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eeyore_rae78 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:38:42 GMT

Well, the baby decided that he wanted to come early... I think that was the scariest thing I've ever gone through. I had to have an emergency c-section because I was bleeding so badly. Don't know what happened, but we came out ok. Joshua was 10 weeks early, so he is in the ICU right now. He has been taken off of the vent, and is now wearing the cpap. They told us that he has a heart murmur because he came so early. Planning on treating that for the next three days. Hopefully the tiny ...

HAHA

Elmekia Lance — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:47:53 GMT

Great News!

eeyore_rae78 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:36:14 GMT

Ok, for those of you who may not know, I have recently found out that I am pregnant. I now have new news. We have just found out that we will be welcoming a baby boy into the world. Of course it will most likely be taught the ways of the dork. hahahahaha Poor kid. He never had a chance......lol My due date is April 28th. Can't wait!

Revi... and not the dog

Elmekia Lance — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:12:58 GMT

December 17th, Newsletter 191 (and last one of 2009!)

Animage — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:10:56 GMT

... and the final Newsletter of 2009 I now present to you. El Cazador de la Bruja Glass Fleet Tsukikage Ran Kaze no Stigma Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Ghost Stories Pumpkin Scissors El Cazador 1- Naria is a bounty hunter, and her next bounty is a strange girl by the name of Ellis. Ellis has enough mystery surrounding her to the point that it Naria isn�t the only one after her, and Ellis appears to be responsible for the death of a brilliant physics professor (hence the bounty). ...

Newsletter 190, December 10th

Animage — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:08:24 GMT

And after far too long of a holiday break, the last two newsletters of 09 and the first of 10 will be up before the next meeting. For now, here's the first of the last two of 09 Tsukikage Ran Gunslinger Girl II Pumpkin Scissors Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple Glass Fleet Ran 8- Meow comes across a handsome man on the beach, who�s flying a kite. Through a non-successful attempt at flirting, she learns this man is trying to harness electricity via lightning (think the Ben Franklin experiment, ...

my return to the meet!

The_Hellsing_man — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:33:08 GMT

I will return this week to meetings

all will hail my return

star wars

vehementflame — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:04:54 GMT

Novermber 27th, Newsletter 189

Animage — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:24:26 GMT

This is up extremely late due to encountering some technical difficulties, which I'm still having problems with... Glass Fleet Ghost Stories Gunslinger Girl II Pumpkin Scissors Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Kaze no Stigma Glass Fleet 11- As Vetti continues to try to seduce Rachael into the political marriage, we end up learning about how his past and the way he was raised was extremely sick, cruel and overall twisted. A brief summary: after being thrown out by his real parents, ...

Newsletter 188, November 18th

Animage — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Kaze no Stigma Glass Fleet Gunslinger Girl II Pumpkin Scissors Kenichi History�s Mightiest Disciple Tsukikage Ran Ghost Stories Kaze no Stigma 15- Much to Ayano�s annoyance, Kazuma has decided to take Catherine�s side, mostly by being her coach and pointing out her weaknesses. As Ayano complains to her friends about this, Kazuma drops by� to deliver a letter of challenge from Catherine. As Ayano fumes over this, the very next day, Kazuma and Catherine both come in, and Ayano ...

November 11th, Newsletter 187

Animage — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:43:12 GMT

Kaze no Stigma Tsukikage Ran Gunslinger Girl II Pumpkin Scissors Glass Fleet Kenichi History�s strongest Disciple Ghost Stories Kaze no Stigma 14- As supposed �payment�, Kazuma takes Ayano out for a fancy meal (and she denies that it�s a date to her friends). Unfortunately, at about the same time, another practitioner by the name of Catherine arrives in Japan, intent on proving she�s better than the Kannagis. So, after Ayano take care of some criminals who tried to rob the ...

Newsletter 186, October 28th

Animage — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:03:10 GMT

Remember, no newsletter next week... and I'm forced to admit that I've seen many things, but I still have trouble handling stuff Kaze no Stigma Glass Fleet Pumpkin Scissors Gunslinger Girl II Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Kekko Kamen Ghost Stories Kaze no Stigma 12- With Kazuma doing some explaining and piecing things together Kureha (eldest sister) finally realizes that the beast trapped within Mt. Fuji has been using her the entire, which finally causes her to completely ...

October 21st, Newsletter 185

Animage — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:43:16 GMT

Talk about having an extreme case of LBS... Tsukikage Ran Gunslinger Girl II Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Glass Fleet Kaze no Stigma Pumpkin Scissors Ghost Stories Ran 4- Lady Meow ends up getting her hands on some gold, and decides to take full advantage of it� the only problem: she took it from an offering box, and her plus Ran and a couple others have to work for the owner in order to pay off the debt. However, the other two work for a bandit gang who�re after a map ...

Newsletter 184, October 14th

Animage — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:17:07 GMT

Kaze no Stigma Glass Fleet (History�s Strongest Disciple) Kenichi Black Cat Gunslinger Girl II Tsukikage Ran Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma 10- Ren continues to spend with Ayame, basically giving her a good time in order to keep her from going back home (as she says she doesn�t want to return home). However, despite the good times, all good things must come to an end� and this happens when a girl who looks like an older version of Ayame comes to take her off Ren�s hands. Ren ...

September 30th, Newlsetter 183

Animage — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:08:45 GMT

Apologies for this taking longer than usual, but that's what happens when you're sick in bed for a day or two... (and hence why I hate this time of year) Tsukikage Ran Black Cat Kaze no Stigma Glass Fleet Pumpkin Scissors Darker than Black Tsukikage Ran 2- Ran, though quite a strong samurai, is also a huge sake lover� which means she runs into problems when she enters village where sake is banned (and is also known as the Devil�s Water). Fortunately for her, there�s an underground ...

Newsletter 182, September 23rd

Animage — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:14:54 GMT

Darker than Black Glass Fleet Kaze no Stigma Tsukikaze Ran Gunslinger Girl II Black Cat Pumpkin Scissors Darker than Black 24- All the various sides make their moves, as Wei and Hei first go and battle, as those within the Gate work on booting up the system in order to destroy the Gate. A couple of Amber�s allies go in and manage to destroy it� and we learn that they had a backup system this time, an improvement over what happened in South America. Back with Hei, he manages ...

September 16th, Newsletter 181

Animage — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:48:16 GMT

Kaze no Stigma Gunslinger Girl II Black Cat Lucky Star Pumpkin Scissors Darker than Black Glass Fleet Kaze no Stigma 6- More murders occur as Misao continues to use her newfound power to collect the energy of people and make it her own. Meanwhile, Kazuma has pulled out of working with the Kannagi�s, in order to settle this on his own. The only problem: the Kannagi family views taking care of Misao as their own problem to deal with, and therefore all of those directly realted ...

Newsletter 180, September 9th

Animage — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:58:15 GMT

Darker than Black Lucky Star Black Cat Gunslinger Girl II Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma Darker than Black 22- With Mao now taken into enemy territory, as well as a scientist working at the Gate, things get interesting as Amber decides to share a little more info about what exactly happened five years ago at the other Gate. Hei, in the mean time, decides to go and infiltrate where they all are, despite Mao saying that Contractors think rationally. The blackout he also causes ...

OMG ZOMBIES IN UTICA!!! wahhhhhhhh!

vehementflame — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:49:16 GMT

Cirque @ the Stanley

vehementflame — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:32:44 GMT

http://www.stanleytheatre.net/tickets/?id=490

Have a Listen

vehementflame — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:02:33 GMT

So I was listening to the Ghost in the Shell SAC OST when I was looking up lyrics to one of the songs... except the lyrics to Cyberbird were weird, they didn't match what was being sung.... further investigation led me to a website that says Yoko Kanno (who did this song and a whole lot of others from some of our favorite anime) basically steals from other musicians, or at least borrows without crediting to the original. In Cybird's case, the "original" song is Battersea ...

Newsletter 179, August 27th

Animage — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:35:16 GMT

Note- There will not be a newsletter for the upcoming meeting, since yours truly (along with Dave and Ryan) will be at another meeting while the club goes on Kaze no Stigma Lucky Star Black cat Mai-Otome Zwei Darker than Black Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma 4- The Fuga clan has managed to release their �God�, and that means quite a lot of trouble for Ayano and Kazuma, who now have to deal with the fact that Ryuya has let the dark power take over his body� and Ren in the mean ...

August 20th, Newsletter 178

Animage — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:40:07 GMT

It feels a tad weird to be writing things this short... and I still need to get the links out for the blog. But anyways, on with this one. Mai-Otome Zwei Black Cat Lucky Star Darker than Black Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma Mai-Otome Zwei (OVA 1)- Two years have passed since the Windbloom incident with Nagi, and everything seems to be at peace, despite a meteor which some otomes take care of, and Arika ends up being the big hero. Unfortunately, after the asteroid is taken ...

Newsletter #177, August 13th

Animage — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:09:50 GMT

Note- this is probably one of, if not the shortest newsletter I've ever written. Though I didn't get it as perfect as I wanted, most of the shows don't have the detail I usually put in, and expect to see a link here tomorrow to the blog I finally created for the full summaries, for those who are interested. Darker than Black Lucky Star Mai-Otome x2 Black Cat Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma Darker than Black 18- Now that Kenji, the younger brother of the Yakuza boss, has gotten ...

August 6th, Newsletter 176

Animage — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:45:53 GMT

And once more, I subjected my brother to the madness of UJAC... and I'm back to actually putting this stuff up on Monday. Pumpkin Scissors Black Cat Mai-Otome Lucky Star Darker than Black Kaze no Stigma Najica Blitz Tactics Pumpkin Scissors 2- After a few misunderstandings, which are due to A) his ragged attire and B) his huge size, Randal officially finds himself in the 3rd division, better known as Pumpkin scissors� which makes all the others happy, since as a newbie, ...

Newsletter 175, July 30th

Animage — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:28:28 GMT

Alas, roasts these days are shit compared to the good ole ones, like those of Johnny Carson... Lucky Star Mai-Otome Claymore x2 Black Cat Darker than Black Pumpkin Scissors Lucky Star 17- The episode starts with every student�s favorite topic: exams. From there, the episode does its usual jumping around with everyday topics: there�s a news story about how manga collections have been raided, Konata�s 18th birthday is coming up (and there�s a brief discussion on how old the ...

It's my birthday whoo hoo!

The_Hellsing_man — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:18:11 GMT

It's my birthday!!!!!!!!!!! give me prezy!

Quiz time!

vehementflame — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:19:26 GMT

guy or girl?

This character is named Fisheye

Sailor Moon vs. Shin Chan

vehementflame — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:34:35 GMT

2 New Jeff Dunham shows in Glens Falls NY!

The_Hellsing_man — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:20:22 GMT

Jeff Dunham Sat, 08/01/09 10:00am Glens Falls Civic Center Glens Falls Sat, 10/24/09 8:00pm Still we are going on the Ramon run in Sept. might be too much for me sence I'm going to the NYS fair one. but still

July 16th, Newsletter 174

Animage — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:50:51 GMT

I'm not sure who's worse: Dave who fails to watch his DVD's, or Steve who fails to check if his DVD's are in their cases... (I think Dave still wins that one) Darker than Black Black Cat Lucky Star Mai-Otome Murder Princess Claymore Darker than Black 15- A few mysterious individuals come to town, and it seems that MI6 knows who at least one of them is. The only problem: the one who discovers them also gets quickly attacked. And to make things even better, with their arrival ...

Newsletter #173, July 9th

Animage — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:52:33 GMT

Dammit, I just can't break my habit of summaries instead of only describing a show in a line or two... I blame the author in me. (But I will do a newsletter that only uses one or two lines per show yet...). Anyways... Mai-Otome Lucky Star Darker than Black Black Cat Fate/Stay Night Murder Princess Claymore Mai-Otome 21- Nagi ends up seeing something very interesting in some old photos that include Nina, and otherwise is continuing the development of the Valkyries. Meanwhile, ...

July 2nd, Newsletter 172

Animage — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:09:05 GMT

Lucky Star Mai-Otome Darker Than Black Black Cat Fate/Stay Night Murder Princess Luck Star 13- With the New Yar having come and gone, the girls are now discussing what they did over New Year�s, including the types of food they had� and it turns out Kagami loves rice balls, but they don�t help out one�s figure. Also, fast-forward a month, and the girls are now discussing Valentine�s Day, including the tradition of giving chocolate (as Konata�s imagination goes wild with various ...

Revi

vehementflame — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:18 GMT

meet my new puppy girl Revi!

Newsletter 171, June 25

Animage — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:27:47 GMT

It is not often that anime reflects real life... but Lucky Star more than makes up for that. I think we can all relate to it in one way or another... (which is usually a BAD thing, especially on this episode) Fate/Stay Night Darker than Black Mai-Otome Lucky Star Black cat Murder Princess Ranma � S3 Fate/Stay Night 21- After running into the eight Servant and again experiencing his Noble Phantasm, we learn his real identity: Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. Still, they end up ...

June 18th, Newsletter #170

Animage — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:35:08 GMT

Quite a bit happened in the various, so due to my putting of being very detailed, stuff turned out longer than I anticipated... but take all the time you need to read it. And I didn't even include the Anvil Chorus either... 009-1 Fate/Stay Night Lucky Star 11 Darker Than Black Mai-Otome Murder Princess 009-1 12 (Final)- Missed most of the first half of this, but the general idea goes like this: Mylene, along with Loki, has discovered some sort of mutant research lab up on ...

Newsletter 169, June 11th

Animage — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:44 GMT

The lesson of the day: don't go to Wal-mart in Utica, unless you wish to run into bad luck... but enough about that. Black Cat Mai Otome Darker than Black Lucky Star Fate/Stay Night 009-1 Claymore Black Cat 7- With the death of Saya and the fight against Creed, Train is taken care of by Eve and Sven for a week (since the fight caused an explosion, and Train opted to protect the kids). As Train is resting and has company with Eve and Sven, Chronos is intending to retrieve ...

June 4th, Newsletter 168

Animage — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:16:23 GMT

Fate/Stay Night Lucky Star Darker than Black Mai Otome 009-1 Claymore Ranma � Season 3 F/S N 18- Rin, Shirou and Saber infiltrate the temple where Sakura is being held as a sacrifice, and run into quite a bit of resistance. Saber holds off Assassin as Rin and Shirou run ahead. The next problem comes with the martial artist (I forget his name), and this one Shirou has covered, so that Rin can take care of Saukra, who�s being held in the center of the temple where they�re fighting. ...

Newsletter #167, May 28th

Animage — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:25:13 GMT

Three days at a huge con= tons of pictures. It also means Dave dragging the guys around town at times when they were boiling... Claymore Lucky Star Fate/Stay Night Mai-Otome On a side note, for those who weren�t at the meeting are wondering why the list is rather small� no, the episodes weren�t longer than normal. Rather, we spent an hour or so going over the many pictures that were taken by the ones who went to AnimeCentral, and trying to identify as many cosplay characters ...

May 21st, Newsletter 167

Animage — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:45:12 GMT

Black Cat Fate/Stay Night 009-1 Darker than Black Mai-Otome Claymore Lucky Star Black Cat 6- With Train�s decision to leave Chronos, Number 1 (I forget her name) attacks both him and Creed; Train escapes but is quickly pursued, as Creed himself handles two other Numbers from Chronos. As Trains fights, he is asked why he�s trying to leave, especially when he was so good. But before a clear answer can be given, someone who controls giant bugs and is on Creed�s side interrupts ...

Newsletter 166, May 14th

Animage — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:59:12 GMT

... such a shame Erin wasn't around, especially because of what was present in Lucky Star... actually, that was probably a GOOD thing. Claymore Lucky Star Black Cat Mai-Otome 009-1 Fate/Stay Night Darker than Black Claymore 18- On the run from the Organization in order to find Raki, Clare and Jean find themselves found by Rubel rather quickly, and he gives them orders: to go to the North, where they�re to help take out Awakened Beings� and there�s also the fact that Raki ...

Newsletter 164 of April 30th

Animage — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:18:41 GMT

Well, several guys are going to the Con out in Chicago, so things will be a bit on the quiet side next time around... and did you guys decide on the most likely date for Renfair? Anyways, there was quite a bit of anime watching this time around Lucky Star Claymore Darker than Black Fate/Stay Night Mai-Otome 009-1 Black Cat Tenchi Muyo GxP Lucky Star 4 (that which Jeff bought legally, compared to the bad version of Dave's clone...)- The various things that happen this ...

May 7th, Newsletter 165

Animage — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:05:03 GMT

Apologies for the late posting, but I actually had something of a life, going out to first play cards and then other things last night... anyways, it was a rather peaceful meeting for once, with only a few of us present. But at the same time, a very... interesting meeting (especially due to something I'm purposely leaving out). And unfortunately, this is quite a bit lengthy. Black Cat 009-1 Tenchi Muyo GxP x3 Mai-Otome Lucky Star Black Cat 4- The break-in to Torneo�s mansion ...

April 23, Newsletter 163

Animage — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:14:23 GMT

Mai Otome Tenchi Muyo GxP 009-1 Claymore Fate/Stay Night Darker than Black Black Cat Mai Otome 9- The Otomes go on a field, as Arika gets all fired up while everyone else groan. The reason, as Arika learns the hard way, is �field trip� is just the sugar-coated way of saying �survival training�. So, as the staff sits back and relaxes, the otomes are more or less stranded out in the wilderness. Forming into groups, each goes their own way around this; Arika and her partner decide ...

Anime central 2009 May 8-10

The_Hellsing_man — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:47:22 GMT

hotel rooms at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare a very pricey 369 a night!

and 2 rooms may be needed!

that's broke down 4 ways for 3 nights $276.75 and a total of $1107

THAT's just one room. not counting the ride there and back!

Amtrak utica to Chicago, IL - Union Station $70 one way! and 14 hour trip.

this may be beyond us but still over 7 months too go!
not any cheaper on expedia

Newsletter 162, April 16th

Animage — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:57:43 GMT

The trips are being planned, and we have the guys going to the con in Chicago, Renfair in August, and NYC in September (just a breif reminder)... but onto the newsletter. Princess Minerva Claymore Lucky Star Mai-Otome Fate/Stay Night Darker than Black Princess Minerva- Another thing of Dave�s� yes, that means Be Afraid. Anyways, the basic idea is something like this: after a few random incidents which gather the cast all together (several wanting to inflict sever damage ...

manga related

vehementflame — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:58:18 GMT

Has anyone ever heard of Drakuun?

My good friend's husband gave me three massive volumes of it and the girl on the cover looks too damn familiar... but I dunno...

any input would be appreciated!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vehementflame — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:50:57 GMT

*sigh* *breath*...... >_< OMG OMG OMG OMG I WANNA GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! ACK! I shouldn't be posting right after I found this, 'cause I'm too excited to compose myself......... but did you know Washington DC has a cherry blossom festival each year?!!! I WANNA GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! They have a whole week to celebrate when Japan in 1912 gave us cherry blossom tree saplings to plant here in DC as a gift of friendship.... I wanna go so badly... as a female anime ...

April9th, Newsletter 161

Animage — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:24:41 GMT

I mean to do it last newsletter, but this time I've managed to cut stuff down by a little bit (it still needs work)... hopefully this trend will continue Tenchi Muyo GxP x2 Fate/Stay Night Mai-Otome 009-1 Claymore Lucky Star Tenchi Muyo GxP 21- Lady Seito is up to her devious tricks afain, and manages to separate Seina from his usual four girls� though she actually tricks three of them as Kiriko is selected to be bound to a Jurain Tree. During this time, Seina runs into four ...

UJAC forum main logo...

vehementflame — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:47:00 GMT

If you're a good little member, you've noticed I've been changing the main logo a couple times... Here are past pictures I've used just in case you were interested....