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Sunday, May 4, 2008
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New living room layout...maybe
posted at 6:38 PM  
Today I spent some time rearranging the second bedroom, which has multiple uses: guest room, office, and general storage facility. I want it to also serve the purpose of a workout room, so I was trying to clear a decent amount of space in front of the television. I was marginally successful; you can see pictures here. (Note that I do someday plan to put the Christmas decorations away...)
Doing that put me in the rearranging mood, and I decided to start thinking about how I want the living room to look. I found a floor plan of our apartment at the rental company's website and, armed with my trusty tape measure and Photoshop, added in all our furniture. Here's the current layout:
The big purple block is our couch, and the gray boxes in front of it are Sean's area. (Light gray is the floor where he sits; dark gray is the kotatsu.) The red blocks are the loveseat and chair, and the long, darker red rectangle is the coffee table on loan from Brooke. The big black rectangle is the TV, the big black square is the dinner table, and the smaller black boxes are the bar table and its chairs, the media cabinets, and a file cabinet.
It's actually a pretty decent layout, given the awkward utility closet jutting into the room and all the doors I have to work around. I really like the way it looks. However, it's inconvenient in a couple of ways. First, Sean is facing the back wall and not the television. This wasn't really a big deal before, but lately he's taken to sitting in my seat (the loveseat) to play video games on the TV, only to have to move when I get home. Secondly, having Sean's sitting area right in front of the largest couch means a lot of sitting area is wasted. No one who comes over wants to squeeze in and sit behind him, so the couch is limited to perhaps one seat, rather than three or possibly four. I am also somewhat unhappy with the placement of the bar table in the dining room; I kind of like it, but it annoys me that the stools aren't next to it, and it isn't serving its normal purpose.
So for about five hours I've been rearranging colored blocks, trying to discover a better arrangement. Here are the phases I went through:
Phase One: Too Awkward
This kind of works, but the loveseat is facing a chair that is at a 90 degree angle, which is bound to look ridiculous. Meanwhile, the chair is floating in the middle of the flow of traffic.
Phase Two: WAY Too Awkward
I thought maybe putting the TV on the opposite wall would help. It's a neat idea, but ultimately results in a Family Circus-style path through the apartment. I kind of liked the thought of having an artificial hallway leading to the bedroom door, but it's not really practical and possibly unsafe.
Phase Three: Ludicrous
Perhaps, I speculated, giving up on 90 degree angles would do the trick. This is the result. Ultimately the seating problem still exists and most of the seating has a very poor view.
Phase Four: An Accident Waiting to Happen
What if I used the TV as an artificial wall? Well, someone would knock into it, of course...especially given the small passageway between it and the loveseat. I liked the effect this closing-off had on the dining area, but that's about it. There still wasn't a very homey feel, and few decent views. Plus, Sean was probably too far away from the TV.
But then, finally, I came across this arrangement:
I'm not perfectly happy with it, but it feels like this is the best I'm going to be able to do. The TV stays where it currently is, to keep it in sight of most of the room. The loveseat rotates 90 degrees and moves to the corner; Sean slides up next to it, leaving enough room for him to walk around and for people to sit. The full couch becomes my seat, with the coffee table in front of it and plenty of room for others to sit, and then the chair rounds out the room, leaving an open area for the bar table. Sean's file cabinet ends up next to the loveseat and becomes a much-needed end table.
What's nice about this is that the flow of traffic isn't changed; people can walk in a straight line from the front door to the back door, which is optimal with this floor plan. I don't really like how the TV looks right now, but once we get a table for it I think it and the media cabinets will fill out the wall better.
Of course, I haven't actually moved anything yet...I'm so exhausted from thinking about it that I think I'll just relax for now ;)Labels: decorating, design
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
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Social media language study suggestion
posted at 8:27 AM
I think it would be cool if a bunch of people studying a language would go out and take photos of signs written entirely in that language and upload them somewhere (probably Flickr, people always use Flickr for this sort of thing) and tag them so others can find them. Then we would have a huge group of real-life flash cards that we could use on our computers to familiarize ourselves with the vocabulary found on signs. It could be place names, common warnings, business names, sales, things like that. Basically, the idea is to give vocabulary (and how to write it) relevance.
I put some rather mediocre photos from 2001 up to start.Labels: idea, language, photography
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
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Dream
posted at 10:24 AM
Last night I dreamed I had two sons, who looked almost exactly like Connor and Logan. The first part of the dream involved me trying to spend time with each of them individually, and also teaching them how to share with each other.
Later, I realized that I kept calling the older one "Connor". I tried and tried, but I could not remember his actual name. "What's your name?" I asked him, but of course he wouldn't tell me--either he thought I was joking or he was shocked that his own mother didn't know his name. Eventually I discovered that his name was Sandy. (I would never name my son "Sandy", but whatever.) The name just didn't suit him, and I was sure I would forget it again. "Now that you're grown and I know your personality better, how about we pick a name that fits you?" I asked him, but he was too busy playing with his video game to answer.Labels: dream
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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Kyou Kara Maou 80 and 81
posted at 10:22 PM
Okay, so, that was resolved quickly, wasn't it?
The new season pretty much takes up right where season 2 left off, which is why it starts with the ten (well, nine) aristocrats meeting to pick the new Maou. We saw the usual characters discussing it in episode 78, but there wasn't a hint that anything had really happened before Yuuri came back. Now we know why everyone was at Shinou's tomb just in time for Yuuri's reappearance.
Speaking of Shinou...he is evil!
The thing everyone was talking about secretly in episode 79 was whether or not Yuuri could remain the Maou. Some of the aristocrats were fine with it and some were not, Waltorana von Bielefelt most notably.
I did not expect Maou-mode Yuuri to attack Wolfram, so it was quite a relief to see that he redirected his power back into himself. Would Wolfram have been killed if he hadn't smiled softly and said, "Be a good Maou"? That's kind of troubling.
I am a little bothered by the art, too...there's something not quite right about it. It's better than the OVA's art, though, which felt a little too indulgent.
Ultimately I am enjoying this, even if the huge conspiracy theory I had got laid to waste within three episodes ;>
Labels: anime, kyou kara maou
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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More thoughts on KKM 79
posted at 7:39 AM
Josak: Is it okay not to let him know about it?
Gwendal: There is no proof as of yet. If he knows about it, I'm sure he'll do something unnecessary.
Josak: Yeah, this is Yuuri we're talking about. He'd probably run off on his own. Or he might even start thinking his own existence is a burden... It's got to be politics. Somebody, maybe Sara, maybe whoever we're seeing in the wintry shot that looks like Big Cimaron, maybe even a country that is supposedly part of the alliance, is pressuring Shin Makoku by planting seeds of doubt in the other nations of the alliance.
"They aren't even following their own traditions! The Maou hasn't undergone his coming-of-age ceremony, even though he's already 16! How can we trust the mazoku to be true to their promises if they eschew tradition when it's inconvenient?"
And so, just in case, the Ten Aristocrats went ahead and picked out a replacement Maou.
There has got to be a reason that it's Wolfram, some political reason. Gwendal apologizes for the trial he's put his little brother through. Maybe he was the only quasi-neutral candidate (non-head of house) that Gwendal could think of who was nobility and still close to Yuuri in some way.
There is also something else going on, some sort of plan that the Ten Aristocrats have been asked to agree on beyond simply picking Wolfram to replace Yuuri. There's evidence of this, I think, in the way the castle retainers discuss the vote.Anissina: I have received a message from my brother on the matter. The von Karbelnikoffs have no objections.
Conrad: Lord von Wincott gave us a favorable answer as well.
Celi: My brother [Lord Stoffel von Spitzweg] stated various things, but Raven will do something about it.
Gwendal: All we're waiting on is a response from Lord von Rochefort and Lord von Gyllenhaal then.
Gunter: As of right now, they have not broken their neutrality. I don't blame them. However, when His Majesty's coming-of-age ceremony ends...
Gwendal: That is why it must succeed, no matter what. Obviously, what they're doing is not trying to manipulate Yuuri out of the throne, but keep him in it, though the actual strategy remains unclear. It looks like we have 5 votes for the measure: von Voltaire, von Christ, von Karbelnikoff, von Wincott, and von Spitzweg; one abstention: von Grantz [is Adalbert head of house or are the von Grantzes absent for some other reason?]; two votes up for grabs: von Rochefort and von Gyllenhaal; and one household decidedly against the whole thing: von Bielefelt. It's apparent that they hate the plan, want Wolfram to stay in their territory, and possibly don't support Yuuri as Maou--Wolfram's line "There is only one true king in Shin Makoku!" seems to be a direct response to his family's position.
It also appears the von Radfords voted no, since they weren't mentioned in the list of supporters. That makes it 5 to 2 with one abstention so far. Gwendal will need at least one more vote to get the majority. There might be a rule that you have to have 7 votes to pass something, since 7 is a lucky number, but then again this is a demon kingdom, so I don't know if 7 would have the same meaning there.
So, as usual, I'm making wild guesses about everything without enough information ;> Remember when I thought Shinou wanted to destroy all humans? (Though I suppose that I was technically right, given that he was possessed at the time :>) Regardless, I'm really looking forward to seeing what develops.
This season may answer some questions about Gwendal and Wolfram's fathers. We see Lord von Bielefelt at the beginning. Is he Wolfram's dad? If so, why did he and Celi split up when Wolfram was still a toddler, as seen in the original anime? If not, is Wolfram's father dead? Is this perhaps his dad's brother, or some other relative? This list indicates Wolfram's father is dead, according to the light novels, but I'm not quite at a level where I can read those yet. (Translation please?)
Gwendal, of course, is the head of his house, meaning his father is either dead or retired. In the original anime, when we see Castle Voltaire, we don't see any other nobles, so that's still up in the air.
We know all about Conrad's father...let's show the other brothers some love! ;>
I'd also like to know more about the other Ten Aristocrats, and why they don't have representatives at court. Actually, I wonder if Effee is related to any of them. Yes, she's a maid, but she could also be...a spy!
All right, that's enough conjecture for now. I need to pack up and head off to Kentucky :)
Edit: As I was packing, it occurred to me that the problem could easily be the fact that Yuuri chooses to go back and forth between worlds. Someone who wanted to get rid of him could argue that it's hard to have confidence in a Maou who only spends half his time in his country. They could back that up with the fact that Yuuri lets Gwendal do everything--maybe that's why Gwendal sourly told Yuuri that if he was an adult, he needed to start acting like one and performing his duties.Labels: anime, kyou kara maou, storytelling
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Monday, April 14, 2008
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Kyou Kara Maou 79 (season 3 episode 1)
posted at 10:35 PM
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?!?!?
Okay, so, seriously. I liked the music, a combination of old and new. I liked the introduction of the girl from the OVA, though that makes me wonder what the timeline actually is here. All the characters were pretty much themselves. The OP and ED are kind of mellow, but okay.
But oh what an opener. We saw the heads of all the ten aristocratic families (who were all male except one, I wish to point out) for the very first time. And...Wolfram is to be the next Maou? But why? Is this just in case Yuuri isn't worthy? Surely he's proven his worth by now; what's the point of a big fussy ceremony?
Don't they realize he won't use his powers to protect himself? He never has. Every time, it's been to protect someone else, or out of anger over someone else's suffering. The only reason he's not dead yet is because he's been lucky, or because his retainers have been there.
I have the sinking feeling he's going to fail his test against the sand bear. And then what will happen? Will he be forced to leave Shin Makoku? Will Sara use all this to his own benefit, convince Yuuri he can get him back in with his friends, only to try to manipulate his power?
Argh :>
(I'm so happy...)Labels: anime, kyou kara maou
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Recent NOM NOM NOM
posted at 7:59 PM
 Teriyaki flounder, stir-fry veggies and rice  Salmon croquettes and grits, Boll Weevil  Fried grouper sandwich and fries, Palmetto House at Seven Gables  Vegetable quiche and curry noodle soup, New Moon Cafe  Eggs over easy with hash browns, sausage and toast, Waffle House (Atlanta)  Kari (curry) Pop at the best restaurant on Earth, Penang in Chamblee (Atlanta)  Spaghetti at Sbarro (Atlanta)  Spicy beef, Zyka (Atlanta)  Chicken salad sandwich and fries, Cotton Patch  SuperSonic Breakfast Burrito, at my desk  Leftover spaghetti, salad, fruit, and yogurt, at Riverwalk  Seared ahi tuna appetizer, PF Chang's  Dali chicken, PF Chang's Labels: food, photos
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Places I need to go
posted at 5:38 PM
England, to visit Brooke and David;
Malaysia, to visit Dawn;
California, to meet Hai and Ross;
Colorado, to meet Jered;
New York, to meet Marie and Ed;
DC, to meet Merujo;
Huntsville, to visit Sam; and
Japan, to meet Jeff, Miklos, Kayo, Harvey, and Karen.
I need to figure out a plan to actually do all this traveling, or it will never get done!Labels: friends, travel
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Kyou Kara Maou OVA
posted at 10:56 AM
Last night I watched Kyou Kara Maou R in its entirety. I had seen the first four episodes previously; finally I found a raw version of episode 5. The quality wasn't great, but I was pleased to discover that I could follow what was going on without subtitles, like I did back when I was anxious to see how KKM season 2 ended.
(There are also some errors in the fansub of episode 4 that I was able to recognize, such as Gwendal's line, 「それはりすちゃんだ」, which means "That's a squirrel", not "Her name is Risu-chan". I only picked up on this because I already knew that people tend not to recognize the animal Gwendal is trying to make. In this case, Greta thought it was a fox.)
The five episode OVA starts with the first part of a new adventure involving Small Cimaron's king, Saralegui.
After that it goes into three stand-alone, humorous episodes whose only purpose seems to be to reintroduce Shinou to the world. There's a worldwide festival held in Shin Makoku, unthinkable before Yuuri's time as Maou; an ancient magical device that shows people their most dreaded future, with which Shinou decides to play a prank; and a story about on the level of season 2's "Baby Panic", in which pink bear bees spawn and give their love to dragons thanks to the power of Gwendal's obsession with cute. Then we go back to the Sara story.
Episode 5 was hands down the most epic. Yuuri, Conrad, Wolfram and Josak head to Small Cimaron with Sara and Beries; Murata brings Shori to Shin Makoku on Shinou's request, and they meet up with the retainers Yuuri left behind to try to find a way to save Yuuri from Sara; another function of Morgif is revealed; Beries demonstrates his powerful houjutsu, ultimately facing off with Adalbert (I LOVE ADALBERT!); and Sara finally reveals his evil powers and demands. If you've watched this show at all you can probably imagine how it ends, but it's still worth seeing for yourself.
The humor is great, too. My favorite part has to be when Shori complained to Murata, "What am I, a battery charger?" XD
There were things I didn't like about this OVA. A lot of the new music was boring, and some of what wasn't boring was blatantly ripped off existing pieces. For example, the music played in episode 2 when people are arriving for the festival is essentially "Fireworks" by Nicholas Hooper, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Plus, in that same episode they introduced some less-exciting Maou-mode music, much to my dismay. It was used again in episode 4, but, thankfully, in episode 5 they went back to the real deal.
Yuuri was still Yuuri, but he was unfortunately much more...uke. He blushed all the time, and in episode 5 he even grabbed Sara's hand. I can't speak for how he is in the novels, but in the anime he is very straight--you could argue he borders on homophobic. In the first few episodes he can't get over how "fundamentally wrong" it is that it's even possible for him to be engaged to Wolfram. Sure, he gets used to the open homosexuality around him after awhile, but I would hardly say he embraces it.
Yuuri's reactions to Wolfram are part of the comedy of the franchise. He doesn't reject Wolfram because he doesn't like him--he obviously cares a great deal about Wolfram, to the point of risking his own life. He rejects Wolfram because he is not attracted to men. He's a self-described "dirty baseball boy"...he's not going to go around holding hands with men.
There is a running joke about who he'll end up with romantically, and a sort of underlying belief/hope that he will come around eventually and get with Wolfram or Conrad or some other guy, but it seemed throughout the first two seasons that this dynamic was meant to be permanent and subtle, not that he is going to actually grow into being homosexual. The OVA refutes this, and it's jarring.
Another thing that was far more subtle in the anime was Gunter's crush on Yuuri. The OVA is ludicrous by comparison. Don't get me wrong, Gunter's pretty ridiculous in the anime, but the OVA not only crosses the line, it blasts through it like it was never there. He's constantly having nosebleeds and muttering about seeing Yuuri naked. Again, it's just jarring.
An OVA is by nature shorter and more concentrated than a drawn-out story, but there's no need to exaggerate personality traits like this.
Ultimately, though, I did enjoy the OVA. It had all the good stuff: Yuuri's policy of believing in people, the mazoku retainers' endless loyalty, bravery, and asskickery, some good seibai, and an interesting new villain. It was a good way to curb my appetite for KKM while I await season 3...which has just started in Japan. Now I'm just hoping someone will pick up the North American license that was abandoned when Geneon stopped distributing anime, so I can own all of KKM on DVD.
Labels: anime, kyou kara maou, screengrab, storytelling
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Cherry blossom time
posted at 10:32 AM
Via Kayo. By the way, I used to have that exact recording of "Sakura" on CD .Labels: sakura, video
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Vote Obama
posted at 9:20 AM
I voted for Obama in the Democratic Primary and I am going to vote for him in the Presidential Election (because he will get the nomination). I have not stated this plainly anywhere because I have been afraid that the people I love will not understand. But how, after reading his March 18 "A More Perfect Union" speech, can people not see that he is the one we need right now?
Here is an excerpt from the transcript posted at the Drudge Report:The fact is that the comments that have been made and the issues that have surfaced over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through ? a part of our union that we have yet to perfect. And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American.
Understanding this reality requires a reminder of how we arrived at this point. As William Faulkner once wrote, "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." We do not need to recite here the history of racial injustice in this country. But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow.
Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students.
Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments ? meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today’s urban and rural communities.
A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one's family, contributed to the erosion of black families ? a problem that welfare policies for many years may have worsened. And the lack of basic services in so many urban black neighborhoods ? parks for kids to play in, police walking the beat, regular garbage pick-up and building code enforcement ? all helped create a cycle of violence, blight and neglect that continue to haunt us.
This is the reality in which Reverend Wright and other African-Americans of his generation grew up. They came of age in the late fifties and early sixties, a time when segregation was still the law of the land and opportunity was systematically constricted. What's remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them.
But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it ? those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. That legacy of defeat was passed on to future generations ? those young men and increasingly young women who we see standing on street corners or languishing in our prisons, without hope or prospects for the future. Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. That anger may not get expressed in public, in front of white co-workers or white friends. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. At times, that anger is exploited by politicians, to gin up votes along racial lines, or to make up for a politician's own failings.
And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews. The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races.
In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. Most working- and middle-class white Americans don't feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race. Their experience is the immigrant experience ? as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. They've worked hard all their lives, many times only to see their jobs shipped overseas or their pension dumped after a lifetime of labor. They are anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams slipping away; in an era of stagnant wages and global competition, opportunity comes to be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come at my expense. So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time.
Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren't always expressed in polite company. But they have helped shape the political landscape for at least a generation. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism.
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze ? a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many. And yet, to wish away the resentments of white Americans, to label them as misguided or even racist, without recognizing they are grounded in legitimate concerns ? this too widens the racial divide, and blocks the path to understanding. Barack Obama sees what I see--people are who they are based on the times they lived in, the people they've known, the experiences they've had. There are so many race issues that still need to be worked out. And there is no simple band-aid we can apply to fix everything.
Obama knows that we have to acknowledge these problems...and he also knows that we simply cannot do so in an angry, violent, stubborn way. We must take a step back and be thoughtful. We must evaluate positions other than our own, and ponder the implications of our own upbringing.
This is the path to wisdom and justice, not only in our internal affairs but also in our dealings with the rest of the world.
We need someone who isn't single-minded, who can take in all the issues and weigh them with intelligence and sincerity, and then make the tough decision.
Barack Obama is that person.This is where we are right now. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naive as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy ? particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own.
But I have asserted a firm conviction ? a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people ? that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union. Labels: barack obama, politics, racism
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
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A nice community
posted at 11:11 AM
I really like where we live. It's very convenient to all the west Augusta amenities, but because it's back away from main roads, it feels secluded and private, and people here are typically friendly. I'm not sure I know of any other community like this in the area. There are nice, quiet places on the outskirts, of course, but none so convenient to everything that I can think of.
At one time I was convinced that I wanted to move, but I've made the apartment more homey since then and I really can't think of anywhere else I would want to live at the moment. Even North Augusta, where I have wanted to live for some time, can't really offer me the privacy and convenience that this place can.
That said, I do wish our community had sidewalks...and bike trails would be awesome. I would also like it if there was a grocery store within walking or biking distance. Technically Kroger is not all that far, but I'm not sure I would feel safe biking on skinny Flowing Wells Road.
I have an idea for an ideal community that someday, when I have money to invest, I'd like to develop.Labels: life, plans, quality of life
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