Going with the flow

Slow news week has been slow.

Black Order has finally released the first episode of the second arc of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, which filled me with a feeling of joy before quickly being replaced by despair, because not only is their website down but their Gurren Lagann torrents have been removed from a hosting site as it is now being listed as licenced outside of Japan. I just hope that's the problem of the hosting site, and that Black Order continue to work on and release their GL subs.

The Rally has been absolutely brilliant throughout the last two stages in Catalunya and Corsica, the former very much favoring Loeb with its almost track like tarmac stages and the latter being his home ground in France, securing victories in both the flying Frenchman manages to cut Gronholm's lead from ten to four points. The way things are going the final stage in Wales looks like it could be the most exciting the World Rally Championship has seen for a long time, which of course has got me very excited about going to see at the end of next month, with all prayers on Paul passing his driving test in a couple of weeks time.
The thing is, I have complete faith that he has the ability to pass it, there's just all this politics crap with driving instructors having to fail X amount of people a year and marking people down for faults when they otherwise wouldn't, I really hope he isn't caught out just because of that.
Either way, the Japanese stage is next weekend, so I've got that to look forward to for now.

I finally got round to watching 300 last night, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Although I can't help but feel as if the actual plot was implemented in a very simplistic manner, as if to keep it as accessible as possible to the main audience it is going to attract. But thinking about it, I'd much rather it was like that than Troy, which had such horrific contrast between the combat and the 'drama' that it was almost unwatchable.
Great film anyway, excellent battles and plenty of quotes that will be reiterated on the field of combat for years to come.

In the mundanity of trying to keep myself occupied I have thankfully been shown a /b/ story by the name of Blindmute Loli, the heart breaking drama of a 19 year old guy and his quest to adopt an orphaned blind and mute little girl he finds on the street. I even had tears in my eyes at one point, it is truly an epic tale and a great (if addictive) way to pass the time when you're bored in those early hours.
Update: This is truly the most amazing story I have ever read, I'm close to getting up to date and the phrase 'stranger than fiction' seems to be made for these people, it has the most incredible turn of events that sends you on such an emotional roller coaster, truly an epic read for anyone with the patience to sit through it all.

I still do not have a job.

I post this now as I most definitely will not post again until Monday, Neil and Colin are set to arrive late tomorrow, and we'll be meeting up with Haku, Paul and Swifty on Saturday for much lulz at the MCM expo over the weekend, with absolutely epic raves guaranteed in between.
It's gonna be fun, and I'll be sure to have loads of pictures to post.