Time for another year to end, and as has been usual lately I have problems making up my mind if it's been a good or a bad year. Anyway, happy new year to all of you!


Best anime: Slayers Revolution. Sure, it's a lightweight entertainment show, but it's so nice to see them again.

Best month: October. This is an utterly strange answer for being me, I know.

Best political event: Waking up to the news of Nov. 5. OK, so I'm way too cynical to expect the coming of the saviour like some seem to be, but hey, for a while we can at least pretend they will be almost like a normal developed country.

Best book: Spelaren Christian Günther by Henrik Arnstad. [Biography of the Swedish Foreign Minister during WW2.]

Best music: Baccano! soundtrack. (Could probably have been "best anime" as well.)

Best real life irony: The "markets should be free" people suddenly screaming for mommy government to come bail them out. (The downside: they'll never learn from their mistakes, will they?)

Best manga: Fullmetal Alchemist. Again.

Best tea: Green, pure.

Best pets: Cats. Yes, no change there.

Best politician (this answer shall not be seen as binding): Angela Merkel.

Best html tag: <small>. At least for LJ and similar use.

Best currency in stash: Euro. If only I had had more of it in stock before the local crowns started to behave as a lead weight in water...

Best coffee: Cappuccino.

Best question: "So who am I?" (Me asking a friend.)

Best friends: All of them.


Also, a while ago, a surprise small package from Japan turned up, courtesy of spherehunter who I am greatly indebted to now!


I could have gotten an Asuka in a nice aerobics outfit...
...but what I got in the candy-with-a-surprise box was something else:





Actually, I kind of like how it turned out too. It's fitting, if in a somewhat other way I suppose. [Stop laughing now, S-chan.]