An Imitation isn’t the Real Deal

A couple story shorts…

Once upon a bygone time not too long after the commencement of my Manga obsession, I found that I was really digging the whole read right to left thing.  Also around that time, I was searching through one of my baby name books for Japanese names and meanings (you know, like Hana Japanese flower) and heh, well… I kinda could not read the pages properly, meaning… I could not read the pages left to right!  I did try, honestly I did!  But my eyeballs burned and smarted like nutso and in the end I could only accomplish my goal by reading the entire book right to left… and that I did. 

Thank heavens that was a one time occurance. 

Btw…  I have already decided on a Japanese girls name if I should ever have a daughter.

Although I, Anna, have been the driving force for Manga and Anime in my household, my geeky, younger, has-too-much-time-on-her-hands, sister, who is taller than me might I add, for a time acted like she was the obsessed one!  ()

Par example:

she downloaded over 200 Anime wallpapers off of the internet

researched Spirited Away throughly, found it in the library catalog and made sure to sign it out as soon as it was available…

saved pages and pages of Japanese fashion…

had an Oriental birthday party…

…and saved web pages on how to learn Japanese!

When I downloaded just 20 wallpapers off the internet, the computer died a horrible death* the day after.  

*Ok, yeah, actually that is not why the computer died, but because of it’s severe problem with massive spyware downloads, but it didnot make me feel good; too much of a coincedence. 

*sniff* My brother made fun of me.  Because once being compared to Sarah, I didn’t look very much like a Manga obsessed person anymore.  That stung. 

After being miffed about such a trivial thing, I took a closer look at my vast collection of eccentric obsession habits and… I is the real thing.

It feels good to see… 

An imitation can’t beat the real thing.