On Anime Crack

[sakon76]

Wonderful Husband and I watched anime last night. The first three episodes of Princess Tutu, which I have agreed with him is little girl shoujo anime on some kind of crack, with yaoi slashability thrown in for good measure, but it's very pretty. And strange. Did I mention strange? And the object of our heroine's affection is such a -girl-. Waiting to see where it goes. We also started rewatching KareKano as I never saw it all the way through. KareKano is also on crack, but a much more sedate crack. No magical transformation sequences, thank god... I hate to think what Yukino would do if she had powers.

On a more serious subject, I am ROYALLY PISSED OFF because a friend of mine can't come to AX. When the HELL did Belgium get put on the list of the most dangerous countries to US security? Huh? Huh? Treating citizens of friendly nations like they're criminals is ridiculous. I haven't seen my friend in a year and a half now and because our government, in their infinite wisdom, has decreed that Belgians travelling to the US either have to get *visas* to visit or elsewise get new passports that require fingerprints and a retinal scan on file, I won't get to see her again any time soon.

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[toothycat]

...and anyone who isn't entering the country on a visa waiver gets fingerprinted and photographed on entry, too, of course. ^^; Still, getting a new passport doesn't sound difficult..

[toothycat]

This is going to be standard for everyone from the autumn, I believe, including us. We either get a new passport or apply for a visa. I checked before we visited you that it didn't come into force for our visit - I don't know what we'd have done if it did.

I think every country counts as dangerous now...

Morag