LUMAS

Hi Diddly Ho, Mangarinos!

Greetings in the nude, dear LUMAS, as your secretary lumbers out of bed at midnight, ostensibly trying to train himself to get out of bed before Lunchtime, in order to bring you this, his LAST WEEKLY EMAIL EVER ZOMG. Hence the extra-disturbing imagery. Sadly your humble soon-to-be-ex Secretary is most likely going to sleep through this Wednesday's viewings due to the indignity of a 9:30 exam - what, were they expecting a student to operate on Human business hours? However, he will most likely be rudely awoken by Presidan's insane Squeeing over the long-awaited Hotel Paradiso (or the nearest Presidan gets in that Maximillian Pegasus way of his) so if you happen to have a hot cup of cocoa with you on Wednesday, be a sport and hand it over. You've seen how I get when I'm *not* cranky and sleep-deprived? Vis-a-vis my "it's turning into a neutron-star of shit" rant about Ergo Proxy last week? Be warned.

Rest assured, dear LUMAS, you will only have to put up with this temperamental disturbing crap from your secretary for another week... BEFORE A NEW WAVE OF TEMPERAMENTAL DISTURBING CRAP BEGINS, this time from your new president, complete with ludicrous schemes, punishment anime, and group activities with that unmistakeable whiff of forced labour.

Well enough random fascism, time for this Wednesday's Anime, and an update about Sunday:

Ristorante Paradiso

Nicoletta is a young woman who decides to go to Rome to see her mother who left her when she was a child. she plans to tell her mother`s lover(a resurant owner who will not marry a divorced woman)that her mother was once married. Nicoletta latter struggles to understand her feeling for Claudio(an older man) who works at the restaurant.

Rumbling Hearts

At first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki's best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the best of friends. Then one day, Haruka confesses to Takayuki her love for him. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, Takayuki agrees to go out with her. After a few incidents, their relationship gets intimate, even while Takayuki and Mitsuki begin to realize their feelings for each other. But suddenly, when tragedy strikes, things are never the same for these four friends again.

With regards to Saturday, for obvious reasons we're not holding a Saturday meeting, but the room will still be booked, so feel free to bring along random anime to watch, just bear in mind that none of the exec, or possibly any other members, will be there. This would count as a LUNA week, but word on the grapevine is, they aren't going to be there either. Those that are going on the Expo trip, we'll be discussing the plan of where to go and how on Wednesday, so please turn up.

Well, since it's the last of the Weekly updates from me, as next week i'll be handing over to Rhiannon, while I desperately try and think of some Anime to show, i'd just like to take a quick ego-trip and say thank you for all the positive responses i've had to the emails over this past year - hearing people say that they enjoy my weekly bundles of bile and self-pity wrapped in humour, and hearing the future Secretary candidates pledging to keep up a standard that I myself set has brought a real cheer to my tweed-bound, tea-drinking hermit lifestyle. My heart may be blacker than a lump of coal hidden in Wesley Snipes' shadow (at night), but that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed making you smile. And vomit.

With that, see you all on Wednesday!

Secretary Rob (had a good run).

***Incidentally, Secretary Rob is also very, very sorry about the whole "Greetings in the Nude" thing. He's wearing slippers, if that helps, though not necessarily on his feet.***