Half a year later, my blog, against all expectations, still appears to be alive. I'm not entirely certain why this is so, but like a tower of cards made of the flimsiest pieces of gossamer inspiration, I shall attempt not to disturb this edifice any more than is strictly necessary. Following a badly misinterpreted version of Quantum, either it will be here, or it will be gone.

It's been a while since I've had one of these CheckMarks. Allow me my moment of fun. It will, I promise, be shorter than previous ones.

Something which will become rather relevant sometime soon would be the future direction of this blog. The brouhaha over licenced titles in Singapore would mean that until I can figure out the legalities of Bloggers' Rights in Singapore (whether we have any or not), I'd rather not post about titles I do not actually own, since it's not like the Fifth Amendment will protect me. I do, in fact, own a lot of titles, but this is a limited resource, and replenishment is highly subject to import laws, vague as they are.

In other words, I can't exactly blog about New Anime From Japan without technically incriminating myself, and I have gotten conflicting reports about whether I can or cannot simply import R1 titles to Singapore for personal use. This will determine whether I will blog about anime, or if I will blog about the medium that the anime comes in, based on my recollections of the subpar packaging and presentation that Odex treats its properties with.

Suggestions from other Singaporean bloggers are certainly welcome, although I have to admit that I have never really mastered the art of Reading Between The Lines, which is invariably required when the inevitable "well, I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy" oblique references to what I actually Need To Do crop up.

And before anyone suggests it, Raging Against The Man would generally require a good lawyer. (No, Kalium, our Matter Mage doesn't count. He'll be half a world away.)

If anyone should doubt that I am supporting the anime industry (or at least a anime industry), I can show them my sizeable collection (no, I haven't tried pricing it yet, considering I gave several DVDs away already), including the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya limited edition box set. If the Singaporean anime companies come out with things like these, I'll be happy to support them too.

In the meantime, I do still have the Card Captor Sakura project, which will last me for quite a while. I'm tempted to do a CCS episode summary before I leave, but I'm reluctant to use up my resources when I don't have to.

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