A few random things~

I still like Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu after the second episode, which was ridiculously cute. Haruka's hair bugs the crap out of me, but whatever.

And then I watched episode 24 of Clannad, the alternate universe Tomoyo route episode, which I have to say, I liked more than just about the entire original series, and I'm not even a very big fan of Tomoyo. Not that I know much about her other than the tiny bit of history presented in the original series. Moop. I really hope the game's translation is finished before After Story comes out. I think KyoAni is dying, and things like Lucky Star and the execution of most of Clannad [other than Fuuko's route, which I liked (though it ran a bit long), and some of the comedy] are their "incurable cough of death", if ya know what I mean. Oh well. Hopefully I'm wrong and they'll come out with something that is super amazing, blah da blah blah blah, that I like as much as (or more than) I liked their versions of Kanon and Air.

Aaaand... I got my first anime figurine. Kind of. Unless you count the slightly creepy McFarlane Ryouko I got for Christmas a million years ago.
Buuuut yeah. It's Zeruel XX, the anthropomorph of, well, Zeruel from Evangelion. You know, the Angel with what appears to be absurdly durable (and sharp) paper for arms that causes all kinds of trouble and eventually gets eaten? That one. She's cuuuuuuute~ The only thing that bugs me are the transparent... breast... things. But whatever. She's also lacking the creepy skull face thing, and has random ass cat ear-like horn things instead. Unless maybe that weird thing on the back of her head is supposed to be it? Nyeh. It would have taken more effort, but it would have been way cooler if she came with the creepy skull face thing in the form of a mask, and you could attach it to her face or to the top/side of her head, like, uh... How people in anime sometimes wear those fox masks.
She also has the lamest excuse for articulation I have ever seen. Ooohhh god, oooohhh god, look at this, her head... IT CAN TURN! Haha. I'm just used to my brother's Marvel Legends collection, which I think even includes one with individually moving TOES. But I wasn't really expecting any moving parts at all, so this is a nice surprise. I just thought it was kind of funny.
But then, she was cheeeeeeaaaaaaaap. Five dollars. That's like... 80% off?
They also had a bunch of Sachiels for the same price, but I didn't have enough money. Oh well, they had a bunch, so hopefully next time I am in that area they'll still have a few for the same price. And maybe by then I will have found my mysteriously vanished from existence wallet, which I know is in my room somewhere, but the exact location is a mystery.
God, Eva is pretty much my favorite anime ever, but this is only the second piece of merchandise I've bought (not counting DVD's and manga)? I am (not really) ASHAMED. I blame it on the fact that most of the figures that I have seen (including the one I own) are all "sexy", which is boooooring. I would like a Rei figure, but not one that involves an extremely unnatural pose in a plugsuit. Nyaarrrrrrrrrgh.