Cracked Sanities

I know I just posted BUT I'm also going to be splitting my time with my own blog from now on http://crackedsanities.blogspot.com
[we're all a little mad here]
so yeah.. won't be posting here as much .-.
I've got cobwebs and stardust in my brain ~Nads

Kuroshitsuji - Black Butler {review}

Greetings little fledglings. Goodness that was a horrible beginning. We need to come up with something to call you readers (Will&Emily coughIDEAS?cough). But that's another subject I suppose.
A few days ago I started watching the anime Kuroshitsuji (or Black Butler for the dubbed version). Needless to say I fell in love with it and wanted to review it. Season 1 can be found on netflix, but the OVA episodes and season 2 can be found on dubbedanimeon.com (that's like my favorite anime site ever)

SO
Name: Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
Rating: TV-MA (frequent violence and innuendo- the latter doesn't really come into play until KuroshitII)
# of Episodes: Kuroshitsuji - 25 |OVA - 6| Kuroshitsuji II - 12
Summary: Ciel Phantomhive is the 12 year old son of an english earl around the year 1888. He's out for revenge after his parents are murdered (and he came back from the underworld but they don't explain too well in the anime). He makes a contract with a demon - the demon will serve him and help him get revenge on whoever killed his family and shamed his name. However, in return, the demon will get his soul. Contract made, Ciel finds himself with a new butler named Sebastian Michaelis who is, as he puts it, "One hell of a butler"
This anime is one of my top 3 at the moment. I'm halfway through KuroshitII but definitely like I better than II. It's very complex at times and simple at others, with fallen angels, demons, shinigami (grim reapers - they're really amusing), and all the politics of noble life in the 19th century. Like most anime, it has many pretty boys in it with raggedy hair and way-too-good-looks (seriously this has the most I've seen and I've watched Ouran High School Host Club - that's saying something lol). The anime itself can be quite whimsical at first, but many darker themes start to arise and twist it until it almost is like a tearjerker anime (that still makes you laugh). And of course there's that one crazy crossdresser (there's always at least one..).

I mean, it has serious scenes where someone dies and your heart feels like it got ripped out of your chest and then things like THIS happen: 

WELCOME TO ANIME: WHERE A DEMON FROM HELL WHO CAUSED THE BLACK DEATH WILL WEAR BONNETS AND LOVES CATS seriously he does I mean look

SOMETIMES THIS SHOW I JUST

[this was a really long post srry ppls .-.] ~Nads 

Firefly Hiatus

So, I'm currently on hiatus for firefly...I was relying on Amazon Prime, and it expired a couple of days ago. I will be continuing the show as soon as I can, when I set up my Netflix acct, hopefully tomorrow.

Final Update for the Bout-of-Books

Pages read: 323
Final Total: 1235

So, I just finished my read for this week...granted I could continue for another 50 minutes or so, but I have no reason to. Emily has already admitted defeat, so I have no need to continue. So, until tomorrow...Peace!

Will

Hello I am not the newbie!

Hey Emily here! SOOOOO....Nadia posted first great. I am in to the same nerdy stuff that she is but with one exception, I read way to much ( I mean it I spend more on books than clothing) don't believe me check out my other blog http://notenoughtimetoreadbooks.blogspot.com/.  So today I am going to review Supernatural a T.V show on the CW channel.  It is a very amusing show that began in 2005 and is about two brothers, Sam and Dean, who are called "Hunters" meaning they hunt Ghosts and Demons.  I am only on the 4th season out of 9 and it has taken me all most 2 months to get this far.  This show is for fans of the X-Files and is (in my opinion) really really good!

HELLOOOOOOOOO

Hello everyone ^.^

I'm the new girl round these parts. Get it? I'm "wave"-ing (BA DUM TISS)
you'll probably be hearing from me again. I'm superwholocked, not to mention a hunter, potterhead, tribute, Welcome to Night Vale listener, anime lover, reader, writer, artist, musician, etc.
AKA I have little social life outside of tumblr and netflix. I also use gifs a lot. well. ok.
Till next time (º_º)

Nads

Welcome Nadia

I would like to welcome a third writer for The Nerd Out Review, another good friend of mine, Nadia Penkofflidbeck. Don't know what she will be posting about yet, but I'm sure it will fall right into the theme of this blog!

end of Day 6

Pages read: 0

Had a long day, and absolutely no time to read. I would do my reading tonite, but...way to tired. I hope to finish the book tomorrow and beat Emily in our read off...till tomorrow...peace

day 5 update

Pages read: 102
Total Pages: 912

So, found out from Emily that I'm winning in our little contest so far, something that I knew would happen...But we still have 2 more days to do our reading. We both will have next to no time tomorrow, because we are both going to be participating in The Westbrook fife and drum muster.

Day 4 of Bout of Books

Today's read: 200 pages
Weekly total: 810

So, I got my goal is 200 pages for today, I should be able break 1000 pages tomorrow!
Can't wait...

end of Day 3

Pages read: 100
Week Total: 610

So, I didn't make as much progress as I wanted to today, and tomorrow will be even harder for to the fact that I have to work a full day. I will still try to get at least 200 pages tomorrow though.

End of Day 2

Pages read: 348
Week total: 510

So, I can safely say that I am making decent progress in this read-athon already. Hoping to burn through a decent chunk of Storm of Swords tomorrow, literally just read 200 pages in the last 2.5 hours. I will be doing the watching the next episode of Firefly tomorrow as well.

Day 2 of the Read-athon

Pages read: 147
Total Pages read: 309

So, I just finished my warm up book of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. Around Noon, I will be starting the next book, ASoS... again, GRRM fans know exactly which book this is, and the reason for why I'm reading it

End of Day 1

So, as I said earlier,I would do a post around this time to announce the amount of pages read already.

Pages read: 162

Plan on finishing book#1 in the morning, and moving on to a 1128 page book right after...any GRRM fans out there will know which book this is...Lol

As I said earlier, Good Luck, Emily...Good Luck :D

May the read-athon begin!

Simply put...time to start reading...page count will go up at 11:50 this evening for first days progress

Firefly Review: Serenity (pilot)

So, this evening I watched Serenity. Meant to do this yesterday, but I had a lot on my plate, and I just couldn't make the time to do so. I thought it was a brilliant episode, and I really can't wait to get further into the series.

So, to start, This show stars Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, who is the captain of a firefly class spaceship, called the Serenity. The show kinda has a "Cowboys in space" type thing to it. This show is about a former sergeant, become smuggler, and his travels with his crew. They also bring on passengers to try to get an extra source of income.

This episode was never aired on FOX. I will be watching the aired pilot later this evening.

So, this week is the Bout-of-Books read-athon. I plan on posting daily as to how many pages I have read each day. However, my friend, and fellow author (who hasn't posted anything just yet) Emily, who is also psycho participating in the read-athon, has challenged me to see which one of us can read the most pages in the week. To see her progress, check her blog at notenoughtimetoreadbooks.blogspot.com. All that I have to say to her: BRING IT ON!!!

Just a Quick Update

Restarted the story for Dead Rising, hopefully this time it will go a little easier for me. Tomorrow, I'm planning on starting to watch Firefly, which I will be doing episode reviews of, so that will be fun.In the mean time...There will be some Zombie carnage this evening. I might do a post on how much carnage I create later tonight.

Sherlock Season 2 Review

So, I just finished season 2 of Sherlock. Was pretty impressed with Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of the famous detective. My thoughts on a Scandal in Belgravia,it was interesting,and confusing. Irene Adler was an interesting character, and in the end, I wasn't surprised that she was working for Moriarty. The Hounds of Baskerville was interesting. I actually wasn't expecting the hound to be a drug induced hallucination, that was given to them by the fog. I will say that the end of The Riechenbach Fall did have me a bit confused, seeing as they clearly showed Sherlock jump off of the hospital, yet he's very much alive. Also, how can Moriarty be dead, when he is Sherlock's main rival. I can't wait to see how they take this in season 3.

Welcome Emily!

I would like to welcome my friend, Emily Robbins, as an official writer for The Nerd Out Review. Check out her blog at: notenoughtimetoreadbooks.blogspot.com. She mainly focuses on book reviews.

Bout of Books Read-a-thon

So, next week I will be participating in the Bout of Books Read-a-thon. Here's the description: "The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team". I plan on reading the following books: The Harry Potter Series and The chronicles of Narnia. 

Sherlock season 2

Watched the first episode of season 2 last night. Loved how they worked that cliffhanger from season 1. I will be finishing the season this evening after work.

Dead Rising 2 Progress

Basically put: Zombie slaying...don't know how far in the story line I actually am, but...zombies...zombies are awesome...killing them is even better

Games I'm currently working on.

So, I have about 5 or 6 video games that I'm playing currently. Thinking about focusing my energy on 1 right now. I'm currently working on the following games: Oblivion, Dead Rising 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Game of Thrones, and Fable 3. Gonna finish Dead Rising 2 first.

Sherlock season 1

Just finished watching the first season of Sherlock. It was brilliant, can't wait to start season 2 this evening. Moffat has definitely captured the insanity that is Holmes.

Never blogged before...but I intend to blog about what games I'm currently playing, and the progress in making in them. I will also be reviewing tv shows and movies that I have watched