Vampires (List of Vampire Anime)

Hell, it's been a while since I've written anything worth reading so I figured I'd give an update.

For those of you who don't know, I'm a big Anime fan. And as such, I've watched a ton of the stuff out there.

Specifically this week I've been watching/catching up on Anime vampire series I haven't seen. Some of which were good... some... not so much but *shrug* whatever.

P.S.
In making this list I've realized just how many vamp anime I haven't seen...

P.P.S.
Feel free to comment if I left something out. Or you have an opinion on one of the series.

Seen:
Vampire Hunder D
Trinity Blood
Blood +
Vampire Knight
Rosario + Vampire
Hellsing
Hitsuji No Uta
Dance in the Vampire Bund

Yet to see:
Black Blood Brothers (check)
Blood-The last vampire
Vampire Princess Miyu
Dracula:Sovereign Of The Damn
Nightwalker
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (Lunar legend)

Princess Resurrection

Bakemonogatari
Legend of Duo
Tokimeki Tonigh
Karin (check)
Kimera
Master of Mosquiton
Vampiyan Kids
Vampire Wars

DTW review

For starters, this year was kick-ass

ADT piece:
Really good/cool idea. Much better today than yesterday. It was nice seeing everyone dance together.

Abigail's:
Exciting idea. Lights kind of saved the dance. Much better from the balcony than downstairs.

Ray's:
I enjoyed it, but it was the only dance that wasn't particularly memorable.

Tolu!:
Tolu being epic. The best story telling of all the dances.

Amadi:
What the hell was that! Hip-hop/modern with cool lights (excuse me -- really cool lights) and music. 'nough said. Oh and you were awesome Juliet :)

Jesse:
Pretty. Like Abigail's, much better from the balcony than downstairs. You could actually see the paper being shaped from the balcony... which made the dance make sense :)

Henry:
A beautiful dance. So much talent went into choreographing and dancing in this piece.

Brotman.......:
Um... kind of fail. Specifically fail costuming. (HSM: "stick to the stuff you know..." you know who I mean)

Charlotte:
A scene from Charlotte's mind. I liked it much better the second time I saw it (from the orchestra as opposed to the balcony). Much more technical work than I expected.

Sam:
I actually liked his piece quite a bit. I liked the fact (same's true with amadi's but not as striking) that you could use hip-hop to do something more than the standard ghetto-esq feel. Plus, fire's cool.


General comments:
All in all I really enjoyed DTW this year. I also loved the fact that there were two male modern dancers who were any good, and they kind of just divided the pieces up between them. It was nice seeing them together (with the two girls) in Henry's. On the same note, sooo many guys in Sam's. Like really? No female hip-hop dancers (besides Tolu- love ya). Hmmn what else. Some had quite a bit to do with chance... others not so much. The dances (with the exception of Tolu) were pretty much just dances. There wasn't that much story movement in the dances, more like a cool idea depicted by good dancing.

Oh, one other thought. With the exception of Henry's, the choreographers really didn't need to be in their own pieces. They could have stood on their own without the physical dancing of the choreographers. Kudos to the choreographers who didn't put themselves in their own dances.

Great job everyone! :)

Done

Well thats all folks,

I took the physics B AP test this afternoon, and now am officially done with any kind of assessment before I go to college.
Well, there's the road test- but whatever.

I'm finally done.


This is the last time my parents have something legitimate to use as a reason for running my life.

I'm over 18 and I'm done, come on already.

Cheers,
Shadow's Friend

Black: take 2; One of these days

I've got a birthday in the winter
I got a tie in the mail
I've got a friend at a movie
And I'm stuck in jail

I learned a lesson
I won a friend
I had a chance
--I lost it

I'm stronger than you think
I'm more capable than you know
I'm so tired of this hack
So get off my back!

One of these days
I'm going to run around screaming
And bust down the walls
And throw down the door

One of these days
I'm going to live my own life
And find my own path
And make my own choices

And one of these days
I wont be responsive to you

I've got a deadline coming up
I've had a lot of those
I've got a deadline coming up
I've got a deadline made!

My friend's been waiting
My friend's been waiting
My friend's been waiting
For me to come around

And if he cried from frustration
If you cried from frustration
I was obstinate
You were obstinate

One of these days
I'm going to run around screaming
And bust down the walls
And throw down the door

One of these days
I'm going to live my own life
And find my own path
And make my own choices

And one of these days
I wont be responsive to you

My trials are my trials
My tests are my tests
My life is my life
I'm ready t'be alone

And One of these days
I'm going to run around screaming
And bust down the walls
And throw down the door

One of these days
I'm going to live my own life
And find my own path
And make my own choices

And one of these days
I wont be responsive to you

Black: take 1

The room was in disarray
Lately he's been lazy
There was clothing strewn around the room
And a carpet of dust on the sill
One more thing he had to do

He was long since used
to the way his blinds didn't close.
And as the sun drew near
He pretended to dose.

Chorus:
Open your eyes to see
Open your eyes
That the world around you, has
More than one color to be

Open your eyes to see
Open your eyes
That the world around you
To be more than black

The house was empty
When he arose
He reached for his glasses, stumbled
To the room to wash up

He donned his tattered pair of jeans
Grabbed yesterday's sweatshirt
The sun outside was too bright for him
So he threw a pair of shades on too

Chorus

It would have been a step perhaps
In the right direction
For him to hate things in his world.
At least,if he were to do that
It was an emotion

But at each wall
In his path
He merely shrugged and sighed
It was just all to hard to try

Chorus

It was in the park one day
That he met her
She was a lot like him,
She understood

She said, I know what you're thinking
I know how you live
But that tree is green, the sun is yellow
And I am right here

Chorus

Doodle

Doodle, doodle doodle

What is in my mind falls short of genius

What is my perspective?

I have always thought of myself as a rather blank slate. I long ago decided who I was going to be and then went for that. The cost of this is that I lost touch with who I was inside, who I was at heart. Or at least I thought I had so lost touch.

As I grew up and began to acknowledge other's individuality, I started to wonder who exactly I was inside. What was my individuality?

I looked inside and saw nothing. If you stripped away who I tried to be, there was almost nothing left to call my own.

I thus led my life being an imitation of myself. Never outwardly changing, but always wondering who I really was. In a time where society places such a high emphasis on individuality and being true to oneself, I didn't even know who I was to be true to.

To my eye, I looked like a blank slate. A void-filled frame. I was blind to myself. I merely thought I was a boring person.

This was not really an issue until recently. I have been trying to write music lyrics. The problem that arises therefore, is that you can't write lyrics about a boring life; who cares? I hence been trying to "find myself" so I can write about a real human experience.

What I have been trying to come to terms with now is that my experience is who I am. I am the sum of my emotions and passions. The product of my choices, and the being who makes those choices. At the very least, in knowing myself, I should be able to predict my future choices.

What is my perspective?