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I read too much smut. Or at least that's what I'm told.

I was driving back from seeing the Cowboy Bebop movie tonight (will get to that later) with A, also known as

meryl_stryfe, and I was in the car stopping at a stop light, talking about this Mexican restaurant in Vacaville that I loved, and when I started to say "best salsa" I accidentally said "breast." Of course A starts crowing that I read too much smutfic, this is undeniable proof, and I reluctantly was forced to agree.

I just don't understand how I got from salsa to breast. Maybe because we were discussing cosplay possibilities for being Faye Valentine... I dunno. But I read too much smutfic.

I've decided I blame BTVS for this!

Damn you, James Marsters, for spending most of last season half- or more- naked!

Damn you, Buffy writers, for having a major season arc centered on Buffy-Spike sexcapades!

And DAMN YOU, fic writers, FOR TAKING THEM UP ON THE CHALLENGE!

And damn myself, for ruining my poor little mind by reading it.

DAMN YOU!!!! DAMN YOU TO HELLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

Look what's become of me.

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In other news, I watched the Cowboy Bebop movie!

It was very cool. Seeing it on a big screen, with high-quality sound, excellent picture and clear well-done English voice-acting is much superior to watching it on a low-quality, too-high-contrast bootleg VHS with bad subtitles and poor tracking.

I loved LOVED the music for this movie. I might have to buy the suntrack. It was all by a Japanese band called Seatbelts, but their lyrics were in English. The music was very well integrated into the scenes, especially action moments.

I think I actually liked this movie more than most of the series episodes. I still haven't seen the end of the series though, and I know someone dies but DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME WHO OR I'LL BEAT YOUR ASS! But everyone said it was sad, so that means someone dies. This is why spoilers are bad.

Anyway, the movie takes place near the end of the series, but before the big finale episodal arc. So it's like an episode in that it takes a case story (they're bounty hunters who catch people), and instead of being the half-hour episode, you get a fully-fleshed out two hour movie. They could honestly do a dozen more like this.

However, there were nice touches in that the characterizations in the movie did appropriately reflect where the characters were emotionally in the show at that time (around episode 21-22). Jet is feeling left out and taken for granted, Spike is feeling moody about his past, Faye is pleased that she finally is feeling more like a valued part of the team instead of the hanger-on who needs them more than they need her. Details like that pleased me, as a fan.

Visually, this was a pretty movie, lovingly animated with detailed character and landscape designs. There was no skimping on using a lot of frames, especially for the action sequences. The fights were pretty damn cool in this movie. My favorite being the fight between Spike and guest character Electra in the pharmacutical facility, I think. It also had one of my favorite lines: "I love a woman who can kick my ass!"

I admit part of loving that line was automatically attaching my Spuffy fandom to everything I see and hear. But really, it was a cool fight scene, the visually complex type of fight you typically only get in anime if you're watching an anime film, versus a lower-quality tv show. But the fights have always been good on Cowboy Bebop. Being a movie only made them that much better.

That's all I can think of right now... I'm feeling tired even though it's really not as late as Daylight Savings Time says it is.