Sittin' 'round

Apparently, the powers that be want me to wait forever. Wait for the 4-6 weeks processing time, wait for a form that 'got lost in the mail', wait for processing of form which got sent to the bottom of the stack, wait for the state to have their meeting, wait for the state website to be fixed. That's okay. 3 pieces of paper might be really hard for morons to process. Simple website fixes might also be really hard for morons. (Not gonna chance submitting credit card info through a messed up site though). I'll wait around watching the Olympics...or scan the heck out of Newtype.

L'Arc~en~Ciel's Shine PV is a cgi mess of a video. I guess there are some pretty parts, but there are too many different visual styles mixing in. The woman looks like a giant next to Hyde..okay, she actually looks like Hyde in a dress with all that cgi. Words with "th" should really be avoided by Japanese singers. Anyway, the song is great. Liked it in Seirei no Moribito and like the full-version even more.

Osen 9! is about katsuobushi. Big business is driving specialty mom and pop shops into debt. Big businessman has katsuobushi angst.