I'm quite certain that I hate the relentless pursuit of perfection. Now don't get me wrong, it's a noble and admirable cause, and it's not really the pursuit of it that drubs me, rather, it's the insistence upon it that tears the heart and soul out its noble purpose....the insistence that nothing but perfection can be accepted or have value. Anything that falls short of perfection is somehow unworthy of existence.

I'm not going to tolerate or allow anything that drains MY soul, so with that thought in mind...well....FUCK the New England Patriots!

I suppose I will continue to practice what I preach....whenever I reach a crossroads and see a road sign that says Perfection 5 miles that way, I will turn other way and find a path more interesting to me. Discoveries and inventions never occurred by pursuing perfection....mistakes, errors of judgement, quixotic notions....THOSE seemingly less noble pursuits ofttimes light the way towards a different and more valuable sort of brilliance.


For example, take the case of:



Sheryl Nome, the Galactic Fairy....heir to the notion of Lynn Minmay and Mylene Jenius that music will save the world. All you need to do is sing and SING!!

It seems, at first glance, that Sheryl Nome will be, like Mylene Jenius, less annoying than Lynn Minmay. But quite like far more bitchy. Also, her opening torch song sort of sucked. She should have taken a cue from Haruhi Suzumiya....or better yet, the folks in charge of that whole Macross deal should have made Haruhi their Galactic Fairy or whatever the fock!




If you're going to sing a song, then get up there and sing a focking song that grabs them by the balls ((and the female equivalent whose semiotic symbol escapes me at the moment)). Pity ((putting it mildly)) that we'll have to wait until spring for more MACROSS FRONTIER to find out if Sheryl will lose the unbecoming bitchiness and also sing a focking worthwhile song.

Ditto to see if the Valkyrie wannabees will become and/or remain as dysfunctional and/or psuedo-gay as the current Gundam Meisters. I guess it's time to trot out the nostalgic cry of JOIN THE ROBOTECH RESISTANCE!

Meanwhile, the 2007 anime season has come to a close, for the most part. And I suppose I should trot out a few of my NASCAR heroes to wax eloquent on how loose Da Capo II got loose in turn 4 before crashing into the wall and sliding down the track, on fire, and taking out a whole bunch of other unremarkably derivative shows whose names ((which rhyme with Shana and Nanoha)) will not be mentioned here. Instead, I will keep it simple.

Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ron Hornaday will, in his tough and deceptively unverbose manner, present my Top 9 Anime shows of 2007:



"Okay folks, listen up. I won the Craftsman Truck Series in the #33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado by being tough and persistent all season. I never gave up and neither did the best Anime shows of 2007. It was a year when Men were Men and Girls were Girls, and it was almost as great as my 3 rd Craftsman Truck Series Championship. Here are the top 9 shows of 2007:

1. Lucky Star
2. Tenga Toppen Gurren Lagaan
3. ef-a tale of memories
4. Code Geass
5. Minami-ke
6. Gundam 00
7. Sky Girls
8. Umisho
9. Manabi Straight"


Thanks Ron, and congrats on your Championship! I'm sure this years winners will get a nice set of Craftsman Tools, a $1,000 Camping World gift certificate, and a years supply of choco coronets.

Anyway, I wanted to mention a show that I watched religiously and started to enjoy until it began to confound me to the bitter and apropos end.




I refer to School Days. I hesitated to put it in any sort of top 9, top 10, since I have a hard time embracing the idea of putting it in with the likes of ef, Manabi Straight, et.al. Instead, I will give it the NICE BOAT Award, and leave it at that. I do highly recommend y'all watch it, if you haven't.


There. I've been a perfect model citizen tonight and have not wreaked deserved destruction on Lonely House (again!) and Tarte Taitin and 1_more_safelist and Some Goof's Mobile Blog and music, makes the people, come together, yeah. Isn't perfection nice?

Mood: Perfectly and Relentlessly Sullen
Wine: CHATEAU PESQUIE Cotes de Ventoux 2004
Music: "God Knows" by ENOZ
posted by Fat Nakago at 11:38 PM