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Well, I'm now breaking what I think is the longest streak of not writing any blog entries since I updated this site. And it hasn't been for a lack of things to write about; closer to a lack of time to write about them. In the time since my last post I've finished ARIA The ORIGINATION, Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 and a few other anime series, graduated from college, played Metal Gear Solid 3, gone to Fanime Con, started smoking, gotten married, gotten divorced, lost my job, gone to the moon, fought off cancer, climbed Mount Everest, and played a lot of mahjong. Okay, I admit, a few of those were made up. But really, a lot has happened.

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Though it's distracting me from memorizing a speech from Faust, I found episode 8 of Tytania very interesting. There are a few unusual things going on in this series. First, it keeps setting up conflicts that seem designed to make the viewers take the side of the "evil" empire, while still showing the faults of that empire. It's a strangely bi-lateral take on a well-known plot. Second, Lydia (whom the series has been slowly setting up as an important character from the beginning) seems to be finally ready to enter the plot proper, and in doing so I noticed something fascinating.

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