I admit it, I have a bit of an obsessive personality. When I find a book I love, I want to read it all and not have to do anything else until I have finished it. When I find a show that I love, I want to watch all the episodes at once. This is one of the reasons I don't watch T.V. that much--I get sucked in and stressed because of the lack of resolution.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it), last week we started watching a show on Netflix called Fruits Basket. It's an anime show that's been dubbed over in English--at least it is on Netflix. (You can also watch it here on Hulu in the original Japanese with English subtitles.) Anyway, I can't get enough of it and have started researching how to draw anime because I want to draw all of my characters now and that style is really speaking to me right now.
But first I have to finish the show. We only have five episodes left, I think. I love the characters. I love the relationships. I love that it makes me laugh and that it makes me hurt for the characters too. (I will admit, it does leave some rather important questions unanswered though . . .)
Okay. I just had to get that out of my system. Because I'm obsessed and can't finish watching it now--it's not a show for kids.
Moving on . . .
My sister, who is one of the staff members of Segullah, asked me to advertise these writing contests: http://journal.segullah.org/contests/
There are some restrictions for who can enter (I, for one, am not eligible since my sister is staff), but there's a cash prize for the winners and the winners will be published in the Segullah journal.
(Just in case you were wondering if my obsessiveness is a new facet of my personality, the title of this blog post is almost a direct quote from my journal from when I was 16. And that was the sum total of the journal entry.)
Glad to know I'm not the only one... (Although I haven't obsessed over anime. Yet:) )
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I looked at the anime Fruit basket books in the library, but I didn't realize it was a show too. I didn't think it was for kids either, so I haven't checked it out...Maybe I will. Thanks for the recommend, although maybe not, since I obsess too. Although I think you kind of have to care that much abput resolution to keep writing and rewriting and rewriting the same story;)
ReplyDeleteKrista--This anime thing caught me by surprise. I was just looking for something short and fun to watch last week.
ReplyDeleteKelly--I put the first couple books on hold at the library, so I don't know how they are. Thanks for putting the positive spin on being obsessive.
Jeni, for any of your readers who are interested in the Segullah contest (thanks for posting, btw), not only is there a cash award, but the winning entries get published in their journal too.
ReplyDeleteGood to know. I'll update that on the post.
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