Thursday, February 22, 2007

Symbolism of Tsuiokuhen

Rurouni Kenshin OVA

Everything in anime seems to be a symbol for something else. I guess that's how things work in Japan.

Blood and fire symbolize life but also impurity; snow and water symbolize death, but also purity.

Kenshin of course is blood and fire, whereas Tomoe is snow, water and ice. The impurity of Kenshin/blood seeks purity and redemption in Tomoe's purity/ice/water. Fascinating stuff.

Even the food the Japanese eat is symbolic! Different dishes are served at different times of the year to symbolize the seasons. Spring-type foods would have a lot of green in them, etc.

Clothes too are worn in color according to the seasons.

At least that's how it used to be. It might not be anymore with Japan's continuing fetish for all things Western.

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Monday, February 19, 2007

Meme

Ganked from xZig-zagx

1. Can you cook?


2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?


3. What talent do you wish you had?


4. Favorite place?


5. Favorite vegetable?


6. What was the last book you read?


7. Are you Dirty or Clean?


8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?


9. Worst Habit?



HERE COMES THE FUN PART!


1. Do we know each other outside of LiveJournal?


2. What's your philosophy on life?


3. Negative or Optimistic?


4. What was your dream growing up?


5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?


6. If we had money to spend, what would we do with it?


7. Tell me one weird fact about you:


8. Would you have my back or kick me when I'm down?


9. Do you trust me?


10. Have you ever kept anything from me?


11. What do you think of me as a person?


12. Do you think I'm sane or insane?


13. Would you like to go out? Where to?


14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?


15. If you could change anything about me, would you?


16. How do you fall asleep?


17. Would you come over to yell at me or just call?


18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?


19. What would we do if we were together?


20. A million dollars... what would you do with it?


21. What is your worst fear?


22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?


23. How many times did you curse at me while filling out this thing?


24. Can you sing or dance?


25. In one word, how would you describe me?


26. Will you repost this so I can fill it out?

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Chopsticks

So if I'm not supposed to let my chopsticks touch my mouth at all, how the hell do I get the food in?

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

I truly hate Fanfiction.net

I tried to load the search feature and get this instead:

FanFiction.Net Error An error has occurred while processing your request.

If the problem persists, please alert site admin via http://support.fanfiction.net.

All errors are logged for administrative and security purposes.

I click on the support link and get a "Server not found" message. Way to run your site, idiots.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Permanent URLs don't work?

When I type the permanent URL for my FF.net profile into the address bar, I get a 404. How the hell can that be? Yet, if I click on it as a link, it loads. What the hell is up with FF.net?

Addendum: Upon experimenting with it, I discovered that it was the lack of a virgule (/) at the end of the address.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Kill QuickEdit Clan

I really wish Bakka Bokken would let me into KQEC. I know I'm not as good a writer as she and the others in it, but I absolutely hate FF.net's QuickEdit.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

After you die... Heaven After death, you will exist in heaven. Everything and everyone you love will constantly surround you for all of eternity. You lucky scoundrel.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

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Sunday, February 4, 2007

How much do you know about Rurouni Kenshin?

You are an expert at rurouni kenshin! Why Kenshin himself would applaud you!
Take this quiz!








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Saturday, February 3, 2007

Finally

RK Redemption never sent me the account activation email. I signed up over 20 minutes ago, so it's had plenty of time to come. I've had this happen a lot of with some of these sites. I've checked my Spam folder both in Thunderbird and in Gmail's web mail site, and it's not there.

Addendum: The email arrived 24 hours after I signed up. Honestly...

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