gruskek

First off, Happy Birthday luscious_words! I hope you are having a lovely day!

I dedicate Tere Bina from Guru to you because I know how much you like Abhi :)



Also a big welcome to the new friends from the ichiruki friending meme :)
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( read more on my internet trouble, real life, and comic book feelings )

So one day I should probably make a "why you should watch Young Justice post", but in the meantime I must flail about the spoilery caps from the second season. There simply are times when a picture of an animated guy literally makes your day:

http://gruskek.tumblr.com/post/21799312348/worldsfinestonline-this-is-happening
http://gruskek.tumblr.com/post/21802274513/gabzilla-z-spitfiregurl-hello-wally

Just look at him all grown-up and not jailbaity any more *_______* He's my second favourite DC character at the moment and I have both an immense crush on him and admire him as a hero...

Also, I need to catch up on Young Justice. I sort of got sidetracked by work and SPN xD And the finale of the first season was apparently very eventful. Plus I love the cartoon Young Justice incarnation of Roy Harper (I do like his other versions too, but this is by far my favourite as of now) and from what I've seen of the spoilers he gets a ton of screen time (even though not all of it is too happy for him...).

Yeah, sounds like a plan for the weekend :)

Gah, this entire week :/ The website my brother works for is in the middle of a huge overhaul, his band was doing some performances outside of Cracow, and he had some ridiculous homework at university, so I was doing my best to run his errands and take some of the load off his shoulders. And then there was my work and several unexpected guests. Additionally, the weather is making me very sleepy and listless :/ My dogs hate it too. It's rainy, so the walks are a chore. So I'm spending my Saturday sitting on the couch and staring at Robins and Misha Collins... I'm really too drained to be productive...

I need to answer some comments - sorry for the wait everyone!

To make this entry less of a bore, have an epic Supernatural fanvid:


It has spoilers up to the end of the sixth season but I don't think they'll mean much to you unless you're already watching the show. As Castiel, the character its centered around doesn't appear until season four you'll probably forget about most of this stuff until he actually shows up. Plus for someone not watching the show this probably is just an odd montage of a cute tax accountant beating up other accountants and getting beaten up himself. Also there are longing gazes being exchanged between him and some teary-eyed guy xD (of course they're my current OTP :D)

Anyway, there has never been a song fitting a character more literally (he in fact is an angel with a shotgun) xD It does fit him metaphorically as well, and is in fact rather heart-breaking for a fan... Seriously, this character has been put through the wringer and all for the sake of love. And you know, how shippers, including me, sometimes exaggerate (nothing wrong with that, it's all about having fun after all), but in this case I don't need to put my shipping goggles on. I have literally never in the history of television seen anyone as in love with someone as Cas is with Dean (Dean has feelings for Cas too but he's not quite there yet, and he's kind of an expert on hurting the poor guy :/).
I never wanted to ship it to begin with because I'd known from Tumblr etc. that this ship is PAIN, but in the end I just couldn't stop myself from getting into it. So yeah, Supernatural will tear your heart out. The shippers of other ships don't have it easy either. Instead of having wars (and apparently there are some) we should all group hug.

To anyone who is celebrating - have a great Easter! If you don't, then just have a nice day!

I found the photo here http://www.inspirebohemia.com/2011/04/easter-egg-designs.html There are some more nice ones, so go check them out :)

Also Tumblr gave the world the most kawaii Easter thing ever:
http://gruskek.tumblr.com/post/20689725493 I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this xD

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Sorry for being so lousy about replying to comments and posting lately. The preparations for Easter kicked in (we also had to travel to my grandmother's, taking our two dogs with us - thankfully they were really well behaved on the bus), I have stuff to translate (as always), and the slightly (as in I was still giving language lessons to kids) freer few days I had right before Easter I attempted to catch up on Supernatural a bit (I'm watching it with my mom and we hardly have the time to sit down and marathon it together, so I'm using any chance we get).
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( a few words about Supernatural and real life stuff )

Voting against Kenshin was simply painful but what can I say? Gintoki is Gintoki.

GO VOTE HERE, PLEASE!
http://animetournament.livejournal.com/4317.html#cutid1


Posters not mine, just reposting them. Both are by vethica.

Robin seems to be talking about Sorachi here, am I right? ;)
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Originally posted by hapakitsune at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

Crossposting this from Tumblr because it potentially applies to livejournal (and other platforms) too:

I have been compelled to get my ass off Tumblr because the spoiler for chapter 393 are all over the place. Manga fans, you used to be good at not spoiling things for anime only watchers. I know stuff is exciting and you want to share, but put the panels under a "read more". That's not too hard is it? And I know I reblog gifs from the current Gintama episodes right after they air but it's at least stuff that happened months ago in the manga. And if you watch only the anime, like I do, it's common knowledge, that going to Tumblr on a Gintamonday before you watch the episode is not a good idea.

What's more, the panels that are floating around now aren't just epic or funny shit but VERY IMPORTANT REVELATIONS WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR YEARS from what I glimpsed. See the subtle difference? I can even deal with manga panels like the recent ones of the epic team up thing, but this now is really BIG.

Seriously, I do love you all. You are the BESTEST fandom, and I know you are not doing this to be mean, but this is the first time I am not amused by you. So bye for a few days.

Also to clarify things being anime watchers doesn’t mean that we don’t value Sorachi’s work, we just enjoy the job Sunrise does to bring it alive. And I for instance haven’t read the whole manga yet, but I am planning to do that one day.

Also the anime seems to be ending for now, but that doesn’t meen it’s permanent and we’ll never see that animated. Anyway, we would STILL need to catch up on the manga leading up to that chapter.
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OK, about the anime's apparent cancellation. As I said I do not think it's permanent, so I'm not panicking YET. You just don't kill a chicken that lays golden eggs (appropriate metaphor, isn't it? xD). The show is big in Japan so I just don't see Sunrise wanting to get rid of a steady source of income. They just don't like doing more than a couple of episodes/scenes worth of filler every now and then and there isn't enough manga material any more. People even remarked that "Gon, the moe dinosaur" (I refuse to call this anime any other title :PxD) that is taking over the timeslot is going to be 50 eps long, so that's a year, in which Sorachi could DRAW, DRAW, DRAW, and the anime could come back.

Plus have you seen the preview at the end of the kotatsu episode? And read the statements the creators made about how in the "old days" there was no Internet and people had to wait and sit in front of the TV to get the news? Some sort of trolling is coming.

So I honestly think it's going to be a hiatus. And that doesn't phase me because there's more than 250 episodes to rewatch. Including the 50 we got this year. And this year had both beautiful serious arcs and random hilarity, and some great new music and the cast members that hadn't had that many chances to shine getting more stuff to do, so there really is stuff to come back to. We can also do all sorts of fannish stuff - make graphics, draw fanart (like for this raffle for instance - go check it out http://fuckyeahgintaladies.tumblr.com/post/19732021936), wrie fic, be silly on Twitter, etc.

Crawling out of the woodwork for this (I just have tons upon tons of work + a cold and I can't brain enough to write proper entries).

I posted this to the Gintama comm too so you might see it there as well (it hasn't been approved yet - since when is posting there moderated? It wasn't always, I think.):

JesuOtaku is a reviewer of anime on thatguywiththeglasses.com and she wants to make a video with a list of top ten hot anime guys. You might want to support your favourites. The only rule is that they must be your current crushes rather than nostalgic ones.

You can vote for up to three guys (one or two is also ok). Just give their names and the show they're from and send an e-mail to jesuotaku@gmail.com or tweet @JesuOtaku. You can justify your votes but it is not obligatory.

You need to submit BEFORE the 27th of March.

You can watch the video she announced it in (the announcement starts at around 24 minutes):
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/jo/jar/34643-witchblade

I voted for Gintoki (obviously as he's the love of my life <3), Ginko (he's clever, witty and compassionate - also that VOICE - hot damn!, and his listless expression rivals Gintoki's which is hot xD) and Kamina (brave, MANLY xD, a great friend and hilarious, and his design is very origina; and attracive).

Denshi, you are a great friend and I wish you all the best! :) I hope you'll like your present :)

Everyone who's into Gintama should get to know her and also check out her wonderful community katsuratama dedicated to Katsura :D

Source of the pic: http://www.i-jedynka.pl/

A very late Happy Fat Thursday or Pączki Day (though in some regions it's on Fat Tuesday right before Ash Wednesday, so not just yet) if you're American or Polish-American (apparently Polish immigrants made pączki quite popular in the USA).

What is a pączek (the name means a flower bud :))? It's a pastry similar to a doughnut (we do have doughnuts here too, but pączki are more popular), only it's richer and without a hole and with filling instead. It can be filled with jam (most often rose flavoured) or cream (my favourite is eggnog flavoured) and covered with frosting, chocolate or powdered sugar. We eat them all year long but the last Thursday before lent is the time to stuff your face with them xD That's because during Lent you weren't supposed to eat lard, sugar, eggs and fruit and all that was used up to make the pączki. Now things are more lenient, of course, but the tradition of eating the pastries remains :)

Some of the info comes from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%85czki

I ate two very decent and quite big ones today. Not my record but I don't have the biggest appetite today (I feel another cold coming :/). Sometimes people make them themselves but most often they buy them now. The most renowned places are usually very crowded and you have to fight for your pączki! xD I picked up some for my family at a normal grocery store this year, but sometimes I go on such hunts too xD

So, have a doughnut if you can't have a pączek and enjoy yourselves! ;)

Just did a small friends cut. As always it's not you, it's me. Lack of interaction/differing interests are always the criteria here. So no hard feelings :)

Also Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! :)

I'm not doing anything special today, just translating boring stuff and checking Tumblr once in a while (the Valentine's posts are pretty hilarious xD). Not exactly an exciting day, but not a bad one either :)

So, remember that contest I took part in right before Christmas? There's a gallery of the entries at the forums now (it's actually been there for a while but I hadn't noticed it), so enjoy! There are many lovely drawings and there's even a Minecraft entry.

http://www.yorozuyasoul.com/forums/index.php?topic=742.msg13800#msg13800

Mine isn't the greatest piece of art, but me putting out something finished and coloured is a success xD

My cold still isn't over but with my dad and brother having a really hard time at work at the moment and my mother having an even bigger cold, I'm stuck doing most of the shopping and taking my dog out for walks. This winter had been very warm up until a few days ago, but now it's freezing outside :( Ugh...
( TL;DR story about bad customer service )

I'm still learning for pragmatics but I get distracted so easily it's not even funny. I didn't take the test last Wednesday because I was hardly capable of getting out of bed. I'm taking it this week, so wish me luck!


I'm so happy Gintamondays are back. Gintama is unfortunately a series that has a relatively small Western fandom (small but amazing of course), so people being excited for it every week really make me happy.

( spilers for Gintama ep 244 )

Also I haven't pimped my Tumblr here yet http://gruskek.tumblr.com/ I've had it for a very long time but never used it (because let's face it, Tumblr is a mess in many aspects, not that lj isn't :P). At the moment it's my go to place for knowledge about American comics, so that's what prompted me to look around more thoroughly.

My Tumblr is just 99% reblogs and I'm mainly active on Gintamondays. Things you'll see there: Superhero comics (especially the Batfamily with a lot of favouritism towards Jason Todd xD), GINTAMA, some Bleach and other animes, the Evil Dead Trilogy and Bruce Campbell in general, Indian cinema, figure skating, games, randomness. Generally stuff I find pretty or funny and/or gross. Half of it is a hot mess, because I didn't bother with tags for a looong time. Now it's more orderly. And I don't really cater to my followers in any way. You'll see there what ever I like and that's it xD

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A big thank you to everyone who prayed/sent good wishes to my friend's ill mum and the family. It's a long term illness that may take years or months to cure, so I'll probably not be able to update you guys with any new developments for a very long time. Still it seems like the family is in somewhat better spirits, so at least that's improved (as I said they'd been struggling for a long time already, and mostly being very strong, but the weariness from it all had just kicked in recently).

Also last Saturday this friend took me to a costume ball held by the history study group of the Jagiellonian University (that's actually my university, only my major is English) because he felt like going out to take his mind off all those dark thoughts. We had a blast derping around and were even chosen the best dressed couple (he was a Persian dignitary and I his wife) xD I'll be posting some pictures in a few days. Anyway, this guy is the perfect date, because we're almost like siblings and can be really silly around each other xD

In other news I'm working pretty hard (teaching kids English and translating), studying to get my credit in pragmatics and reading books for my BA. I'm reading Lord of the Flies now. I should have read it long ago, but never had the time xD It's not really a "fun" read but definitely an intense one, so if you're into dark themes and psychological stuff definitely check it out.

Now about one thing that made me rage this evening. Everyone's heard about SOPA and PIPA right? But you probably haven't heard about ACTA. It's the same thing only for Europe edit. and the rest of the world as well (Jesus Christ, that's what I found out upon further inspection). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement It's been kept a secret even longer and more efficiently than the American acts. And most of this happened under Poland's presidency over the EU. I'd feel ashamed to be Polish if it weren't for the fact that it's all the politicians' doing and none of the people's.