YATTA!

Why so, RK*?
Fully Booked in Trinoma will soon be stocking Haruhi light novels! I just reserved for the first two volumes. Good thing that light novels are generally cheaper than manga volumes.

By the way, I never read a light novel before. I'm expecting that it will be like a novel that is light (with some illustrations).

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Karanasan sa Kakapanood ng Anime
Kakatapos ko lang manuod ng Toradora!. Alam ko na mariing dinedebate ng mga Anime fans kung maganda ba o hindi ito. Ngunit para sa aking tingin, ito ay isa sa mga mas magagaling at maiinam na mga Anime na napanuod ko, Tandaan na hindi ako ang tipong mahilig sa drama / love story; ngunit nagustuhan ko pa rin ang Toradora!.

Sa unang mga episode ng Toradora!, ito'y nananatiling isang matino na Anime ngunit wala siyang masyadong "WHAM!". Ngunit dumating ang episode 17. Doon ko lang nakita na may ibang rason ako sa pagkakagusto sa nasabing Anime liban sa pagiging cute ni Taiga o sa (mala-anghel na) boses ni Rie. Hindi ko nga lang ipapaliwanag o mapapaliwanag kung gaano ko siya nagustuhan dahil baka masyadong humaba ang journal ko, basta sasabihin ko lang na binigay nga ng episode 17 ang nararapat na "WHAM!" para sa Anime na ito.

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Things I Learned From Watching Toradora!
1. My sister was lying, and Yasuko never died.
2. The series did have a closure, at least with the official couple.
3. The Japanese for Tiger is Tora.
4. Toradora means "Tiger-Dra[gon]!".
6. Toradora may also mean "To[rpedo]-Attack-Dra[gon]!"
7. That I can enjoy Anime genres other than action, comedy or cooking duels.
8. That I liked Rie's voice all along.

Artsy Stuff
I don't want to talk about school right now, so I won't be telling you my exploits in children's book writing.

Anyway, I'm interested in Chowder's and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's (haven't watched that one yet) art styles. The one in which static textures are used for fill patterns.

Once again, my unreachable dream of being an animator is showing up again. That must mean that I have to take drawing classes already.

Compy Stuff
Why do I have this extremely insistent urge to hijack the root access of the Ubuntu machines in Ateneo?

Perhaps it's because of the noobiness of how those machines were set up.
1. Most of them are pre-Hardy Heron. And I want to upgrade them so very badly. At least to Hardy, at most, to Jaunty (or whatever is the latest).
2. Their attempt to make the Ubuntu machines' interface to look like it's Windows is pathetic.
3. I prefer to use KDE.
4. While those Ubuntu machines have good clock speeds, they have small RAM, I think they should have used Xubuntu / Fluxbuntu instead. (this overrides no. 3)
5. Using one CPU per terminal is a waste of resources, I wanted to set a multiseat configuration on them.
6. I wanna set up a separate guest account on the Ubuntu machines, so the unexperienced linux users won't break anything.
7. <halfjoke>I wanna show off with my r00t powurz to the unlinuxified (or even the linuxified) masses.</halfjoke>

I can't believe that a University which has a Fedora Linux powered web server can't even manage to get their Ubuntu terminals right. I WANTED THOSE MACHINES' ROOT ACCESS VERY BADLY! I think I should apply as a computer technician to Ateneo one day just to set up those darn computers correctly.

The guys who run the public computer room in Ateneo did one right thing by using Linux for some of their terminals, but they are not using them to the fullest extent. Because of this, unlinuxified students of Ateneo will forever have the false image of Linux being crappy. It's not the OS, it's the guys who set it up.

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*RK does not mean Rie Kugimiya.