Can’t wait until September! And hopefully we’ll be able to buy it on DVD.
Author: Heather Meadows
Case Closed OPs
I recently received $250 worth of Case Closed DVDs (yay birthday presents!).
Three of the DVDs were damaged and I’m going to return them. The discs were horribly scratched, so I tested them all in the DVD player to see if they would even play. It was then that I discovered that they did include “Nazo”!
I’ve done a little research, and it appears that the second OP, “Feel Your Heart”, was skipped over and replaced with the first OP on all discs. I can’t find an official reason for this anywhere, though I and others guess it’s a licensing issue. “Feel Your Heart” was never one of my favorite songs, so that I guess I don’t mind so much, even if it annoys the completist in me.
However, there is something that really bothers me, and that is the fact that the OPs aren’t synched up with the animation properly. In “Nazo”, for example, Conan will go through his little intro with the song playing in the background, but then, when the animation of the black-suited guy jumping out the window begins…the song starts over! WTF!
I don’t know if this means they only got the rights for the full-length versions of the songs, which they then sloppily patched into the animation, or what. But it throws me off and completely ruins my enjoyment of the OP animation.
Okay, I don’t really fail at life
Every now and then I hit a breaking point, I guess.
Sean made the very good point that I’m not getting enough sleep, which is absolutely true. I guess I just have to resign myself to not seeing him during the week, and going to bed at 10 o’clock or something.
Meanwhile, we’ve decided that every Saturday, we’ll go on a date together.
Hopefully with extra sleep and guaranteed time with my baby, I’ll be able to manage the rest of my time better and get back to work on my goals.
I fail at life
Warning: Emo Alert Level 9.
Once again I’m reminded how I fail to measure up. Once again I’m reminded that no one can help me but me. Once again I feel powerless and insecure and depressed and afraid and gut-wrenchingly sad, and no one knows how to stop it.
Sitting around watching DVDs only helps me escape for a little while, but it’s all I’m apparently capable of doing.
Why Smallville characters are stupid
If you’ve knocked your attacker down, don’t assume they’re down for good, turn, and run away. Hit them again. And again. And then tie them up, for Pete’s sake!
Also. If there’s a tornado? Don’t get back into your truck! Lie down in the ditch! You live in Kansas, you should know these things.
I am not kidding
I’m sure that those of you who, like me, spend the majority of your day on the computer have, like me, confused the two realities. Saying “LOL” out loud, for example.
Well, I’ve got you beat.
Just now, I dropped a pile of laundry on top of the dryer. Then, wondering why I hadn’t simply dropped it into the laundry basket, I decided I would do that…and for two full seconds I tried to figure out how to hit Control-Z so the clothes would be back in my arms.
Superman and Spider-Woman
I watched this whole thing. And now I must pass on the horror!
Update: Lyrics!
Spiderwoman: tu mera superman,
You are my superman
Superman: tu meri lady
You are my lady
Spiderwoman: ho gaya hai apna pyaar already
we’ve fallen in love already
[ostensibly referring to the fact that they were hot for each other before her superpowers]
Spiderwoman: mehsoos karoon mehsoos teri… bahon mein(x2)
I experience the experience of you in your arms
Superman: mein naaz karoon chale saath tu jab rahon mein(x2)
I am glorious/proud when you walk the paths with me
Spiderwoman: tu mera superman, mein teri lady
You are my superman, I am your lady
ho gaya hai apna pyaar already
we’ve fallen in love already
Chorus: super…super….super…super superman(x2)
Spiderwoman: hamdard hai to kamzoron ka…hai sahaara(x2)
You are one with/sympathise with the weak…their help
Superman: tujhe mereliye ambar se gaya hai utaara(x2)
You have been brought down from heaven for me
Superman: mein tera superman, tu meri lady
I am your superman, you are my lady
ho gaya hai apna pyaar already
we’ve fallen in love already
Spiderwoman: tera sunke naam aajaye chamak aankhon mein(x2)
I hear your name and it brings a sparkle to my eye
Superman: mere dil ne chuna hai saath tera laakhon mein(x2)
My heart has chosen your company from amongst hundreds of thousands
Spiderwoman: tu mera superman,
You are my superman
Superman: tu meri lady
You are my lady
Spiderwoman: ho gaya hai apna pyaar already
we’ve fallen in love already
Drive-thru etiquette
Tactical Grace over at Radical Bacon (why two names? I don’t know) currently works in fast food, and she has posted a list of drive-thru etiquette suggestions.
Most of them were things I’d thought of before–I try to be very pleasant in the drive-thru–but the last one surprised me:
6. This is a personal preference, but if you’re going to thank your order taker while at the speaker, say “thanks” rather than “thank you.” Over the speaker, “thank you” sounds like “fuck you.”
I would never have guessed this. I say “thank you” in a very cheery voice. I could see someone mistaking the way Sean says “thank you”, because he kind of does it in a cursory way, but hopefully my way is safe.
It’s also possible that this is a dialectal thing that happens where TG lives and not here. But I don’t know where TG lives, and I’ve never been on the receiving end of a drive-thru speaker, so I can’t argue that one way or the other.
(The Chick-fil-A people seem to understand me–they almost always respond with “My pleasure.” It’s actually become a game with me to see if they say it or not. Yes, I need to get a life.)
Another awesome Richard Moore quote
“Look, this job is chicken soup. Don’t try to change it into lobster bisque.”
I’m into season two of Case Closed, and I’m still a fan. The only thing that bothers me is that they didn’t switch to the new OP. You hear it in the Detective Conan sub during the episode preview, but then it (jarringly) switches back to the first OP. (In the dub, they just play the first OP the whole time.)
This is very annoying, especially since it means I won’t get to hear “Nazo”. I was pretty interested to see how they’d sing that in English. But it’s also just a great song…yes, even better than “mune ni doki doki DAKE“.
Oh well.
At least the dub is fun! Any episode with Richard in it especially, but I also love Jimmy and Conan’s voice acting.
It is irritating, though, that I can’t own a legitimate, truly uncut release of Detective Conan without buying Region 2, untranslated DVDs :P
Unfinished thoughts
My interactions with a new employee here at work have been infinitely intriguing to me. I can’t figure out if they are actually a change from how I used to be or not.
I’ve always been shy. In recent years I’ve been better and better about meeting new people and not being anxious about talking to strangers on the phone. Really, right now I can’t think of any reason why I would avoid talking to someone on the phone, other than being too busy to talk, and that’s a far cry from just a few years ago, when I was so afraid to call a stranger about a subject I hadn’t handled before that I literally ran away.
Similarly, I used to be very nervous when meeting people, never knowing what to say and making my escape as soon as humanly possible.
Re: Smallville season finale
OMGWTFBBQ on a popsicle stick…!
This season kind of blew in general. While I don’t want to say that cliffhanger made up for it, it certainly made things interesting again…
(Although this new series of events makes me wonder if Clark will ever become Superman…click here for spoileriffic picture that demonstrates why you shouldn’t use ThumbsPlus to create a jpeg from two pngs. Jaggies!)
Bellydance photos
Here are the photos I took of Alchemy dance troupe this morning.
We started off at 8th Street under the arbor and along the old storefronts, then moved to the Riverwalk staircases and amphitheatre overlook, and finally went over to North Augusta to get some shots along the Greeneway.
Here are the shots I like the most:
This one is my absolute favorite :>
This one didn’t come out as centered as I wanted, but that’s what cropping is for.
Alchemy will be selecting one photo for use in a calendar of bellydancers. That photo will probably be color enhanced, cropped, and possibly otherwise manipulated. It should be interesting to see. I’ll try to get a copy of the final version they use. If I do, I’ll post it!
I’ve got a "gig"
Tomorrow I need to be up ridiculously early (which is why I’m up late, natch) because I’m meeting a group of bellydancers for a photo shoot.
And I’m the photographer!
This is more than a little crazy, and I’m more than a little nervous. I think my technique has improved, but I still mainly take detail and landscape photos.
Here’s hoping I can use some of what I’ve learned to capture the beauty of the dancers. Right now that seems like a pretty monumental task!
So yeah, maybe I should go to bed already…
"I’ve been denied everything…even my revenge!"
My Gargoyles season 1 two-disc set
Gargoyles is still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Watching it again really took me back to my life as a teenager, though. The commentaries especially reminded me how much time has passed, and what things were like for me in 1994.
Sometimes I wonder if nostalgia is wanting things to be the way they used to be, or wanting yourself to be the way you used to be. Either way, it’s wistfulness over an impossible dream…but it can be such a poignant feeling.
Magazine memories
I recently subscribed to Better Homes and Gardens.
My mom used to get this magazine when I was younger, back when the boys and I all lived at home and I shared a bathroom with Mom and Dad. There was always a basket next to the toilet filled with magazines that I would sit and read longer than necessary, and BH&G was one of those.
My favorite parts were always the floor plans and photographs of home and garden makeovers. I loved seeing the unique ways people would dress up their existing spaces. I still remember a tiny yard with a high wall that was transformed into an English garden, and what a strong effect that had on me. I learned then that you can do a lot with a little…even though it was years before my dreams of living in a mansion transformed into a quiet desire for a small, functional, pretty home.
There is a gorgeous little Massachusetts cottage in the June 2007 issue that was originally a boat house. That kind of coziness and simplicity really appeal to me now.
There’s also an 850 square foot California house that serves as the first home for a young couple and their baby. The story boasts a floor plan, much to my delight.
The magazine is bigger than I remember. I don’t know if it actually is bigger or if I’ve just grown accustomed to the size of Taste of Home, which is small enough to be saddle-stitched. BH&G is held together with glue, like a book. It made it a little more difficult to yank out all the advertising inserts.
But the size is a good thing, because it means I have plenty of reading for the basket in my bathroom :)