Reamed tenfold

botchii's a hungry MFer.

That's the name of the approval bot of MiniTokyo that either announces that I have been given membership, or (more frequently) if a submission I sent to MiniTokyo has been deleted. What surprised me the past few days was that out of about 14 submissions (monochrome and color scans) that have been submitted to Minitokyo, only four of them survived the first 24 hours of being posted.

Actually, one of those four is still going through the first 24 hours of being posted. Now, let's be honest: the moderators at MiniTokyo are looking for quality submissions that have been uploaded and deserve to stay on MT for the long haul. On MT, I am known as Hachiko, and on AnimePaper, another site I frequent, they know me as jsalazar.

As Hachiko, I have been a proud member of MT for over three years, and I have seen members come and members go. But based on the bad news from that hungry botchii, I have made a startling, yet eye-opening discovery: Galaxy Angel as a manga is not providing consistent excellent hi-quality scan opportunities. Contrary to the submissions from Galaxy Angel 3rd Volume 2, Volume 4 is proving to be more miss and less hit. The only ones the mods on MT are looking for to stay are full page monochrome sketches, and color scans that feature the characters shown in the full.

Regardless, as of now, I have posted over a hundred scans on MT, to go with a wallpaper and several doujins, and a bevy of credits that followed. But I compare to the process at MiniTokyo to an American Idol audition: only a select few can go through to the next round, while the majority will be sent home.

Not that I have any complaints about a majority of my recent self-scanned monochrome submissions being removed. The last thing I want is botchii to munch up my entire gallery of contributions to MiniTokyo. All the hard work..eaten, eaten.

Bloody hell.

This is supposed to be American Idol, not American Fraternity!

I am bemused that millions of prospective contestants from all over this reality-crazed shell of a country auditioned for American Idol, not knowing that they would be treated verbally like virgin freshmen pledges fresh out of high schools owned by celibate nuns in a convent. Even worse is that there are millions of viewers who feast on the futility of the millions of prospects who are given a verbal hazing by Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell. And to add insult to viewing, the executives at FOX are not admitting that there could be, and will be, some lawsuits and some reprimanding going their way in a lame attempt to save face, and deny that they have issues.

If I was told those remarks, Randy and/or Simon would be sent into a coma. On TV. While I am disdainful, or simply indifferent to shows like this, there is no doubt in my mind that their upping the ante in front of parents with children will become as condemned as Bush continuing his futile plan against the Iraqi resistance.

Were the contestants even informed that they would be given this ridicule? Were they even prepared? Did FOX even know about this? If all three questions point to no, then I believe America has issues as to what is appropriate for television, and what is great for networks like Comedy Central, who like to expose, and mock, peoples’ shortcomings. In good taste, I might add.

Note: this is the same American Idol that won an award from Nickelodeon in 2005. Nickelodeon-a children’s network. I’d place heavy odds against them winning it this year.

Thank common sense I tune in to college sports and ESPN instead. While Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser can be downright Pharaisical in their PTI rantings, in terms of quality, Jackson and Cowell AND Paula Abdul (who I’ve even lost respect for) wouldn’t stand a chance. In fact, I’ve seen people on BigSoccer, hell, I’ve seen people at my fraternity talk even better smack than those two tards. And that, my friend, is the bottom line.