I didn’t start this post wanting to talk about Reality Tv.
admin on May 3rd 2008
A few posts back in my blog I admitted that I am an anime fan. This may or may not seem like a big deal to all of you, but to me it is. Why you ask? Well I am a very private person. I seldom reveal things about myself. To speak out to the world and declare “I am an anime geek” is a pretty big thing to me. To get a solid idea of what I mean you should think of it like going to the mall nude. I have a hard time wanting anyone to see me that way.
The thing that gets me past that hurdle is how much I want others to join me. It is time the american people broke the stupidity factor and moved on to some more intellectual televison. Now I’m not saying there isn’t some really stupid anime out there. I’m just saying that even the worst anime is better than the torture we call American Idol, and Americas Next Top Model. I recently found myself in a position where I was at someone’s house working on their computer. At the same time they were in the room watching america’s top model. I actually had to ask them to turn it off because it was giving me a headache.
The current crop of this crud is an offshoot of survivor who is the bastard child of daytime court tv. With each generation the content gets worse and I am positive it has reached the point where there is no longer any value in it. Reality tv is like smoking. At first it gets people hooked with a bit of a buzz then they go back because they are addicted. There never was anything good or cool about it. I wonder if I can start the class action lawsuit for the mass brain damage that will certainly be pandemic.
Anyhow, I didn’t start this post wanting to talk about Reality Retardity Tv. I just sort of went off tangent on a rant there. sorry… What I really wanted to blab about was how I’ve been spending my time lately. I have been watching what my fellow nerds have coined “AMV’s.” What is an AMV you ask, well its an acronym for Anime Music Video. Basically some pasty skinned computer geeks with way too much time on their hands have found a hobby in taking clips of Anime and mashing them together with popular Music to make their own videos.
There are more than a few videos that are simply thrown together by some kid and arent of much value. However there are also a few real gem’s I’ve come across. I’ve decided to post the Youtube videos of a couple of my favorites here.
I gave some thought to making my own amv. I doubt it will happen, as I can see just how much effort has gone into making these. I don’t like to do anything half assed, and I’m sure I don’t have the time or patience to do full assed. But just maybe one day you’ll see one of mine. I do have the talent / skill to do it. I’ve also got some great ideas. I just find it far too easy to spend my precious time doing things either more or less productive. Anyhow, if you are so inclined, drop by youtube and have a look. Let me know what ones you like.