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So the day after losing my job i went out to eat with a former co-worker at my fave Japanese restaurant. (which made me FEEL much much better.) Like me he is a bit of a Japanophile and let me borrow some manga, anime, and movies to watch.
On my way home, however, to add insult to injury i was stopped by the police & they told me my license was suspended, which was impossible because I paid those tickets! So they took my DL away and i drove away in shame. The next day i had to go down to the traffic court and prove to them, with receipt in hand, that i paid all my fines. Realizing this the lady at the desk unsuspended my license and told us the person at the counter when i paid my ticket was supposed to clear it and did not. So it was their mistake. Then i had to drive to the DMV and reinstate my license for a fee of 10 bucks. :-/
Well, in happier news, I *finally* uploaded my Chinese New year pictures from late January where i went to this college party with my Wah Lum Kung Fu class. Our presentation pictures can be seen here. We did lion dancing and some demos from our team. It was cold, but very very fun.
I've realized after watching Ichi the Killer that I have this love for Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) movies. *few spoilers ahead* In my own words from a forum about it: It's like Kakihara is a masochist so we expected him to be shy, quiet, introverted, and subservient. While Ichi is the sadist we expected relishing killing people and like watch his sadistic thoughts come to life. Instead Ichi was the most patheitic character of the entire movie and shows us how human he is. (But i don't believe that was the intention of the movie.) He cries and he doesn't want to kill, yet he gets sexually excited when he does and he lacks confidence and acts submissive to people most of the time. While kakihara was his polar opposite. He took pleasure in torturing people and liked being beat, but had no fears and complete confidence in himself. It was interesting that a movie of this calibur and them was made. I'm surprised Americans didn't think of it first.
Lately to relive all the stress in my life i have been playing a jrpg called Persona 4. My fave character so far is Yukiko Amagi:
She reminds me of myself, A LOT. She lacks confidence and assertiveness and is just trying to make it through life. Shes learning to be more outgoing like her BFF Chie, but it's hard.
On my way home, however, to add insult to injury i was stopped by the police & they told me my license was suspended, which was impossible because I paid those tickets! So they took my DL away and i drove away in shame. The next day i had to go down to the traffic court and prove to them, with receipt in hand, that i paid all my fines. Realizing this the lady at the desk unsuspended my license and told us the person at the counter when i paid my ticket was supposed to clear it and did not. So it was their mistake. Then i had to drive to the DMV and reinstate my license for a fee of 10 bucks. :-/
Well, in happier news, I *finally* uploaded my Chinese New year pictures from late January where i went to this college party with my Wah Lum Kung Fu class. Our presentation pictures can be seen here. We did lion dancing and some demos from our team. It was cold, but very very fun.
I've realized after watching Ichi the Killer that I have this love for Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) movies. *few spoilers ahead* In my own words from a forum about it: It's like Kakihara is a masochist so we expected him to be shy, quiet, introverted, and subservient. While Ichi is the sadist we expected relishing killing people and like watch his sadistic thoughts come to life. Instead Ichi was the most patheitic character of the entire movie and shows us how human he is. (But i don't believe that was the intention of the movie.) He cries and he doesn't want to kill, yet he gets sexually excited when he does and he lacks confidence and acts submissive to people most of the time. While kakihara was his polar opposite. He took pleasure in torturing people and liked being beat, but had no fears and complete confidence in himself. It was interesting that a movie of this calibur and them was made. I'm surprised Americans didn't think of it first.
Lately to relive all the stress in my life i have been playing a jrpg called Persona 4. My fave character so far is Yukiko Amagi:
She reminds me of myself, A LOT. She lacks confidence and assertiveness and is just trying to make it through life. Shes learning to be more outgoing like her BFF Chie, but it's hard.