Top Movies of 2009

As the year comes to a close, and my current lack of motivation in actually writing something meaningful here, I've decided on something easy. Without further a do, in no particular order, are my top movies of 2009.

Watchmen

While it does not even dream of living up to its graphic novel counterpart, this film certainly made a good attempt at accomplishing something that I doubt is very possible. Jon 'Dr. Manhattan' Osterman is the f[*beep*]ing Ubermensch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpPjuMhS1s

Earth

I didn't actually see this one, but the trailer alone trumps the entirety of many films released this year. Shame it was so commercialized, but I have no doubt it is magnificent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T6APT6_w7I

Angels and Demons

Vastly better than The DaVinci Code, this movie was too intense to ignore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVeN-58HKk

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Disappointing, but I couldn't exclude one of my favorite stories of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_r-a9bfTc

District 9

The documentary style feeling makes the story so realistic and it parallels so greatly actual injustices. Very believable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHihFA8q8xI

Inglorious Bastards

The alternate history, hilarious brutality, and beautiful passion within this movie made is even more than enjoyable from start to finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQhTVz5IjQ

Zombieland

Two words: Bill Murray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cIjPOJdFM

Avatar

I want to be a Na'vi! Very telling on the nature of humans, and with stunning visuals, the heart of this movie is undeniable and very moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ

There are still some others that I have yet to see that look at least somewhat hopeful. I'm also looking forward to The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. It looks quite interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFxqw0jbC2Y

Awesome Blog: Hungry for (mostly) Japanese words

http://maki.typepad.com/

This blog is very helpful, interesting, and fun.

A Monster Without a Name

A long, long time ago in a land far away,
There was a monster without a name.
The monster wanted a name so badly.
So the monster left to go on a journey to find a name.
But the world was so large that he split into two to make his journey.
One went to the west and the other went towards the east.
The monster who went to the east found a village.

At the entrance of the village there was a blacksmith.
“Mr. Blacksmith, please give me your name,” said the monster.
“You can’t give away your name,” the blacksmith replied.
“If you give me your name, I’ll enter you and give you strength.”
“Really? If you can make me stronger, then I’ll give you my name.”
The monster entered the blacksmith.
The monster became Otto the Blacksmith
Otto the Blacksmith became the strongest man in the village.
But one day he said,
“Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become.”
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
The hungry monster ate Otto from the inside out.
The monster returned to being a nameless monster.
Even when he entered Hans the Shoemaker…
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
He returned to being a nameless monster.
When he entered Thomas the Hunter…
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
He once again returned to being a nameless monster.

The monster came to a castle looking for a wonderful name.
In the castle, there was a sick boy.
“If you give me your name, I’ll give you strength.”
“If you can cure this illness and make me strong, I’ll give you my name.”
The monster entered the boy.
The boy became well.
The king was so pleased! “The prince is well! The prince is well!”
The monster liked the boy’s name.
He also liked living in the castle.
So even though he was hungry, he endured.
Every day his stomach growled, but he endured it.
However, he was so hungry that one day he said,
“Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become.”
The boy ate the king and even his servants.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
Since there was no one there anymore, the boy went on a journey.
He kept on walking for days and days.

One day, the boy met the monster who traveled to the west.
“I have a name. It’s a wonderful name, too.”
The monster who went to the west said,
“I don’t need a name. I’m happy even without a name.”
We just have to accept that we are monsters without a name.
The boy ate the monster who went to the west.

The monster finally had a name,
But all the people who could call him by that name have disappeared.
And Johan was such a wonderful name, too.

-END-

I just completed Monster. Amazing series...I'm still shaking from those last few pages.

Bari bari. Gosha Gosha. Baki Baki. Goku....

Random stupid quotes

"Dude, you talk about hula hooping like recreational drug use. 'Alright, c'mon, who hasn't tried some yet?'"
-Alice Cooper

"Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions." - Woody Allen

"There's a whole shit-load a stuff you don't know, child'!" Queeney from CCoBB.

My pet. My best friend. My confidant. The Dirt Devil. My companion. The most powerful being in the Universe next to God and Arnold Schwartzenger.

My brother.

R.I.P.

1993-January 16, 2009.

I love you.

A Little Dog Angel

High up in the courts of heaven today
a little dog angel waits;
with the other angels he will not play,
but he sits alone at the gates.
"For I know my master will come" says he,
"and when he comes he will call for me."

The other angels pass him by
As they hurry toward the throne,
And he watches them with a wistful eye
as he sits at the gates alone.
"But I know if I just wait patiently
that someday my master will call for me."

And his master, down on earth below,
as he sits in his easy chair,
forgets sometimes, and whispers low
to the dog who is not there.
And the little dog angel cocks his ears
and dreams that his master's voice he hears.

And when at last his master waits
outside in the dark and cold,
for the hand of death to open the door,
that leads to those courts of gold,
he will hear a sound through the gathering dark,
a little dog angel's bark.

Noah M. Holland

Slumdog Millionaire

.....WAS AMAZING!!!!

@%844>4446647777

1. Rapping in other languages is one of my favorite things to do.
2. I love dancing all over like an idiot.
3. I am under the impression that I was born with some sort of marijuana in my blood stream, because every time somebody describes to me how it feels, they only seem to describe how I feel all of the time.
4. I think that if my soul was epitomized in the form of some sort of animal, it’d be a raccoon. Or maybe a tanuki.
5. I think that all wooden floorboards should whistle when walked upon like Nijo Castle in Kyoto.
6. The “voices” in my head should have their own sitcom.
7. There’s totally going to be a trap door leading to a secret room in my house when I grow up. Haven’t decided if it’ll be triggered by a book or statue of some sort.
8. I’ve REALLY wanted to find and save some baby opossums lately.
9. Rather than homesickness, I have a horrible case of what I call Nippon-sickness.
10. I’ve decided that all cool wildlife speaks Japanese and therefore add Japanese name suffixes like ‘san’, ‘kun’, ‘sama’, ‘chan’, etc. to all of their names when speaking to them. Yes, they understand me. Ha ha.
11. I wish people really dropped random anvils on peoples’ head like in Looney Toons.
12. Certain numbers really irritate me and thus I have to set the volume on anything to a normal one. The same applies when training Pokemon.
13. I wish that I could drink cha from an empty cup and watch rocks grow. Once I’ve achieved that, I think I’ll be content in everything.
14. Sometimes I have huge compulsions to straighten things so that they are square with whatever they are on or near, especially on my own desk.
15. Before I die, I will fold one thousand origami cranes and then give them to the next random thousand people I see.
16. I strongly feel that Windows Vista, slow walkers, American Idol, and the Twilight series are works of the devil. Ha ha.
17. When I was little, my parents and sister had to chase, hold me down, then hold my nose in order to get me to take Pepto Bismol (a.k.a. the pink stuff), even though now I love that stupid commercial.
18. I like to think that I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier.
19. I know where Azkaban is. 614 S. Main St. Woodstock, VA 22664
20. I think the designer of my computer’s power cord needs to die.
21. Dan chou dan dan chou dan chou! Woop woop! Dan chou dan dan chou dan chou! Woop woop! Dan chou dan dan chou chou dan chou dan chou! Chou dan chou dan chou dan dan chou! HECK YES! Konbiniensu sutore!
22. My favorite old lady candy are those strawberry ones that have wrappers that look like strawberries too.
23. The movie 23 was retarded, and yet, oh so funny.
24. I am one half of the Wonder Twins. Shh, don’t tell anybody. Not only that, but I’m also am the missing SPLEEN Planeteer.
25. I can twitch my right eye in a very strange way and it makes me look kind of like the stereotypical mentally challenged person.

Convience Store by Brief and Trunks.

Lyrics
Saa oya ga ne takara
Nande mou yaritai houdaiyo
Nani wo shiyou

Yonaka ja tomodachi neterushi
Terebi mou sude ni suna arashi
Souda wa konbini ikou kana?

Ni jyu you jikan (konbinien store)
Maid jyu no kyuno (konbinien store)
Gouhan kamera (konbinien store)
Kochira ata tabe masuka? (konbinien store)

Furyoo wa tamari ba (ireguchi de taburo)
Kowaku de hajikiri (ireguchi de taburo)
Koe ga kerareta (soko no onee-chan)
Nan-nan-nan-nandesuka? (no bura desu ka?)

Saa furyoo wa sugire ba
Jidou to waga watashi no tameni hira ite kureru
Erohon yonderu oyaji to
Narande zashi yonde kara
Nani yo kai ni kite wake janai kedo
Aru mono sagasu

Ni jyu yon jikan (konbinien store)
Nen jyu mekyuuno (konbinien store)
Tokyo ryokin (konbinien store)
Copy wo hayaku shite yo (konbinien store)

Sukuchi na arubaito (tsukamu mukyoo no jou)
Watashi wa supping (mayu ni mo kakazuni)
Anpan kudasai (jou do iretemasu)
Ja niku manju ii wa (tashikonarimashita)

Chotto otsuri no watashi kata Watashi no te no hira katten tsutai
Gozen ni mou bunchin gawari nideshiito oku na
Taigumi kire ni kuinoyo chotto mukashi shicau no yo
Sonna toki wa watashi kara mou shikaeshi suruno

Oden kudasai (nani ni shimasuka?)
Eto-eto (nani ni shimasuka?)
Eto-eto (reji da kon de kita)
Eto-eto (hayaku kimete kure)


Tamago kudasai (tamago hitotsu)
Tamago kudasai (tamago futatsu)
Tamago kudasai (tamago mitsu)
Ii jyou de ii wa (tamago dake desu ka?)

Kofi oome ni (tashikonarimashita)
Oikura desuka (ni jyu ku ni jyuu yen desu)
Ichiman en kara (kozen wa ne nokayo)
Ichiman en kara (kozen wa ne nokayo)
Karashi sukete yo (tashikonarimashita)
Meshiki te irenai wa (ichini ichini uruseina)
Toire kaishite yo (uchi ni wa arimasen)
Anata wa doko de suru no yo? (makemashita)

Nante koto shiteru uchi ni yoru wa mou owari wa sukete
Ni wa tori mo naku
Oya ga okiru mae ni
Ochi ni kaeranakya yabai
Konya o mata konbini ikou yo kana?

Lets go to konbinien store [3x]

Movie Releases of 2009

I was bored out in the atrium and decided to look up the movie release list for 2009. Mostly just as a reminder to myself, I'm going to list some of them here. Some of the one's I picked out are good ones worth seeing, others are maybes, and others are just going to be fun to make fun of. Well, here they are.

Jan 23:

• InkHeart
• Underworld: Rise of the Lychans

Feb 6:

• Push

Mar 6:

• Tokyo!
• Watchmen

Mar 20:

• Cherry Blossoms
• Knowing

Mar 27:

• Adventureland
• Monsters vs Aliens

Apr 3:

• Fast and Furious

Apr 8:

• Dragonball

Apr 24:

• The Soloist

May 1:

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine

May 8:

• Star Trek

May 15:

• Angels and Demons
• Bruno

May 22:

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• Terminator Salvation

Jun 26:

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Jul 17:

• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Oct 23:

• AstroBoy

Nov 13:

• Sherlock Holmes

Nov 20:

• New Moon

TBA:

• Tokyo Sonata
  

How to Poop

Also, 5 Rangers is hysterical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYU5B11sycg&feature=channel_page

MMA Funny Memories #1 ばか の チャウリ コンパニ

I'm really liking the whole quote idea now from Alex, and I think I'm going to use it again. At MMA, though often horrid, there were many quite comical moments. I seriously doubt most "civillians" (ha ha, as if that place were a real military academy) would get or enjoy it as much as us, but to those present during most of them, they are simply priceless. But, just so any reader is not mistaken, these are not possitive aspects of the school, simply makings of its captives while in it. Besides, most of them are funny at another's expense which should be shunned upon.....oh well.

I'll begin with one of my favorites.

"Campagna: Potter, why do you and your dumb faggot friends think you're better than everybody else!?

Potter (myself): Oh, Dino. We do not believe ourselves to be more important than others; we simply ARE better than YOU.

Onlookers: *laugh*"

Quote from Alex #1 く-から-あれくす-さん

Alright, so basically, since being here at UNF, I've met some amazing and awesome. One of the more out there individuals is named Alex. If you want to laugh, go see him. If you want to hear something that makes even the slightest sense, run. Really, he's funny as hell, so I've decided to occasionally put some of the random ass shit he says up here. Today's is as follows:

"HEY! Did you know 'circle, circle, dot, dot' does not actually prevent pregnancy!?"

---*Alex a.k.a. Kami-dono アレクス-さん*---

Randomize on, my friend. Randomize on!

Spring Semester Schedule

Here's my spring course schedule. If all goes well, that is.

Elementary Statistics for Health and Sciences-
Mondays and Wednesday-
10:00AM-10:50AM

Statistics Breakout-
Fridays-
11:00AM-11:50AM

General Chemistry I-
Tuesdays and Thursdays-
1:40PM-2:55PM

Chemistry Lab-
Mondays-
1:00PM-4:50PM

General Biology II-
Tuesdays and Thursdays-
3:05PM-4:20PM

Biology Lab-
Tuesdays and Thursdays-
10:00AM-11:50AM

Virtue and Vice-
Wednesdays-
3:00PM-5:45PM

West Africa Seminar-
Fridays-
4:30PM-7:15PM

Honors Common Hour-
Tuesdays and Thursdays-
12:15PM-1:15PM

Winter Break: End

Heading back up to Jacksonville today. I can't wait! Woot! I shall miss everybody here in Lakeland though. See you again soon! Hopefully classes will be fine in the coming week.

じゅぎょう の にっぽん Nippon Talk #2

I found some funny Japanese themed pictures. I think they're really funny, so here they are. Both pretty much feed off of the fact that certain aspects of Japanese culture, are simply blatantly weird and insane! Nevertheless, they're great.




Japan: Producing 78% of the world's weird shit since 1962.

Left: Japan-
Producing 78%
of the world's
weird shit since
1962.

Right: Go sell
crazy someplace
else. We're all
stocked up
here.

じゅぎょう の にっぽん Nippon Talk #1

As most people who know me find out quite quickly, I'm OBSESSED with Japan. I fit in random phrases and responses in Japanese into most conversations. Simple things like, 'hai' (yes はい), 'arigato gozaimasu'(thank you very much ありがと ございます), and 'ohayo'(good morning おはよ)
Here are some more random phrases/responses/exclamations.

• Ganbatte- go and try your best! (used as we use ‘good luck’)
• Daiyo ne- Yeah, it is!
• Doukan- ditto
• Atetemite- take a guess
• Dewa mata- see you
• Ki o tsukete- take care
• Yoi yume o- sweet dreams
• Kakinasai- write it down
• Ano- umm
• Ara Ara!- whoops
• Yatta!- I did it/yay
• Itai!- ouch

Japanese Question Words:

• Who?- Dare?
• What?- Nani?
• When?- Itsu?
• Where?- Doko?
• Why?- Naze?
• How?- Donoyouni?
• Which?- Dore?

Just about everyone is familiar with the Chinese Zodiac to some extent. A lot of people know of its tagging to the day you were born, but it is for other things as well. I'm not sure about its modern usage since the Meiji restoration and such, but at least at one time, both China and Japan used these animals to tell time. Here are the zodiac hours. When speaking of the time, one would say, we are in the Hour of the 'Blank'.

• 23:00 - 01:00: 子 rat
• 01:00 - 03:00: 丑 ox
• 03:00 - 05:00: 寅 tiger
• 05:00 - 07:00: 卯 rabbit
• 07:00 - 09:00: 辰 dragon
• 09:00 - 11:00: 巳 snake
• 11:00 - 13:00: 午 horse
• 13:00 - 15:00: 未 Ram
• 15:00 - 17:00: 申 monkey
• 17:00 - 19:00: 酉 rooster
• 19:00 - 21:00: 戌 dog
• 21:00 - 23:00: 亥 boa

*Whew*

Done with the recycling of older blogs now. Anything newer than now, is new. ^.^

Epiphany of the Lynx じょうじゅ の やまねこ

[Originally posted: August 29, 2008]

For a while, I was in a haze and not sure what to do with myself. I simply sat and hoped. Hoped that things could be perfect again. Just this summer, I realized, they weren't. They were great; that's for sure. Oh! they were great. But now I've realized that I was just under a poisonous plant. Not one that would kill me like that from the Garden, but simply one that would keep me in a false oasis and therefore prevent me from reaching true Paradise. I've met my Myu, so to speak. Thank god she didn't need to stay there in the oasis though! Now I'm sure I can move on, and shall. I know there'll be more bobcats whom I encounter, but hopefully I can learn from them and then proceed to my blossoming flower. God I love that show! Haha. Thank you, by the way.

My roomate mentioned that he has certain songs that define certain parts of his life. That is what made me think of this, I heard one of those songs for me, and it reminded me of the paradise I once had; I simply now know that it wasn't really MY Paradise. Not just a fling, but still not quite right.

Wow it took me way to long to come to such conclusions, haha.

If you read this and don't understand it, it is probably only because you haven't seen the show with which I was comparing my life to. No biggie! ^.^ If you do understand what I'm talking about, then you're probably one to thank (not that others aren't of course). I was originally going to write this nicely as an intellectual masterpiece of prose, but then I figured FUCK IT. Its a thought to express, and needless time on it isn't neccasary.

Now off to go have fun, learn, grow, mature, and maybe even find that flower!

Love ya!

Massanutten Military Academy Cadet Creed がくいん の ぐんじてき

[Originally posted: June 10, 2008]

We altered it to present what MMA is really all about, lol.

Cadet Creed
Massanutten Military Academy
[Modified and Improved]

I am a Massanutten Military Academy cadet,
I will sometimes conduct myself in a manner
That supposedly brings honor, and pride to my family,
Country, Academy, and to the Corps of Cadets.
(but only because they are kept oblivious to all of this establishment's bullshit)

I will demonstrate the idiocy to do
What will get Col. Zinser brownie points with the Board of Trustees
And not the logical "wrong", to shu intellectual
Habits, but still be accepted into a remedial college.

Mrs. Carlisle's photographs will demonstrate the false industry and perserverence
To excell in my academic, character, leadership,
and physical devlopement.

I will demonstrate the polluted
Character and purpose to horrendously follow
By example while holding
The Unscrupulousness Code dear.

I will always be
An ignorant citizen who knows that our successes
Are still really mediocre when they are
"Non Nobis Solum"

Unscrupulousness Code
"A cadet shall not lie, cheat, or steal, nor snitch on those who do"

Eagle Scout Ambitions Essay はき の わし

[Originally posted: November 20, 2007]

Upon arriving at the end of one's scouting career, a boy is forced to look back toward what he's done. Not only at what he's done, but it is necessary to plan events for the future and with these plans to utilize the plethora of experiences they have gone through. Despite the likelihood of not wanting to move on after reaching a certain point of near euphoria, that said is without supplementary alternatives. Thus glimpsing into the imminent and prospective future, and preparing for it accordingly. And, within such glimpses, certain aspects must be considered and planned individually as well as a collective. Portions of the future that are being mentioned include educational, occupational, sociological, as well as many others.

I, being at an age where said prospects must be considered, planned and prepared for, have just completed my Eagle Scout project. I am on the final ledge of the metaphorical mountain, so near to the summit and am now experiencing the last strain, being an abundance of paperwork, before I can soar with the true honor and title of Eagle. With these last bursts of energy, thoughts of the future accompany my effort.

After graduating from Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia with high honor, I hope, and will, be accepted into one of the major Floridian Universities. There, I shall live responsibly, while achieving both a double major and double minor; the former of which shall be in Zoology and Creative Writing, and the latter in Asian Studies and World History. Prior to my graduation, I plan to have published my first novel of a series, or as a minimum, a few short stories, and hope to have good sales and possibly win an award for my writing. Then, after receiving a Master's degree, or possibly a doctorate in these, I wish to move into the field of my zoological career, while writing additions to my own series of novels and anthologies.

After a time in the field, I would like to be able to live in both Japan and New Zealand for periods of time, but not permanently. There I could continue both my writing and zoological pursuits.

By this time in my life, or by my graduation from a University rather, I will have achieved a heightened sense of physical fitness, to ensure my health and drive away risks currently in my life. Also, I'd like to have learned a surplus of languages and visit all or most of the countries where these vernaculars are spoken.

I would also like to have met a woman with whom I can spend the remainder of my life with, who shares my interests and intellectual level of intelligence. After a while, children would be a nice addition to my household, thus I can truly say I have a family of my own.

Subsequent to this point in my future, my largest goal would be to raise my children well, then pass on the Potter name proudly