Lots of deviations today (again) because someone's been watching Princess Tutu with and . Someone also went on a walk through her lovely campus during the fall with her camera. I will not apologize.

In other news, I'm almost done with all my major assignments for this (coming) week! That makes me a happy dinosaur.

Also, an addendum: I'm participating in National Novel-Writing Month (AKA NaNoWriMo) for the whole month of November, so these kinds of mega-updates probably won't be happening next month. I'll be spending every free minute (and even some minutes that aren't free, probably) trying to write a new, 50,000-word novel in a month. Wish me luck!

Movies I watched this weekend:

1. Labyrinth
2. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Twice in one day, actually - it's that good.)
3. Muppets in Space
4. Robin Hood (The Disney movie)
5. Blues Brothers
6. A Walk to Remember (Part of it, anyway - we caught the middle of it when it was on TV)
7. Dirty Dancing

I don't actually feel tormented - I just felt like making an allusion to this. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged jokes have been flying left and right here ever since I introduced a friend to it. You may anticipate fan art. Probably lots of it.

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Updating schedule will become much more sporadic while I learn to do laundry, homework, and draw at the same time.

This journal entry brought to you by the need to no longer have a Ponyo review sitting on my profile page.

Yes, I am my own governmental body.

So, it's been a while since I posted anything. Apologies as usual for the art diarrhea all over your deviantWatches (particular apologies for the mental imagery if you were eating something as you read that). It's the usual mix of things that I'm just getting around to drawing.

Also, I'm planning on getting some more fan art done this weekend – probably more of the literature variety than anything. More fan art than what has already been tossed in the scraps.

Speaking of a particular piece of fan art in the scraps, someone went to go see Ponyo earlier this week. And that someone was me. Since I know everyone and their brother is going to ask me, I'll place my thoughts about the film here:

It's not the grand, sweeping epics of Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, or Howl's Moving Castle. Let me just say that now. The audience is obviously children. Think Totoro. Think Totoro with a more confusing narrative and some REALLY BAD PARENTING. (“Hey, Sousuke, I'm really worried about the people at the senior's center, so I'm going to leave you, a five-year-old, alone in a house that could very easily flood since there's a tsunami right outside our yard, but your friend's magical and I've packed you a lunch, so it's all good.” ) But since it's a kid's movie, you're obviously not supposed to think that hard (even if I did).

Okay, so I'm coming off like I didn't like it. I did enjoy it – it's a very sweet movie, and one worthy of any film collection – but there were some things in the that made me tilt my head. On to the things I liked:

1. The animation is as gorgeous as ever.
2. Joe Hisaishi's score rocks.
3. TINA FEY, LIAM NEESON, and CATE BLANCHETT are in the English version.
4. While she's more of a big sister than a mother to him, Sousuke's mom is pretty fun to watch.
5. Fujimoto. That is all.

Despite everything I've said, I'll probably buy this when it comes out on DVD. If you love Miyazaki, you'll still enjoy the film.

I've been biking about 5 miles each night for the last week or so, and it's really wiping me out at the end of the day. I now sleep better than the dinosaurs. Of course, the real problem is waking up in the morning...

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An edit of interest to fellow Tales of Symphonia fans since there are many on my watch list: The trailer for the Tethe'alla arc of the OVA is being streamed on the official site. Sorry for also alerting everyone else who isn't a Symphonia nut, but I have journal updating OCD, and I'm not sure how far-spread the news is yet. Kudos to Anime News Network for the original update.

I've uploaded some of my pictures from my Germany/Austria trip, as you can tell by the miniature flood of pictures. Trust me, I've got lots more, but I wanted to pick some of the ones that I thought were more artistically interesting. I might add more later.

And also, since I've been meaning to talk about it for some time, I must talk about a place that has made me feel a little better about humanity and the future (in addition to making me cry the good kind of tears more than once): GivesMeHope.org. If you're having a rotten day, I encourage you to take a look. The simplicity of some of the things people praise really are beautiful. I'm all for spreading peace and love, man!

...I believe that's all I've got to say at this point. My offline life is a little busy right now, but I'll hopefully be able to get out the plethora of ideas that have accumulated in my head from my adventure abroad. If it happens, you'll definitely see it.

Have a great one, guys. You're all wonderful people.