"Anywhere can be Heaven....

as long as you have the will to live." ~ Yui Ikari

Over the weekend I showed my friend Tom more episodes of the anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion". If memory serves he's currently up to episode 21. Having already seen the series about 7 or so times (3 of my own accord, the rest as a result of showing others) I wasn't jumping at the chance to watch it again. I had told him awhile back to wait because I knew some others who had expressed interest in seeing it. In this way, I could have them all watch it together, saving me from many reviewings of the anime. Not to say the anime is bad or anything - it happens to be one of my favorites. It's just that some of the series can be extremely psychological and slow... and since I've seen it so many times, I fear someday it will turn into a chore to watch it. Nevertheless, he ended up convincing me to start him on it a week or so ago. And in all honesty, it's been at least 2 years since I've last watched it - so it wasn't that bad. Besides, I got to explain the religious subtleties running rampant throughout the episodes. It made me sound "knowledgeable" for at least a brief while. ::chuckles:: Anyway, at some point, my ears picked up on that quote by Yui, Shinji's mother, and it reminded me of an old wallpaper I used to have on one of my computers. After checking those cds I had found for the wallpaper, I took my search online. Though I found EVERY OTHER SINGLE Evangelion wallpaper I ever used, I just couldn't find this one that featured not only the quote but a very warm picture of Yui looking up towards the sky while Shinji was no older than 3. It took me quite awhile longer, but eventually I found the picture wallpaper sized...just not the picture with the quote. Oh, before I go on - a note. Do NOT use Animecubed for your wallpapers unless you have some serious virus protection up and running. About every 2-3 links will produce a virus trying to install itself. My antivirus firewall killed about 35 before I left the site.

Moving on, I spent a few hours at the local college to sign up for a final class to begin in Autumn. I had also tried to stay for the financial aid line... but it was extremely long. As such, I figured it a more prudent use of my time to arise early tomorrow morning and return there. Hopefully I'll be greeted with a more favorable wait. In the meantime I resolved myself to brush off my skills at HTML coding in notepad and I can barely get a few lines in before I get interrupted by someone or something > <. Usually, by the time I get back to it I decide to do something else... like relax and read my newest Raymond E. Feist book. The protagonists of this fantasy tale are not of my usual liking... but it works well enough. And mages were finally introduced by chapter 6 so I'm more amused now. Even so, I have to get back to that html studying... -_- I guess I'll retry after posting this ::chuckles:: If anyone has ideas for an html site that I could build while renewing my skills, let me know. I find it easier to work on someone else's ideas than my own sometimes. I'm less critical or "insane". ( And yes, I can call myself insane after making a 3d cutout sculpture of a Celtic Cross once XD ) Hmm... maybe I'll make tea again first. Speaking of which, next time I go out I'll try finding this elusive tea mystery girl mentioned. As of late I've tried almost every tea possible... but if it tastes as good as she says, then I would of remembered tasting it. ::chuckles:: And I wouldn't consider you a stalker. I find your presence most interesting. So don't worry as far as that goes ^~

Now about that tea.... and that work ::looks disgustedly at his pile of manuals:: @_@