I’ve really been feeling tired the last few days. The last month or so has been crazy busy and even thought it’s eased up now I’m still feeling really drained. Plans are looking a bit more relaxed for the next 2-3 weeks though so I think I’ll just take it easy as much as possible. Probably could do with a bit more sleep too. *looks at clock*

Been a bit preoccupied to fit in too many side activities although in my spare time I’ve been up to the usual shenanigans. Any gaming time has been spent playing BlazBlue on PS3 and Mana Khemia on PSP. I want to get back on to Persona 4, but that’s not a game casually when you have 15 minutes to spare. Anime-wise I’ve had a lot on the go although in it hasn’t required much time investment as I haven’t let myself fall behind. Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Bakemonogatari and Saki have been the favs, but even some of the seemingly B-grade shows such as Princess Lover and Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan have turned out much more entertaining than expected. I’m still importing discs directly from Japan for shows I like and it’s getting to the point where almost everything is getting a Blu-ray release. They’re all coming out region free so I’m happily grabbing them. The last disc of a few shows came out in August though and many from the next season don’t start until October so I’m going to enjoy a nice cheap September.

My Japanese language study has been going fairly well. I’m not making giant leaps or anything, but I’m pretty much constantly picking up  new things and getting more proficient at the things I already knew. I’m am occasionally surprising myself too like how I recently found myself five minutes into an anime episode before I realised I didn’t have any subs turned on. Also been doing a little Manga translation on the side for practise. Incredibly slow going and there’s no way I’d put any deadlines on myself , but it’s all helping with the learning.

Installed the new MacOS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) on my laptop. I may talk about it more later, but on the whole it’s about efficiency and speed. Everything feels substantially quicker. Most of the changes are under the hood and there’s some cool new technologies hiding in there.