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[Chocofreak13]

@sleepy: ahh, thanks for clearing that up. also, you have a book-off there!? i am so fucking jealous of you right now, i went to the one in NYC and it was SOEPICALLYFUCKINGAWESOME. (yes, i felt the need to invent a new word to describe my reverance of that mystical place i journeyed to alone.)

that said, knowing that there are more asian markets/sections in CA makes me want to visit even more. who knows, if my mum wants to take a vacation in the next couple years, i'll likely suggest san francisco, since it seems rather central to everything i'd like to see. (how far from sanfran to LA, San Diego, and San Jose?)

on a different note, your anime list tells me you finished sword art. without spoiling anything, can you tell me 1. was the ending good and 2. is there potential/hinting of a second season? :3

@leafy: *goes to look*

[SleepyD]

@sleepy: ahh, thanks for clearing that up. also, you have a book-off there!? i am so fucking jealous of you right now, i went to the one in NYC and it was SOEPICALLYFUCKINGAWESOME. (yes, i felt the need to invent a new word to describe my reverance of that mystical place i journeyed to alone.)

that said, knowing that there are more asian markets/sections in CA makes me want to visit even more. who knows, if my mum wants to take a vacation in the next couple years, i'll likely suggest san francisco, since it seems rather central to everything i'd like to see. (how far from sanfran to LA, San Diego, and San Jose?)

on a different note, your anime list tells me you finished sword art. without spoiling anything, can you tell me 1. was the ending good and 2. is there potential/hinting of a second season? :3

Near any major city or town, you will find Asian markets in abundance around here. We have significant populations of Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipinos, and Japanese (although, not as many Japanese, relatively speaking).
San Jose and San Francisco are right next to each other. San Francisco is approximately a 6 hour drive from Los Angeles, and Los Angeles is about a 2 hour drive from San Diego.

San Jose is home to Fanime, the main convention of NorCal, second in attendance only to Anime Expo, in Los Angeles. San Jose isn't exactly a pretty town, so they try to make themselves look nice whenever possible. Fanime provides a significant economic boost to the city and so hotels and local businesses will cater to the anime fans during that time. (I haven't been to Fanime yet, so my knowledge is secondhand)

SAO ending was all right. Not too fond of the premise in the second half though, so it was "meh" for me. That being said, the light novels do continue from there, and people say that's much better than the prior arc, so there should be a second season which I am looking forward to.

[Chocofreak13]

oooo, second season. i figured there would be with the popularity of the series (and it's a quality series, so there's no shame or harm in a second season; indeed, this might be one of the first "classic" anime we've had in years). from what i could gather from pictures, there's going to be a world shift, which i suppose might be a bit "meh". but tbh i'm waiting what mysteries unfold, and if there is indeed a world shift, then with it will come the 1001 nights type drama i am expecting. (don't spoil anything.)

ah, so san jose isn't that nice? stands to reason i'd have a shirt from a dirty town, lol. xD sounds a bit like lowell is here; most of the districts of lowell are rather *ahem* ratty, except for the downtown district. downtown also holds the lowell folk festival every year, which draws people from all over for concerts, art, and food stalls. -w-

[Nichi]

Thanks for the condolences, everyone

So, I have tomorrow off. I wonder what to do...

[Chocofreak13]

practice changeling. -w-

[stewartsage]

I'm on a train!  Next to a giant cemetery in Arbutus, MD at this moment heading into Baltimore aboard the Vermonter.  I drank a lot of tea this morning that was alright; not much flavor but oh well.  Also downed a hotel room size pot of coffee that was pretty awful.  Also oh well. 

Hopefully I'll be with Bells and her dad in like, nine hours.

[Nichi]

Have fun, man. Say hi to Bella's Mac 128K for me when you see it, since I didn't get a chance to see it during my trip :3

[stewartsage]

New Jersey was awful.  New York is just dark holes, a ditch, and LIRR trains to me.

EDIT: RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARKS

[Nichi]

Nice xD

[Chocofreak13]

WHAT DO YOU SEE MAN

IS ANYONE ELSE STILL ALIVE???


(hope your trip is going well :3)

[LeaflameSD]

So I installed Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3.2. Apparently everyone thinks it's such a god-awful GM MIDI wavetable, but I like the instruments especially the drums. I'd post a link to it but it might be against the rules.

EDIT: Got rid of it, YXG is way better.

[Chocofreak13]

i don't think so, the only things that we really had rules against posting links to was pirated downloads, and even then everyone torrents here anyway so it's kind of a moot point. i'd say post away, my friend~

though tbh idk if anyone else here plays with sound synths. i for one can't stand the sound of midis, but maybe that's due to an old grudge involving a certain game soundtrack....

[stewartsage]

Wow the Hartford station is ugly.  It's just like a chunk of red granite sitting there.

[Nichi]

@Leaf: I think some people might be interested in that :3
@Kari: I know what you mean, but there are some MIDIs that sound nice. A good example would be the original MS-DOS version of Doom; which kicks ass -w-
@Stew: Sounds crappy. Hope you get to Bella soon :\

So guys, I have a PlayStation with the portable screen. A surprise find, and for $30, I couldn't pass -w-
Now I can play Thousand Arms in my room, with a small PlayStation beside 2k

[stewartsage]

Not really, it's been a great trip.  Not like I had to stare at the station for long anyway.

Western Mass reminds me a lot of home from what I can see.