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Monday, November 18, 2019
Wishlist 2020
You absolutely cannot wrong with these: Aggretsuko, Xenomorphs, Monokuro Boo, or spiders/wasps
Please no more of:
Games
- Blank books, notebooks
- Coin purses
- Feminine perfumes. Male scents are fine.
- Chocolate/candy
All lists are sorted by order of interest!
Books
- H. R. Giger's Necronomicon II
- Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Spiders by Christopher M. Buddle, Eleanor Spicer Rice
- In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
- Within the Sanctuary of Wings: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
- The Promised Neverland (vol 5 - 20) by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu
- The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Fround
- Sensor by Junji Ito
- Deserter by Junji Ito
- Bestiary: The Natural History of Mythical Creatures by Terryl Whitlatch
- Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species by Marianne Taylor
- Spiders of the World: A Natural History by Norman I. Platnick
- Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
- The Bradleys by Peter Bagge
- The Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist by Diane DiMassa
- ElfQuest: The Final Quest (Vol 4) by Wendy Pini
- The Complete Elfquest (Vol 2, 3, 4, 5,6) by Wendy Pini
- Infernal Dictionary by Colin de Plancy (original title: Dictionnaire Infernal published 1863)
- Malleus Maleficarum (Volume 1: The Latin Text) (Volume 2: The English Translation.) by Jacob Sprenger, Heinrich Kramer; (Edited and Translated by) Christopher S. Mackay
- The Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular Belief by Hans Peter Broedel
- Final Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky, José Ladronn
- Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs by Paul Koudounaris
- The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris
- March trilogy by John Lewis
- Town Boy by Lat
- The Color of Earth and the Color of Heaven by Dong Hwa Kim
- Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
- Footrot flats by Murray Ball
- Nemi by Lise Myhre
- A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima
- The Daemon Tarot: The Forbidden Wisdom of the Infernal Dictionary by Ariana Osborne
- The Macho Paradox by Jackson Katz
- How not to write a book by Howard Mittlermark
- The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson
- Bitter Virgin by Kei Kusunoki
- Orange by Ichigo Takano
- The Sandman Omnibus (Vol 1-2) by Neil Gaiman
- Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
- Queer: a Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
- QU33R edited by Rob Kirby (ISBN: 9781938720369)
- Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy
Games
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (3DS)
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PS3)
- Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (3DS)
- Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice (3DS)
- Parascientific escape (3DS)
Movies
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003) dir. Satoshi Kon
- Midsommar (2019) dir. Ari Aster
- Dororo (2007) dir. Akihiko Shiota
- Klaus (2019) dir. Sergio Pablos
- The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter
- The Plague Dogs (1982) dir. Martin Rosen
- Paprika (2006) dir. Satoshi Kon
- Watership Down (1978) dir. Martin Rosen
- Felidae (1994) dir. Michael Schaack
- Joker (2019) dir. Todd Phillips
- Metalocalypse (Doomstar Requiem) dir. Mark Brooks
- Ōoku (2010) dir. Fuminori Kaneko
- Victor Frankenstein (2015) dir. Paul McGuigan
- IT Chapters I and II (2017) (2019) dir. Andrés Muschietti
- Carrie (1976) dir. Brian De Palma
- The Omen (1976) dir. Richard Donner
- The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick
- Gorillaz - Phase One - Celebrity Take Down (2002)
- Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades [Gorillaz] (2006)
- Yojimbo (1961) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Sanjuro (1962) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Red Beard (1965) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Rashomon (1950) dir. Akira Kurosawa
TV series
- Dororo (2019) seasons 1-2
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) complete series
- Daria (1997) complete series
- Gravity Falls (2012) complete series
- Invader Zim (2001) complete series
- Over the Garden Wall (2014)
- Steven Universe (2015) seasons 1-5
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) complete series collection
Music
- Dethalbum by Dethklok
- Dethalbum II by Dethklok
- Doom Star Requiem by Dethklok
- Dethalbum III by Dethklok
- Brendon Small's Galaktikon
- Galaktikon II: Become the Storm
- Steven Universe soundtrack
- Gauze by Dir en Grey
- Some Have to Dance, Some Have to Kill by My Life with the Thrill Kult
- The Nightmarish Compositions by Bishop of Hexen
Miscellaneous
- Michael's leather awl (made in USA!)
- Lush's Linnea wrap
- Wax seals! I want insects, snakes, octopodes, skulls, or skeletons. (no skull and crossbones and no initials) (sample images 1x, 3x,)
- Silent Hill Nurse
- The Donner Party Board Game
- Portal 2 Sentry
- friend to bugs patch
- skull measuring cups
- skeleton apron
- parasitic twin t-shirt
- black zombie alpaca plush or the green one or blue
- zombie socks
- Prints by Omar Rayyan
- Tororo watch
Monday, July 25, 2016
summer reading 4
Finished reading: I shouldn't be telling you this by Kate White. The book had some good advice, but it mostly was aimed for people a lot further along their career than me. It will be light years before I'm even aiming for management.
Currently reading: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Attwood and Come as you Are by Emily Ngoski. The Heart goes last feels a bit more sterile than the other Attwood novels I've read but I'm not finished yet so who knows what will happen. Come as you are is a good read on sexuality, if a bit slow.
Watched: Freddie the Frog, which was totally bizarre, Leafie a Hen into the Wild which was actually surprisingly fantastic and Blazing Saddles which was hilarious
Currently reading: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Attwood and Come as you Are by Emily Ngoski. The Heart goes last feels a bit more sterile than the other Attwood novels I've read but I'm not finished yet so who knows what will happen. Come as you are is a good read on sexuality, if a bit slow.
Watched: Freddie the Frog, which was totally bizarre, Leafie a Hen into the Wild which was actually surprisingly fantastic and Blazing Saddles which was hilarious
Monday, May 16, 2016
spring reading 1
Been slacking on updating these :(
Finished reading: Identity and Violence by Amartya Sen, Descartes' Error by Anthony Damasio, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Grimms` Bad Girls and Bold Boys by Ruth B. Bottigheimer and Miss Don't Touch Me by by Hubert and Kerascoet.
Currently reading: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski and I Shouldn't Be Telling You This by Kate White
Watched: Krull, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the Rabbi's Cat (the animated movie), the Good Dinosaur, Zootopia, Victor Frankenstein and Krampus
Finished reading: Identity and Violence by Amartya Sen, Descartes' Error by Anthony Damasio, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Grimms` Bad Girls and Bold Boys by Ruth B. Bottigheimer and Miss Don't Touch Me by by Hubert and Kerascoet.
Currently reading: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski and I Shouldn't Be Telling You This by Kate White
Watched: Krull, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the Rabbi's Cat (the animated movie), the Good Dinosaur, Zootopia, Victor Frankenstein and Krampus
- TV shows: Steven Universe, Erased, Gravity Falls
Playing: Pokemon picross, Skyrim, Yokai Watch, Triforce Heroes, Hyrule Warriors, Abe's Odysee
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Origins of totalitarianism quotes
From the beginning of the book:
Taking advantage of the unthinkability of their atrocities:
"the very immensity of the crimes guarantees that the murderers who proclaim their innocence with all manner of lies will be more readily believed than the victims who tell the truth."
Weder dem Vergangenen anheimfallen noch dem Zukünftigen. Es kommt darauf an, ganz gegenwärtig zu sein. - Karl Jaspers
("Neither the past nor succumb to the Future . It is important to be completely present")
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.
No paradox of contemporary politics is filled with more poignant irony, than the discrepancy between the efforts of well meaning idealists who stubbornly insist on regarding as "inalienable' those human rights which are enjoyed only by the citizens of the most prosperous and civilized countries, and the situation of the rightless themselves.
Taking advantage of the unthinkability of their atrocities:
"the very immensity of the crimes guarantees that the murderers who proclaim their innocence with all manner of lies will be more readily believed than the victims who tell the truth."
Weder dem Vergangenen anheimfallen noch dem Zukünftigen. Es kommt darauf an, ganz gegenwärtig zu sein. - Karl Jaspers
("Neither the past nor succumb to the Future . It is important to be completely present")
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.
No paradox of contemporary politics is filled with more poignant irony, than the discrepancy between the efforts of well meaning idealists who stubbornly insist on regarding as "inalienable' those human rights which are enjoyed only by the citizens of the most prosperous and civilized countries, and the situation of the rightless themselves.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
summer activity 3
finished: a Natural History of Dragons: SUPER FUN book, I can really relate to it, though sometimes it takes a while for the characterization to come through. Still, I'm looking forward to the next few books. I'm looking forward to see Isabella grow to a tough old lady.
Transmetropolitan #1,2: holyyyy shiet why did I not read this before? I don't even know, I knew about it for a long time but somehow did not read it. I absolutely love it! Spider Jerusalem is probably one of the few characters that I would say is True Chaotic done right. I'm not such a fan of the second book, mostly because of how the wife and Channon are treated. With Channon I'm still holding hope she will come back and go back to being a rounded character, because in book 2 literally all she does is be sad that her boyfriend dumped her to have sex with robots. As for the wife, I was actually expecting her to be more of a mythical creature rather than see what she was really like. I guess it makes sense for such a person to be married to Spider, but I liked it better when she was shrouded in mystery. Maybe I'm not being fair, since she is just as destructive and rude as Spider, the only difference is her motivation is hate for him and his motivation is hate for society. The other thing that made me uncomfortable was the the whole emasculation of the police dog thing. Maybe what made me uncomfortable about book 2 overall was the reinforcement of heteronormative people and relationships. Book 1 was a lot more vague about relationships in the future, but book 2 stamps it firmly that all the main characters are straight cis people (though background characters are shown to be queer, most prominently gay and asexual). There's more books to go, so there's still space to be derivative. Still, it was a bit sad seeing Spider hitting on all the attractive women he met. The plus side was that most of those women were professionals (in fact I cannot think of professional male characters except for the editor and the president right now) so good points for that.
Noooot sure what to think about the assistant-turned-porn-star-against-her-will storyline. I thought it was implied that this future is a lot more sexually liberated (so being a porn star would not necessarily be a bad thing to be recognized for). Also that changing your appearance through plastic surgery was stupidly easy (so if it bothered her that people recognized her on the street, she could change face?). But maybe what I find most unbelievable is that a sex tape of a teenager (she was 16) went viral enough to ruin her life. How did the porn purveyors do that legally?? Are the no laws protecting minors in the future? Are there no laws about privacy or libel or releasing content without the permission or consent of the party in it? Her video might be viral on illegal sites but she specifically says that her video is available on retail, and I just wonder how??
I don't blame her for hating Spider, but it kinda baffles me how she's angrier with him than the people who literally exploited her for money. Spider comes off as awful callous about her situation, but I guess that's to be expected.
reading: We (by Yevgeny Zamyatin): the introduction was full of spoilers, fuck that. I was not expecting the book to be from a perspective of someone who LOVES the OneState, so that was interesting twist. It's kinda crudely written, but maybe that's keeping in the theme that the author is someone who thinks emotions are mental illness. I want to see where it goes.
watched: Chappie: I loved it! Definitely not as cliche as it appears that's going to be. By a bizarre coincidence I discovered Die Antwoord right before, which Im sure affected my liking of the movie. Ninja and Yolandi are fucking insane characters and I'm still really on the fence about them and their music. At least they don't fail to be entertaining.
Edge of Tomorrow: also a surprising good one. I was really afraid the main female character was going to be thrown by the wayside, but fortunately she did not; though I still think she did not get to be a full character the way Tom Cruise was. At least she was somewhat rounded, though not fully.
playing: Catherine: omg this is so much fun but the storyline is so messed up
Final Fantasy Tactics a2: its whole sin is that it's NOT final fantasy tactics advance. Right now I'm grinding my characters until I get to the point where dying in the main storyline is not an option. Something seems to be missing...experience points? Loot? I'm not fully connecting to my clan
Transmetropolitan #1,2: holyyyy shiet why did I not read this before? I don't even know, I knew about it for a long time but somehow did not read it. I absolutely love it! Spider Jerusalem is probably one of the few characters that I would say is True Chaotic done right. I'm not such a fan of the second book, mostly because of how the wife and Channon are treated. With Channon I'm still holding hope she will come back and go back to being a rounded character, because in book 2 literally all she does is be sad that her boyfriend dumped her to have sex with robots. As for the wife, I was actually expecting her to be more of a mythical creature rather than see what she was really like. I guess it makes sense for such a person to be married to Spider, but I liked it better when she was shrouded in mystery. Maybe I'm not being fair, since she is just as destructive and rude as Spider, the only difference is her motivation is hate for him and his motivation is hate for society. The other thing that made me uncomfortable was the the whole emasculation of the police dog thing. Maybe what made me uncomfortable about book 2 overall was the reinforcement of heteronormative people and relationships. Book 1 was a lot more vague about relationships in the future, but book 2 stamps it firmly that all the main characters are straight cis people (though background characters are shown to be queer, most prominently gay and asexual). There's more books to go, so there's still space to be derivative. Still, it was a bit sad seeing Spider hitting on all the attractive women he met. The plus side was that most of those women were professionals (in fact I cannot think of professional male characters except for the editor and the president right now) so good points for that.
Noooot sure what to think about the assistant-turned-porn-star-against-her-will storyline. I thought it was implied that this future is a lot more sexually liberated (so being a porn star would not necessarily be a bad thing to be recognized for). Also that changing your appearance through plastic surgery was stupidly easy (so if it bothered her that people recognized her on the street, she could change face?). But maybe what I find most unbelievable is that a sex tape of a teenager (she was 16) went viral enough to ruin her life. How did the porn purveyors do that legally?? Are the no laws protecting minors in the future? Are there no laws about privacy or libel or releasing content without the permission or consent of the party in it? Her video might be viral on illegal sites but she specifically says that her video is available on retail, and I just wonder how??
I don't blame her for hating Spider, but it kinda baffles me how she's angrier with him than the people who literally exploited her for money. Spider comes off as awful callous about her situation, but I guess that's to be expected.
reading: We (by Yevgeny Zamyatin): the introduction was full of spoilers, fuck that. I was not expecting the book to be from a perspective of someone who LOVES the OneState, so that was interesting twist. It's kinda crudely written, but maybe that's keeping in the theme that the author is someone who thinks emotions are mental illness. I want to see where it goes.
watched: Chappie: I loved it! Definitely not as cliche as it appears that's going to be. By a bizarre coincidence I discovered Die Antwoord right before, which Im sure affected my liking of the movie. Ninja and Yolandi are fucking insane characters and I'm still really on the fence about them and their music. At least they don't fail to be entertaining.
Edge of Tomorrow: also a surprising good one. I was really afraid the main female character was going to be thrown by the wayside, but fortunately she did not; though I still think she did not get to be a full character the way Tom Cruise was. At least she was somewhat rounded, though not fully.
playing: Catherine: omg this is so much fun but the storyline is so messed up
Final Fantasy Tactics a2: its whole sin is that it's NOT final fantasy tactics advance. Right now I'm grinding my characters until I get to the point where dying in the main storyline is not an option. Something seems to be missing...experience points? Loot? I'm not fully connecting to my clan
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