The Best of Netflix at UT Tyler

It's that time of year here at UT Tyler where, for most of us, the stress of class obligations and assignments is on hiatus.  While most of us do have plans, there will be times where we are looking for something to do.  But have no fear, Netflix is always there to provide you a good break from reality with its thousands of shows available.  Not sure what to watch? No worries, I have compiled a list of my personal favorite shows on Netflix. 

The Return of Fall

   Ahh, the new Fall semester is upon us! Time for buying college-ruled paper, spending financial aid money on things totally not related to school, and for starting new courses and meeting new students. In some cases you even get to meet old friends as they might be starting new paths in life, ie: starting a new college paths, etc...

Fun TV Shows

TV Shows To Check Out!

   So, I am something of a hybrid between TV junkie and TV snob? I love the shows that I, well, love. The problem is, I also detest almost everything on TV that I don’t like. Not to say, ‘oh, I just don’t watch it,” but rather I actually find 99.9% of shows un-watchable for different reasons. To me, TV is a way to relax and invest my time – bad TV wastes my time.  So, what do *I* find watchable?

Ani-What-Now? Anime and You PART 2

Anime and You
PART 2: Deeper Themes & Genres

   In the last blog I got to talk about a small section of the Anime-Cake which included what an “opening animation” was, as well as some genres ( although, obviously, not all of them could be included – I’ll mention some more here … )

Ani-what-now? Anime & You!

Ani-What-now? Anime & You! 

PART 1 - An Introduction! 

[Disclaimer ~ Anime is a huge topic. HUGE! It is about as 'deep' as trying to explain the diversity in literature or novels. As such, this blog covered very, very broad strokes of content. I'd love to go more into some weirder shows like Hellsing, Berserk, Kenshin, or others, but for now this introduction is possibly the best entry point into the anime waters. Deeper subjects to follow? We'll see! ]

Pink Hair? Ninja? Must be anime ...

One of my favorite things in the world is "anime", Japanese animated programming that has subject content that ranges from being OK for young adult audiences all the way to R-Rated content. Much like our own American TV system, Japanese anime can cover topics from the adorable to the violent, it just depends on what you like and what you consider "worth watching". While the legal rights system which governs showing copyrighted TV content here at the University of Texas at Tyler has prevented out long-standing Anime Club from being able to show these titles, it does not keep this topic from being particularly popular and beloved by many UT Tyler students.

   While I think it might be worth covering Japanese anime in more depth across different blog posts, I think an "Introduction to Anime" post might be fun! I'll cover the genres anime can (broadly) cover, the opening animations/songs, and the difference between anime for TV, OVA ( Japan's answer to Direct-to-DVD shows ), and movies that appear in cinema.

Final Semester CHAOS

   So this is not my normal kind of post, but this semester has been extremely insane. I've dealt with the turbulence of Biology classes ( three at once! ), taking my final level of Japanese, and then also doing online-classes to boot!