Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!

Kamina, Simon and Yoko. Gurren lagann!!!
(Image from http://giapet.net)

Back in college, I was greatly hooked on animé. In fact, I was so hooked I made it a subject for my undergrad thesis, the title of which is: Animé Attack: The Effects of Japanese Action/Adventure Animation on Children's Behavior and Its Relationship with Children's Literature. I zeroed in on three prime time animé in GMA 7: Fushigi Yūgi, The Vision of Escaflowne and Dragon Ball. I remember crying over my thesis because I was so afraid I would not beat the deadline, which meant not graduating on time. But I did. And I was even surprised to have scored a sweet grade for my undergrad dissertation.

Sadly, it's been years now since I was last hooked on animé shows. But because of my ever-reliable supplier of TV series, dear friend Cos, I am again addicted to another one: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Cos is right. The 27-episode series is engaging. The fight scenes are awesome; the characters are lovable; the lessons are valuable. Never mind if there's that ubiquitous hint (just hint?) of perversion prevalent in most action-adventure animé.

I have yet to finish 10 more episodes before I see it over again.

Now I miss those animé days. Guess I better do some catching up.

the IT thing

Again, I have to thank Cos for introducing me to this hilarious British sitcom. Rarely do Brit shows make me laugh because their humor's a bit "unfamiliar". This one's different.

I love Roy and his shirts (and his dainty, dainty hands!!! and I mean this in a very wholesome way). Enjoy the sneak peak of The IT Crowd's pilot episode!

I heard Season 3's ongoing...Can't wait to see it!

P.S.
More info about The IT Crowd here.

in anticipation of Heroes

Mad TV rocks!

(Season 2's just a few sleeps away!!!)

you've got to hyde your love away

"You don't do crosswords."

"How do you know?"

"They're for fun."

"[Goodness], really?"

Now I think I'll get hooked on Jekyll. This is all Cos' fault. He keeps on giving me DVDs of sweet, disturbing series.

But first I need to stop slacking off. Typhoon's not an excuse. (Hah! I'm being so pretentious! Slap me.)

my first love is back!!!

How I wish I were the couch...

So okay. I'm trying so hard to stop myself from screaming and doing 17 cartwheels.

Hotness David Duchovny is back in the boob tube, baby! He stars in the new drama series "Californication" as Hank Moody–a writer struggling to balance his role as a father, as an ex-boyfriend and as a sex-and-drug addict...

Wait.

Sex addict?

Does that mean there'll be lots of hot, beautiful women getting in bed with MY David? So there'll be lots of bed scenes?!? That'll mean lots of weeping for me!

Noooooooooooooooooo!

So I guess I'll just have to close my eyes. Or pretend he's just playing detective with Scully. Oh well. At least I get to see him again. After a long hiatus, it's about time! (But I admit that he looks older now. And hotter. Ahahaha!)

Now let me just get back to screaming. And I think I'll do 26 cartwheels.