Remember the cosplay scene I posted here? We did it *grins*
I subbed the official Lucca video for you ;)


The high quality original version (with no subs) is here : http://vimeo.com/7404818


I'm Amelia here.
We switched Silpheel with Martina because the Silpheel cosplayer couldn't come at the last minute ^^' (well, at least they are both attracted by Gourry XD)

Oh boy, the fun XD. I forgot my lines in the half part and Phil was loosing his moustache, but at the end the audience cheered and some guys started chanting "Inverse, Inverse!" (who were these guys?? Too bad I forgot to search for them after the scene). The Lucca cameraman was laughing too XD

This post had alternate titles ("The girl who can project convincing rabbit tanks", "Claudio Moneta marry me") XDDD

Anyway, the dubbed version of Revolution has come out here *squees* and I feel like I'm 13 years old again *hugs catgabriev and amechan84*
( thoughts on the dubbed version )

Anyway, all this got me thinking: do you think Slayers is an anime that is better subbed, or dubbed? I personally think that, unless you know japanese and can laugh instantly at all the jokes, this anime gains a lot with dubbing. In Slayers there's just too much talking, word play and one second comedy moments and by the time you have finished reading the subs something else has already happened. I completely understood some of the episodes only after dqbunny made posts about them XD.
Instead in the dubbed version I find myself laughing at every single thing (like Gourry's WTF reaction when Lina incinerates a forest)
I'm not alone in this, since people at the italian forum had mixed reactions about Revolution before, but now it's hard to find someone who's not ecstatic about the new season.
So guys, what do you think?

Current Mood: happy

It's official now, Revolution will start in ten days on the pay-tv channel Hiro.
I bought a decoder (79 euro -_-) just for that. The good news is that the decoder also offers 2 months of pay-tv as a bonus, so I will be able to see Revolution in peace without giving money to our lovely dictator Prime Minister, who owns the entire italian tv system the Mediaset company and the pay-tv channels.
I have already organized myself to be able to pass Revo to my friends. I hate being a pirate, but anime bought by the Mediaset company rarely come out on dvd, so it's the only chance my friends will have.

Speaking of Revolutions, something is finally starting to move here. Have you perhaps heard of all the scandals surrounding our prime minister (who sleeps with whores and later gives them seats in parliament or local administrations)? Well if you have heard of them you are more informed than 70% of italians. ( ramblings )

If you haven't seen this anime you must watch it, I can't stop laughing:


It makes fun of all the world countries, but expecially Italy (here called Hetalia for some reason XD)
It seems stupid at first, but judging by what I remember from history class everything said about Italy is true (we don't want to fight and switch sides everytime!)

Have fun!

This unfinished fanart should have been my entry for the fanart contest at ameliazellove. In this period I always come home from work with an headache (I suspect it's an eye sight problem *grumbles*) so even if I needed just a few touches to finish it I didn't make it in time.

Anyway, here it is *^____^*
( poor guys )

Why can't I stop watching this video?



Note: it was made by the WinX authors themselves with clips of the show.
So many computer science references I can't stop cheering XDDD
p.s. there's also an english version but the lyrics are completely different.

Current Mood: sick

Last week, after some days of searching, I finally got hired for my first job.
I'm a Computer Science graduate (since this november ;) ) and I got really really lucky: my job is half programming half research, so I won't be as stressed out as my other employed friends but I will get some real working experience. And it's even close to my home (half an hour by car, 45 min by bus)!
So, am I happy? Yes, I'm happy, but I can't help feel like I've closed up the door of the best part of my life (university) Si, Raffy, non c'ho vogl'i faticà! XD
I will have to get rid of some of my bad habits (like waking up late and napping after lunch)
On the other hand, I hope having an occupied life will help me solve my concentration problems. In this period (it started while I was working on my thesis last year) I always think and do 10 things at once and I find it difficult to focus. I'll try hard not to make my work collegues notice this, but it would be better if I regained focus for real XD

Current Mood: pensive

I won't do a proper review of everything, but here is what I thought of the episode:
( Spoilers here! Image heavy )

I'm talking about ITALY, not Iraq. You guys just need to launch ONE bomb to ONE particular house in Arcore, and you can come back with a "Mission Accomplished" :D

This year I've been following the American elections like a poor kid who has no toys and watches other kids playing with Barbie dolls.
Because Italy, if you didn't already know it, is now a half-dictatorship, at the exact same level of Russia. With the difference that at least Putin knows how to make an economy grow, while our dear Berlusconi only knows how to make Mediaset (his company) grow.

To understand that I'm not making it up, please read this part of Berlusconi's wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlusconi#Controversies

Anyway I'll sum it up:
-Berlusconi owns almost all Italy's medias: he controls 5 TVs out of 6, and the missing one, rai3, is one of the less important. Satellite tv is not controlled by him, thanks god, but only a small percentage of people have it. If tv news say something wrong about him, journalists are fired, and even comedy programs are sometimes "piloted" to contain pro-Berlusconi messages (for example when Berlusconi's political enemy was in charge, all the players in "who wants to be a millionaire" said they were partecipating to pay for their house, to sustain themselves in the economic crisis and so on, and the anchorman would sigh and pat them on the back. Now they all want to make voyages)
He controls a lot of newspapers and magazines. When I go to the hairdresser I read Oggi, Gente, and some other women magazines and they always have some fake gossip about the Berlusconi family or one of the ministers's family about how they all love each other.
And he's making a law that will cause most of the left winger's newspaper to close.
I go to see "Un'estate al mare" (=a summer at the sea) , a funny episodic comedy movie about summer holidays, and each episode has at least one character making a gushing comment about B. ("We must find a substitute actor for the play, because this evening there's" *gasps in happiness* "our President in the audience!" "I'm happier than Berlusconi when Prodi's government ended!")
Ok, to be brief, half of Italy is owned by him. No italian people can pass a single day without buying or watching something done by him.

( more whining here )

So, please, Obama, could you find a couple of days to help us? Here every word that comes out of a USA president is met with joy and approvation since we are a bunch of USA lovers ("the americans arrive!" is a synonim of "the cavalry arrives!" here in Italy. Long historical reasons.) so just saying "Berlusconi is a jerk" would do us a lot of favour XD

EDIT: after Berlusconi's "tanned" comment, Obama today has called for chatting any european leader BUT him.
Thanks, Barack!
I preferred Mrs Clinton, but if you help us I'll buy a "Yes we can" t-shirt too :D

Current Mood: annoyed

ameban realised a new Slayers Fan meme, that can be seen here

Here is my entry ^__^

( minor spoilers from the second episode of Revolution )