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Yessss! New Sailor Moon merch from Bandai

Chibi Moon, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Neptune accessories. Heck yeah!

Bandai has been on such a kick with the amazing Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary merch that is being released. From information I have gathered it seems like you can only buy it in Japan. Not that it’s surprising, a lot of other great merchandise has been released only in Japan.

Their merchandising has been really important for Sailor Moon fans because everything that is being released seems to be incredibly high quality and made for people in their 20′s and not for children. Also, the people who are responsible for the new Sailor Moon series has remained incredibly hush hush about what to expect from the new series. There hasn’t even been any art that has been released as to what the animation will look like and so the merchandise seems to helping us Sailor Moon fans remain calm.

Obsession Intro

katnissOne of my biggest obsessions right now is the movie trilogy, “The Hunger Games.” I have read all three books and I am waiting impatiently for the third movie to come out on the big screen. However, I was not a tribute to the books before the movies. I had watched the first movie and found myself wanting to watch it all the time. So after the first movie I decided to read the book and I could not stop myself. A week and a half passes by and I finished the trilogy. Since then, I make a lot of references to the Hunger games and I have given myself a nick-name similar to “Katniss Everdeen” when I throw javelin for track- “Kameo Evergreen.”

The main storyline of this trilogy is the story of a girl, Katniss Everdeen, who defies the Capital in more ways than just one. There are 12 districts of the Capital and from each district one boy and one girl is “reaped” (chosen to fight for their lives in an arena against each other) and is shown on live television in all districts. Her sister gets reaped and she volunteers as her tribute instead. A boy from her district, Peeta, gets reaped as well and soon enough they will be fighting 22 other tribute, and each other, for their lives; however, Katniss and Peeta create a love story between each other to gain the Capital’s sympthay and adoration.

During the games Katniss befriends a little girl named Rue. Katniss does all she can to protect Rue and does not try to kill her; however, Rue gets killed and Katniss lays her in an arrangement of flowers and cries over her. As this is shown on live television a “spark” (of rebellion) was created and riots started taking place. Eventually, Katniss and Peeta both manage to somehow win the Hunger Games, thus defying the Capital and their meaning for the Hunger Games. Katniss’s image eventually grows to be the face of the rebellion. Her challenges towards the Capital gives the 12 oppressed districts hope that the Capital will fall; unfortunately, with the spark of hope the Capital does not hesitate to extinguish it. As Katniss gains the momentum of the districts and rebels she also loses many things about her along the way.

Anyways, after the first week of class and Chico had said that we had to pick one obsession of ours and compare it to the class. The Hunger Games is the perfect obsession for this class. There are many similarities to what we’ve read and watched already, but I’ll post that here.

Zombie Obsession Post 1

One of my main obsessions is zombie films. I can easily watch them all day. I love all types. I particularly enjoy watching Russian, French, Irish, and American zombie movies. The reason why I love zombie movies so much is because of the unique suspense; it never gets old for me. I’ll sit on the edge of my seat (well usually couch) asking numerous questions while watching. These questions include:

  1. Is the zombie problem a worldwide epidemic? Or does it only affect certain people; like maybe one blood type? Does it only affect a Town?  Or even just a few people?
  2. How will the non-zombies die in the film? That is if they do at all. Will they be killed by a zombie? Or maybe even a horde of zombies? How many zombies does it take to kill a person?
  3. What caused the zombies to become zombies? Was it a virus? A scientific experiment? Demonic Possession? Aliens? Radiation? Witchcraft? Some sort of sorcery? Revenge?
  4. What are the zombies like? Can they remember anything before they turned into a zombie? Do they need to eat flesh a certain number times a day? Or maybe they don’t need to eat the flesh, they just want to. How fast does the zombie transformation happen? Days, minutes, weeks, seconds? Can the zombies run? How exactly violent are they?
  5. Is there a cure for the zombies? Like Love? An antidote?
  6. Will main character/s find a way to keep zombies dead? And how? Will they have to burn them? Shoot them in the head? Use a magic spell? Or will the character/s find a cure to make the zombies normal people again?

I know that’s a lot of questions just to do with zombie films. But hey, like I said it’s an obsession of mine. I think that if a zombie film answers half or more of these questions, then it’s a keeper. If not, then it probably sucks.

– My obsession

 

I’d like to tell about my obsession just testing this category. There are three things which I can say ‘my obsession.’ First, I’m interested in food, especially in America. Since I came here, I’m really happy because I can try to have a lot of different kinds of food. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vitamin, Indian, Messianic, and of cause American food! Although people say they all become Americanism,  I love to have these foods without going to real places. Second, I like to watch movies. Recently, I’m into musical movies. This is because I am impressed by that songs made the story. Finally, I love to do trip by myself. Every time I traveled somewhere, I could get something new, for example there were opportunities to meet new people. I really like the meeting to people. Through trips, I can find that I am not alone, and I can’t live by myself. Everybody helps me, and everyone connects with me.

Anime Reviewing!

I’m planning on review anime as part of my “Rock” categories. I  will later be posting a page dedicated to the format of the reviews. My ideas for these reviews are going to be to review in my blog, an episodic review of each show I’m watching, and once I’ve completed the show, to post a page dedicated to reviewing the entire show under the anime section. More to come…

Asian American Science Fiction Authors

Doing some research into Asian American authors of my favorite genre. This is post is intended to be a place for me to keep track of author’s whose work I’d like to look into.

Ken Liu – “The Paper Menagerie”.
Chinese American. Notable author, winner of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award for short stories.

Jacqueline Koyanagi – Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel
Been meaning to read her for awhile! Japanese-Southern-American. Writes about QPOC women, in diverse relationship styles, and neuroatypical characters.

Larissa Lai – Salt Fish Girl
Description for this book sounds great:
“Salt Fish Girl” is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and woman – all of whom must struggle against adversity for survival – the novel is set alternately in nineteenth-century China and in a futuristic Pacific Northwest.

Hiromi Goto — Half World, The Kappa Child, Hopeful Monsters
Japanese Canadian author. Queer? James Tiptree Jr. Award winner (among many others). Inspired by her grandmother’s and father’s stories about Japan. Lots of ghosts, folk magic, the kappa.

Malinda Lo– Assorted young adult novels
Chinese American author. Queer, writes QPOC characters. Fantasy and sci fi young adult novels.

E. Lily Yu — “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”

Ted Chiang — So many!
Has won 4 Nebula, 3 Hugo, 3 Locus, etc. etc. Many well known short stories. Lives in Bellevue Washington.

Marie Lu-?

My workout

Since I have decided to write about my obsession on weight lifting and health and fitness I thought It would be prudent to discuss some of my own ventures in the subject such as my current workout program and personal goals in my weight lifting Journey, which I will spread throughout many post in this blog. My current weight lifting program is designed by my coach Jeff Alberts who is one of four coaches associated with the Team 3dmj which is a bodybuilding/fitness coaching company.

I currently do weight training on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays with 3-4 cardiovascular sessions lasting 20 to 30 minutes a piece spread throughout the week. Furthermore training program is broken down into a Lower Body Power day on Monday ( Heavy weight, less reps), Upper Body Power day on Tuesday. A day off on Wednesday, which is followed by Hypertrophy(less weight more reps) workouts on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday is dedicated to push movements such as dumbbell presses and shoulder presses. Friday is a leg day with lifts such as deadlifts, front squats, and lunges. Friday is dedicated to pull movements, such bent over barbell rows.

This is just a taste of the training I do and just wanted to give you all an idea of the way in which my weight program is set up. Please comment with any questions.