Shelf Life

Counting Fairies

Between studying for the GRE general test, and the GRE subject test, and dealing with schoolwork, I was able to save a bit of my sanity by indulging in pumpkin carving. Truly, it's one of the things that I look forward to every year. When else can you whittle away at vegetables and set flaming gourds on your front porch without the neighbors thinking you're mad? After watching shaved out. Not exactly a masterpiece, but there's something infinitely satisfying about squeezing a handful of pumpkin guts and playing with a mini-saw.

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Samurai 7. Tastes Like: Suisse La Bleue. Are those shapes floating in front of your eyes? Maybe, but goodness, it's so crystal clear and sweet that everything just seems to fit into place.

Bottle Fairy DVD 1 - Spring & Summer Geneon 90 min. 1/? $24.98 11/22/2005 Pardon me while I go inject myself with insulin. This show is so incredibly cute it gives The Adventures of the Mini Goddesses. Tastes Like: Pixie Sticks. Pastel-colored, and great for that necessary jolt of jolly saccharine.

ADV Films 125 min. 1/6 $29.98 01/25/2005 Without fail, Card Captor Sakura. Tastes Like: Strawberry gelato. Elegant, succulent, and much classier than your typical ice cream.

Cowboy Bebop Remix DVD 1 Bandai 125 min. 1/? $29.98 09/13/2005 I'd forgotten how fun it was to watch Trigun, since the bounty hunting is a bit... reversed, but the atmosphere and notoriety of the shows are very much similar. Tastes Like: Corn dogs. They're really good and when you get cravings for them, boy, do you get hit hard, but they're really just hot dogs with bling.

Grenadier DVD 1 - Service With a Smile Media Blasters 100 min. 1/3 $34.95 06/28/2005 Watching sweet girls whip out big guns never gets old. Sadly, watching them load bullets from the crevice between their breasts (while much cooler!) does eventually get old. Fortunately for a show like Mezzo. Tastes Like: Belgium Waffles. Their sweet crunch is great every time, but they always get boring halfway through.

DearS DVD 2 - Second Geneon 75 min. 2/? $24.98 10/18/2005 While the first volume of Mahoromatic was oh-so-innocent in comparison. Tastes like: I wonder what curry bread tastes like. Is there really curry inside? Doesn't that make it soggy?

Black Gate Kitty Media 60 min. 1/? $29.98 9/27/2005 I'm not quite sure why the girls on the front cover have their clothes torn. They always seemed so willing in the series to strip it off of their own accord. Average student Kosaka led a humdrum life until he not only learned that there was a Stargate-type apparatus behind his school that led to another world—but more importantly, he could get ass from any woman in his life (except the lesbians), a privilege he avails himself of time and time again even though he has a girlfriend. But, why bother just having sex with your girlfriend when you can do her sister, her friends, and random strangers! Unlike a lot of Bible Black was better. Tastes Like: Ranch dressing. I challenge you to sit there and really examine the taste of it with your tongue and tell me what it's made out of, without looking at the bottle. It doesn't taste like what it's made out of, does it?

That's it for now. me again next time, provided I'm alive after this week. Thanks for reading!