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rushthatspeaksFinished Saiyuki.
It is just as good as one would expect. In other words amazing as all get out, even with the appalling Hong Kong bootleg DVD translation. It wasn't the Lections of Asgard version, but they did call Sanzo 'Rabbin' at one point, which I can only assume is 'rabbi' misspelled. At least it did not have the classic 'I will be in your noodles' translation mistake. It is very nearly comprehensible all the way through although I'm sure I missed some of the fine points. And a familiarity with Buddhist philosophy and with at least a few common Japanese words is probably necessary for the thing to be really understood in this format-- I know I was sort of combining what the subtitles said with what I understood from the Japanese to arrive at the actual meaning.
Weirdquark and I can mail the DVDs down to BMC on Monday if we are told which address to send it to and given a box number (yes, Ada has been mailing stuff down there and has addresses, but we are not Ada, which is in general a good thing).
Yes, it does go on my list of all-time greats with Evangelion and Utena and Yami no Matsuei and Trigun. Happy. I also think it may nearly have converted me to Buddhism, not that it''s much of a trip.
So I will work hard on finishing my Yaone costume.
Exchange of dialogue between Weirdquark and myself just now:
W: "If I convert Ruth to Sufi-ism, what do I get?"
R: "Well, not a toaster... a watermelon."
W: "I don't particularly like watermelon."
R:"It's the principle behind the watermelon."
W:"Just as it's the principle behind the toaster."
I really like living here.
My first ex-girlfriend owes me a toaster.
It is just as good as one would expect. In other words amazing as all get out, even with the appalling Hong Kong bootleg DVD translation. It wasn't the Lections of Asgard version, but they did call Sanzo 'Rabbin' at one point, which I can only assume is 'rabbi' misspelled. At least it did not have the classic 'I will be in your noodles' translation mistake. It is very nearly comprehensible all the way through although I'm sure I missed some of the fine points. And a familiarity with Buddhist philosophy and with at least a few common Japanese words is probably necessary for the thing to be really understood in this format-- I know I was sort of combining what the subtitles said with what I understood from the Japanese to arrive at the actual meaning.
Weirdquark and I can mail the DVDs down to BMC on Monday if we are told which address to send it to and given a box number (yes, Ada has been mailing stuff down there and has addresses, but we are not Ada, which is in general a good thing).
Yes, it does go on my list of all-time greats with Evangelion and Utena and Yami no Matsuei and Trigun. Happy. I also think it may nearly have converted me to Buddhism, not that it''s much of a trip.
So I will work hard on finishing my Yaone costume.
Exchange of dialogue between Weirdquark and myself just now:
W: "If I convert Ruth to Sufi-ism, what do I get?"
R: "Well, not a toaster... a watermelon."
W: "I don't particularly like watermelon."
R:"It's the principle behind the watermelon."
W:"Just as it's the principle behind the toaster."
I really like living here.
My first ex-girlfriend owes me a toaster.
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Date: 2003-06-15 08:06 am (UTC)But I'll take the watermelon. Y'all, entirely out of context of the phrase, already GAVE me a toaster.
--R
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Date: 2003-06-15 09:44 am (UTC)(take above with whole hills of Lila-being-pompously-pedantic-pretentious salt)
Geez, nobody's ever given me a toaster. (Schill just said giving you one counts. Probably.)
lovelovelove,
Lila
Oh, and the real thing about this conversation I quoted was that it *seemed perfectly normal at the time*.
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Date: 2003-06-16 04:19 pm (UTC)Assuming I take up with Sufi-ism. Y'all want to point me at some more books or something?
And it seems a perfectly normal conversation to me, in that it's 90 degrees from everything. So, yeah.
Love.
Ruth.
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Date: 2003-06-17 10:01 am (UTC)Right. I don't particularly like watermelon. Which makes the fact that I rather liked the jackfruit shake we had at Pho Pasteur (we went -- it was good) odd. Jackfruit, she says, is odd. Tastes sort of like mango. And sort of like watermelon. And has the sharpness of an onion.
It seems silly for you to bring me a watermelon for me to give to you. Giving you a toaster on the other hand made perfect sense. You NEEDED a toaster. We found one at a lawn sale.
90 degrees from everything. Well, there we are.
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Date: 2003-06-15 09:06 am (UTC)Awww...
Date: 2003-06-15 01:29 pm (UTC)Re: Awww...
Date: 2003-06-15 07:53 pm (UTC)I've been watching Gravi. So sue me.
Honestly, though, Homura is up there on my list of favorite characters of all time, in fiction, not just anime. I think he is presently third. He beat out Kaworu from Eva, although of course the reasons he is cool are completely different.
Love,
Lila