Reunited (and yes, it feels so good)

My absence from this humble blog mirrors my sad absence from regular anime viewing.  The past few months have been hectic and carving out time to delve into new episodes or to revisit old ones has been - if not impossible - quite difficult.  There are many good reasons for this, though they are about equally balanced with weak excuses.

But it is a new year and there has been a sign of sorts that it is high time to re-embrace my anime otakudom (which is rightfully in question).  Yesterday I was surfing television channels, aimlessly traversing back and forth and to and fro.  In the midst of my lackadaisical and undirected wanderings, I was struck somewhat dumb and quite astonished.  A channel which I have oft dreamed about but never gotten to watch suddenly appeared on the AT&T U-verse guide. 

Well, that isn't exactly accurate.  The channel did not magically appear.  But it was a channel which heretofore had always presented a bright blue screen informing me in no uncertain terms that "You are not subscribed to this channel".  But this particular Thursday in January, as I flicked halfheartedly among various show descriptions, I found that this channel's bountiful treasures were unexpectedly open to me.  Oh yes, gentle readers, happily channel 1484 (in HD no less) is now available for my 24 hour anime viewing pleasure. 

I feel that there should be some sort of choir singing.  Possible heavenly,
but at the very least made up of prepubescent boys sounding angelic or something. 
Can I at least get a brass choir???

My anime dorkhood blossomed anew.  The malaise that had attached itself, unbidden, to my otakudom began to dissipate.  And now, hardly 24 hours later, I am happily consuming anime shows at all hours of the day and night (interspersed, improbably enough, with Australian Open tennis).  Claymore and Hetalia, Black Blood Brothers and Kenichi, Full Metal Panic! and El Cazador de la Bruja. . . .  Despite the fact that I own most of Funimation's titles and have watched many of the ones I do not own, there is something different about the show being broadcast on TV.  I have the strange habit of stopping to watch movies, replete with commercials, when they air on television ... even when I own the movie in question.  In my quirky mind, it seems special when something I enjoy happens to air on television. 

So I find myself immersed again in the various anime titles I enjoy, and even in some I have only a passing interest in.  I hope this unexpected treat, so pleasantly surprising, will act as entrée back into my anime avocation.  It has been far too long since I greedily consumed new episodes and fondly revisited favorite shows.  There is a stack of unopened DVDs languishing on a bookshelf and dozens of episodes growing metaphorically musty in my DVR.  

So I guess there's only one thing left to say:

I was a fool to ever leave your side

Me minus you is such a lonely ride

The breakup we had has made me

Lonesome and sad

I realize I love you

'Cause I want you bad, hey, hey

Ah, yes.  Reunited and it feels so good

Reunited 'cause we understood

There's one perfect fit

And, sugar, this one is it

We both are so excited

'Cause we're reunited, hey, hey