Zombie Induced Enlightenment

So, after spending a week or so gradually working my way through The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless I was quite startled to realize that the Nobodies of Organization XIII from the Kingdom Hearts series match the description for philosophical zombies.  I mean, there were always philosophical undertones surrounding that bunch, but I was still kind of surprised to find a discussion that so closely resembled the morality debate among many fans of the Organization pertaining to whether or not it was wrong to kill them.  Kingdom Hearts II assures players that although the members of the Organization resemble human beings, without hearts they have no feelings of their own and merely function based on the memories of the person they once were.  Naturally, the various prequels and alternate media adaptations have only added fuel to this debate by further humanizing the members of the Organization.

Otherwise, I've been reading Timeline on the side.  I've also been alternating between playing Pokemon White and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.  And I finally got to watch all twelve episodes of the Disgaea anime.

The rest of my time has more or less been spent obsessing over Digimon Xros Wars.  You know, writing fanfiction, conspiring to cosplay as Taiki for Anime Next, writing more fanfiction, and waiting for the next episode to air while blindly speculating about what might happen.  The usual stuff.  Of course, I have also begun contemplating who I would like to hear voicing some of the characters if the series ever gets dubbed into English, but I think I'll just keep that to myself for now.