Anime Frenzy

Since I got home, I have been taking my new libraties with great pleasure.

 

Before I get to the post at hand, I would like to say Happy  Mother’s Day to all.  The mother’s day for my mom was good, and we just got to hang out in general.  Hopefully your mother’s day went well too.

 

Now, to the post at hand.

 

So, one particular show I have been slacking on is InuYasha.  InuYasha is one of those long driven shows, much like Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and so fourth.  These shows each have their strengths and weaknesses, but one particular weakness for all episodic shows is that they tend to run thin on material.  Whether its losing focus from the manga, taking a different spin on the series all together, trying to be original, or just providing filler episodes, longer shows can tend to lose focus.  Its understandable when its got like a billion episodes, but sometimes, its over doing it. 

 

Now, I have never seen all of InuYasha, partly because I stopped, and then their was school, and then their were other  shows that just interested me, and were a lot shorter.  Anyhow, I am currently on Season 4, and have seen the first five episodes of it.  Its interesting none the less, and I still like where its going.  I have seen both the dubbing and the subbing, and like both. 

 

Of course, the edge goes to the subbed, but hey, the dubbing is alright.  I can stand it none the less.  Besides, I happen to like Richard Cox’s work.  I like Sango’s voice too, as wellas Miroku.

 

Jigoku Shoujo is coming to its near end, well the first season anyways, and I am enjoying it.  By this, I mean, me actually watching, since its already finished in Japan.  Sure, its repetative, monotnous and sometimes down right stiff, but I like it all the same.  The only thing that really bothers me about this series is that Ai Enma has repeated lines.  Just wish she had a better selection of lines to use.

 

Oh well, I have enjoyed what I have seen so far.

 

Hope all is well.

Release from School

Yay!  School has finally been released from my mind.  Well, only temporary that is.  I will be going back to Summer Session 1, so that I can take the last two remaining courses in my degree.  Whoah, I am graduating, and I don’t know exactly what to feel yet.  I know, I should be excited, but it really hasn’t hit me that I am graduating college.

 

Summer is ahead, and I am excited to finally relax and take a load off.  This semester was hectic, and though it wasn’t as hectic and overly consumed as others, it still was a rather busy time for me.  I got through it, and hopefully came out on top.  For now, I foresee many many days of being able to think without school occupying my mind, days of writing, days of gaming, and days just spent on watching some anime.  I have about three weeks for break, then I will return for Summer Session 1.  After that, the time is mine!  Until, I get a job, and life commences its new cycle.

 

Soul Calibur IV is coming soon, and I am excited.  At first, I was detered from the revealing of Star Wars Characters, and the newly Bonus/Playable characters, but the game seems to be shaping up nicely.  One gripe I always had about Soul Calibur is the Soul Charge System.  I missed the days of just using a critical edge combo, and using it to your advantage.  With the added element of Critical Finishers, and a revised Eight-Way Run, the game seems to be heading in the right direction.  I wish I could find more gameplay videos though.  I only found one related to a local test, and it showed Taki and Mitsurugi fighting.  Most of the moves I saw looked generally the same, so by July, I am hoping to see a more polished product.  If it gets pushed back, then so be it.

 

Other then that, today has been filled with getting my projects done.  I submitted my first project for Poetics, and rather liked how it turned out.  It was made up of a mock anthology, with a scholarly emphasized essay to open up the project, followed by a commentary piece by the muses, then a prologue expressing the writer’s feelings to the muse via a poem, and finally, character entries regarding their lives, and followed by several poems.  Then, I worked on my Capstone Project, of which I just gathered my materials, and wrote a cover letter.  This had to be the biggest portfolio I submitted.  I sent in a whopping 21 attachments.  God, I shutter just thinking about all that paper I just submitted to my professor.  Finally, I worked on a cover letter for my independent study I was graciously able to participate in.  All in all, a very productive day.

 

What’s next?  Don’t know.  probablly going to raide my pantry for food, and then just kick back. 

 

 

Wake Up Venture

Interestingly enough, I woke up today, and pondered on something I thought I never would.

 

When you wake up, you somehow just do.  Let me put this in perspective.  If I go to bed  say at 11:45 Central Time, and I wake up at 7:30 or sometime after 8, it never ceases to amaze me that even if I go to bed later, like at 2:00 AM, I still wake up at around the same time.  I may be tired, but I still get up, ready to go.  This happend all school semester, and even during weekends.  Why I would wake up at between 7:30 to 8:30 on a saturday is beyond me…  Sunday I can understand, but Saturday?  Saturday seems like a sleep in day, on account of staying up on friday. 

 

Anyhow, I wake up today, and come to find that I wake up at 9:30 AM.  So, this is different, and I suppose my body knows its at near end, and that it can sleep in later, or wake up later.  Perhaps, when my brain hears “class at certain time,” it makes me get up.  Whatever the case, sometime it just amazes me that I follow the same wake up period most of the time, especially on class days.  Now, this probablly dates way back to when I had school all those years, and had to get up early.  Maybe, its a tool, so that it makes you get up at certain times for work.  I mean, getting up at specific times, knowing that 18 years of your life, you have to get up at a certain time in the morning.  standardized body training I guess.

 

I will probablly get to work on one of my projects after lunch time.  I have a portfolio to do, of which I just need to compile the work, go over it, and write a cover letter.  Then, I have to write another cover letter for a portfolio I already compiled, and finally, finish the small anthology I have.  I don’t know what I will end up working on, but the next three days should be filled with college fun! Amidst all this college fun, I will have many breaks to poke around the net.

 

Take care

Last Day Class Attack

As you can tell from the title of this entry, today was my last day of classes.  This makes you think of two questions.

 

1.  What will I do on dead day the following day?

 

2.  Finals?  I have finals?  When?  Where?  Why?  Study I hope?

 

Okay, so the last question had many questions in  one.  Just think of it when you take a test.  It looks like the following.

 

Question 1

 

Given the knowledge you have learned over the semester, what is the purpose of said meaning?

 

Question 2

 

If you fully understand the information I have presented to you, please answer the following.  What particular skill have you learned from this class.  This, supposed skill, how does it contribute to your education, and where will it take you?  What essence do you take from said class?

 

Notice that, question 2 is comprised of many questions, just like question 2 in the first example.  Questions like these usually tamper with your head, probing your mind for a specific answer that only you can provide.  Now, place this particular format into say, your economics test, biology test, psychology test, then, you have one heck of a killer test to look forward too.  Either way, all this means is, finals are here!  What better way to celebrate finals coming upon a college student then, say, watching a movie?  Yes, a movie.  Perhaps you will watch the  latest DVD you have boughten, or watch a new movie appearing in theatres.  Whatever you watch, you do so to take your mind off the game.  Some people engage in different activities to balance the stres of finals and their lives as a whole.  Whatever you do, just remember one thing.  Take a deep breath, run to your nearest active food store, and buy your favorite drink, and nourishing food.  This is the key to doing one of two things.

 

1.  Making you stay up

 

2.  Studying with both a quality ethic, and distractive ethic.

 

Whatever the case, just go with the flow, and don’t think about it too hard.

 

So, why exactly did I post all the above?  I did so only because thats what most of my friends think of, and I too think around the same lines.  I am glad that my finals only consist of projects, that I have to turn in by the end of the week.

 

One of my projects was a fictional writing piece, and like I said before, I am not the best writer, and I am one who is still learning.  I tried my hand at it though, and I am hoping it went well.  I even revised it so many times.. that I sent my stuff to my professor 4 times.  Thats how much the average student would probablly check their content/answer, four times, to make sure they got the answer they want down.

 

Anyhow, life in general is going well.  I will work on another project tomorrow, and hopefully it wil end up providing a interesting ride.

 

Take care all

Day of Eventfulness!

Today was very eventful.  After messing around with WordPress for a while, I was able to look around, and find what others were blogging about.  To those that I have commented, I appologize for the surprise, but I thought I would give a comment, since I did read your blog.  Anyhow, WordPress seems very interesting all the same, and it has brought me into a habbit that I have long wished to at least keep around.  I keep coming into this site… and I don’t know why.  The place just seems very interesting to be involved in.

 

Today, I went to my poetics class, and had some poetry read.  Everyone gave me great feedback, of which most were really good.  Everyone liked what I presented, especially the second poem.  Its always good to get constructive criticism on your writing, and I have learned that it is the best type of criticism.  Whether the writing is clear, concise, works well, or just needs work, most people I know are generally good about giving good constructive criticism, and not some unintelligible mess.  After being in Writing Workshops, this becomes good practice to help writers better their own writing, and not to bluntly say “Hey, your writing flat out sucks.”  This leads to ways of showing how you can improve your own writing, and showing good spots as well.

 

In any event though, the poetry went really well.  One of our classmates even did a poem in rap style, and that was something short of amazing.  Their was even an interpretive dance, which was inspiring, and well done.

 

In my afternoon class, called Capstone, we presented our projects to the faculty. These ranged from proposing new courses, revising courses, and or proposing new majors to provide better choices of coriculum.  All in all, it was a great experience.  My group presented a BA in Writing, and it was interesting to see what people had to say, and giving faculty an insight to what we were bringing to the university.

 

At the current time, I am working on some fiction that will be turned in as a project.  I may not be the best writer, but I like playing with ideas and seeing where they lead me.  I am a writer who is growing, and still young at it, so I still have many errors, accomplishments, and so fourth to endure.

 

Well, I shall close this entry for now.

 

Take care

Hello world!

Hello everyone.  I have just started my blog on WordPress, and so far find it an interesting place to be.

 

A Little About Me

 

My name is Alfonzo Cuellar, but you may call me Fonz, Fonzie, Foz, or Kato, whichever suits you best.  At present time, I am 23 years of age, and attending college at Texas A&M University of Corpus Christi.  I am majoring in english, with a minor in creative writing.  I am a lover of writing, poetry, fiction, video games, anime, music, and many more that are querky, but interesting all the same.  I am very easy going, easy to talk to, and one who enjoys being social.  I hope you have enjoyed this small section.  Please fill free to leave a comment.

 

At current writing, I am revising a project that is a small anthology for a class of poetics.  The anthology will pertain to a scholarly writing, done by me, on the subject of muses, and how they relate to a writer.  The work focusses on the bond of the muse and the writer, and defines the style that I am writing of.  Furthermore, the anthology will contain a prologue, which I have written from a muse’s point of view.  Then, the anthology will begin defining characters that I have written about, of which were created by me, followed by poetry/prose of those characters.  Its an interesting project, one that my professor thought to be very creative, and an experience that he would enjoy reading.

 

Take care all.