken in. No surprises. He was a known constant in a sea of unknowns. With Jeff, she got none of the pain you risked with either a hot new pair of high heels or a hot new guy.

 Now tell me does that sound like something you would say about someone you love? Granted that there are men who are predictable lovers, but this is easily remedied by telling them about what gets you off as opposed to hoping they discover it on their own. It seems to me like the only reason she had a change of heart was because she feared losing her comfortable convenient fuck buddy. Jeff on the other hand is a calm,  refreshing character the perfect compliment to her volatile disposition. then again you would need a really thick skin to be Meg's friend for a prolonged period of time.

The story easy to follow and as much as I don't want to admit it the characters are realistic, on the other hand the girl is such an uber bitch that you don't have much hope for their relationship going anywhere, that may be why I don't like it.

In the end I've decided to rate this book 2 out of 5.

P.S. If you'd like a copy of this book its available for download on the author's website. She has a few of them there and Friends with Benefits is part of the Cat Snips anthology.

The fastest, grimiest dubstep you've ever heard!

Oook...that was intense! Had trouble catching my breath after the 12th round or so >.< I made it though! Hurrah!

Today's workout was tabata (a tabata is 20 seconds of one exercise (quick pace) followed by 10 seconds of rest) intervals of the following.

• Hop scotch drills; I did these rather mindlessly I'm afraid, I did make the entire 4 minutes though :3
• Squats; 5, 6, 8, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7.
• Baby burpees; 2, 3, 5, 3, -, 3, 2, 3.
• Push-ups (knees); 5, 6, 8, 7, 6, 6, 5. 

The - means I was struggling to catch my breath >.< shhhh :P

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (Mimosa Remix)

I don't usually like remixes, but this is one of those "omfg this is awesome" moments!