Champions? Champions!

I’d just like to say, booyah, South Africa! And all that.

So, the Rugby World Cup 2007 is over. Euphoria (and drunks) poured out all over Johannesburg, goodwill to one’s fellow man is at an all-time high, and many people will – in a couple of days – wonder why they paid R700+ for tshirts emblazoned with a peculiar species of gazelle. For those who haven’t heard of the sport, it’s kinda like American football, only for MEN.

We managed to pull off a very clinical win against England with a final score of 15-6. Since I never really watch sports unless it’s on a grand, international scale (vis-a-vis World Cups, the Olympics, etc), when I eventually do draw myself away from the confines of my cave, it had better be entertaining. Tries, brawls, over-the-top tackles that make me wince in sympathy, snide remarks – in short, DRAMA.

However, a win’s a win, so congratulations to the Springboks, a worthy effort from that little island across the way (cough), and now I can finally tune into a radio station without rugger banter clogging the airways.

To celebrate, I tried to locate some rugby-tans, but it seems like this is one particular event the Japs haven’t got their moe mitts on. If you know of any, let me know. You’ll have to content yourself with a sketch from the amazing Crybringer over at DeviantArt.

Needless to say, image is ©2006-2007 crybringer.

Ok, I lied.

Unfortunately, I will be unable to leave you in despair as promised. Already, I’ve let down my loyal readers: a couple of people searching for examples of book reviews and that one guy who was looking for “queen’s blade armor removable” and managed to stumble upon my blog. Yeah, you. You know who you are. Yes, it’s removable. No, I won’t take any stereoscopic photos of it. I haven’t sunk to that level of depravity.

Yet.

Moving on, please enjoy some photos of my sites unofficial banner bearer and the very first figurine I ever bought, President Ritsuko of Genshiken fame. It was also the first figurine I shot using the excellent lighting tutorial over at Happy Soda; as you can see, there are some minor issues, but I think it was a decent first attempt. It’s a little old, but I hope you’ll like a couple of the shots.

The Flickr set can be found here. Click on each of the individual links below to view a larger version. Imageshack images will follow shortly as soon as I upload them.

Goddamnit

If I hate anything more than having several tasks to perform which require me to visit several retail and government branches, it’s spending six hours on said chores and achieving NOTHING due to bureaucratic bullshit on the part of said branches.

“Signed in triplicate?” This is how I sign in triplicate, bitch!

So, yeah. Later, my initial impressions of one of these strange moving picture thingies that’s sure to leave you in despair.