Serial Experiments Lain DVD/Blu-ray Coming Soon

          I preordered this a month ago and said I was going to do a post about and forgot, so I doing one now. Serial Experiments Lain is getting an amazing DVD/Blu-ray combo boxset that is releasing at the end of this month. Not only will the set include a restored Blu-ray edition alongside the DVD, but it will also feature a restoration booklet, a 300+ art book, and beautiful render covers. Also, for those who preoredered, they will receive a decal of lain as a bonus gift. This is a great collection to get for fans of Lain, Yoshitoshi Abe, or anime in general. See the trailer and some pictures after the jump.

The Story:

Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl with almost no experience with computers. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate and a number of strange occurrences conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be... not even Lain herself.

Serial Experiments Lain Boxset Information:

• Age Rating - 14+
• Date Available - Nov 27 2012
• Genre - Drama
• 325 Minutes
• Format - Hybrid
• Media - Blu-ray Disc
• Publisher - Funimation

Buy From:

RightStuf.com - $53.99

DeepDiscount.com - $60.70

Amazon.com - $69.99

I've Been Published...

          Sort of. Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell (We Always But We Never) has been turn into a printed book thanks to the brilliant guys and gals over at Blurb.com! Blurb allows people to publish myriad types of books from photo books to novel and more with various options on paper, covers, sizes, and the like. A really great site for up-in-coming writers or oldhands. Blurb.com allow content creators to keep full rights to their works as well! Found here and here. And you can also sell your book in their bookstore and earn profit off it! It's free to join and add stuff so give it a try!

          That said you purchase a physical copy of Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell (We Always But We Never) here for only $8.45 (softcover). The Worst of Derek Russell is a character drama about high school delinquent Derek Russell trying to manage through the all the boredom and problems of his life through music, drugs, and sarcasms. The story is divided into to two parts, with the first half opting for a dialog/monologue-only style and the second half in a more traditional style.

Buy: Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell

• 52 page
• 6x9 inches (15x23 cm)
• Softcover Price: $8.45
• Hardcover, Dust Jacket Price: $22.45
• Hardcover, ImageWrap Price: $23.45
• Warning: Crude/Explicit Language and Drug Use

P.S.: You can still download a the pdf version of the story from my blog here or find the other Castella In Theory stories archived here.

UPDATE 1 (11/23/12): My book came today! In retrospect, I should've moved the title to the center of cover or used the above picture. Just a horrible use of space right there, well, next time. I've added pics below.

Four Days Of Short Stories I

Picture by Morfex

          Four Days Of Short Stories is writing exercise/event I'm doing this weekend (Friday, Nov. 2 - Monday, Nov. 5) where I write an original short story everyday for four days. I'm going to post them here, in this post, and also here. I do not promise that the stories will good, just that they will be written in a day. The idea is to quickly come up with an original concept and run with, to experiment, and try out new styles. It's a learning and experimenting exercise.

          Also, anyone is welcome to write stories along with me and post them here as well; even if they cannot write all four days. If you plan on doing so please follow the few guidelines.

• An original unused concept (ideas you'll had but haven't written are fine)
• No sequels/prequels/continuations to any of your old/current stories
• Experiment
• Try to make it a full stand-alone story
• Must be posted by 11:59 PM of that day
• Have fun!

          Also, the stories should be between 1-4 pages (to be manageable) be can be longer. There isn't any set theme or motif, but if you're having trouble coming up with a story idea try this: The theme of boredom or try making the boring or ordinary event you can think of unique or strange.

          Lastly, note that it says Four Days Of Short Stories 'I,' I may do this again if this first one goes well. I'm doing this to improve my own writing ability and to get myself run with concepts less stressfully and to writing quicker (looking at you Elevator Music).


UPDATE 1 (11/2/12): Day 1 Story added below. Read it in all its unedited glory!

UPDATE 2 (11/3/12): Day 2 Story added below.

UPDATE 3 (11/4/12): Day 3 Story added below.

UPDATE 4 (11/5/12): Day 4 Story, the final story, added below.

UPDATE 5 (11/6/12): Day 0 Test Story added.

• Day 1 Story: [We're Closed So, Come Right In]
• Day 2 Story: [Ride]
• Day 3 Story: [Lowell O’well, the Flying Mechanical Whale]
• Day 4 Story: [Anderson Wicked]
• Day 0 Test Story: [Letter]

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/10/12]

The picture is from artist Kazaana

          "I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want."

~Mark Twain

Artist Find! Loish

Find Loish's work at Loish.net

          Yesterday night I found this really amazing Dutch artist, Loish (a.k.a. Lois Van Baarle). Her artwork is really beautiful and she uses color to great effect, often using a variety of different colors in the same piece to create a vivid and unique look. The color never clash, creating a wildly creative world that you want to be in. If you would like to see more of her work visit her site, Loish.net, or her tumblr page: here. I'll provided a good number of her awesome artwork after the jump. Check it out and visit her site!

Noctourniquet Now Available

Pick it up today

          Noctourniquet by The Mars Volta is now available and if you preordered it, you get an awesome t-shirt of the album's cover. That's it. The album sounds great! Click me for track listing and singles.

Uniqlock: Have Fun While Getting The Current Time

Let's Have Some Fun!!

          I found this really cool site today called Uniqlock. It a really cool Japanese site that I believe makes clothing, but the reason why I think it's cool has got nothing to with designer jeans. The site has this really unique flash based global clock that is set to music and highlighted by Japanese dancers. It's really quite mesmerizing. Have a look for yourself. I've embedded its video after the jump and also place a small version of it on the right hand side of the blog under the radio. Now, know what time it is in style!

Best Picture I’ve Ever Taken!

On a very beautiful night in East Cleveland I caught someone going 88mph!!