most difficult thing...

probably the most difficult thing about being a radio personnel is... (cue dramatic music... or something)

being excited on cue.

i have a sheer lack of shift key on this site. why? if you notice, one still needs the shift for many things i do- such as quotes and question marks. i just normally am a quiet and understated person, and neglecting to capitalize my words is about the only way i can explain it.

its somewhat easy when i report on something i really like, such as when i talked about the "welcome to the nhk" dvds, or when the new ratchet and clank game came out. however, what am i supposed to do when covering "princess tutu" news? or, heck, even "ghost in the shell"- because i never saw "ghost" (either the movies or the shows) when they aired?

[a slight digression here- if a series is already licensed, like, say, bleach, i won't download it illegally unless i also buy the dvds and want to see the english subtitles (because, frankly, the subs on region 1 dvds are bit-mappy and absolutely unreadable)]

on that note, since i can just barely afford to buy food right now, i won't be getting any dvds in the foreseeable future, which leaves me to watch unlicensed shows like claymore or what does air on cartoon network when i'm not busy on saturday nights to see it. i don't have tivo or a tape recorder, so watching it later is out of the question.

not having seen a relatively obscure anime like "tutu" isn't too bad in the anime fandom, but to have to feign excitement over the new "g.i.t.s." or even "wolf's rain" not because i didn't like it but because, at best, i'd seen only an episode or two and couldn't really offer good judgement, is really pathetic. especially for someone who's supposed to be an otaku. mind you, i have seen my fair share of anime, but

a) for every show you watch, there will be ten you didn't
b) for every ten you didn't one will probably be better than what you saw, and one of them will be famous (sometimes they're the same, and sometimes not)
c) i've always liked manga more, anyway.

when i get the opportunity, i'll show you what my manga library looks like. it's a small bookstore, practically- mostly because my friends and relatives know that's the best gift to give and i've been an avid collector for seven years now with well over forty unique series plus every issue of shonen jump and shojo beat to boot (and a large number of manga in their original language).

my pride and joy is my deck of fma playing cards that have the signatures of the respective character's voice actors on them. i'm still missing travis willingham's (voice of roy mustang, but more importantly, ginko from mushishi), but i work at anime-usa in two weeks and that will rectify the situation.

in the meantime, enjoy this photo of the 3 1/2 foot tall handmade plush puppet i gave to vic mignogna at otakon. i scared a few fma fangirls with this guy.

pax, division-ten

food

i cook. a lot. yet, somehow, i ended up with an apartment whose kitchen looks like this: yeah, it's smaller than my best friend's winnabego. but i still cook. i once made a three course turkey dinner in this thing. and the stove only has two settings, no less. 325 degrees, or off.




i made cajun catfish. 'cause if you're cooking catfish it better well be spicy enough to kill a small animal. i swear i would have thrown in an enitre bottle of chinese chili oil if my prospect of having tongue pain for two weeks hadn't stopped me.




ironically, i used to hate spicy food. it wasn't until i started living in china last year that it was sink or swim, and by the end of my exchange at beijing normal university (no, not referring to the sanity of the students- "normal" is an old word for a teacher's college) i had grown to love my share of kung pao (although fried jiro baozi were still my favorite, and those things are bland).

i think i'll stop now and eat. it's almost eight, anyway, and i want to get my game on (.hack, baby!) before death note airs at midnight. and be quiet about sub versus dub- i think the industry's gotten a lot better about it since the anime boom a few years ago.

pax,
division-ten

evenin'

this is division-ten, a young lass who abhors the shift button. i'm a photographer and photojournalist, as well as being a terrible speller.

for those of you who don't know (which i can assume is everyone reading this, as we're very small) i am also a member of the legally blind photography group [phoenix photography]. yes, you read that correctly in the same statement.

legally. blind. photography.

well, now that that's cleared up, you are free to ask me anything. i'm division-ten on a copious number of forums, from cosplay to anime to radio (i work at a radio station, too,
as if my lazy rear end didn't have enough on its plate) if you want to see some of my work, here's my short portfolio:

Flickr: division-ten

note, i'm division-ten here, as well. it's a pleasure to meet all of you, and look for me at a lot of anime cons in the future.