Current musical phase: ABBA
I was obsessed with them in childhood, and since I burned them to my iPod yesterday, I haven't been able to play anything else. Every once in a while it sounds like indie or techno, because they use a lot of synthesizer. "SOS," "Gimme, gimme, gimme," "Voulez-vous," "Does your mother know" and "Thank you for the music" are masterpieces.
ABBA is also a musical form. Haha.
I thought I had caught the Owl City fever as well, and I listened to some of their songs, but I think it's just the song "Fireflies" that I like. The rest is not very remarkable.
Current book: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I haven't read that much yet, but so far it reminds me of 1984.
Current anime: Nadia: the Secret of Blue Water
Such an awesome anime. I got into it because I heard my favourite Disney movie (Atlantis) was largely based on it (to the point of copying it). Watching it now, I have to agree.
Milo = Jean
Kida = Nadia
Helga = Electra
Rourke = Gargoyle
Mole = Hanson
Both casts of characters live on a submarine most of the time. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is longer, with more character development. Also, the villains in Nadia are the Neo-Atlanteans, while the heroes are the surviving Atlanteans and the descendants of the Atlanteans.
The series is very imaginative and you can learn a lot about science from it, like in Star Trek. It also kind of reminds me of Pokemon and Trigun. Pokemon, because the villainous trio is pretty much exactly like Team Rocket, although Pokemon came later, so Pokemon copied this series.
Grandis = Jessie
Sanson = James
Hanson = Meowth (only human, and much more intelligent)
They have almost the exact same voices and appearances, although Sanson has a very aristocratic British drawl while James has more of a gay British accent.
It's also similar to Trigun, because of the animation style and the constant theme of whether it is worth it to be pacifist. On the Nautilus, there are occasions when people have to die in order to defeat Gargoyle, and there is no other option. Like Vash, Nadia is a pacifist throughout the entire series, and it costs her sometimes. She is a lot more vocal about it, though.
Also, the villains (Neo-Atlanteans) are quite frightening for anime, which is refreshing. They wear KKK hoods that are black (kind of like the Death Eater hoods) and army uniforms that are like the Nazi, Soviet and American soldier uniforms and white frowning masks. These villains don't make speeches, fly around in silly machines and cackle evilly. They shoot people, make nuclear weapons and believe in a superior race. Yeah. Get your kids to watch this one, parents! I lost sleep watching the first few episodes with these villains. They are creepy. Those KKK hoods really scare me for some reason, and I'm not even black.
I've really enjoyed watching it so far. Sometimes, I'll watch 3 or 4 in a night. It is addicting. But I'm still only on episode 25 and there are 39 altogether, so I'm about 2/3 through the series. It doesn't seem to be very well known. I guess because it's from 1990 (older than Pokemon!). I highly recommend this series to people who like any of these shows/movies: Atlantis, Pokemon, Trigun and Star Trek.
In conclusion, it is a combination of Disney's "Atlantis," "Pokemon," "Trigun," and "Star Trek." But it is original in many aspects.
What I will be baking soon: St. Patrick's Day cupcakes
I will tell you how it goes. They are green cupcakes with green sugar, white icing, green gummies made into shamrocks and Leprechaun hats made from green icing, Ritz crackers, marshmallows, M&Ms and Tootsie Rolls. Go to the website if you want to try making it as well. Warning: it was hard for a college student like me to find all the materials (my apartment is kind of understocked with obscure baking supplies and ingredients).
Here it is: http://hoosierhomemade.com/st-patricks-day-cupcakes-cupcake-tuesday/
Her version looks awesome. The woman on this website seems very creative. Wish me luck! Luck of the Irish, that is!
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