banner of the stars
For day two of my Crest of the Stars marathon, I finished up Crest of the Stars and watched the first five episodes of Banner of the Stars. I have to say I've fallen in love with the series. Jinto and Lafiel actually talk to one another. And there's banter! They can be serious and sad or witty and funny. She's smart and he can hold his own and they both understand subtext. None of the usual stupid "I want to say something, but I can't! O! Angst!" for 26 episodes. The way those two interact is interesting. More interesting, even, since I think we're missing something in the translation. I know just enough to spot that the way Jinto uses Japanese politeness is kind of cute.
And I'll take back all I've said about fairy princesses.
I was going to suggest that CTRL-A start showing Banner of the Stars II next term, since the first volume comes out in August. Then I noticed that we only got half-way through Banner of the Stars. (My marathon is now two episdes short of catching up with everything shown so far). I think I'm going to suggest we restart that instead.
I went to my first toga party on Saturday and had a great time. I felt kind of bad because a bunch of us went on a bit of a walk for some fresh air which turned into a bunch of us walking someone home which turned into a little visit at this person's place. I think we were gone for almost 2 hours. Even so, we got back with lots of party to spare, even though we missed some people who left early. Or were pretty much passed out on the couch. I got to play piano a bit, too, which is fun. It's too bad I'm pretty much useless in jam sessions. Also too bad most of my repertoire has faded from memory. I should practice more.
I didn't get nearly enough sleep, but made up for that last night, I think. I've got a horribly long week of meetings ahead of me. Good think I've taken Friday off.