Current music:

Fairyland - Ayumi Hamasaki

One out of two.
Anime thoughts:

Naruto dub - Sakura's voice actress came off a whole lot better than my first impression. Chouji's voice actor was a strange pick, but I think he'll get better by the time it's time for him to shine in his fight against Jiroubou. Hinata's voice actor could also be improved over time. The "big" edit for this episode was the kiss between Naruto and Sasuke happened off screen instead of showing it. It's not a big deal, and I can't see why the dub haters would use it as an excuse for lame editing. The kiss still happened, they just didn't show it. Big friggin' whup. In a funny turn of events, the character I hate most is the only one saying "Naruto" almost correctly. Sasuke is the only one in the whole series so far to pronounce "Naruto" the closest to the "right" way.

Gundam Seed Destiny 48 - Blah episode. Quite a disappointing episode considering it's so close to the end. If in one of the final two episodes, Miriallia and Dearka have a single moment to acknowledge each other, I'll be happy. Of course, Kira dieing would also be awesome, but that's probably not going to happen. >_>

Final Fantasy VII: Last Order - This is pretty much the Nibelheim flashback scene animated in a Quentin Tarantino-esque fashion.

Naruto 151 - The only episode I fully sat through of this arc. I said that character development for Shino and Hinata should be good, and I was pleased with the end of this arc. It actually made me into a Hinata fan. She's actually respectable now and uses her own technique.

Manga thoughts:

Naruto 276 - It's confirmed, the new eye-sharingan is none other than Kakashi's own mangekyou sharingan. Naruto also gives Deidara a nice punch in the face. Team Gai, show up already!

One Piece 382 - After fighting tons of fodder, Luffy finally meets a CP9 member (Blueno) at the end of this chapter.

Bleach 195 - Yoruichi fan service. After missing a few days, Inoue and Ichigo go back to school with wounds still healing. Ichigo and Inoue both feel weak after losing badly, but suddenly they are surprised when friends arrive at their school. It's Renji, Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Rukia. They have come to support Ichigo and the others for the coming war. Best chapter of the week. I would've liked Hinamori too, but one(Matsumoto) out of two isn't bad.

Gaming thoughts:

GameFAQs Summer Contest - Current score is 130. The only division I predicted perfectly was Chaos. Even if Mario does keep his lead into the evening today, my score won't be a bad as I thought it would be.

Resident Evil 4 - Great game. Needed more Ada.