Solitaire's blog

Wow, its been so long since I have posted a blog that I feel like I should be making a confessional or something. Not gonna though, have too many people out there just dying to suggest possible penances.

The title might be a little confusing since I wasn't thinking product advertising. It comes from a quandry I have been in. Some years ago I was drafted to join a role play here on Neo. As role plays go, this one was floundering a bit. Basically it was a dating RP going nowhere. I wasn't brought in so much to heroically rescue it as much as provide a diversion and hopefully inspire folks to change gears as it were with what they were posting. In the end the RP pulled a 180 from directionless to something special, at least in my eyes along with the eyes of a few other fans. It is still in the RP archives, just look for Really Dark Shadows.

So what does all this have to do with my blog's ti
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There comes a time in an anime fan's life (often repeatedly) when one has the seemingly endless challenge of trying to explain anime to someone who effectively has blinders on. Now in the non-fan's defense chances are the only thing they have seen of anime are the brief glimpses of western dubbed, merchandise motivated, anime series (you know the kind that that attract the very fanboys/girls/etc... that drives everyone nuts) as they channel surf. Such an experience is nearly always guaranteed to drive people away from the whole concept of anime and write it off as a bad experience.

So what to do, what to do.....

I tend to alternate with not even trying to explain it, if the person in question doesn't seem like they really want to know, with equating anime with any other type of media that tells a story such as books, movies, live-action shows, and what have you.

Most look at me blankly a
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So now I'm looking at a nearly empty page, minus the letters and marks that seem to be following my cursor, wondering what I should do with it. Let's see.... I can bring a nice comfy couch, a few side tables for holding goodies, munchies, and drinks et al, the mandatory giant flatscreen, cues music, lights.....

.... now where the heck are the people?

Anime, anime, anime.... this is about anime, and so it should be, I've only been moderating that forum since 2002... sheesh where does the time go? I suspect Wolfie has swiped it, although he would probably insist that Red swipes it from him.... or would that be tek doing the swiping?

I watched The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye fairly recently. Rented the series but would dearly love to own it if only rightstuf would get off their collective fannies and compile it into an affordable boxset. Perhaps a letter of suggestion to the powers that
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