neko's thinkbox

Phew. If I started ranting about the dorm’s proxy server I am locked behind right now, I wouldn’t be able to stop before dawn. Nothing besides port 80 HTTP traffic would work. This whole piece of junk is seriously trying my patience to a point where I don’t hold back anymore and get really consequent. Had some serious discussions with some higher-ups, and ta-da, the admin comes out of the blue and asks us guys here what domains/ports he should add to his ingenuous whitelist. Should be in effect by next week. Is this the light at the end of the tunnel? Time will tell.

Anyway, on to more interesting things. So—– No, this week’s Pumpkin Scissors episode isn’t as funny as the picture above. But as you can see, you always need an amusing intermission to distract from serious business once in a while. Thanks Stekkin! Because this episode is serious business, which is not about to end soon. Also, I like Alice even more now.

/me slices a carrot.

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Uhhh… What an awkward view. Very honestly, I wouldn’t want to die burnt. Anything is fine but fire… That’s why most of my nightmares revolve in and around volcanoes. But I digress. Anyway, since I missed out on these two episodes and since they are linked anyway, I decided to summarize both of them. And, of course, don’t read any more if you don’t want the story to be spoiled. Nevertheless, I will say that these episodes have some kind of fiery atmosphere, and as always our beloved guys from Section III are investigating matters. I say, this is HOT!!!

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