I keep thinking of things I want to put in here, but I never manage to do it.

I had originally intended to try and post at least once a day in June, but it didn’t work out — I lost track of the days while Michelle was visiting, and it was suddenly June 4th when I remembered. I’m going to try and do that in July, though. It’ll be a good exercise.

There isn’t much to write about recently. For some reason I am still getting paid by a certain University. I do not want to contact them, in case it will make them stop. It is not a matter of them paying me non-existant money, either — the fellowship which I was awarded was for 24 months, and it has only been 21 — 24 months is the end of August. However, what I had to do to qualify for summer pay was a bit sketchy; it seemed it was mostly at the discretion of the department. And frankly, if the department hasn’t told the controller to stop paying me, it’s not my job to remind them. So I’m not going to spend the money, I’m going to pile it up in the savings account and wait and see what happens. Even if they ask for it back, I’ll get whatever interest there is made.

I’ve started downloading stuff again, which I hadn’t been for a while. I’m trying to watch some of what I’ve had piled up on my HDD so I can erase it.

Kaleido Star
Michelle brought the first DVD of this with her on her trip, and the second DVD came out last week. I used some of the money my grandmother gave me for graduation to buy it, because I liked the first one so much. This show follows the adventures of Sora Naegino, an aspiring acrobat, who wants to join the Kaleido Stage, a circus which is reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil. She is plagued by the attentions of Fool (Koyasu~~!), the spirit of the stage, who wants her to become able to perform the divine move (I thought that was in Go… next thing we know, Sai will show up) and also to see her naked. In the bath. With other girls. It’s pretty fun. There’s lots of gymnastics and acrobatics, which I am a huge sucker for, and the story so far isn’t too bad, in spite of the ridiculously cute baby seal they threw into the mix during episode 6. It’s different. It also made me wonder if there’s a figure skating anime. There must be — I swear there’s one for every sport.