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This morning I was watching kids cartoons out of boredom, and it bothered me. In just about every show, the bad guys had a strange habit of dressing in black. So I was thinking. What does that teach the children who watch these things? That people who dress in black are evil? It's not surprising that people tend to feel superior over goths and punks, and rarely take minorities - like pagans or satanists - seriously. It's sending the wrong message.
As far as I'm concerned, they should be teaching children to accept, and embrace diversity. Like making people who dress in black maybe one or two of the good guys. They should ignore the stereotypes of the typical villian, and make the bad guys people they wouldn't suspect. That way they won't grow up thinking that "Well, this person inviting me into the back of his van isn't wearing black. He looks normal so he probably is!" When it comes to kids, teaching such stereotypes is a dangerous thing. Most may think me silly for making such a big deal about a stupid cartoon, but it is a big deal. I don't want the people of the future equally as judgmental and narrow-minded as the people of today.
Most of the people who know me, know of my issues with my dad. I won't get into the whole story right now because that would take up the whole page and then some. Right now I simply want to talk about this summer. My brother - who's 31 - is married, but they're having the actual ceremony this summer, and since he's living in Japan so far away from his family, he wanted us to be there. We can't afford it so he is going to pay for my mom to go down there. That leaves me alone with my kitties. And my dad may end up coming to stay with me. The first thing on my mind when I heard he might be coming was that, "Oh how can I make him feel HORRIBLE about not making an effort to be in my life? MWAHAHAHAHA!"
Now I admit, most parents wouldn't be very proud to have a lazy slob for a daughter, but everytime I see him, I feel like a huge disappointment. So I've made a list of what I can do to make myself a better person so that he will feel bad. I know it's petty, and I know it's superficial and selfish, but I figure if this pettiness helps me some how get in the habbit of taking care of myself, then it will be worth it, even if it doesn't succeed in making him feel bad. Besides, maybe he'll be nice enough to take me to gay cabaret for my birthday if he comes. My opinion: Gay Cabaret solves all of life's glitches.
Ok. Here's the deal. I just watched the whole series of Mirage of Blaze in one day. Yes I know, I'm an ubergeek, but I have the time to spare. Anyway, The first few episodes I watched dubbed, and then I figured out how to get it to Japanese with subtitles. So since I could switch back and forth, I decided to observe the differences.There is something wrong about English VA's doing Japanese Animation. There's something almost awkward about it. I mean, sure sometimes they're good actors, and hot voices, and are in time with the mouth movements, but the English dubs just are lacking some sort of emotion. They're so awkward it's almost comical. While when I went back to Japanese, It was so dramatic and romantic... And intense...
For instance. At the very end of the last episode, Naoe (or however his name is spelt) says to the main character "I love you." And in Japanese, it was so romantic, with them looking out over the water at sunset... But even with such an atmorphere, when I replayed that part with the dubs, his "I love you" Sounded more like a child - or politician - apologizing for something that he wasn't really sorry about. The emotion behind it was all wrong! My Opinion: Ban English dubs on Japanese animation. SUBTITLES ALL THE WAY! ... At least for the more dramatic series anyway... Let the kids have their dubbed cartoons I guess.
Aren't vets those places where you take your animal to make it better or to check up or stuff like that? So why does my vet care more about money than the well-being of a little cat? Why is not getting the money within the week good enough? What if someone doesn't get paid until thursday, but she still demands a down payment of $400 dollars within two days? She'd let a cat die, just beacause she has to wait a couple extra days for her ridiculously expensive demands? Where does she expect the money to come from? Shall I pull it out of my ass? My opinion: Bark, bitch, bark.
Sorry... I want my kitty back -_-... So I'm mad.