2D-ism has changed to 2DToybox

I've dragged my feet on this for a while but I've finally changed the blogspot domain name to 2dtoybox.blogspot.com. Anyone who subscribes or visits my blog should update your links, thanks.

BK's POS new fries

The latest version of BK's fries are the worst yet. They really need to fire whoever does their product testing because I swear it gets worse with each iteration. The new fries are just a thicker version of their reconstituted POS fries! Thicker works if the fry is fresh-cut but not when it's reconstituted!

Lizard in the sink

Um, yeah. Not sure what it was doing there or how it got there. I went to look for something to scoop it up with and by the time I got back, it was gone.

Now where can I find New York Ave?

Taken on I-45 going North.




I feel like playing Monopoly now. :P

This weekend is BK's BOGO free Whopper weekend. Good until tomorrow.

Last week, Thanksgiving, and Black Friday

Dear Internet Diary, it's time for some whine; prepare the cheese. Speaking of which, blog is kinda like that I guess; a diary that's open to public viewing on the internet. Anyways, moving on...

I had taken some pics of Eukrante but then I got tired of it and didn't take any more nor any of Fort Bragg. I got lazy and discouraged. Especially after looking through other people's reviews; they take so much better pictures. I'm so weaksauce... orz I do need to take more pictures though regardless so I'll try to take some more this week. But I probably won't be taking them lightbox style like I did with Eukrante.

On a different topic, had Thanksgiving at my bro's and also bought a ton of stuff again during Black Friday weekend (I should stop doing that). I was tempted to buy a new camera but I feel my current camera isn't old enough and I bought too much toys for myself among other reasons. Anyways, hopefully I'll get around to taking some pics of the new toys as well as toys that's been sitting in their boxes for a while. Happy Holidays. :P

Thanksgiving Night!

First off, I've changed the name of the blog. Kinda reflects the new direction I'm taking it. And the first thing I'm going to rant about is Black Friday sales! Almost every year, the b&m stores have been pushing the Black Friday sales earlier and earlier. It's come to the point that we now have some stores opening at midnight! And Walmart, even earlier at 10pm! I drove by there, took a look at the parking lot, and said "Hell, no!", and drove back home. The 2 Walmarts I drove by had their parking lots FULL. In fact, it was overflowing to the point where people were parking in the parking space of nearby establishments! Not a big deal for those stores since they were closed but it means a lot of people inside the Walmart stores as well as trying to find a place to park. Definitely not worth my time. :P

Brain Fart

Sorry for lack of updates on the main blog. Just haven't really been up to it even though I do have photos that should be posted. Also haven't done my strip for a while. :/
One thing I've realized is that doing a hobby blog does take a good chunk of your free time. If I had been working during the last 6 months, I don't think I would have had time to do as much entry as I did especially since I started doing the photocomics thing.

Another curious thing I've noticed is that I hardly read other people's blog unless they have an entry about a toy/figure that I'm Googling about which leads me to that site in the first place. But with all the stuff I do like watching anime, reading manga, playing my iPod, playing my toys, I hardly have the time and interest to visit their site regularly or even occasionally. I wonder if other bloggers actually take the time to visit each other's sites especially those with almost a hundred of sites on their blogroll list.

Freebirds

Had a Freedirds burrito today. Like Chipotle, it's not as good as they claim and overpriced. So here's my laydown on those upscale fast food joints.

1) Lower your expectations. In general, they don't taste as good as their cheaper fast food brethren.
2) Do bring an appetite. The entree is usually much bigger hence the higher price.
3) Don't bother with chips unless you like to overstuff yourself.
4) The staff are generally from the wannabe 'chic' crowd. Pompous with attitude. Expect flak if you give them any trouble such as slowing down the line, etc.
5) Research and decide what you want BEFORE entering the store. See above. :p

Seems these upscale fast food is more of a fad than anything serious. They don't have any food really worth the higher price. Only exception I found of the ones I've tried so far is Wingstop which actually has pretty good food. Not very healthy though so you shouldn't eat there often.

Back & Forth

For a while I quit AT&T as my internet provider and went with Clear to try them out. But Clear had numerous problems that were pretty serious. The phone connection was occasionally bad in the morning. The internet speed was spotty at times. The weirdest one has to do with Photobucket; for some reason, it was difficult to view pictures on Photobucket even though I can connect to the website itself easily enough. To be frank, I was disappointed with the reliability of their service. So when AT&T called giving me an offer to go back, I pretty much jumped on it. I don't regret trying out Clear since that's what prompted AT&T to give me a better offer than what I had before however I am still disappointed that Clear's service was as bad as it was.

work worries and baby-sitting

It always scares me that people have dark malice in their hearts, self included. However what scares me even more is that people seem to be more than willing to give into that malice than reel it in for the better good of self and others. It's one of the reasons I don't like working with other people as it's hard to judge how good people are in today's corrupt society. There was a former coworker who would find a way to bring down other people if they find some fault in his workmanship, even legitimate ones that he should pay more attention to. While he's okay to get along with, I would not want to ever work on the same team with him as there is no doubt he would bring down the quality and integrity of our work.

I'm currently help taking care of someone who had foot surgery, a bunionectomy. For various reasons, she went through several doctors but she finally settled on one and had her surgery so now she's going through the several months it's going for her foot to heal up. So far, it seems fine and haven't given her any problems but you never know what might happen with these things.

Movies, just add water.

Watched Princess and the Frog and Ponyo. I like the first film; it's definitely a return to the classic Disney-style animated film with songs & recycled fairy-tale storyline. What's good about this one is it has a contemporary taste to it. It's a bit more modern in its sensibilities and the setting isn't the typical fairytale world but real world New Orleans, albeit several decades ago. The film was definitely enjoyable; I liked it better than Ponyo, likely because it has more mature themes combined with the contemporary aspects. Ponyo, while enjoyable, definitely felt like a kiddy film even compared to other Ghibli films I've watched such such as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. And the animation looks almost like it's stuttering after having watched the smooth Disney animation of Princess and the Frog. Not bad but not something worth rushing out to see.

My DSL router got fried...

My AT&T router broke so I used that as an excuse to sign up with Clear internet. Some websites load much faster than before but not all. For some reason my yahoo homepage is slow; maybe because my yahoo's merged with my AT&T account (I can tell the split's going to be messy). Downloads are definitely much faster; more hentai in less than half the time!! \(^o^)/

Yee-haa!!

Long time since my last update. I finished Otoboku2 but also started reading Negima so haven't done much for a while. So the arrival of SMG Mana provided a good excuse to finally update. I also have other stuff I should post about such as Masterpiece Grimlock which I recently got as well. I'll likely post about that soon as well.

PS: Is it just me or is my writing really shitty today like I'm drunk or something?

mid-life crisis?

Haven't updated in a while. Been busy with getting back into the job market and playing Otoboku 2 so just haven't made time to go back to the blog. Anyways, I had an interview and tried out a job only to be booted out really quickly which is very annoying. I think I'm going to try doing a bit more self-searching to see what I want to do and what I should be looking for rather than a blind search from before. While it was fun doing various jobs, it ultimately did little to really bring in a feel of the different jobs out there (other than maybe a stint at a casual dining restaurant).

Sometimes it's better not to know... :p

I just discovered that Sofmap is clearancing both 1st print Saki DVD 2 and 7 for 2980 yen. This kinda ticks me off since I bought both of them for near MSRP. If I could have held out just a little bit longer...*sigh*. It especially nags me because the quality of the covers are pretty shabby even compared to the ones included with the magazines and if I had gotten them at the current Sofmap price, it would have been worth it but now I'm just feeling like I ripped myself off buying the DVD's at the price I did. Buying both again at the current price definitely won't save me any money at this point and flipping them on eBay won't give me much profit either especially with all those bootleg dakimakuras out on the eBay market.

eroge purchasing plans

I was thinking of getting Okiba ga Nai but due to the Akabeisoft2's net activation, I'll be skipping it. If I can't connect to their website without a proxy then chances are the same for net activation and having to use a proxy for that is a pain. I kinda wanted that Shannon figure but we don't know who the maker is so the quality is up in the air.

On a similar note, I think I'll be skipping the RuiTomo games for the same reasons. They also have net activation and it seems both software teams are headed by the same company or something similar; at the very least I remember seeing Akabeisoft2's name somewhere in the 1st RuiTomo's OP credits. The Tomo Nendo looks disappointing. Seems only to support the poses they've shown so far so there's not much you can do with him compared to other Nendos. The fandisk isn't worth it just for that.

Doujinshi shop annoyances...

Thanks to Tenso, there's a few more Japanese online stores you can order from as well as order some things you may not have been able to before due to certain restrictions. However, 2 major stores seems to be adamant against selling to people outside of Japan: the doujinshi shops Tora no Ana and Melon Books. Tora no Ana emailed me saying they won't ship to Tenso and Melon has a specific clause in their TOC saying they're against the use of services like Tenso and proxies. It really annoys me to no end that they would restrict foreigners who have legitimate interest in their products; not only is it a potential source of revenue but totally blocking off that market promotes online piracy as it becomes the only other way of being able to read the doujinshi one would want to read outside of living or flying to Japan.

The toy box is full...

I've bought too many toys lately and floor downstairs is littered with shipping boxes as I sort through and decide on what boxes to empty first and what boxes to put away. Since I'm soon to be out of a job, I think it's a good time to decide on figures and toys that I should sell off. I also don't want to open up too many boxes at once since I won't be buying much imports after the summer and I don't want to spend the rest of the year without new toys to open up.

Jinx?

Last time I'm saying "I'm going to stop doing so and so..." because everytime I do, something even worse happens. XD So no more. I'll just wait for the horror to stop. As mentioned in the other blog, I got a huge package of loot. Very nice stuff too and at good prices considering the goods. I'm definitely happy.

However there is a dark ominous cloud over the horizon. I've been notified that the place I work at is shutting down so I now have a brief period of time in which to find my next gig or I won't have anymore spare income for upcoming toys and figures. Unemployment simply isn't enough and savings will run out quick so it'll be a busy month ahead for me as I search for the next thing to do.

Fuwa Fuwa Time!

I just started watching K-On! I can see why it's popular. It's cute, funny, and full of moe! I like all the girls but my favorite has to be popular Mio! She's straight and serious but she's shy and doesn't like being at center of attention yet she's 健気 enough to do what it takes to get things done!　可愛いなぁ、この娘達は！ *^^*

As mentioned in the previous post, I've bought way too much toys & figures during the past few months and I'm planning to buy some eroge during the next few months. However, that's pretty much it for my crazy purchasing. This is just one of those crazy buying phases for me and I'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief when it's over. At least I have enough money not to go into debt again but that's a story for another time.