Rubénerd!

Haven't seen this official art until recently, does it have to do with the upcoming forth volume perhaps? In any event, really gorgeous colours, even if Haruhi herself was ironically my least favourite character in the series ^^;.

The first time Haruhi made a visual appearance on Rubenerd.com was in this screenshot of my FreeBSD 6.1 KDE 3.5 machine. Those were the days!

"Kyon? This is God. You're not thinking about Mikuru again are you!?"

While we're on the subject of Haruhi, I can't wait to see the movie with English subtitles when it becomes available! From the poster though I have a couple of observation questions, or questionable observations. Wait, that first one was phrased better.

1. Was Haruhi a zettai ryouiki goddess before? I forget.
2. Since when did Mikuru wear Yui-ness?
3. Since when does Kyon smile?

KyoAni had some ridiculously high expectations to meet when they released the second season of the blockbuster anime that was so friggen huge in 2006, and not only did they completely miss the target they started digging into a black hole void where no light or energy could escape or be released. Well to tell the truth I didn't think the Endless Eight was as bad as the press and blogging community made it out to be, but it was a missed opportunity. Here's hoping the movie delivers.

As I was walking through Borders in Wheelock Place last night taking a break from scanning (topic for a future post no doubt) and checking my tweets on my iTelephone (that just sounds wrong for some reason) @Jlist made a remark about Haruhi.

Man, if Haruhi really existed she would totally need to be on meds. #anime

Quizás, quizás, quizás! Of course I read that as I was walking past the manga section and saw Haruhi staring at me from a shelf with a sinister smile. I take that to be a sign that the latest universe she created has her trapped in paper form and scaring the crap out of timid white boys late at night, and I expect she's getting a royal kick out of it!

But I digress. I commented on The Twitters that if Haruhi is on the mad pills, Mikuru must be on Xanax! :D

Alprazolam, also known under the trade [name] Xanax is a short-acting drug of the benzodiazepine class. It is primarily used to treat moderate to severe anxiety disorders and panic attacks.

Though I suppose if Mikuru was on Xanax she wouldn't be able to do as effective a Mikuru Beam and she wouldn't be as jittery and moe, so she's probably under contract from producers not to take any. Just taking a stab in the dark here.

For me anxiety is best alleviated with hugs. My mum gave the best hugs, of course :(. Any volunteers?