Category Archives: Bitching

And whining too!

Order Arrived

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Yep, spent some of yesterday catching up on Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, English dub version (and rewatching some of the Japanese, just to make sure my memory wasn’t faulty). I got DVD 1 of the english dub in last month, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Commerce, Random Nonsense, Subs, Dubs, & Voice Acting/Actors | 13 Comments

The Real Problem…

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Over at Steven’s place, a discussion of payola in blogging turned to animé reviews, and one blogger in particular got mentioned because he’s the only one who seems to have given a positive review to the latest offering from ADV: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime Industry, Bitching | 2 Comments

Blah.

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I should be working on a post over at Houblog or blogHOUSTON far more than I need to be working on one here. But I don’t care, really. Well, maybe a little. But not enough to do anything about it.

Posted in Bitching, Random Nonsense | 4 Comments

Reflections

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Something possessed me to go back and watch the first DVD of Maburaho again today. I wanted something silly and light, and it fit the bill. Having watched a lot more animé since I first saw it, (and a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Random Nonsense | 5 Comments

Vindication II

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I originally posted this as an update to the earlier post, but changed my mind almost immediately and moved it to it’s own post, because the thought kept developing. In a response to the original article, I said: Sure, the … Continue reading →

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Heh. Vindication.

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

And some people wonder why I’m retro about Microsoft and won’t allow any automatic updates of any software on my system, let alone the O/S. 20070325.1520: Oh, the joy that is Microsoft. Metafilter is down right now because an “automatic … Continue reading →

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Grumble.

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, I was working up a post on FMP: TSR DVD 2, but I managed to hit the wrong key and lose the entire thing. Of course, I’d been working on it for over an hour without saving. Baka. Oh … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative, Bitching | Tagged | 5 Comments