Ok, I’m gonna do a quickie post for this one, as I’m feeling the Christmas rush in the office, with the preparations we’re doing for our Christmas party tomorrow! I’m not gonna attend the said party for several reasons, but I’m actively partipating in some other way, preparing the props and the presentation for our little contest, editing photos for our memorabilia, etc. So with that, I don’t really think I have much creative juices brimming in me right now. Nevertheless, I don’t want to be late in the bandwagon of the Countdown to Christmas, so here goes~

EDIT (in sane mode, a day after posting this):

Obviously, I was really groggy when I posted this, that I wasn’t even able to give a proper introduction to this Christmas Countdown / “12 Days of Christmas” feature we have. This is a joint project of the ABC, a brainchild of CCYoshi this time. Together with other participants, JRoxas, CCYoshi, 0rion, Owen S, Quinn, Xerox, Michael Huang, DS, Moogy, Martin, Nekoro, Nekoron, CalAggie, and IKnight, we’re gonna do a series of retrospective posts, reflecting on whatever stuffs in 2007—manga, anime, games, the blogosphere in general, or even our own [otaku] lives for that matter.

I was originally planning to have a “nth Day of Christmas” format for the title, then include some catchphrase for each day, in tune with the “12 Days of Christmas” song, but bah… who cares about that anyway? What matters most is the content! Ok, that was just an excuse. I know I can’t pull off something 0rion did, way ahead of schedule for that matter.

Since I have not seen enough animes to reflect on for this year, I’d be mentioning a couple of random stuffs along the way, reflecting on just about anything related to my otaku-life =P

Speaking of juices, Momoe of Ookiku Furikabutte certainly made such a huge impression with the “FRESHLY SQUEEZED” (literally) pomelo juice she showed way back episode 1. And Momoe continued to become even more of a kickass as the series went on

I am still out of creative juices, up until this time, and I really think some FRESHLY SQUEEZED pomelo juice from Momoe will help a lot. Just seeing Momoe’s mere gesture of performing this feat makes you brim with motivation to do just about anything >3

Now on some reflection on Oofuri… Ookiku Furikabutte is one of the greatest baseball shows out there. No it’s not because its baseball BL-ness, but because of the unique take it had on this sport. It succeeded in showing how baseball is not simply about power fastballs, as depicted in most shows. It’s all about techniques, and the uhm… bond between the players, particularly the pitcher and the catcher, aka the BL battery =P

And, quoting myself in my comment on our chef hamster’s first post on Oofuri:

“Given a show like this with a different take on baseball, slow-ball or fast-ball pitchers alike, and even those who don’t have confidence in themselves, can find their selves in Ren… and inspire them to be just like he is [who trained with all blood and sweat in pitching, until he eventually gained an extraordinary control over his pitch]”

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