Coming home last night from work was strange. It's only a thirteen mile drive down the freeway, but there were six cars broken down on the side of the road. I've never seen so many all in one night. It isn't a very important fact, but I thought it odd. I saw one tonight almost right away and thought, "Here we go again." Luckily it was the only one.
It feels good to be back to work after vacation. Again, weird. Who wants to come back to work? Me, I guess. It was nice to be off for almost two weeks and to only worry about going to class for four days and not rushing to and from work. It was relaxing, but I was getting bored, too. At least I started writing in my story again, and I found the rest of my video games, which were packed away when we moved. Of course, now that I found them, I don't feel like playing anymore. Always the way, huh? I'd rather be writing in my story. I started it and finished the hand written version around Christmas 2001. I was a sophomore so the quality compared to how I write now was less than stellar. That's why I'm glad I waited to type it up and revise it. It's way more adult and better written than when I was a kid. The original had too many stupid jokes and exclamation points, and the characterization wasn't real. I made the main character really annoying and less likable than a supporting character, which was not my intent.
Well, that's all for now.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Current Favorite Songs
1. “Follow Me feat. Sound Around” by Kagami Seira, the intro song for Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari or Saint Knight's Tale in English. It is half English, half Japanese. I love the lyrics, the way it fits the opening credits for the show, and the way it makes me feel when I listen to it. For now I can only hear it online as part of the show so I hope they release it some time. This is a song I wouldn't mind paying more money for (since getting singles from Japan does cost a lot to import to the States). “When you're around / Something you have makes me strong / So come follow me now / I can be your shelter forever.” UPDATE: I just found this on iTunes of all places. Awesome.
2. “Never Gonna Happen” by Lily Allen. I just love the way she tells this guy in the song that nothing will ever happen between them and how she doesn't know why in the world he keeps trying. I just think it's a fun song, even if she is being mean by also admitting to leading him on and giving false hope. “How on Earth can I be anymore obvious? / It never really did and now it's never gonna happen with the two of us.”
3. “Yamerarenai Yamerarenai” by the Japanese voice actors for the animated series Tenchi in Tokyo. It has kind of a country twang to it, and I love how it features all of the original VAs together. Once I looked up the English translation of the lyrics, I loved it even more. It perfectly captures the spirit of the show, which is more fun and less sci-fi based like the first two Tenchi series. Overall a great song to listen to while driving to work.
4. “Gravity” by German DJ/producer ATB. I fell in love with this song from just a short sample he put out on MySpace to promote his album before its release. I don't have much to say as to why it is a current fav other than that it is a really great song. “Gravity, it takes a hold of me / Takes me unwillingly away from you.”
5. “The Creationist” by Kerli. The lyrics are positive and the music uplifting. Her voice is different and fresh. I bought her album a year ago but have started to really listen to it lately. Not bad for a girl from Estonia (I actually knew where that was before she became popular, believe it or not). “And I'll keep walking when skies are gray / What ever happens was meant that way.”
2. “Never Gonna Happen” by Lily Allen. I just love the way she tells this guy in the song that nothing will ever happen between them and how she doesn't know why in the world he keeps trying. I just think it's a fun song, even if she is being mean by also admitting to leading him on and giving false hope. “How on Earth can I be anymore obvious? / It never really did and now it's never gonna happen with the two of us.”
3. “Yamerarenai Yamerarenai” by the Japanese voice actors for the animated series Tenchi in Tokyo. It has kind of a country twang to it, and I love how it features all of the original VAs together. Once I looked up the English translation of the lyrics, I loved it even more. It perfectly captures the spirit of the show, which is more fun and less sci-fi based like the first two Tenchi series. Overall a great song to listen to while driving to work.
4. “Gravity” by German DJ/producer ATB. I fell in love with this song from just a short sample he put out on MySpace to promote his album before its release. I don't have much to say as to why it is a current fav other than that it is a really great song. “Gravity, it takes a hold of me / Takes me unwillingly away from you.”
5. “The Creationist” by Kerli. The lyrics are positive and the music uplifting. Her voice is different and fresh. I bought her album a year ago but have started to really listen to it lately. Not bad for a girl from Estonia (I actually knew where that was before she became popular, believe it or not). “And I'll keep walking when skies are gray / What ever happens was meant that way.”
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Things that annoy me but shouldn't
1. People using the term "theory" when referring to an idea in science. The correct term is hypothesis: hypo=below and thesis=theory. An idea below a theory, folks. This simple mistake is why a lot of people say, "Well, evolution is only a theory." WRONG.
2. When someone says that some biological process or body part has a "purpose." No, it has a function. Totally different.
3. When someone changes lanes and cuts in front of me without signaling.
4. People who merge onto the freeway at 50 mph.
5. People who bitch about being caught for doing something wrong. Don't do it in the first place and avoid the whole deal.
6. People who beg for reviews on a fanfiction or threaten readers with no updates. Total turn off, IMO.
7. People who are too easily offended thus wanting to infringe on other people's free speech just so they feel better.
I could go on and on.
2. When someone says that some biological process or body part has a "purpose." No, it has a function. Totally different.
3. When someone changes lanes and cuts in front of me without signaling.
4. People who merge onto the freeway at 50 mph.
5. People who bitch about being caught for doing something wrong. Don't do it in the first place and avoid the whole deal.
6. People who beg for reviews on a fanfiction or threaten readers with no updates. Total turn off, IMO.
7. People who are too easily offended thus wanting to infringe on other people's free speech just so they feel better.
I could go on and on.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Theory
So here I go again with yet more thoughts on my favorite anime. See what happens when I'm home all week with nothing to do?
Nine years ago I was introduced to a show called Tenchi Muyo!. I watched it religiously on Toonami and taped all of the (edited) episodes. I bought the movies. I started two fanfics (granted they were both crossovers, but I digress...). Then I forgot about it. For some random reason I started watching it on You Tube a few months back (I have the DVDs but they were in storage at the time). Then I started doing research and learned A LOT. So although I was always geared towards a certain pairing, K-sensei apparently was always intending for him to end up with all of the girls. Just look at his other series GXP and his various other works. Harem endings. In ep. 13 of TM!R, we are introduced to Ayeka and Sasami's mom, dad, and aunt Funaho, Yosho's mom. Funaho expresses to Washu that Jurai is worried about such a concentrated group of powerful beings living together. Mihoshi=granddaughter of the GP head marshal and apparently very lucky and indestructible. Ayeka=first princess of Jurai's most powerful royal house. Sasami=Tsunami and Ayeka's sister. Ryoko=Washu's daughter and the only one to ever successfully attack Jurai. Ryo-ohki=ship created by Washu and only one successful in attacking and destroying Jurai's defenses. Washu=Choushin, greatest genius in the universe, and the one who created Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. Tenchi=can create 3 Light Hawk Wings and use material conversion. Not hard to see why she was worried. With the addition of Noike (who I really don't like along with many English version fans) this makes them even more of a threat.
Since Jurai does allow the practice of a man taking many wives and since Tenchi marrying all of the girls (even the cabbit in human form hopefully at least) for political reasons would make a lot of people happy and assure Jurai is fairly safe as the ruling power, this outcomes seems plausible to me now. There is also the fact that Tenchi loves each of the girls and would never hurt or leave any one of them. They're a family, unconventional as it is. I still don't see the Tenchi from OVAs 1 and 2 wanting to be ruler of Jurai, but his character changes a lot by GXP. (Personally I like to ignore GXP and the 3rd OVA.) So say he does eventually become ruler and have relationships with the girls. The only confirmed kids in the future are his son and daughter, born in the same year. No mother is given, but there is a picture of his son, who looks very much like Washu (what ever you want to make out of that). Ryoko also has a daughter who looks somewhat like Tenchi, but (conveniently here too) no father is named.
Maybe he does marry all of the girls for political reasons. Marriage doesn't necessarily mean that kind of love. I mean, yeah, he loves them all, but it is almost explicitly stated that by the third OVA he still loves them all as family. It could change where he loves them all to be life partners, and they all accept that and don't mind. Or he could bow to politics and marry them all so as not to anger Jurai or split up his family. Either way, two kids are the result somewhere along the line.
My idea (which has nothing to do with anything official, I just thought of it on my own earlier) is that a political marriage makes sense given history and how he feels about everyone. At the same time, if he still does view any of the girls as family, it seems unlikely he would have a physical relationship with them. Sasami does eventually grow up and assimilate with Tsunami, but I feel the two have a more big brother/little sister relationship. Noike just sucks and shouldn't even be a competitor :-P I never knew what a Mary Sue was until she came along and I looked it up. So unless Washu used one of her "samples" from him with her cells (or even Ryoko since she's her mom and it would make sense genetically speaking if he inherited his looks from his grandma) for Tenchi's son and Ryoko was with someone else not Tenchi thus producing the girl shown with Ryo-ohki junior, then he was with at least one of the girls.
Wow, somewhere along the line my point got lost. Apologies.
Nine years ago I was introduced to a show called Tenchi Muyo!. I watched it religiously on Toonami and taped all of the (edited) episodes. I bought the movies. I started two fanfics (granted they were both crossovers, but I digress...). Then I forgot about it. For some random reason I started watching it on You Tube a few months back (I have the DVDs but they were in storage at the time). Then I started doing research and learned A LOT. So although I was always geared towards a certain pairing, K-sensei apparently was always intending for him to end up with all of the girls. Just look at his other series GXP and his various other works. Harem endings. In ep. 13 of TM!R, we are introduced to Ayeka and Sasami's mom, dad, and aunt Funaho, Yosho's mom. Funaho expresses to Washu that Jurai is worried about such a concentrated group of powerful beings living together. Mihoshi=granddaughter of the GP head marshal and apparently very lucky and indestructible. Ayeka=first princess of Jurai's most powerful royal house. Sasami=Tsunami and Ayeka's sister. Ryoko=Washu's daughter and the only one to ever successfully attack Jurai. Ryo-ohki=ship created by Washu and only one successful in attacking and destroying Jurai's defenses. Washu=Choushin, greatest genius in the universe, and the one who created Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. Tenchi=can create 3 Light Hawk Wings and use material conversion. Not hard to see why she was worried. With the addition of Noike (who I really don't like along with many English version fans) this makes them even more of a threat.
Since Jurai does allow the practice of a man taking many wives and since Tenchi marrying all of the girls (even the cabbit in human form hopefully at least) for political reasons would make a lot of people happy and assure Jurai is fairly safe as the ruling power, this outcomes seems plausible to me now. There is also the fact that Tenchi loves each of the girls and would never hurt or leave any one of them. They're a family, unconventional as it is. I still don't see the Tenchi from OVAs 1 and 2 wanting to be ruler of Jurai, but his character changes a lot by GXP. (Personally I like to ignore GXP and the 3rd OVA.) So say he does eventually become ruler and have relationships with the girls. The only confirmed kids in the future are his son and daughter, born in the same year. No mother is given, but there is a picture of his son, who looks very much like Washu (what ever you want to make out of that). Ryoko also has a daughter who looks somewhat like Tenchi, but (conveniently here too) no father is named.
Maybe he does marry all of the girls for political reasons. Marriage doesn't necessarily mean that kind of love. I mean, yeah, he loves them all, but it is almost explicitly stated that by the third OVA he still loves them all as family. It could change where he loves them all to be life partners, and they all accept that and don't mind. Or he could bow to politics and marry them all so as not to anger Jurai or split up his family. Either way, two kids are the result somewhere along the line.
My idea (which has nothing to do with anything official, I just thought of it on my own earlier) is that a political marriage makes sense given history and how he feels about everyone. At the same time, if he still does view any of the girls as family, it seems unlikely he would have a physical relationship with them. Sasami does eventually grow up and assimilate with Tsunami, but I feel the two have a more big brother/little sister relationship. Noike just sucks and shouldn't even be a competitor :-P I never knew what a Mary Sue was until she came along and I looked it up. So unless Washu used one of her "samples" from him with her cells (or even Ryoko since she's her mom and it would make sense genetically speaking if he inherited his looks from his grandma) for Tenchi's son and Ryoko was with someone else not Tenchi thus producing the girl shown with Ryo-ohki junior, then he was with at least one of the girls.
Wow, somewhere along the line my point got lost. Apologies.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Plot
So:
Tenchi and Gohan in the past are born with powers that make the Goddesses interested in them. They allow the boys to face the Triad hoping one or both will prove to be the power higher than them that they are looking for. They fail, however. Washu, in an attempt to seal away the Triad, has to also give up her powers. She turns into a humanoid and spends 20,000+ years in the third dimension, where she meets her husband, has a son, befriends Naja, clones Kagato, and creates Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. Her powers and essence are the gems that she gave Ryoko, but she can not use them fully, at least in her current state. Washu cannot use them either due to her becoming the entity we all come to know. When the time comes, Tokimi is able to release the seal on her sister since her powers are no longer holding the Triad prisoner. She had to wait to do this because she still wanted to find the beings. Her powers are basically split up between the three gems, holding the Triad in place, and Washu herself though the last one has the least amount of power. What about the gems? I don't know to be truthful. In the anime she is able to turn into her Choushin self and tells Tokimi to release her and Tsunami because they need to contain Tenchi before he rips the universe apart with the powers he is not ready for. Anyway, I'll just say they have her power, but they are not the sole source or container of it.
The boys are reborn thanks to Tokimi though she keeps this from Tsunami. Their powers eventually catch the Goddesses' eyes hence their interest in Tenchi and Gohan (from afar). The key to controlling their powers is being well-rounded (having all four virtues). They use this to beat the Triad finally. At the same time, their powers are not given to them by the Goddesses because they cannot create something more powerful than them. They cannot even beat the Triad. All they can do is contain the beings as explained, but this even fails eventually. So why do they have these powers if they are not the higher beings? A lot of fans have speculated on the real version of Tenchi being an avatar, a manifestation of the kami in this plane. I rather like that idea so I may hint at it. Maybe.
Tenchi and Gohan in the past are born with powers that make the Goddesses interested in them. They allow the boys to face the Triad hoping one or both will prove to be the power higher than them that they are looking for. They fail, however. Washu, in an attempt to seal away the Triad, has to also give up her powers. She turns into a humanoid and spends 20,000+ years in the third dimension, where she meets her husband, has a son, befriends Naja, clones Kagato, and creates Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. Her powers and essence are the gems that she gave Ryoko, but she can not use them fully, at least in her current state. Washu cannot use them either due to her becoming the entity we all come to know. When the time comes, Tokimi is able to release the seal on her sister since her powers are no longer holding the Triad prisoner. She had to wait to do this because she still wanted to find the beings. Her powers are basically split up between the three gems, holding the Triad in place, and Washu herself though the last one has the least amount of power. What about the gems? I don't know to be truthful. In the anime she is able to turn into her Choushin self and tells Tokimi to release her and Tsunami because they need to contain Tenchi before he rips the universe apart with the powers he is not ready for. Anyway, I'll just say they have her power, but they are not the sole source or container of it.
The boys are reborn thanks to Tokimi though she keeps this from Tsunami. Their powers eventually catch the Goddesses' eyes hence their interest in Tenchi and Gohan (from afar). The key to controlling their powers is being well-rounded (having all four virtues). They use this to beat the Triad finally. At the same time, their powers are not given to them by the Goddesses because they cannot create something more powerful than them. They cannot even beat the Triad. All they can do is contain the beings as explained, but this even fails eventually. So why do they have these powers if they are not the higher beings? A lot of fans have speculated on the real version of Tenchi being an avatar, a manifestation of the kami in this plane. I rather like that idea so I may hint at it. Maybe.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Oh yeah!
For the random daily photo, check out my other blog My World. It's full of awesome.
Just kidding.
But seriously. Go look.
Just kidding.
But seriously. Go look.
Last week was...
pretty interesting.
Monday: my birthday. I hung out with my mom, and we went to an antique shop. Who knew it would be fun? I got this awesome Japanese vase/jar. Then we went to my grandma's (her b-day too). I got three hats and the money to buy the new Boom Blox game. Later that night Wyatt and Carrie came over. They made me cupcakes (yum) and got me a poster of Ayu drawn in Akira Toriyama's style. We went to Denny's, and I spent the night at their house.
Tuesday: Wild Animal Park with Wyatt, Carrie, and her dad. Too much fun and lots of animals and plants.
Wednesday: I got the Negima box set, the new Boom Blox game, and My Japanese Coach for the DS before my mom dropped me off at work and then picked me up at 8.
Thursday: Nothing special
Friday: This super friendly cat won't go away and even follows my bro in the house. We shoo her away anyway because of Charly.
Saturday; I hang out with someone from work, go to LA to the clinic for his "medication", and find out we moved in across the street from someone at the store. We're neighbors! Random. Also, the cat is hers.
Sunday: help with the liquor load (for real this time). I was off early, and vacation started! Yay.
Monday: my birthday. I hung out with my mom, and we went to an antique shop. Who knew it would be fun? I got this awesome Japanese vase/jar. Then we went to my grandma's (her b-day too). I got three hats and the money to buy the new Boom Blox game. Later that night Wyatt and Carrie came over. They made me cupcakes (yum) and got me a poster of Ayu drawn in Akira Toriyama's style. We went to Denny's, and I spent the night at their house.
Tuesday: Wild Animal Park with Wyatt, Carrie, and her dad. Too much fun and lots of animals and plants.
Wednesday: I got the Negima box set, the new Boom Blox game, and My Japanese Coach for the DS before my mom dropped me off at work and then picked me up at 8.
Thursday: Nothing special
Friday: This super friendly cat won't go away and even follows my bro in the house. We shoo her away anyway because of Charly.
Saturday; I hang out with someone from work, go to LA to the clinic for his "medication", and find out we moved in across the street from someone at the store. We're neighbors! Random. Also, the cat is hers.
Sunday: help with the liquor load (for real this time). I was off early, and vacation started! Yay.
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