It has almost been four months! So here is a little update to what I’ve been doing and a series of excuses as to why I’ve stopped updating Ruki. But first, more important matters…

The 2009 Aria Calendar by CDS is now available for pre-order. CDS has quite a few artists with unique styles which I think could make this Aria product interesting. I must thank them for doing a project on one of my favourite series of all time and hopefully it will help spread the Aria love to more people. Be quick, you never know when they are going to run out!

More Aria stuff! Some time in November I pre-ordered Avvenire, an Aria art book released on Christmas Eve, and apparently it arrived back at home a couple of weeks ago. So that means it must have been delivered just after I left for university again. Next time I go back home, I’ll do a review of it. I can’t waaaaaaaaaaait!

Now that I’ve got the important stuff sorted out, let’s move on to why I’ve left this blog to dry for four months. Well, I guess the simple answer would be that I’ve been busy but I think what I really ought to say is that I am lazy. Apologies to all, especially those who’ve been waiting and expecting some kind of update. Though, for it is worth, I did attempt to produce some kind of post during these four months but I never really had the time to finish them. Do expect them in the future though, I’ve started them already so just need to put in that little extra bit of effort to finish it.

After reading about this new Range Murata’s Robot Calendar over at  Hunting the Elusive I tried to do a review of something I picked up in Japan last summer. Never got to finish taking all the photos I needed to do the post and again, it’s at home so I won’t be able to finish this any time too soon.

Another Aria related post I had in progress was a map for pilgrims. Labelled locations of where you’d find some nice references and enjoy Venice. The reason why this was never finished was because of my incompetence in using photoshop. May be in the summer, when I have more time, I’ll finish this. Perhaps some other aria pilgrim will see this and actually do it before me, who knows. All in the name of Aria! Banzai!

So that is some of the stuff I’ve had planned for the blog but never did do them. As for what is going to come in the future, I think I’ll start blogging again at a gentle pace with some posts about what I am following at the moment. So sorry again for not posting for so long, let’s start afresh!

By the way, go read Amanchu! Amano Kozue forever! It’s awesome! PORK SOUP!