ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 7

ARENA 01: Maria [Abstained] Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 02: Sunohara Mei  [Hirasawa Ui]
ARENA 03: [Saten Ruiko]  Minami Chiaki
ARENA 04: Saber  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 05: Hiiragi Kagami  [Izumi Konata]
ARENA 06: Illyasviel von Einzbern  [Shiina Minatsu]
ARENA 07: Fate Testarossa  [Hirasawa Yui]
ARENA 08: [Sakurano Kurimu]  Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 09: Tōsaka Rin  [Shiina Mafuyu]
ARENA 10: [Asahina Mikuru]  Akaba Chizuru
ARENA 11: Sanzen'in Nagi  [Holo]
ARENA 12: [Hiiragi Tsukasa]  Nymph
ARENA 13: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Ikaros
ARENA 14: [Aisaka Taiga]  Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 15: Furude Rika [Abstained] Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 16: [C.C.]  Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 17: Furude Hanyū [Abstained] Fujibayashi Ryō
ARENA 18: Sakagami Tomoyo  [Nakano Azusa]
ARENA 19: [Kawashima Ami]  Ichinose Kotomi
ARENA 20: Haramura Nodoka [Abstained] Okazaki Ushio
ARENA 21: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 22: [Nagato Yuki]  Shana
ARENA 23: [Kushieda Minori]  Furukawa Nagisa
ARENA 24: [Misaka Mikoto]  Katsura Hinagiku
ARENA 25: Sengoku Nadeko  [Suzumiya Haruhi]
ARENA 26: Alisa Bannings [Abstained] Hinaichigo

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 6

ARENA 01: [Nagato Yuki]  Ichinose Kotomi
ARENA 02: [Asahina Mikuru]  Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 03: [Kawashima Ami]  Illyasviel von Einzbern
ARENA 04: Fujibayashi Ryō [Abstained] Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 05: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Sengoku Nadeko
ARENA 06: Maria  [Misaka Mikoto]
ARENA 07: [Kushieda Minori]  Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 08: Katsura Hinagiku  [Akaba Chizuru]
ARENA 09: [Hirasawa Ui]  Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 10: Hiiragi Tsukasa  [Holo]
ARENA 11: [Akiyama Mio]  C.C.
ARENA 12: Ibuki Fūko [Abstained] Furude Rika
ARENA 13: [Minami Chiaki]  Shiina Mafuyu
ARENA 14: Sunohara Mei  [Hirasawa Yui]
ARENA 15: Fate Testarossa [Abstained] Nymph
ARENA 16: Furude Hanyū  [Sakurano Kurimu]
ARENA 17: Sakagami Tomoyo [Abstained] Haramura Nodoka
ARENA 18: [Shiina Minatsu]  Saber
ARENA 19: [Shana]  Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 20: [Nakano Azusa]  Okazaki Ushio
ARENA 21: [Saten Ruiko]  Tōsaka Rin
ARENA 22: [Izumi Konata]  Louise Vallière
ARENA 23: [Aisaka Taiga]  Furukawa Nagisa
ARENA 24: Ikaros  [Hiiragi Kagami]
ARENA 25: [Suzumiya Haruhi]  Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 26: Hōjō Satoko [Abstained] Perrine-H. Clostermann

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 5

ARENA 01: [Holo]  Haramura Nodoka
ARENA 02: Ikaros  [Hirasawa Yui]
ARENA 03: [Akaba Chizuru]  Ichinose Kotomi
ARENA 04: Sengoku Nadeko  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 05: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 06: Senjōgahara Hitagi [Abstained] Konjiki no Yami
ARENA 07: Sunohara Mei  [Hiiragi Kagami]
ARENA 08: Furukawa Nagisa  [Shiina Minatsu]
ARENA 09: [Aisaka Taiga]  Furude Rika
ARENA 10: [Misaka Mikoto]  Illyasviel von Einzbern
ARENA 11: [Nagato Yuki]  Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 12: Hirasawa Ui  [Izumi Konata]
ARENA 13: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Sakagami Tomoyo
ARENA 14: [Shiina Mafuyu]  Hiiragi Tsukasa
ARENA 15: Kawashima Ami  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 16: Takamachi Nanoha [Abstained] Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 17: Tōsaka Rin [Abstained] Nymph
ARENA 18: [Saten Ruiko]  Fate Testarossa
ARENA 19: [C.C.]  Maria
ARENA 20: Fujibayashi Ryō  [Nakano Azusa]
ARENA 21: Saber  [Asahina Mikuru]
ARENA 22: Fukuji Mihoko  [Sakurano Kurimu]
ARENA 23: Kushieda Minori  [Shana]
ARENA 24: [Suzumiya Haruhi]  Furude Hanyū
ARENA 25: Okazaki Ushio [Abstained] Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 26: Candice Ardlay [Abstained] Oscar François de Jarjayes

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 4

ARENA 01: Saber [Abstained] Sakurano Kurimu
ARENA 02: Hirasawa Yui  [Nagato Yuki]
ARENA 03: [Asahina Mikuru]  Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 04: Sengoku Nadeko  [Misaka Mikoto]
ARENA 05: Haramura Nodoka [Abstained] Illyasviel von Einzbern
ARENA 06: [C.C.]  Konjiki no Yami
ARENA 07: [Hiiragi Tsukasa]  Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 08: [Akaba Chizuru]  Okazaki Ushio
ARENA 09: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Sunohara Mei
ARENA 10: [Shana]  Izumi Konata
ARENA 11: [Saten Ruiko]  Furukawa Nagisa
ARENA 12: Ikaros [Abstained] Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 13: Shiina Minatsu [Abstained] Furude Hanyū
ARENA 14: Kawashima Ami  [Hirasawa Ui]
ARENA 15: Furude Rika [Abstained] Nymph
ARENA 16: Fujibayashi Ryō [Abstained] Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 17: Sanzen'in Nagi  [Suzumiya Haruhi]
ARENA 18: [Hiiragi Kagami]  Fate Testarossa
ARENA 19: [Holo]  Akiyama Mio
ARENA 20: Kushieda Minori  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 21: Maria [Abstained] Louise Vallière
ARENA 22: Katsura Hinagiku  [Nakano Azusa]
ARENA 23: [Aisaka Taiga]  Tōsaka Rin
ARENA 24: Sakagami Tomoyo [Abstained] Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 25: Fujibayashi Kyō  [Shiina Mafuyu]
ARENA 26: Alice Margatroid  [Kirisame Marisa]

Compilation Album by toarurecords

This is the first release of a compilation album by toarurecords, based on music from the animes Toaru Majutsu no Index and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.  Its a pretty fun complilation album which will be incredibly funny if you've seen the animes and probably make little sense at all if you haven't.  Though nonetheless its still cute.

The tracklist is as follows:


01.nyjudgelight/Minmin
02.komoelect/Фkwcф
03.early Spring Psychic / Symny
04.lifting Skirt jazz / Metronicha
05.level0-drifter incompetent person -/Neetles
06 .desillusioned / Decendres
07. march Lamps term science / Shimi_Tage
08. Misaka is ... Misaka Is... / Fazerock
09.ui! n / Nazna
10.neko Mimi Mode (Misaka Mix) / Bonosan
11.for Dear all I / Symny 


Check out toarurecords website.
Direct download for the album (Its free) is here:  Album Download  Torrent on Nyaatorrents

Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' - Times Online

Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' - Times Online

RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.

The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.

This article is a few years old, but it isn't the first time I have heard this. Basically what it boils down to is that religious societies have a higher crime rate than secular ones. I've known for a while that US Prison populations have an interesting disparity between believers and non-believers, basically Atheists and Agnostics comprise less than 1% of the prison population. Now if there is more recent data that disputes this, I would love to see it. The only anomaly I have seen recently is Malaysia, a primarily Muslim nation. I guess if you think you only have one life to live, then you are more likely to consider the consequences of your actions. So much for non believers being "immoral" when the evidence points to the contrary.

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 3

ARENA 01: [Holo]  Furude Rika
ARENA 02: Okazaki Ushio [Abstained] Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 03: [Asahina Mikuru]  Sengoku Nadeko
ARENA 04: Saginomiya Isumi  [Izumi Konata]
ARENA 05: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Haramura Nodoka
ARENA 06: Maria  [Suzumiya Haruhi]
ARENA 07: Kushieda Minori  [Nakano Azusa]
ARENA 08: [Sakurano Kurimu]  Illyasviel von Einzbern
ARENA 09: [Akaba Chizuru]  Sakagami Tomoyo
ARENA 10: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Furude Hanyū
ARENA 11: Ibuki Fūko [Abstained] Tōsaka Rin
ARENA 12: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 13: Nymph  [Shana]
ARENA 14: Fate Testarossa [Abstained] Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 15: [Hirasawa Yui]  Kawashima Ami
ARENA 16: Hiiragi Tsukasa  [Saten Ruiko]
ARENA 17: Furukawa Nagisa  [Shiina Mafuyu]
ARENA 18: [C.C.]  Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 19: [Hirasawa Ui]  Saber
ARENA 20: Fujibayashi Ryō  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 21: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Sunohara Mei
ARENA 22: Fukuji Mihoko  [Nagato Yuki]
ARENA 23: Aisaka Taiga  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 24: [Misaka Mikoto]  Ikaros
ARENA 25: [Hiiragi Kagami]  Shiina Minatsu
ARENA 26: Lisa [Abstained] Lucy Heartfilia

Timothy Leary - How to Operate Your Brain

The natural state of the brain is chaos. People are comfortable with order and rules, being told what to do and what to think. As thoughts become comfortable, the brain literally becomes hard-wired to make those beliefs run more effectively. At the same time, the brain begins to calcify and decay when it decides to abandon chaos and accept consensual belief. Know thyself. Question Authority. Reconfigure yourself in your own image.

5. Melody...(Prototype mix) [Melody] (Vocaloid)

I found this as a remix album earlier.  I love it!

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - only for real.

Full Story

The U.S. Navy yesterday test fired an incredibly powerful new big gun designed to replace conventional weaponry aboard ships. Sci-fi fans will recognize its awesome power and futuristic technology.

The big gun uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact.

The test-firing, captured on video, took place Jan. 31 in Dahlgren, Va., and Navy officials called it the "world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun."

Compare to the anime character Mikoto Misaka, also called Railgun.

Been sick the last week

This has been quite annoying as I have been sick the last week or so.  At least I don't have to work until Friday. Perhaps when I feel a bit better I should write some reviews or something.  Anyhow, I'm still alive just feeling like crap.

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 2

ARENA 01: [Hiiragi Kagami]  Kushieda Minori
ARENA 02: [Nakano Azusa]  Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 03: [Hirasawa Ui]  Shiina Minatsu
ARENA 04: Takamachi Nanoha [Abstained] Nymph
ARENA 05: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Katsura Hinagiku
ARENA 06: [Saten Ruiko]  Saber
ARENA 07: Fujibayashi Ryō  [C.C.]
ARENA 08: [Shana]  Furude Hanyū
ARENA 09: Haramura Nodoka  [Akaba Chizuru]
ARENA 10: Konjiki no Yami  [Aisaka Taiga]
ARENA 11: Sunohara Mei  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 12: [Suzumiya Haruhi]  Furude Rika
ARENA 13: Tōsaka Rin  [Holo]
ARENA 14: Hiiragi Tsukasa  [Nagato Yuki]
ARENA 15: [Asahina Mikuru]  Shiina Mafuyu
ARENA 16: [Izumi Konata]  Hirasawa Yui
ARENA 17: [Kawashima Ami]  Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 18: Ibuki Fūko [Abstained] Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 19: Furukawa Nagisa  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 20: Okazaki Ushio  [Misaka Mikoto]
ARENA 21: Sengoku Nadeko  [Sakurano Kurimu]
ARENA 22: Maria [Abstained] Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 23: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Ikaros
ARENA 24: Sakagami Tomoyo [Abstained] Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 25: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Abstained] Fate Testarossa
ARENA 26: Harada Riku [Abstained] Rosemary Applefield

ISML 2010 Topaz Period — Round 1

ARENA 01: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 02: Illyasviel von Einzbern  [Saten Ruiko]
ARENA 03: [Aisaka Taiga]  Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 04: [Asahina Mikuru]  Hiiragi Tsukasa
ARENA 05: Sunohara Mei [Abstained] Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 06: Saber  [Shiina Mafuyu]
ARENA 07: [Holo]  Akaba Chizuru
ARENA 08: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Furude Rika
ARENA 09: Fukuji Mihoko  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 10: [Izumi Konata]  Ichinose Kotomi
ARENA 11: Ikaros [Abstained] Haramura Nodoka
ARENA 12: [Hirasawa Ui]  Fujibayashi Ryō
ARENA 13: [Hirasawa Yui]  Maria
ARENA 14: Hiiragi Kagami  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 15: [Shiina Minatsu]  Sengoku Nadeko
ARENA 16: [Kushieda Minori]  Furude Hanyū
ARENA 17: Furukawa Nagisa  [Sakurano Kurimu]
ARENA 18: [Misaka Mikoto]  Fate Testarossa
ARENA 19: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 20: Shana  [Suzumiya Haruhi]
ARENA 21: Tōsaka Rin [Abstained] Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 22: [Nagato Yuki]  Sakagami Tomoyo
ARENA 23: Okazaki Ushio [Abstained] Kawashima Ami
ARENA 24: Nymph [Abstained] Fujibayashi Kyō
ARENA 25: [Nakano Azusa]  C.C.
ARENA 26: Tennos Athena  [Tōdō Lilicia]

ISML 2010 Aquamarine Period — Round 7

ARENA 01: Louise Vallière [Abstained] Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 02: Furude Hanyū  [Hirasawa Ui]
ARENA 03: Senjōgahara Hitagi  [Hirasawa Yui]
ARENA 04: [Misaka Mikoto]  Aisaka Taiga
ARENA 05: Furude Rika  [C.C.]
ARENA 06: Fate Testarossa  [Holo]
ARENA 07: Tōsaka Rin [Abstained] Sakagami Tomoyo
ARENA 08: [Asahina Mikuru]  Maria
ARENA 09: Furukawa Nagisa [Abstained] Saginomiya Isumi
ARENA 10: Nymph [Abstained] Sunohara Mei
ARENA 11: [Nagato Yuki]  Akiyama Mio
ARENA 12: Fujibayashi Kyō [Abstained] Katsura Hinagiku
ARENA 13: Haramura Nodoka  [Saten Ruiko]
ARENA 14: Shiina Mafuyu  [Nakano Azusa]
ARENA 15: Akaba Chizuru  [Kushieda Minori]
ARENA 16: Izumi Konata  [Suzumiya Haruhi]
ARENA 17: Ibuki Fūko [Abstained] Takamachi Nanoha
ARENA 18: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Ikaros
ARENA 19: Saber  [Shana]
ARENA 20: [Hiiragi Tsukasa]  Fujibayashi Ryō
ARENA 21: Okazaki Ushio  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 22: [Kawashima Ami]  Shiina Minatsu
ARENA 23: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Illyasviel von Einzbern
ARENA 24: [Hiiragi Kagami]  Sengoku Nadeko
ARENA 25: [Sakurano Kurimu]  Sanzen'in Nagi
ARENA 26: Yuffie Kisaragi [Abstained] KOS-MOS

The Near Future City - Miku Hatsune and Meiko

Pretty intense video. Its more like a post apocalyptic short animation than a music video. Being the Gumi fan I am, seeing her with Major Motoko Kusanagi's hairstyle made me take a double take. This is worth watching just as a beautiful and sad piece of animation.

Only my Railgun - Miku Hatsune version

Since I have insomnia from a stupid cold, I decided to play around.  I found the VSQ for Only my Railgun by Fripside (OP for Toaru Kagaku no Railgun), so I did a quick Miku Hatsune version.  I was lazy (cause I am tired and sick), so I just mixed it in Audacity.  But here it is.



fripSide - only my railgun miku.mp3

My current favorite Vocaloid song. Dirty 'n'Eko Torakku with Miku and Luka

Yeah this is pretty addicting.  Everything is better with Catgirls.  Everything!  Even cuter that I found its kind of supposed to be Dirty Neko Track, but Track is Torakku, Tora as in 虎 - meaning Tiger.

My attempt at playing guitar after a long time.

Yeah, I haven't played forever.  This is my attempt to play Falling Down by Oasis. Its rough, but I felt like playing something so this is more for my amusement than anything. Warning, the sound is recording through the headset, so its LOUD. I'll probably do another one in better quality when I polish up the playing and can sing again.  With regards to anime, its the theme of Eden of the East, which is how I ended up listening to an Oasis song in the first place.

Sumomo and Kotoko!

They just arrived!



Previously from the same seller I got Kobato and Kurogane

International Saimoe League 2010 Aquamarine Period — Round 6

The ISML has a competition to vote for the most Moe anime girl every year.  I'm not even going to try and explain, you can check out the site here:  http://www.internationalsaimoe.com


ARENA 01: Saginomiya Isumi  [Kushieda Minori]
ARENA 02: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Maria
ARENA 03: [Nagato Yuki]  C.C.
ARENA 04: Ichinose Kotomi  [Akiyama Mio]
ARENA 05: [Hirasawa Yui]  Furude Hanyū
ARENA 06: [Holo]  Sunohara Mei
ARENA 07: Fujibayashi Kyō  [Asahina Mikuru]
ARENA 08: [Hiiragi Kagami]  Haramura Nodoka
ARENA 09: Sengoku Nadeko  [Saten Ruiko]
ARENA 10: Furukawa Nagisa  [Misaka Mikoto]
ARENA 11: Shiina Minatsu  [Shana]
ARENA 12: Suzumiya Haruhi  [Minami Chiaki]
ARENA 13: [Nakano Azusa]  Louise Vallière
ARENA 14: Sakurano Kurimu  [Hiiragi Tsukasa]
ARENA 15: Sanzen'in Nagi  [Hirasawa Ui]
ARENA 16: Fate Testarossa [Abstained] Fujibayashi Ryō
ARENA 17: Nymph [Abstained] Senjōgahara Hitagi
ARENA 18: [Shiina Mafuyu]  Fukuji Mihoko
ARENA 19: [Kawashima Ami]  Furude Rika
ARENA 20: Konjiki no Yami [Abstained] Tōsaka Rin
ARENA 21: [Aisaka Taiga]  Akaba Chizuru
ARENA 22: Ikaros [Abstained] Sakagami Tomoyo
ARENA 23: Takamachi Nanoha [Abstained] Saber
ARENA 24: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Abstained] Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 25: [Izumi Konata]  Okazaki Ushio
ARENA 26: Naegino Sora [Abstained] Suzumiya Akane