OK. So my comeback to this blog is not really that dramatic as the title suggests, but heck I miss writing here! It definitely feels like forever. It’s a wonder this little corner of the world hasn’t revolted against me for ignoring it for quite a while.

Let’s see… what have I been doing while I wasn’t here….? Being bewildered most of the time…

1. I’ve been mistaken for a mangaka (manga series creator), again - Do I come across as talented enough to be able to draw my own manga? I can’t even draw anything unless I have a ruler, set of squares, protactor, compass and a drawing board.
2. I’ve been mistaken for a manga publisher - This bewilders me to no end. Do I even sound like one? Wait. How are they supposed to sound like anyway?
3. I’ve been established as an Emo magnet - This I could really do without. I never would’ve even thought about it until someone pointed it out to me. Why these depressed and terribly disturbed individuals seem to think I’ll be their salvation, I have no idea.
4. I broke my DVD player - This one is heartbreaking. How am I supposed to get my bishie fix while trying to justify that watching anime is an effective way for me to learn Japanese amidst the snickering of my family members?
5. I’ve been swamped with projects at work - I don’t know if the end of the world is nearing already but it seems like all of our design projects have to be finished today, as if Armageddon will start tomorrow. I wish.
6. I’ve been trying to compile my scanlation wisecracks - I’m not ready for it yet though. I feel like I’ll have too much material to work with, it’ll probably end up as a multi-part series. XD Something like “Aerandria: Behind the Scenes”
7. I’ve been fending off rabid manga fangirls - It’s a full-time job, I assure you. They vary from the ‘refresh the webpage every 30 seconds’ to the L33t typing ones, to the ALL CAPS typing ones, to the screaming bloody murder ones.

I wish I had some really good parting remarks but I don’t. taking over the world using smut takes up most of my brain processing capabilities.

I knew it was time to admit defeat. For months I’ve been doing most of the proofreading for Aerandria, along with scanning, QC, editing, managing staffers, and everything else that goes with scanlating. Being the crazy OC person that I am, I am too particular with how the translations scripts were formatted, leaving me with less time for everything else on the site.

In short, it was time to hire a new English Proofreader.

Oh, I knew I was going to be swamped with applications, seeing as it’s the easiest job in the scanlation world. You don’t have to know japanese, Photoshop, and you don’t have to scan to be a proofreader. It’s the easiest thing, right? So I put my Proofreader requirements on the site, warned them that I will probably work them to the ground, and waited for the applications. Well, I was prepared for the onslaught of applications; what I wasn’t prepared for was the content of the applications. Want some samples?

I’m not so careless with my punctuation, grammer or spelling…

Right…. *scratches head*

I love manga and I am crazy about proper grammer.

O__O I have several more where that came from, but you guys get the general idea, right? I’m not sure when the law legalizing ‘grammer’ as another variation of the word ‘grammar’ came into effect. And the biggest joke was that I even wrote the correct spelling of grammar on the application page itself!

yes i was also wandering if…

*sighs* Those kinds of mistakes can be common. They can even be ignored if someone is applying for translator, manga scanner or editor. But never for an English Proofreader. Your application email already speaks of your ability so if you foul it up then you really can’t expect me to email you back, much less get the job, right?

Spellings were the least of my problems. There were also a lot of applications who used wrong grammar (Yes, people. Believe it or not, that’s the correct spelling!), wrong punctuations, wrong capitalizations, and some just didn’t really make any sense.

I appreciate all those people who applied… but… since you actually took the time to apply, couldn’t you also have taken the time to make sure your application was correct and foolproof?

And just because you’ve lived in America for how long doesn’t mean you have perfect English. That reason doesn’t justify your application. It won’t make us hire you because of it.

Is the blog dead? Maybe. Hea don over to Aerandria where I can actually manage to post an update every single day. Oh my poor, poor blog.