Orginally put "Rogers" in the title; I was thinking of Wooden Rogers from The Republic of Pirates (don't quote me on the title there), which as I read more of I wonder if Eiichiro Oda knew anything about the content. Possibly.

Anyway...I'm on vacation, I have thoughts (lots of them) about the new Disney/Pixar movie WALL*E (yah!!), and a few other life thoughts on various points (pirate book for one), but I'd rather random about my feelings and interpretation of the recent One Piece chapter. Mmm...

( SPOILERS abound, seriously )

Read here

See others' comments here

( SPOILERS? )

Still completely worked up!! WOW!!

I really should do this... I keep telling myself to update this with my birthday experiences (dolphins and stingrays! Yay!) and the my "return" to Disney World after 6 years.
I use to go to WDW nearly every couple years but then I lost a lot of interest in Disney. Now with their new 2D animated movie coming out next year and as that movie is being directed by "Ron and John" (the directors of Aladdin, Hercules, and The Little Mermaid) I'm a mite excited about it. After that is Rapunzel (hopefully) which I'm really psyched about as Disney hasn't done a fairy tale since 1991 with Beauty and the Beast (which by the way, is an excellent fairy tale, though the elements I found most appealing were never in the Disney version.)

( wherein I ramble about a growing annoyance I see in The Little Mermaid and Ariel's presentation and goals in the film )

Although, I suppose the most important parts to comment on are the stingrays and dolphins. For my (our) birthday, we got passes to Discovery Cove, a part of Sea World and Busch Gardens; there were stingrays there, in this huge pond. I feed them a few times and they were very nice. Also the dolphin we met (it was more of a meeting them in the water than really swimming with them, except for one portion where you held onto the dolphin and she swam a short distance through the water) was named Kayley. I believe she was still a juvenile...it was quite an experience though I find have no way to explain it, except in hard, cold facts.

Also, Magic Kingdom was delightful and lent itself to some thoughts and revelations that are still stirring. Of course, visiting Disney again now stirred up interesting thoughts, revolving around dreams, the cast members who work there, what Walt even intended (thanks to a new biography I brought that finally supports my personal opinions), old rides/shows, and the children-aspect of the parks. Oh, and talking with Belle, but anyway...

For the moment that is all I believe, until I find better, fluid words to express my thoughts and feelings.

See how cute the cownose stingrays are? (the kind I feed at Discovery Cove)

This is probably not the most useful thing to be updating on, nor is it really revelant to many other things, but the story got me worked up enough to yell vocally in outrage and amusement so I think I'll throw out a few of my thoughts. (No pictures; I'm taking it simple.) (though that doesn't mean I won't throw in links!!)

( see below )

Surprisingly" these are nearly all One Piece related. Though it depends on how one counts them...if it is by the actual claims communities than OP hardly wins, but if it is by actual claims, then yes, OP does beat 12K by 2....mm, hm...(which reminds me--I should ramble about the new FUNImation release)



waiting to see when I get my new "boyfriend" from is_my_boyfriend; I got tired of Zoro...

I've claimed Iceburg, Shandia & Zoro's scar @ op_claims

I've claimed Kouya @ 12kingdomsclaim

This is why philosophy is one of the best loves of my life.

Some of the subject matter is a little...not really intense, but its a critical response to Epicurean thought in direct relation to death and the goal (so far as I've learned) about the development of Epicureanism. That is, it talks almost disinterestedly about death and/or dying, and some of the views purported in my writing are not exactly my own, but at the same time, it's a thinking-work in progress. In a way, you may say I am discovering my thoughts and trying to approach them from a clear perspective instead of being blind and making assumptions.

 

I retook this.
( and I did better... )

I was thinking it would be interesting to write an essay about the topic in the title, at least from the consideration of my Theory paper: women as the Other or non-being in a male-dominated society. Especially intriguing considering the comatose state of the women. In particular, Basile's version, Sun, Moon, and Talia seems to be most interesting for this kind of "study". It's just striking how much I could work with the theories I've been learning about.
By the way, the French translates into (which is also intriguing to me) something like "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood". Mmhm...It would also be interesting as a narrative story.

image link (usage?)

Did Life Evolve in Ice: fascinating article. Thrills my mind!!

'The Black Cauldron'...certainly not known in animated Disney movie lore as being the crowd pleaser and classic like 'The Little Mermaid' or 'Cinderella'. All the same, I have always had a fondness for it, mayhap because I read Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles where subject material of 'The Black Cauldron' film covers the first two novels, The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. I absolutely loved the stories, the characters, and "themes" if you want to call it that, but most of all I still remember appreicating the characters. It instilled in me an undeveloped interest/love for Welsh myth. Also it was just a good story about growing up, self-realizations and just lots of good stuff like that.
ANYWAY. Surprise of complete surprises, the Disney version was on television today and I watched practically the whole thing. My thoughts/feelings, which contains spoilers for anyone who has not watched/read The Black Cauldron, can be divided among...
( the good )
and...
( the bad )
And that is all.

One more thing:
Happy birthday to llieno as I cannot for the life of me think of any kind of gift. You've always been a dear, even if I've been dead online and LJ...

10 Things You Should Never Say to a Women
10 Things You Should Never Say to a Man (link within first article)

Notice the interesting gender assumptions; while both are observational, the man-one seems built around getting out of the questions. The women-one seems to be asking for understanding. It's just...meh. The only thing I found worth reading was the don't ask a women "when she's due" in case she isn't or has already given birth.

That reminds me of a story my mom told me: she was pregnant with me and my sister and she had walked down to some ice cream store to get ice cream (obviously) (at least I think it was). As she was walking pass some house (I believe it was a lady out gardening? no idea really as I was only in the womb), this lady told mom she shouldn't be eating the ice cream, indicating that my mom was overweight. My mom didn't say anything but she almost went back to tell the lady she was pregnant (with twins) so of course she had weight. (If you look at pictures it's prominently only Mom's abdomen that's huge...)

Read a translation of the most recent 'One Piece' chapter and looked at raw images and I'll say this without spoiling....wow...Brought me make to Baratie which made it all more incredible.
As to the title of the chapter: Strawhat Crew - Pirate Hunter Zoro
It reminded me of how whenever a new member joins (generally) they get a chapter named after them. (eg. Zoro joins, chapter title something like 'The First Person' etc.) Actually according to this system Chopper and Robin have not had their "official" joining. (Usopp just did and Nami did after Arlong Park). ANYWAY, my point is, the title is referencing Zoro as part of the Strawhat crew; I wonder if the others will get such intense death-defying chapters to cement their loyal. We'll see...(I'll see I suppose...)
Yah...bedtime...

And yes, I realize I've been incredibly disconnected from commenting on anything on LJ. I'm hoping to rectify that and I am reading some entries even if I don't comment. Anyway, I wanted to apologize as I know you can't go around ignoring people - it isn't polite.

I think that's all...'night world.

New Year = new style I suppose, though really I just wanted something different and it happens to fit with the new year. While most people might post about the holidays or New Year's/New Year's resolutions or just reminisces about the last year, I'll post some writing instead. Or I will once I post it to my writing journal. Then I'll put up links.
love, winter, and white ships docking at a tropical-type island. Let me know if any of the subjects are interesting or anything you notice. Thank you.

So happy holidays, winter season and new year to everyone, since I've been a writing hermit. (which is actually a good thing for the most part)

I hadn't realized how much Phillip Pullman disliked C.S Lewis' Narnian Chronicles. While I can't hold that against Pullman, it does amuse me that his books (His Dark Materials) seemed much more obviously religious (or anti-religious as the case may be...), though I attest that more to childhood memory than any literary critque. For example, my favorite Narnian story was The Horse and His Boy prominately because it was not in Narnia at all and it is one of the only times you see anything at all about the Pevensie children as adult rulers in Narnia (though Peter's off fighting giants in the north...) Either way, I find it peculiar as The Horse and His Boy could be seen as mildly racism, depending on what one wants to emphasize; though there is little debate that the Calormene men are dark-skinned; actually I just noticed how terribly uncreative the name of the southern country might be. Though Aravis still remains one of my favorite female characters (she is stern, sensible, but oddly compassionate to Cor/Shasta after the lion attack; before that she talks down to him and is somewhat rude - nice couple)

Cut for space
( wherein I ramble about Phillp Pullman, C.S. Lewis and a few other British authors and the matter of sin, the fall and other interesting thoughts from an article I'm in the process of reading )

I think that's all for now; good night world. (doesn't really apply as I've added/edited it)

Here is a link to the article: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OON/is_1_24/ai_107896947/pg_1

Never thought I'd see the day...

It's just a sketch that I inked over (except the hair which is partly inked, partly colored pencil), but I'm really loving it(subtleties...yes I think so). It was distracting me from finals...
( can anyone tell what's wrong with it, artistically? )

Shameless gushing therein below (also SPOILERS for those who haven't seen pass arrival at Skypiea or have never heard of Dials)
( Skypiea! The Clouds of Angel Beach )

Clips
Sanji's expressive dorkiness we all love (I think I might be a Sanji-fangirl OMG!!)
meeting Conis
Luffy and Chopper almost drown and Conis sounds just like Keiko at 00:13 to 00:15!!

(two more eps until 'Faith' begins) I was wrong

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And below which is mostly unclear rambles and SPOILERS for the most recent OP manga chapter.
( Chapter 482: Arrival of Dawn )
full chapter online

SPOILERS for episode...though it's mostly voice-ramblings...
( 100 Million Man! World's Greatest Power and Pirate Black Beard )

First snowfall of the year and it's still going! Happy!! Snow makes me giddy and happy! I love it!! I forgot how much I did. WHEEEE!! Made my day!! Snow!

I've never done this before but...after months of languishing, I've finally returned to reading 'Fairy Tail'. I highly recommend it - a lot of people claim similarities to 'One Piece' so if you like that, 'Fairy Tail' is a definate must; though the more you read, the less similar they are (IMO). Natsu may seem stereotypically similar to Luffy but they really aren't equal to each other. Maybe I'll elaborate later. ANYWAY!! The reason I'm here at all, is I've read from chapter 54 to chapter 56, ending at here. Mwhahaha! Is it wrong I find Gray's upcoming battle hysterical?? Also *hearts* & kudos to men who'll kick anyone's ass.
( And...SPOILERS maybe for chapters )
I have no idea why I got that from 'Fairy Tail' instead of 'One Piece' but then again, in 'FT' it wasn't so much a "man's dream/ambition" spirit...there was something different about it that really impressed/struck me. Yeeeah...