Category Archives: Commerce

Posts about my financial support of the animé industry… and damage to my wallet therefrom.

Testing the Waters

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Ubu Roi

It has been said that one of the reasons that fansubbing has become as “bad” as it has, is that there’s too much demand to wait a year for the R1 license to be announced, and another six-eight months (if … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime Industry, Commerce, Fandom, Fansubs, Upcoming Releases | 11 Comments

Take My Money, Robert!

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, I could have just titled it “Order In” but only boring people would name a blog post something that dull. Desho? Desho? 🙂 Heh. Ok, so I’ve just abused my plastic again, sending an order to RACS. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Commerce | 6 Comments

Weather is Here, Wish I was Fine

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I’m going to engage in one of the blogging clichés and make a diary post. Still plugging along. Laptop didn’t arrive Friday, like it should. FedEx said “no one home or business closed.” Well someone was home, just not able … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Commerce, Life, etc., Snap Reviews | Leave a comment

Not Exactly a Hiatus…

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Ubu Roi

…but pretty darn close. First week of August was holy hell at work. Next month is going to be worse. And the situation at home is… well, it’s depressing. Not looking forward to the next few weeks. I’m expecting it … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative, Bitching, Commerce, Life, etc. | 6 Comments

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

Order on the Way

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Robert kicks ass. Have I ever mentioned that? The massive order* that I put in back in May and wasn’t expecting it to ship until July 3rd (supposed release date of MoHS DVD 2) has just been sent today. Should … Continue reading →

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StufDelivery

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, my CardCaptor order came in today, along with the two games. However, thanks to the madhouse that is my job right now, I’m not up to starting any animé series… in fact I’m not really interested in going to … Continue reading →

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