I’m guest posting over at Karen Sugarpants.
Archive for August, 2008
At work today, the guys got on the subject of child actors and how so many of them ended up messed up. They brought up Seaquest DSV, and Jonathan Brandis from said show.
As we were talking, one of my coworkers looked him up on IMDB, and found out he died in 2003. “How?” one of my coworkers asked. “Says here, he died from injuries resulting from hanging himself.”
“Oh, so he killed himself,” one said. “Not necessarily. It just says he died from injuries from hanging himself, not that he killed himself.”
“Yeah,” I suddenly chime in out of nowhere, “it may have been auto-erotic asphyxiation.”
For some reason, everybody got all awkward after that.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m a pretty big fan of anime. I know, I know, I’m an incredibly far-gone loser for admitting that, but hey, I find them entertaining. I mean, I do have a superhero tattoo, so I figure I can’t really get that much nerdier, right?
Well, I’ve watched several series all the way through, and I’ve found several that I really like. Probably the best of them all has been Fullmetal Alchemist, but I’ve been watching through Deathnote recently, and I’ve got to say, It’s giving Fullmetal a run for its money.
I’ve watched all sorts of series, and something that I like about anime (and cartoons in general) is that the protagonists are typically young adults. They’re usually extremely smart (when you watch anything other than Dragon Ball or the like), talented, and respected. That last bit is what I like the most; the young adults are respected. Here in the states, most shows targeted at the 20-something’s crowd focus on the constant generational battles waged between the younger people and the older ones. In anime (the ones I’m fond of, anyways) aren’t focused on the difficulties, rather the things that each side can learn from the other. I think the latter is a far more useful point of view.
How about you all? What sorts of entertainment do you like, and why?
I’ve seen this floating about, so I thought I’d have some fun with it.
- When I was about 6, I stole a piece of hard candy from that big rack in the grocery store. I knew I wasn’t supposed to, but I couldn’t resist the cinnamony goodness.
- A child-hood friend of mind had the original Star Wars trilogy VHS box set. I wanted it so badly, so I “borrowed” it without either set of parents knowing, and I hid it until it was forgotten about.
- Countless pens, pencils, other office supplies from friends during school.
- I was once handed a 10 and two 1 dollar bills as change for my $3 purchase. The cashier didn’t notice that it was a 10 she grabbed and not a 5. I noticed it, but I didn’t say anything.
- While at a Pokemon tournament, I grabbed a handfull of cards out of an unwatched box. Later that day, I saw the kid searching frantically around his box.
- I was shopping with my mother, and I picked up a small, plastic alien. I hadn’t intended on purchasing it, but when it was time to go, I forgot to go put it back, and I just walked right out of the store with it. When we realized what happened several minutes later, my mother took me back and made me apologize.
- Numerous quotes, jokes, etc from movies or friends, and when they were laughed at and lauded, I didn’t divulge the source.
- The limelight from another class overachiever.
- An extra thing of juice from the communion tray
- Chromies from numerous cars
- A whole tube of pogs by adding weight to my slammer and thus destroying the competition
- A traffic cone
- This very meme from various and sundry internet peoples
- My first serious girlfriend was stolen from a mutual friend of ours, the very day after he told me he was going to “ask her out.”
- A seat-back pocket card from an airplane
- A red flower from the neighbor’s garden to complete a homework assignment
- One full place setting from the cafeteria of my university
- I also have used the soft drink and milk machines to fill up various containers for later consumption
- Several of the fun coasters from Chili’s
- A doughnut from a catered table for conference attendees.