something I am grateful for today

- my old friend Matthew Budden, who is celebrating his birthday today. Matthew has had major influences on me, including getting me up on stage as a member of a band for the first time in my life. Rock on, Mr. B!

top ten manga

Been catching up on a lot of manga lately, and purely for the heckuvit, decided to compile a list of my ten fave manga series. In alpha order, they are:

• BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad by Harold Sakuishi


• Captain Harlock by Leiji Matusmoto


• Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata


• Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki


• Planetes by Makoto Yukimura


• Rebound by Yuriko Nishiyama


• Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki


• 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa


• 2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino


• Yakitate!! Ja-Pan by Takashi Hashiguchi