But it's finally time for a new wallpaper!



More resolutions: 1920x1200 and 1920x1080

Not much else is going on at the moment, have two other wallpapers that I'm working on but they haven't "matured" into something good yet.

I'm also starting to experience a slight slowdown in asian drama consumption, at least the japanese kind. Maybe it's because I've gone through most of the real good ones, and now I'm into mediocre country... I hope there's still a few undiscovered gems out there though .

Hidamari Sketch Rated 8.5/10	Tonari no Totoro Rated 7.5/10
The Borrower Arriety Rated 8.5/10

Iron Sky Rated 8/10

First Kiss Rated 7.5/10	Hana Yori Dango 2 Rated 8/10
Moto Kare Rated 8.5/10	Zenkai Girl Rated 9/10
Koizora Rated 7.5/10	Tatta Hitotsu no Koi Rated 9/10
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Rated 8/10	Guilty Akuma to Keiyak... Rated 9.5/10

As promised, a big list... With a bunch of new drama opinions in the bottom

Books 26 (14) - 3,7% rereads
The Running Man
The Deed of Paksenarrion (x2)
The Magicians' Guild
The Novice
The High Lord
The Steel Remains
The Saga of the Renunciates
The Bone Doll's Twin
Hidden Warrior
The Oracle's Queen
The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
The Dreaming Void
The Temporal Void
The Evolutionary Void
Trading in Danger
Marque and Reprisal
Engaging the Enemy
Command Decision
Victory Conditions
Paksenarrion
The Black Company
Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Comment: Two major book reading sessions resulted in a record breaking 26 books. Elisabeth Moon was my best new discovery. Read paksenarrion twice in the same year

Anime 38 (57) - 55% rewatches
Glass Mask
Spice and Wolf
Ouran High School Host Club
Mahoraba
Shiki
Gundam Seed
Seikai no Monshou
Seikai no Senki
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Tegami Bachi
Kore wa Zombie Desuka?
Hidamari Sketch
Hidamari Sketch 365
Garden of Sinners
Bakuman
Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season
Asatte no Houkou
Cross Game
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Kuragehime
Card Captor Sakura
Gosick
Initial D
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Clannad
Code Geass
Ano Hana
Hourou Musuko
Clannad: After Story
Code Geass R2
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Hana-Saku Iroha
Usagi Drop
Steins;Gate
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatte Iru
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile - Paris-hen
Nodame Cantabile - Finale
Naruto
Comment: Not as good year for anime as for books, more than half were rewatches, and the totals are down from last year.

TV 3 (2) - 66% rewatch
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Farscape
Star Trek Enterprise
Comment: Still a small category. Only sci-fi

Movies 7 (16) - 14% rewatches
Ivanhoe
The Town
Tangled
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Johnny English Reborn
Source Code
Comment: Planets of the apes was the best new movie I saw. Looking forward to sequels.

Games 15 (16) - 0% replays
WoW Cataclysm
Dragon Age II
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Power Grid
Smallworld
The Witcher 2
World of Tanks
Frozen Synapse
Dota 2
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bastion
SPAZ
Orcs Must Die!
Comment: Currently still hooked on World of Tanks

The Kingdom of Gods Rated 9/10

Fallout: New vegas Rated 8.5/10

Celeb to Binbo Taro Rated 7.5/10	Itoshi Kimi e Rated 9.5/10
Sore wa, Totsuzen, ara... Rated 5.5/10	Ikemen desu ne Rated 8.5/10
IS ~Otoko Demo Onna De... Rated 7.5/10	Seigi no Mikata Rated 8.5/10
JIN Rated 7.5/10	Natsu no Koi wa Nijiir... Rated 8/10
Hana Yori Dango Rated 8/10	Star no Koi Rated 4.5/10
Taisetsu na Koto wa Su... Rated 7.5/10	Attack No. 1 Rated 8/10
Love shuffle Rated 9/10	First Love Rated 8.5/10
Asuko March! Rated 7.5/10	Ace wo Nerae Rated 8/10
My Girl Rated 7.5/10	Buzzer Beat Rated 9/10
Fukigen na Gene Rated 7/10

Well, two actually. I've started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, and I've begun to watch Japanese dramas. I've been watching enough to make it a separate category in my opinions! I've labeled it Asian Drama, in case I get into korean stuff later... ;)

Still have the "media list" from last year to post, I'll save that for next month

The Broken Kingdoms Rated 8.5/10

Taiyou no Uta Rated 8/10

The Old Republic Rated 9/10

Visions Rated 9.5/10

Nagareboshi Rated 8/10	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Rated 8/10
Innocent Love Rated 9/10	Good Luck!! Rated 7.5/10
Boku dake no Madonna Rated 8/10	Slow Dance Rated 7.5/10
Koukou Kyoushi 2003 Rated 7.5/10	Bara no nai Hanaya Rated 9/10
Lunch Queen Rated 8/10	Over Time Rated 7.5/10
Densha Otoko Rated 7.5/10	Taiyou no Uta Rated 9/10
Love Generation Rated 7/10	Sapuri Rated 7.5/10
Taiyou no Kisetsu Rated 6.5/10	Yamato Nadeshiko Rated 8.5/10
Hotaru no Hikari Rated 8/10	Last Christmas Rated 8/10
Long Vacation Rated 8.5/10	Summer Snow Rated 9/10
Engine Rated 8/10	Last Friends Rated 8/10
Majo no Jouken Rated 8.5/10	Nobuta wo Produce Rated 6/10
Beautiful Life Rated 9.5/10	Pride Rated 7.5/10
Kimi wa Pet Rated 8.5/10	H2 ~ Kimi to Itahibi Rated 8.5/10

1	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1666	1 (-) +116 plays
2	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	794	3 (+1) -46 plays
3	Lunatica	656	33 (+30) +439 plays
4	the brilliant green	645	10 (+6) +172 plays
5	Iron Maiden	622	9 (+4) +137 plays
6	Kalafina	602	NEW
7	Ayreon	556	5 (-2) -179 plays
8	Symphony X	522	16 (+8) +199 plays
9	YUI	471	4 (-5) -312 plays
10	Haken	417	NEW
11	Therion	415	7 (-4) -93 plays
12	Metallica	403	6 (-6) -106 plays
13	KOTOKO	398	2 (-11) -496 plays
14	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	376	12 (-2) -68 plays
15	Avantasia	367	13 (-2) -3 plays
16	Blind Guardian	363	11 (-5) -83 plays
17	Riverside	344	29 (+12) +113 plays
18	Delain	334	8 (-10) -158 plays
19	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	324	15 (-4) -4 plays
20	Machinae Supremacy	304	27 (+7) +63 plays
21	m.o.v.e	286	14 (-7) -83 plays
22	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	278	39 (+17) +98 plays
23	Iced Earth	276	18 (-5) -5 plays
24	savage genius	265	NEW
25	Demians	257	22 (-3) -8 plays
26	Genesis	234	32 (+6) +16 plays
27	In Flames	230	20 (-7) -48 plays
28	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	223	37 (+9) +39 plays
29	Virgin Steele	1550	19 (-10) -64 plays
30	Allen-Lande	212	43 (+13) +44 plays
31	Unitopia	208	NEW
32	Dido (Yui Makino)	202	26 (-6) -42 plays
33	Star One	197	30 (-3) -23 plays
34	Tommy heavenly6	196	25 (-9) -61 plays
35	Samael	194	24 (-11) -64 plays
36	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	190	31 (-5) -30 plays
37	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	184	28 (-9) -52 plays
38	Kaipa	183	NEW
39	Demons & Wizards	181	38 (-1) +-0 plays
40	After Forever	175	23 (-17) -86 plays
41	Tommy february6	170	34 (-7) -44 plays
42	Ghost	168	NEW
43	Nightwish	166	36 (-7) -34 plays
44	Nemesea	164	NEW
45	Devin Townsend Project	163	21 (-24) -107 plays
46	佐橋俊彦 (Toshihiko Sahashi)	159	NEW
47	Dark Tranquillity	155	NEW
48	西田マサラ (Nishida Masara)	151	NEW
49	Pagan's Mind	136	NEW
50	北出菜奈 (Nana Kitade)	132	46 (-4) -12 plays

Highest Chart Debut: Kalafina, at position 6.
Highest Chart Climber: Lunatica, moving 30 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Devin Townsend Project, falling 24 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Leaves' Eyes, was on pos 17.

Three time music champion: Yui Makino! ;)

Not much to tell this month. More skyrim playing, as well as a lot of Civilization 5 + Enterprise combo pack.

And then came the steam holiday specials with tempting offers every day. So a lot of gaming ;)

Tomorrow I will start to organize the annual lists for the year in media and music, until then, happy new year!

Nodame Cantabile Rated 10/10	Nodame Cantabile: Pari... Rated 8/10
Nodame Cantabile: Finale Rated 9/10	Naruto Rated 7/10

Abhorsen Rated 8.5/10

The Hundred Thousand K... Rated 7.5/10

Star Trek Enterprise Rated 8.5/10

Bastion Rated 9/10	Space Pirates and Zombies Rated 8/10
Orcs must die Rated 7.5/10

The latest star trek series (not counting movies) takes place in the past, before the federation. It's always hard to do prequels, and very much so in this case, since the first star trek is from like 1970 but takes place after this one. So obviously this one is going to look better and have cooler stuff, even though its before the other one.

Well, it's not a big problem for me anyhow. The story is mostly entertaining, the first and second seasons starts out with mostly episodic content with a few hints about a "temporal cold war" between various factions that have access to time travel.

Season three is a bit episodic, but mostly focusing on a single storyline and a definite goal in mind (not just exploring strange new worlds). In season four the change the format again to a "mini-arc" variation, with 2-3 episodes for each arc. It works really well and the stories are interesting. Maybe the best season. Unfortunately the show got canceled after that one though :(

Wow, this is close, my clock is now 23:45 on the last november day, just in time for this months post. Didn't have to cheat this time!

So, big change on the frontpage. Now each blog post is in its own frame which makes it much easier to see where one post ends and another begins. Also added support for posting opinions to the front page. Not all opinions will be on the frontpage, only the ones that has a bit of writing in them will be published, to show them off a bit more.

I'm not used to writing reviews yet, last time I did something like that was back in college, so bear with me if they suck in the beginning. Hopefully it will get better!

Okay, time up, clock is now 23:57, better post it.

Soredemo Machi wa Mawa... Rated 7.5/10

Sabriel Rated 9/10

Lirael Rated 8.5/10

Source Code Rated 8/10

Dota 2 Rated 8/10	The Old Republic Rated 9/10
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Rated 9.5/10