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Second Week of Anime Talk: Week 2

2012-01-20T21:11:00.000-05:00

Holy crap can you believe I'm doing this again? Well not really, I did that for the other Anime for two weeks. So the holy crap point should be next week. I wrote more words this time, so it's more in detailed. No specific order as usual. Senki Zesshou Symphogear The show kicks off right where the first episode had ended with Hibiki in same gear as the two Idol signers. She fends off some

Weekly Anime Talk: Week 1

2012-01-13T01:07:00.001-05:00

2011 was a horrible year for this blog. But I'm going to try and get back into writing a lot more this year and I figured this would be a great way too keep at it. Much like my attempt at talking about a certain Anime, this one will be me talking about all the shows I've seen in a week. I actually had this idea kicking around for awhile, but was oh so lazy. Anyways, the new season of Anime has

Microcast 7: Pre Podcast... Podcasting 2

2011-12-14T22:52:00.000-05:00

Microcast 6: Transformers Talk

2011-12-05T22:26:00.000-05:00

Random Plug

2011-02-22T16:57:00.003-05:00

My friend Derek of Inkblort was interviewed by someone on Deviant Art. Go check it out here!And in commemoration of this amazing feat, I decide to create this image:I should note that in no way am I jealous or anything. But knowing him for as long as I have, well that quote just sticks out the most.Congrats Mr. Achoy!

Video talk

2010-09-02T00:42:00.003-04:00

So it turns out I can't do a weekly write up about an anime. Because, well, I don't like the zombie genre. Though I've been watching another anime called Shiki, which has to do with vampires. And yet I'm very interested in it. I guess it jut has a different take on the vampire story other then the most generic stories for a vampire.ANYWAYSFor one of the classes I had, I got an assignment called a

Thoughts On: Highschool of the Dead Episode 2

2010-07-12T23:31:00.005-04:00

Actually looking at some other people comment on this Anime, they all seem to have same idea of "it was a good showcase of a zombie attack" which really, no complaint here. But anyways, Episode 2!I forgot to mention that they added the "This ain't no Video Game or Movie!" scene in the first episode that we all come to expect. It wasn't done well or anything, but I thought I'd just mention it.

Thoughts On: High Scool of the Dead Episode 1

2010-07-05T17:46:00.011-04:00

In an attempt to go back to my once a week posting, I will be writing my thoughts on an Anime that is currently airing. I actually planned to do this for the spring releases of Anime, but I got lazy. So here we are. The Anime I will be talking about is called High School of the Dead.If you can't tell from the name, the story revolves around a High School being attacked by zombies. I know I know,

Making quota

2010-06-30T20:56:00.001-04:00

Normally, when I write, I have a plan. In this case I don't... well I do but it's not thought out. I'm just keeping my once a month blog posting alive.So I'm a college man now... yay... I don't know. I'm enrolled at Seneca college with Journalism Broadcasting as the thing I'm learning. I'm sorry, I don't know the proper terms. Anyways, it's interesting. A lot of it is more learning the mechanics

Why hide on a Social Network?

2010-05-21T00:35:00.002-04:00

Something that has always ticked me off about the stuff that goes on the Internet is this whole "Privacy" thing. And I'm not talking about Privacy in the sense of real world information (ie. Address, real name etc etc.) I'm talking about Privacy in the sense of a Social Network.Take Facebook for example. Here you have this social networking device that lets people become friends with people

Microcast 5: Smores and Licking attitude

2010-04-21T16:51:00.002-04:00

Regret: Blogspot & other ramblings

2010-04-18T00:09:00.004-04:00

Working on Viral Sugar on word press, I've realized how much better it is then Blogspot. You have all these plug-in's, themes, tools and bunch of other things that help you personalize your blog. Here you have themes... and well, that's about it.Not to say I don't like Blogspot, I think when it comes to actual posts and managing it, its a lot better. But, for someone like me, well I like to fool

Thoughts On: K-Pop live performance

2010-03-24T23:41:00.004-04:00

Its been stated in previous post for my affection for K-Pop. And I'd like to share a little bit of an issue I've been having with some of the more recent performances.I really like live performances. Regardless of genre, I feel like it gets all exposed in a live performance. Like whether or not they can sound like the audio from a groups album. And most of the time they never do. And that's a

Update

2010-03-16T20:36:00.002-04:00

So I decided to update the blog again, I don't know why but I can never get used to a white background. Those of you who do use them; I totally respect you.Anyways, it seems I will be writing for a new site. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say but they plan on launching some time near the end of the month. Yes, it is a video game website and yes it is voluntary. But talking to the boss makes it sound

Excuses, excuses

2010-02-28T23:03:00.002-05:00

Its been more then a month since I last wrote anything so I decided to give you guys yet another exciting excuse. This time it isn't "creative" related no, not at all. It basically comes down to one thing and one thing only: Twitter.The simple concept of you writing down your thoughts (or "tweeting) in 140 characters or less was something I found odd. "How can I express myself in with such little

Thoughts On: TNA Monday show

2010-01-07T00:12:00.001-05:00

So Monday, January 4th is the dawn of the Hogan era taking over TNA, with them airing a special episode of TNA iMPACT against WWE's show RAW. Which is reminiscent of the old Monday Night Wars of WWE and WCW. TNA is trying to make a statement that they will be the number one promotion with the help of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, two guys who were very influential back in WCW but ultimately

Five Favorite Blogs of 2009

2009-12-17T17:04:00.002-05:00

James LynchDerek AchoyRika IzumiDan HsuHashi Hime

Five favorite websites of 2009

2009-12-13T22:28:00.002-05:00

TwitterCanofnothingGiant BombMega64Video Game Journalism Jobs

Five Favorite Songs of 2009

2009-12-07T22:03:00.001-05:00

2PM- Again& AgainSNSD - GEEBrown Eyed Girl - AbracadabraAfter School- DivaBilly Talent- Dead can't testify

Year end wrap up

2009-12-07T00:07:00.002-05:00

Seeing as how it's December I will be writing my five favourite things I experienced through out the year. These will be categorized as Music, Food, Movies etc etc. These will happen sporadically through out the month.Till then.

Rant Rant Rant

2009-11-06T23:27:00.003-05:00

So yeah I missed another month of content. I`m not sure what to say really.... sorry? Eh, nobody reads this no one cares. Anywho.I'm beginning to question Viral Sugar, I mean, I liked it in concept, just two guys writing about video games but like I stated before, the momentum isn't there. I remember back when Jude and myself were debating about a lot of stuff. Primarily, I wanted the site to

Thoughts on : JaeBum's "Controversy"

2009-09-10T15:39:00.005-04:00

Let me start off by saying that in no way do I consider myself knowledgeable in this field. These are just my own personal thoughts on the matter and I don't consider myself the be all and end all on this topic.So 2009 has been an eye opener of sorts for me, venturing into this whole K-Pop phenomena and being not entirely sure what to expect. I mean, the whole idea that Boy/Girl groups are still

Oops!

2009-09-05T12:04:00.004-04:00

One month without posting?! Well, that won't happen again. Why? Well because I just posted right now.Uuuuhhh stuff that's been happening, I went to Fanexpo with a bunch of cool dudes. Overall, it was a lot better than last years but also a far bit too crowded for my liking. Especially considering that in truth, there isn't much going on during Fanexpo. The name itself isn't that great either. I

Microcast 4: Pre Podcast....Podcasting

2009-07-30T23:15:00.001-04:00

Viral Sugar is a video game website of mine that is totally awesome cause we do Podcast there as well. So this is basically what goes on before the whole ViralCast starts. Enjoy?

JUMP!.... Actually no, it's just jump.. Picture Blog!

2009-07-28T01:03:00.006-04:00

A couple weeks ag I went to this fancy restaurant called jump. It was one of those standard restaurants, being all fancy and a out door patio for the drinking business type. So I totally felt out of place.Anyways, the general look was all fancy but yet, their were these weird Christmas like lights hanging above the ceiling being connected to there weird things:If you can't tell IT'S A HUGE FREAKN

My "conversation" with "God"

2009-07-10T00:13:00.002-04:00

I was rummaging through old forum post over at The Can of Nothing when I stumbled upon an old thread about talking to "God". So here is my conversation with him:Me: helloGod: Hello my child. What is your name?Me: jeffGod: OK I will call you jeff.Me: awesomeGod: I'm glad you liked it jeff.Me: i do, its very sexyGod: That's good information: jeff said its very sexy.Me: i just said that?God:

MOVIEGEL: MINDBLOW

2009-06-29T23:12:00.002-04:00

Its occurred to me recently, that I never really made a list of any sort since starting this blog (that one list I did was an alternate reality so its non cannon). So I figure I'd start out with some movies that stand the test of time in my own little mind.Newsies (1992)I grew up in a family surrounded by females so it should be no surprise that I have some affection for the musical genre, and

Microcast 3: McGangBang

2009-06-25T23:12:00.001-04:00

Microcast 2: Microcast 2

2009-06-22T21:29:00.001-04:00

Something only A pop group can do

2009-06-21T19:13:00.003-04:00

So It may come as surprise to you that I'm not that into the pop genre all that much. But every once and awhile certain songs just click to me for some reason or another. As such, a certain Korean pop group called Girls Generation (or SNSD translating to something in Korean) has completely got me off guard.I know for most part, it shouldn't be a surprise that their song GEE has just got me well..

Microcast 1: Pianreoke

2009-06-11T23:48:00.000-04:00

Thoughts On: Swiss Chalet Poutine

2009-06-09T22:12:00.002-04:00

SO about two months ago, I went to Swiss Chalet with some of my friends in the Toronto region. When we sat down I was treated to a sign that showed a picture that right fully said; "Now serving, Poutine!" and instantly I knew what I wanted.After ordering my regular of Chicken and Ribs I asked for the poutine and the waitress said "Ok." So after awhile f waiting, it finally arrived. The picture of

First day of directing: Done Next day of directing: Soon

2009-06-02T23:15:00.002-04:00

For some random reason, my friends over at canofnothing decided to make me director of the up coming Slice of life, teen drama, feel good movie and he gets the girl in the end flick called "Parkour" which is basically based on the title of the film. Having only played roles for some of there stuff I thought it was an interesting venture and had a lot of fun being the boss.But in all honesty, I

I feel Like I'm getting better at it.

2009-05-31T02:16:00.004-04:00

So it's time for my Viral Sugar ramblings... yyyaaayyyy. But, well aside from me wanting to write more and more content to the site, I never do. Not sure why. But one thing I always seem to do is write reviews on a somewhat once a month basis.Looking back at some of the old reviews I've written such as my Mirror Edge review. I feel that I've gotten a lot better at the whole writing thing. When I

Thoughts On: Meatball Sub

2009-05-13T21:09:00.006-04:00

Today for lunch I went to my local Subway to get a meatball sub. Normally I just get it as is with some bbq sauce on it but today I added vegetables. I'm not exactly sure why I did, I remember i tired it once with vegetables and I never got into it. But alas I guess I was trying to shake things up in my rather dull life by way of subs. So needless to say it was pretty bad. I the marinara sauce

So.... new look

2009-05-09T23:22:00.002-04:00

If you've been to this blog for the past couple days, I was trying out a bunch of new layout and decided on this one.... for now. I'm kinda not liking the butterfly's but everything is is pretty sexy. Kinda takes away the simplicity of what a Blog is about but whatever, it's cool. I may or may not change it again if any layouts come out that I like.Anyways, this one seems more like a diary then a

こんにちは

2009-05-06T15:48:00.002-04:00

クリスさんこんにちはほんとうにひさしぶりですね。げんきですか？クリスさんのFacebookに招待（しょうたい）してくれてどうもありがとう！！どうぞよろしくまさI received that message from my Japanese teacher Masa Saita or rather Saita Masa or rather Saita Masa-san (or whatever you like) awhile back when I saw him on facebook. It really has been a long time since I went, so understanding it took me some time. So, without further apu (and no help from a online translation

So wow, one year eh?

2009-05-04T21:10:00.004-04:00

Can you believe its been a year since doing this Blog thing? I know it seems so weird. Looking back and reading the blog I still feel like my writing is god awful horrible. I mean yeah, I thought that this would help me out in a writing way, but it really hasn't. Sure, I can read it and understand a lot of what I wanted to say but I think this Blog has helped me out more on a creative process

So it's been a while

2009-04-21T21:44:00.002-04:00

Yeah so its been a month plus since my last blog which kinda goes against my resolution of writing more and I'm not exactly sure what to say but sorry?If you had not noticed or I had not mentioned on my blog that video game website ViralSugar is now up and ready for your viewing pleasure. I'm not exactly sure why I haven't mentioned it on this blog since it opened in February, maybe its because I

Thoughts on Watchmen Movie

2009-03-07T00:08:00.004-05:00

Earlier today I went out with a bunch of my funky friends and saw The Watchmen. And frankly it just got me all mad. I'm not exactly sure why but it just did. Don't get me wrong I thought the movie was pretty good but I just hate when movies do the "I'm trying to send a message to you but you have to figure out the puzzle" mentality. Like really, unless I'am FULLY AWARE that I will be receiving a

Reminiscing on Wrestling

2009-02-26T13:54:00.003-05:00

For those who are unaware I'm a pretty big wrestling buff. I mean I know it's fake and all, but it just doesn't take away the effect of the sport. I mean, you go and watch a movie like the matrix or kung-fu hustle. Go home, play some Devil May Cry, Street fighter etc. And yet you still can't get over the fact that Wrestling is fake?! Like really, those people confuse more A LOT more the those

Chinese food is AWESOME

2009-02-02T17:22:00.002-05:00

Like really FANTASTIC! But of course you knew this. I'm not talking about the delicious Young Chow Fried Rice,the Sizzling Beef, the fried squid or the general tao chicken. No, what I'm talking about is the experience.Whether you go with only one person or eight there is nothing more exhilarating then getting together, looking at the menu and just ordering what you want.Then comes the best part,

Finally beat it

2009-01-31T14:17:00.002-05:00

About 10 hours ago I finally beat Persona 4 and I must say I was impressed. When Persona 3 came out I was impressed. From the style, music, characters almost everything about seemed different from the other RPG'S I have played. So when Persona 4 was announced for the PS2 I was upset at the decision. After getting Persona 3 then buying the FES version of Persona 3 a year later, then another

What is a review without a score? A Blog post.

2009-01-28T00:03:00.004-05:00

So by now you should no about the site me and my friend Jude are planning on doing and well, it feels great. As I'm sure you all know I like games... a lot apparently. It never really dawned how much I was till... I started writing about them at the October-November time period. I mean I always had thoughts in my head about it but I never really expressed it or just gave it an outlet. And this

The Last Remnant Review

2009-01-21T23:59:00.001-05:00

Last Remnant is a game that will try and re-create the idea and world of Final Fantasy XII and put its own twist on things. Trying to give you not just a character driven story, but also one that demands the whole world of Last Remnant's attention. Not without its flaws Last Remnant still delivers a great experience for those who give it time. The story starts of with the introduction of the

ViralCast-0.5!!!

2009-01-20T16:42:00.003-05:00

We take another try at the whole podcast experience but this time with some special guests. Ragnarok, Left 4 Dead, Why Sony is confusing us, MORE talk about the Wii, the introduction to Bobs Game and I get to preach about my favorite game series of all time!Keep in mind that this still isn't an OFFICIAL ViralCast.

I'm still waiting for THAT Next-Gen RPG

2009-01-17T19:15:00.003-05:00