I'm currently in the middle of packing for the move back to Singapore, which means that anime reviews and such might be a bit slow to come, mainly because I don't actually have the energy to sit down in front of the computer to watch and blog about anime. When I'm tired, I turn monosyllabic. Of course, when I'm tired and irritated, then I turn snarky; neither situation is a happy one.

Couple that with both Issue 10 on City of Heroes being released and my getting Pokemon Diamond, and you might see how deep this hole goes. I've been grinding my way through the game and being more or less ten levels above the opponent whenever I can, which means that I'm just barely managing to survive in the single-player game. (I have no intention of battling competitively.) The playing of MMOGs has inured me to the practice of performing repetitive actions for limited gain save after long periods of time; I now think nothing of massacring a couple of million Nameless Minions in order to gain a single level, mainly because I start calculating based on personal milestones (one thousand, one thousand and one, one thousand and two… five hundred thousand and eighty-six, five hundred thousand and eighty-seven…) how long it is likely to take. There is no skill involved here, merely patience.

One wonders how much of the popularity of Pokemon is due to the influence of the anime, and how much of the anime's popularity is thanks to the game. Perhaps it is a sort of dual Ouroboros, forever feeding in on itself, each a catalyst for the other.

In any case, expect updates to be sporadic. This is a Formal Notification about the release of the Two Posts Per Week limitation: I may not have a computer during the final days with which to post from, hence no posts from me.

Until then, I'll try to work out how best to continue blogging when in Singapore. Can't really download or otherwise obtain the latest anime, and my supply of (legit) DVDs will run out sooner or later. Maybe I'll make a final post about it before I go.

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