HYPERTEXT WONDERLAND

Today I woke up to the good news that I've won an award. Congrats! To me! I now have the dubious honour of being presented with the 'Best Overall Performance' achievement, presumably awarded for contributions that I made in lectures and generally to my department during my degree course this past year. I'm guessing because they haven't explained what it means. But I'm excited! It's the first thing I've won since being crowned Toe Punt King Penalty Champion at a primary school event in 1997. It also means I'll receive a cheque for £100, which is the most important thing obviously. And no, I haven't decided what to spend it on. Coffee perhaps. There's just one snag: I told them I wasn't going to be at the graduation ceremony where they intend to present it to me. I'll have to organise something with them because unfortunately the university doesn't open again until the new year. おめでとう (O-me-de-to-u) //

Before I start this post I'd like to point out that I don't actually spend time watching a lot of anime. I've seen my fair share sure but it's not something I've done much over the past few years. I got into it quite late anyway. Around my second year of university IIRC. Sure I'd seen Yu-gi-oh and Digimon and Pokemon  but that's hardly what I'd call pure-blooded Japanese animation. It's more like child's play. Quite fitting really considering I was indeed a child at the time. I'm digressing from the point already. This post is about Sailor Moon S : a show I've spent the past two months watching. Yes that means all 38 episodes. Each episode is about 23 minutes long so, minus a minute or so of ending credits, that's almost 14 hours of magical school girl action. Judge me all you like but don't you dare say a bad word against Sailor Mars! Sailor Moon S is the third season of the popular Sailor Moon series. It first aired in ...