Anime and her again

A wise man once said...nothing. It is better to remain silent and have people think you are stupid, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Unfortunately for me, I spoke.

One of my foolishisms included my ignorance of the best thing in the universe. I recently read up the background and history of Gintama. Some new facts I've learned:

• Edo is actually Tokyo
• Gintama is set in the 1880’s
• Gintoki was originally part of the Shinsengumi until editing changed his character
• Gintama was originally about the Shinsengumi until editing changed the plot

Another anime related fact I just found out is that Kintaro loosely translates to 'golden boy'. My own ignorance of facts amazes and surprises me to no end.

'Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.' ~Confucius

(Oh, and here's a little anime I found http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=7625. Loud out ye shall laugh when you see the title.)

Anyways, the other day I had no pillows. How did this come about you may ask? Well guess who's fault it was again. Correctly you have guessed young apprentice, twas that noob. So my mum has this weird/annoying habit of hanging all the bed related stuff out in the backyard on weekends. It is supposedly meant to 'air' them out. Normally there will be some dust or dirt if it's windy and once in a while some shit of bird. However the other day the weather was bipolar, and decided to storm right after we went shopping. It resulted in all my bedsheets, doona covers and pillows being soaked. Have you ever tried drying a fucking pillow? It's literally like shaking a wet sponge around.

But of all her oddities and retardisms, this one surprised me the most, the fact that she congratulated me on my report. Did she not see the ranks or marks? Maybe I should tell her I'm taking illicit drugs, have got a huge gambling debt, am alcoholic and is expecting child. I've singled the list down to shrooms and angel dust, list being "Things my mum has taken to make her so optimistic." The only other possibility is that miracles can happen. To test this theory, I expect a certain English faculty to explode by Monday, fingers crossed.

Many good and bad things happened in my life in the past couple of days, and as a wise man once said, "When life gives you lemons sell them on ebay." Take advantage of what you have been given, and fulfil it's maximum potential. As the great Gintoki said:

Life in year 12 and Creativity

So the other day I went to the doctor's because my grandma is sick, so we went as a family (yes, I know that's random). On the way in my mum tried opening one of the two doors and realised it was locked so she used the other one. The most obvious and probably deliberate clue would be that there was a sandbag behind the locked door. As we sat there waiting in line, 6 of the 8 people who entered used the wrong door. Seriously, take notice of your environment next time you use your eyes.

Which reminds me of a time when I forgot to wear my glasses to school. This was of course back in the early years of high school when I could still see. But of course as the day went on, I realised I relied kwite heavily on my sight. Last year upon reception of my driving license, I was told to wear glasses whenever I drive. It is the ekwivalent of telling everyone else to remember to open their eyes. A bit unnecessary.

Recently I've been playing AlienSwarm and Team Fortress 2, both of which have their fair share of newbs. However the other day, some five year old on AlienSwarm acted all high and mighty by telling us all through his microphone that he was the most important player in the team because he was the medic. However he was not the only medic, nor was he a good one (someone I know was the other medic), and it was his job to heal us, not the other way around. To prevent further nubbery, I have paid for a microphone with which I shall tell off retards and toddlers when they attempt to act as if they've hit puberty.

For those who haven't seen it, here is the link to a video I made : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDGmJBHmlQ. It contains the misheard lyrics of a Children of Bodom song. Interesting fact: someone from Finland watched my video, what a surprise. (Excuse my shameless plugging of my video).

And to the highlight of this blog! Stoning in year 12! Not sure if this occurs often, but recently I have witnessed some hardcore stoning. Today in maths for example, a conversation went something like this:

Mr. X: What's the tenth month called again?
Me: LOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD HAHAHAHA!
Mr. Y:STONER!
Mr. X: No seriously, was it October?
Me: Dude, octopus, octagon, October?
Mr. X: Soooo, it's December then?
Me: *facepalm*
Mr. Y: *facepalm*

Something that Mr. Y witnessed was:

*Mr. Y is drawing a tornado shaped scribble*
Ms. Z: That looks like a torpedo!
Mr. Y: Torpedo?
Ms. Z: Yeah, you know, like a hurricane?

I think we are all getting a bit screwed over by the stress. Lets just take a breath and find some time to relax, or we might forget the year or our name next. Be creative and come up with something new, maybe start a blog in your spare time. I will leave you with the words of the great teacher Sakata Gintoki.


For a pregnant woman to give birth, she's gotta feel the pain of pulling a watermelon out of her nostril. For an artist to create a piece, he's gotta feel the pain of pulling entire galaxies out of his ass~

Skool, phone numbers and family

So on Monday I had to redo the 3-Unit exam since I failed the prelims miserably. Knowing in my head there was no chance I would pass I didn’t bother studying and accepted my fate. To my surprise, the test was shockingly easy, and a pass is almost certain. However my brain did not decide to work during the test, so passing has not yet been confirmed. One example of my stonering is when I worked out two sides of a right angled triangle and I was stuck on how to figure out the 3rd side. STONED.

A newspaper headline I caught a glimpse of the other day, spoke of a change to the phone number ‘000’. I saw it and thought, ‘how fucking dumb does a bogan have to be, to forgot 000’. The only easier numbers would be 00 and 0. Which leads me to an overheard during the bus back from tennis. Some kid in year 9 sitting in front of me asked his friend “was it always nine one one, or did they change the number after the nine eleven bombings?” Seriously. This dumbass is in Ruse, in the second decade of the century. What a jewfaggot (best word I have heard this week).

For the people who know me or read my blog, ye shall knowst of the person I am about to talk about. This person recently found a new job, but instead of telling their co-workers, this person decided to say he/she was sick and couldn’t work any further, and so was given a celebratory party and many get-well-soon cards. What a dog. The other day this same person told me to go have a shower. Upon completion, they complained that they had to wait 5 minutes for a shower, and I should stop wasting other people’s time. Seriously, I just want to fucking asda;kjfsdfhasd .

Last item of the day, we got our reports back. My best percentile being 10, I have started looking on ebay for that gun with which my massacre will be used for, ending of course in a police shootout ultimately with my suicide.

If you have time to think of a beautiful end, then live beautifully until the end- Sakata Gintoki

Expectations and women

So recently KFC released a 'Fiery' burger which is meant to be ridiculously spicy, and loving spicy food I went to try it out. What a let down. The wicked wings were way hotter than the 'Fiery' chicken. Feels like money wasted. But on to more important things, year 12 has started =D. The year of hell as many who have come before us call it. But the first week has not been that bad. No pressure at all so far which is great, but ATAR estimates have come out and I don't think anyone is looking forward to their interview. Expectations are going to be let down often in the next 12 months, let's just hope there aren't too many group suicides.

Onto the other subject of the week, I am once again pissed off by the other gender. They have an ability to win any argument using a special skill. This skill allows them ignore logic, reality and defies sense-making in all its glory. E.g. Today I was parking my car, while my mum spotted. She stood in front of the car telling me to "turn towards her", and the argument went something like this:

"Turn towards me."
"Do you mean left or right? I can't turn forwards."
"Are you retarded? Just turn here!" (while waving hand wildly).
"How the hell do I do that? Explain what you want me to do!!!!"
"Seriously, you are too stupid to drive."

What the hell, how the fuckface do I turn forwards?! Now onto my retarded sister. Today I saw her playing with a padlock, just patting it, like a cat playing with a ball of wool. She had such a happy expression like this was what her ambitions and dreams were all about. So I thought to myself, if I told someone "hey, can you call the police? I think this retarded girl got lost." I bet they would totally believe me.
Later when we were shopping, my mum and sister just 'drifted' into a shoe shop and started staring at shoes. Being bored as hell I noticed a guy nodding and smiling at his girlfriend as she showed off shoes she liked (I assumed that was what they were doing). And the second she turned away, he stopped smiling and looked like he was about to kill himself.

Oh well, as long as I get laid, women are fine. But seriously sometimes my mum pisses me off so much, I want to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbBD0aQzUU

Hopefully we can all supress our rage over the many problems we come across throughout our lives. And in the words of the great Sakata Gintoki, "JUST DO IT~!"

ANIMEEEEEEEE

Since year 12 is about to begin, I probably won't be able to watch much anime if any. So I thought back to all those hours I wasted/spent on animated entertainment. The year was 2006 and I was playing Narutimate Hero 3 at my friend's house. Upon seeing the awesome ninjaness of the orange jumpsuit clad dumbass, I decided I had to watch Naruto, and so my adventure began.
Deathnote, Bleach and FullMetal Panic followed in that order later in 2006, before a few more anime were touched but left alone throughout 2007 and'08. Then in the fateful year of 2009, I became an animaniac. Upon finding dignaruto.com in April, I explored more to discover animeseason.com, which I use to this day to stream anime.
Soul Eater was completed in 3.5 days, Code Geass was paused because I got capped, and I became addicted. March 2010, I came upon myanimelist.net. Hours later, the short list of completions was added, but I wanted more. By June, my hard drive was stocked with unwatched anime, but I didn't stop there, only starting more series. Now in October 2010, my list has reached a big milestone. The 100th anime has been completed. I wonder if it's a sign that the date is 10-10-10.

Nearing the 100, I thought it would be fitting to watch something good. Unfortunately due to poor scheduling I ended up needing another two so I decided to watch Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away, both great films from what I've heard.
Howl's Moving Castle was quite different from what I've seen, seemingly more of a British cartoon and without much action. However there are some interesting characters and a decent, albeit boring, plot.
The next film Spirited Away was filmed 3 years prior to Howl's Moving Castle, and the numerous similarities are very obvious. The main character is a young shy girl, someone gets transformed into something and needs the help of a young man.
This young man can turn into a flying beast, and they share an almost romantic relationship throughout the film. That pretty much sums up the two films. The resolutions to the plots are both quite boring and there isn't any complications during the film.
The one thing which can't be denied are the funny,cute and unbelievably imaginative characters in these films. Without watching other Hayao Miyazaki films I can't be certain, but the characters he has made here are amazing.

From the highs of Gintama and FLCL to the lows of Aoi Bungaku Series and Petit Eva: Evangelion@School, anime has been a huge part of my life, despite all parents calling it 'cartoons'. So looking at my past, here are my top animes:

1. Gintama- For the outrageous and endless hilarity, not to mention the best set of characters.
2. FLCL- Cool art and the best OST ever, coupled with comedy and a great plot.
3. Toppen Tengen Gurren Lagann- Some of the insanest and most outrageous action scenes coupled with the manliest Kamina produces something beyond 'epic'.
4. Detroit Metal City- Utterly random and funny scenarios with some decent music, sure to make you LOL.
5. Soul Eater- Looking past the horrible ending, the humour made this a shonen anime above the rest.
6. Golden Boy- Surprisingly only the least ecchi chapters of the manga were animated, but created some hilarious sexual scenarios with an awesome protagonist.

Some other recommendations must go to Toradora! (great characters and plot), Angel Beats (memorable characters), the FullMetal Panic series (awesome action and comedy) and the Dragonball series (for all the fun schoolyard battles). Hope Gintama comes back soon!

Bloopers and family

Throughout the history of film and television there has been countless mistakes made on screen. Some famous ones include the wristwatch which can be glimpsed in the film Hero, and the car in the background of Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring. Recently I've been watching Chuck which is an American TV series for those who don't know. In one episode Chuck notices a scrunched up $100 bill lying on the ground, when he picks it up, it is brand new and has no crinkle lines. Another episode some guy is drinking a martini with two olives lying in it. The camera swings away for no more than 2 seconds and the olives are now impaled on a toothpick in his hand. Can't people edit stuff before they show it? It's not much of a problem but it just shows nubcakery and unprofessionalism.

Again I must complain about my family. My grandma has been cooking for many years, but the other day she cooked the same type of fish she has made many times before, way too long. So long, the surface of the fish looked like it had smegma on it. I shit you not. It was horrifying to eat. Onto other food related retardations, my mum has been buying and eating almonds for the last 5 years at the least. She is a health freak so a wide variety of nuts are always present in the kitchen. During our shopping trip today, my sister exclaimed in surprise upon discovery of almonds. She had never known what almonds were. How is that possible you ask? No, she does not have Downs Syndrome. It is just a mystery of the universe.

Gintama quote of the day:

"Do you want to be Otsu-chan's fan club? Are you willing to put up with any ordeal for the sake of becoming Otsu-chan's official fan club? Are you willing to go anywhere for Otsu-chan, whether it's into fire or water?"
"Would you be able to eat Otsu-chan's shit?"

Holidays

This has been a rather enjoyable holiday so far and I hope the school term will be good as well. However not everything is perfect. I've always known that the laundry is by far the dirtiest room in my house, and it was only recently that I thought 'isn't that where clothes are meant to be cleaned?'. Now when I say dirtiest, I mean there is so much dust in the corners of the room, there could be something under the dust and I wouldn't know. It's so dark too since the designers of the house thought it would be funny if the door opened in such a way it blocks all light. What's even more dumb is that the vacuum cleaner is in there. Every time I vacuum I hate the process of feeling around in the dust for a tool which is designed to clean the damn dust.

Now onto something called karma. Many people believe in the system that what goes around comes around. However I believe that karma likes to fuck around sometimes. The other day I went for a jog and saw an old man sitting on the path. I hoped he wasn't injured or anything because I wasn't in the mood to help him out. Yes I'm an asshole, sue me. But he asked me to, so I helped him stand up and walked him to his house. It was afterward that I felt a sense of goodness in me. As if I'd done something deserved of praise. Now if karma is true this will allow me to gain something good. But if karma works properly, technically if I did something really faggy it should even out right?

Although it has been almost 2 weeks, I've just remembered Gengiah's amazing physical achievements. He ran the 90km ultramarathon a total of 9 times, with a best time of about 8 hours. And when questioned on why he doesn't run the CitytoSurf, it's because foofty dollars is a waste to go for a short jog, since he runs up to 20km every Sunday. These achievements were brought to mind as I watched the Commonwealth Games. There was a 15 year old girl who won gold in gymnastics, and a 62kg dude who lifted 156kg to win gold in weightlifting. Sitting here I realise I'm over 15 and over 62kg and haven't done shit. I don't think I can even drive 90km without getting tired. So I guess I'm trying to say, we should all try harder and achieve some- You know what, fuck it. I'm going to go watch some anime.

My own joke:
What did the joker say to Harry Potter after his godfather died?
Why so Sirius?
HAHAHAHAHA lame.

Edwin's house and Dragonball

Recently I started watching Dragonball and I’m so hooked, despite watching it in English. The funniest thing is that they couldn’t hire the right actors to voice the characters. For example, Bulma has a normal American accent, but her dad has a British accent and her mom has a southern drawl, even though they live in something resembling Japan. The most hilarious voice however, must go to Commander Red, who is Scottish. Half way through an arc his voice changed into an American accent. Later on in the arc, halfway through a sentence it turned Scottish again. How fricken poor were the producers.

So on Tuesday a lot of people gathered at Edwin’s house and thanks to Edwin for organising such an awesome day. Not sure about most people but I had the best travel experience on the way there. First I waited on the wrong side of the road for the 521, and watched it drive away on the other side. So I ran to the next suburb to catch the M52. I expected to get off at West Ryde station and catch a train from there, but I was so smart I got off on the wrong stop, leading to about 10 minutes of exploring the back streets of West Ryde looking for the station. Upon arrival, I saw a train arriving, and it was going to Epping which was my destination, so I hopped on. Only to realise the next stop was Denistone, meaning I was going the wrong way. So being a genius such as I, I quickly jumped onto Denistone station to wait for a train going back to West Ryde, only to realise that was the right train I just got off. After a gaming marathon which really deserves the name 'marathon', I left at 11am the next day, 26 hours without sleeping. On the way home I was buying a ticket from Cheltenham station and since I’m so clever, I didn’t realise the machine clearly said ‘No Coins’, and looked very smart in front of a line of people trying to shove coins into the blocked slot. Finally sleep took over at 1pm.

Anyway I just can't say how awesome the day/night at Edwin's house was. Thanks again =). And now some quotes:

"Why are you under me?"
"That's what she said"

"Why are you on top of me?"
"That's what she said"

"Fuck you, you motherbitch!"

"Let's go kill some bitches!" <--(My favourite)

Long live Oddball.