It’s because Grand Theft Auto 4 is just too addicting. That’s really saying something since I always tended to gravitate more towards Japanese games. I didn’t like any of the previous GTA games at all, but this one feels different. The game’s writing is sharp despite the dialogue being so profanity laden. It’s also way too easy to lose track of time with this game. I keep saying to myself, “One more mission and that’s it”. One mission turns into another hour wasted. Then when I finally walk away, I find myself thinking about GTA 4 again. Well at least it’s the summer.

Oh yeah. The Olympics have been pretty exciting to watch. As of this writing, the total medal count is in a dead heat between the US and China, with China having the edge in golds. Wow. So GTA and Olympics. Weird combination isn’t it? There are a couple articles I’ve been sitting on so expect a proper post a bit later.

This week the spotlight falls on the moe moe Tsukasa Hiiragi from Lucky Star. She may not be the brightest bulb in the box but she sure is lovably moe. How can you not like her? It’s impossible. Impossible I say!

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I guess this is something of a follow up to my Social Networking post, in which I mentioned how I tend to mostly lurk around the internet. I notice the blogging community is something of a circle. Or an ellipse. Whatever. Everyone knows everyone and they all leave comments for each other at their own blogs. So why don’t I be more social and leave comments at other blogs to expand my circle? Being quiet has always been a major part of my temperament and it’s hard to change your ways after you’re set in them.

I’m just not inclined to leave comments at big blogs. I enjoy reading all the different comments but don’t have anything valuable to contribute to the conversation most of the time. On that note, I prefer to leave comments at small blogs when I do decide to say something. Big blogs with several commentators remind me too much of message boards, which I’ve all but left behind. The whole aspect of message board and IRC communities never appealed to me very much. To me it feels like getting suffocated in a crowd of uniformity. That’s not to say the big forums and IRC are bad. They just feel very constraining. You may see me around on these mediums every now and then. I probably won’t say anything though.

I like blogging because of the individuality it affords. I like seeing all the different themes and writing styles out there. Was this personal post about anything or was it just another of my mini rants? If Wolf Hurricane starts to regularly get 20 comments per post, will I stop commenting back…? I’ll still comment back, because I love getting feedback. Your comments are my blogger Prozac after all.

Lina and company have managed to catch up with Pokota and have given chase yet again. Pokota is particularly annoyed and wants to get them off his tail today of all days. Pokota gives them all the slip and while they try to decide what to do, they are quickly surrounded by a deep mist as Pokota curses his luck.

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The boredom of Yamcha has set in. To fill the void between anime episodes and articles, here’s some wacky filler to keep the readers busy. When you need demotivation, I’m there for you. I love you guys and girls that much. This post is not safe for work, home, or life.

Demotivator 1

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Demotivator 3

This episode shifts the focus to Gouta, who has largely been ignored up to this point. Gouta spaces out during class and remembers the normal life he had until his father’s mage lineage was revealed, which caused his parents to have an argument and split up. Once the word spread, Gouta faced discrimination as a mage from his classmates and former friends at school.

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Lina and Gourry are desperately hunting down Pokota in order to figure out why he’s framing Lina. Unfortunately they’re doing a fairly poor job of it and succeed only in wrecking the landscape and injuring innocent wildlife. After a brief respite in a nearby cabin Zelgadis decides to chime in, pointing out Lina’s terribly ineffective tactics. Lina comes back, pointing out that Zel hasn’t really done much either but he doesn’t care. Cue Lina with a nasty bait tactic pointing out that since Pokota can use the Dragon Slave and create Sword of Light replicas and mage-tanks, he JUST might know about Zelgadis’ curse and be able to cure him of his chimera “affliction”. Zelgadis sees through her ploy… But still decides that a good way to flush out Pokota is to destroy the nearby lake and flood out all the forest creatures at once. Amelia manages to restrain Zelgadis long enough for Lina to point out that she has another plan and goes off with Gourry, leaving Amelia and Zelgadis to their own devices.

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Haruka, Mika, and Nanami are concerned about Hazuki as of late. Thinking that she may have a secret boyfriend, the three drag Yuuto along to follow Hazuki through the city.

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This week we feature the delectable Seena Kanon from the Shining game series. No, she’s not from the good Shining Force games. She’s from that other Shining series, the one that’s ridiculously bad… Shining Tears/Wind. As if the games weren’t bad enough, remember the Shining Tears x Wind anime? I’d rather not because I don’t need the nightmares again. Regardless, this is just a shameless opportunity to post some beautiful Tony Taka art. Enjoy.

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Slow, me, etc. It takes me a long time to finish a show when I’m not into the series. As such I really had to force myself to finish Kanokon. And man do I have a couple things to say about it.

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