Apropos of Cool

Powerpuff Girls Z?

I have done some snooping around (ie, following links); here is a quick digest.
The anime is a joint venture between Toei Animation, Aniplex, and Cartoon Network.
Character posters from the Tokyo Animation Fair.
Montage of screenshots from the preview episode there.
Analysis of the preview (translated from here)
Video clip: Combat
Video clip: Transformation

I think it's all pretty cool.  That or a hideous abomination.  One or the other.

Jobs?

Got a text message (!) from the agency dealing with the CFS contract, apparently there's some delay on the part of the guy at the Co-Op.

I mostly mention this because, text message!  It sort of makes sense since she's not in the office today and, you know, she has my mobile number.  But it's still notable because I think that's the first time.

A Passing Thought

I wish my Dryad makeup was this good.

Jobs Update

Feedback from the Umbro interview - it's a no.  Apparently they'd seen a lot of people, and though I interviewed well and had a strong CV, the role was basically more Flash-oriented than I'd be suitable for.  Which is more or less what I thought.

Still, it's nice to know that they thought I was good in the interview, it is something I've worried about in the past.  I must admit, I may have been slightly trying to access my powers, in order to make them love me.  Maybe it worked.

Easily amused

So I'm reading through Boy Meets Boy.  I'm not sure why.  It's kind of like watching a train wreck - it's too horrible, and yet I stare, perversely fascinated.

Horrible's perhaps too strong a word^[1]; it's mostly bland, uninspired and vaguely insulting.  I didn't think that it was possible to create a comic entirely out of fan-service; the central premise seems to be "There's these two hot guys and they're a couple and in love and omg it's so kawaiii ~~~!"  And that's not just the set-up, it's also most of the jokes.  There are rare moments when the characters do, say or think about something other than boylove or sex, but even then they rarely stray far from a few topics guaranteed to connect with the audience, like clothes or Buffy^[2].  The characters are little more than a collection of paper-thin caricatures designed to satisfy the author's man-on-man fantasies, and the whole thing is not really dealt with in a sensitive or endearing way.  Production values are low and there are too many jokes about the fonts used for dialogue.

That said, the odd occasion when the author ventures beyond the comic's usual boundaries does raise the bar a little, such as this strip, which is one of the first (in about a year's worth of comics) where the punchline actually made me smile.

EDIT: Okay, I kind of like this one too. Hoohah!

[1] But then it wouldn't be an Earthworm Jim quote.
[2] And even then the conversation revolves around how sexy teh boys in Buffy are.