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I attended one day of JapanFest last weekend. It's a festival about Japanese culture and tradition that is held every year in my area, and this year was my first time to go. All in all, it was neat, though there wasn't too much to do overall compared to a proper convention. I didn't take many photos, but I did get one taken of me wearing Chopper's hat from One Piece, so that's a thing! The main events were too crowded to keep my interest, but I did buy a Sylveon plush from an anime stand, so that was cool! I also picked up some flyers for a school or two that offer Japanese majors and a flyer for a working abroad program. Starting tomorrow, I'm attending Anime Weekend Atlanta like last year, so look forward to coverage and pics of that! Now, pics! Spoiler: Saw this on a car. Tai'shar Manetheren! (Wheel of Time reference) Spoiler: Some bonsai trees I saw on my way out Spoiler: Sylveon! The cuteness murders you. Spoiler: 海賊王になってもうれしくないばかやろう～！(Even if I become Pirate King, I won't be happy, you bastard~!)
DoDo posted a pic of his desk space, and that made me realize that while I've posted pics of individual purchases, it's been a while since I took pics of my desk space, which is where most of my stuff ends up. So enjoy! Spoiler: Beware awesomeness
A friend of mine who I've met through Canterlanta meetups made his own ~licious video for Button Masher. [youtube]jl9z7AQ6dYg[/youtube]
And this totally existed.
The video contained within is all that is good in the world. It has all the universe's truths, wonder, and greatness. Any questions you may have about anything will be answered in these five minutes. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...6-2013/stephest-colbchella--013---daft-punk-d If you can't play that, try this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/stephen-colbert-get-lucky-dance_n_3718754.html For non-American users, maybe this will work. http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2013/08/07/stephen-colbert-get-lucky-dance-party-video/
My errands started with me going to the bank to do money things, then going to Walmart to look for the new Equesstria Girls blu-Ray. On my way to Walmart, I got behind a car that just so happened to have an Applejack decal on the back. As luck would have it, we were both going to the same place, so I got to greet a fellow brony in public. How nice it was. Unfortunately, Walmart only had EqG on DVD and not blu-Ray, so I had to skip that. I then went to GameStop nexst door to Walmart to pick up my preorder of Tales of Xillia, and I'm really looking forward to that. I know I said last time the BEN and Discord figure were my last additions for a while, but then scumbag Make-A-Mare Workshop came out with a couple of new plushies I needed to get. So I drove to the Mall of Georgia and picked them up (Princess Twilight and Spike ) and stopped briefly by a few places in the mall that I usually browse like Cold Subject and Character World (which sells various anime/popular fandom knickknacks). Hot Topic didn't have anything that interested me, but I bought a Doctor Who TARDIS mug at Character World. Also, inside Character World, a boy (probably 10-12 years old) saw me and started kinda sorta following me. I surmised correctly it was because of my being decked out in ponies. After about 30 seconds of me wandering around the store, he approached me in earnest and asked if I was a brony. I said I was, and he asked for a brohoof, which I gladly gave. ^_^ So I met two bronies today! I also stopped by the Barnes and Noble outside the mall to see if they had the EqG blu-Ray, but sadly they didn't have it in stock. While I was there, though, I did buy a little Dalek figure. As I was leaving the mall, I saw a vehicle parked on the walkway I thought might interest you Gravity Falls fans out there. And now, PIX! Spoiler: Gravity Mobile Spoiler: Bes poni Spoiler: #1 Assistant Spoiler: VWORP VWORP VWORP VWORP SLURP Spoiler: EXTERMINATE
I normally don't care when news/talk show people get in cheap laughs at bronies, but this is one of the most blatantly unprofessional reporting I've ever seen. I mean seriously, they sound like lame elementary school bullies, laughing stupidly and making uninspired jokes for no reason other than to make them feel good about themselves. [youtube]8wDN55-EBkk[/youtube] On a side note, I found myself chuckling at the comments. Half of them are berating the video because of "Fox News," when the truth is, it's not Fox News, but the Fox Network, which is a completely different thing.
Today, our pony overlord and mistress turns "Imma-cut-you-if-you-tell-anyone" years old! Happy Birthday Lauren Faust and, as always, thanks for making such a great cartoon and being ivolved with so many others that made our childhood so awesome! Also, this. Faust is awesome.
When I found out Hashbrony was issued a C&D for his amazing figures on Shapeways, even though I knew I was quitting my job, I felt compelled to get the two I really wanted since it was a "now or never" type situation. I ordered the Octavia and Derpy figures (they were still up on Shapeways, hadn't been taken down yet). Well, a couple days later, I got an email saying my order had been cancelled. See, Shapeways, though they hadn't taken the pages down yet, had already received the C&D, and so couldn't fulfill the order, and quite understandably so. They apologized for the inconvenience, which I always appreciate, even if it is just formality, and said they'd give me the amount of the order in store credit. So, I looked around for other things that stood out on the site. After a lot of browsing, I settled on two things. One is a small figure of the human Elegy of Emptiness statue from Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (a.k.a. BEN), and a lovely little figure of Discord from another artist. They arrived in a timely manner, considering they're manufactured on order, and the both looked great. A bit of a hiccup with the Discord, though. When I opened it, one of the horns had broken off. I emailed the Shapeways Team and provided photographic evidence and they said they'd contact me once the appropriate course of action has been determined. I can't shake the feeling that might be their way of brushing me off, but oh well. I'll super glue the horn back on and await an email that may or may not come. I have hope that it will, but I'm not counting on it. Anyway, without further ado, Pics! Spoiler: You shouldn't have done that... Spoiler: Discord, whatever did we do to make you break your horn away?
MAN it's been too long! Thanks to the new karaoke night, though, I finally got off my ass and recorded a new cover of an old song for the first time since September of last year. Sorry for all the inactivity. I've been having quite some trouble with enthusiasm. Turns out I just needed a push and the rest came naturally. I was worried I'd be rusty after not having recorded anything for a long while, but it came out quite well. I guess that's not too surprising, since even though I haven't recorded, I still sing to myself on a daily basis. I love singing and that's never going to change! So without further ado, here's Winter Wrap-Up! [youtube]dhvJPZ5ON4Y[/youtube]
Since I won't have an income, I decided to get my shopping out of my system so I can save for essentials afterward. I bought a bunch of little things and a couple of big things. I went to the Mall of Georgia, and there went to Make-A-Mare Sweatshop to buy the Pinkie Pie plush (sorry RD, just not much of a fan, plus your hair looks weird); Cold Subject where I got some pony buttons, a Doctor Who comic, and Doctor Who buttons; and a new store called I believe The Character Store, where I found a good selection of a wide variety of nerdy things such as anime, ponies, Doctor Who, video game merch, etc. There, I bought a bunch of pony buttons and some Adventure Time buttons, and a few One Piece figurines! After shopping, I stopped by the food court, then headed to my aunt's house for some swimming. After wards, I went home with the intention of recording a new cover, but didn't and played Borderlands 2 instead. :derpe: Pics inbound! Spoiler: PIX Spoiler: She mustache you a question
I know I've complained several times about my job at Walmart in the past, speaking of leaving. But I never did. That has changed. I gave my 2-week quit notice on Saturday. You see, when I got back to work after my vacation, I returned to find out that the other cart pusher (the one that had been a cart pusher for 18 years) had been forcibly moved to maintenance. Before I went on vacation, he accidentally hit a woman with a line of carts, and after an inquiry, it was either fire him or move him off the parking lot. Now, what this means for me is that I am now the only cart pusher employed at the store. Oh sure, they send out a cashier now and then to help, but then they can't deny I need help without being blatantly inept. Last year, we lost a cart pusher around this time and went the entire summer, 3 months of searing heat and humidity, without hiring a single person. It was just us two. Well, I'm not standing for that again. I won't risk another summer like that. I AM a part-timer, after all, and a part-timer's wages are no where near worth this stress and hassle. So I quit. I hear they've hired someone and he'll begin orientation tomorrow. That leaves me a week to teach him, then I'm gone, at long last. I've escaped the clutches of Walmart. I'm not even mad about it. I'm just done. Ever since I made the decision, I've approached my job and its unfairness with an overwhelming sense of done that nothing bothers me. I must say, it feels like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders with this decision. These past few days, I've not been bogged down with outrage or irritation at my situation, but rather have found some solace and even happiness to know that I really don't have to deal with it if I don't want. Quitting Walmart won't be the end of the world, but an opportunity for a better job. I look forward to taking a breather, and then getting help from friends and family who know people to help me find a better future! I'm quite rubbish at job hunting myself. That's how I ended up at Walmart in the first place.
When I got off work, I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up a couple MLP books, namely the graphic novelization of the MLP comics and the MLP Elements of Harmony, the official MLP guidebook (which I must say, is pretty nifty). Unfortunately, they were out of stock of the graphic novel, so I have it on order, but they did have The Elements of Harmony, so coolness on that front! As I was searching, I came across an end cap that had Doctor Who merchandise on display. As some of you may know, I have recently gotten into Doctor Who and I love it (and yes, the title of this entry is a reference to a Doctor Who episode). The display included mini figures of all 11 Doctors so far, a plush Dalek, a stress-squeeze Adipose, a plush TARDIS, and other neat things. I didn't buy any of these things, but bought a couple of other things. :3 Spoiler: Pics!
Not an automaton who will do the exact same thing the exact same way all the time. Managers appear to think I have an anger issue because they focus on a few bad moments scattered throughout two years. Sorry I'm a human with feelings and emotions who deals with them in the best way I know how. So I get rough with carts every now and then to vent my frustrations. What would they have me do? Get rough and aggressive with customers or co-workers? Out of the question. Ignore my anger and suppress it, leading to a much worse outburst down the road? That's a bad idea. They say my "anger problems" are unacceptable. Of course, they're managers, so they only care insofar as I do my job correctly. They'd prefer I not have emotions that might interfere with work. Well, I am sorry to say that I am a human being with thoughts, feelings, emotions, moods, the whole lot. I find how I handle my stress to be quite a good solution, myself, no matter what the managers think. Someone might say I need to get my anger under control, or that I have an anger management issue, to which I disagree. Yes I can have a fiery temper, but that's part of who I am. My passion can bubble near the surface. This is, of course, a mixed bag in that I can be very caring and compassionate, but so too can I be upset and angry. I prefer not to keep a tight lid on it all and have my ways of dealing with the negatives. I can say this for the managers, though. Going on about how I have issues and how my emotions are "unacceptable" are very bad ways to get me to calm down. I was fighting the whole time to keep a lid on it, knowing my entire family's livelihood counted on me keeping my job, not just my own livelihood. Oh well. If they wish to regard me as some unstable, rabid animal who might turn on them, I don't care. To me, they're just a paycheck, just as to them, I'm just a pair of hands. No need to go any deeper than that, I suppose. Thanks for listening to my rambling. It's something I needed to get off my chest.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-23-2013/the-only-unfair-thing-ever "One of the biggest political scandals in modern American history, maybe in all-time political history." Oh sure. Nevermind the gulags, holocaust, Iran contra, Gukurahundi, countless other tyrannical dictators like Lenin, Mao Zedong, Hideki Tojo, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot... Oh, and of course, racial and religious profiling is a necessary thing. Sure it's an inconvenience for the innocents targeted, but it's not some kind of unequaled tragedy like political profiling. Remember kids, profiling is okay as long as you're not the one being profiled. High crime rate among blacks and Mexicans? Profile 'em! Muslims have been behind terrorist attaks? Profile 'em! But wait, what about the Christians that were behind terrorist attacks on abortion clinics, including bombings, arson, and attempted murders of staff? Profile 'em--what? Oh we don't profile Christians because of the acts of the extreme few? Makes perfect sense. If only we would extend that same courtesy to everyone else. Don't forget to watch the video. It's quite amusing and faceplam-worthy.
