Sunday, June 10, 2012
Gold Cartridge...
This game is unnecessarily hard... I think I'm going to play a new game for a while, as I am getting highly frustrated...
Oh Come On...
Somali Islamists offer a 10 camel bounty for Obama
It should be noted that my bro Brian was once offered 30 camels during a marriage proposal towards me, from a Turkish man via Skype...
Wow, I'm worth more than Obama... I don't really know how to feel about this.
Today's green, yet truly Fucked Up Fact...
Aokigahara (青木ヶ原), also known as the Sea of Trees (樹海), is a 35-square-kilometre (14 sq mi) forest that lies at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. The forest contains a number of rocky, icy caverns, a few of which are popular tourist destinations. Due to the wind-blocking density of the trees and an absence of wildlife, the forest is known for being eerily quiet.
The forest has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology and is a popular place for suicides; 54 completed the act in 2010, despite numerous signs, in Japanese and English, urging people to reconsider their actions.
The forest is a popular place for suicides, reportedly the most popular in Japan and second in the world after San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Statistics vary. In the period leading up to 1988, about 30 suicides occurred there every year.
In 2002, 78 bodies were found within the forest, exceeding the previous record of 74 in 1998. In 2003, the rate climbed to 100, and in recent years, the local government has stopped publicizing the numbers in an attempt to downplay Aokigahara's association with suicide. In 2004, 108 people killed themselves in the forest. In 2010, 247 people attempted suicide in the forest, 54 of whom completed the act. Suicides are said to increase during March, the end of the fiscal year in Japan.
The high rate of suicide has led officials to place signs in the forest, in Japanese and English, urging those who have gone there in order to commit suicide to seek help and not kill themselves. The annual body search, consisting of a small army of police, volunteers, and attendant journalists, began in 1970.
The site's popularity has been attributed to the 1960 novel Nami no Tō (波の塔, lit., "Tower of Waves") by Seichō Matsumoto, which ends with two lovers committing suicide in the forest. However, the history of suicide in Aokigahara predates the novel's publication, and the place has long been associated with death: ubasute may have been practiced there into the 19th century, and the forest is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of those left to die.
Though I don't think you came here for a history lesson...
ON WITH THE GORE!
Note, some of these pictures are blurred... not my fault, I didn't do it, don't complain to me.
The forest has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology and is a popular place for suicides; 54 completed the act in 2010, despite numerous signs, in Japanese and English, urging people to reconsider their actions.
The forest is a popular place for suicides, reportedly the most popular in Japan and second in the world after San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Statistics vary. In the period leading up to 1988, about 30 suicides occurred there every year.
In 2002, 78 bodies were found within the forest, exceeding the previous record of 74 in 1998. In 2003, the rate climbed to 100, and in recent years, the local government has stopped publicizing the numbers in an attempt to downplay Aokigahara's association with suicide. In 2004, 108 people killed themselves in the forest. In 2010, 247 people attempted suicide in the forest, 54 of whom completed the act. Suicides are said to increase during March, the end of the fiscal year in Japan.
The high rate of suicide has led officials to place signs in the forest, in Japanese and English, urging those who have gone there in order to commit suicide to seek help and not kill themselves. The annual body search, consisting of a small army of police, volunteers, and attendant journalists, began in 1970.
The site's popularity has been attributed to the 1960 novel Nami no Tō (波の塔, lit., "Tower of Waves") by Seichō Matsumoto, which ends with two lovers committing suicide in the forest. However, the history of suicide in Aokigahara predates the novel's publication, and the place has long been associated with death: ubasute may have been practiced there into the 19th century, and the forest is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of those left to die.
Though I don't think you came here for a history lesson...
ON WITH THE GORE!
Note, some of these pictures are blurred... not my fault, I didn't do it, don't complain to me.
Pretty cool, huh?
I am all sads now...
So I was talking to my Japanese girlfriend this morning, and the fact that she doesn't really exist came up, and there was this awkward silence.
After a while I said, "But it's cool, ya know?"
"Soo desu ka?" she replied.
"Yeah. I mean, we never have to fight. And I never have to buy you stuff and-- what?"
"Anata wa pathetiku desu nee...," she demurely interjected.
"Well yeah. But it's not like anybody knows I have an imaginary Japanese girlfriend."
"Anata wa baka."
Now I felt more than a little upset. "Hey, don't judge me!" I yelled.
"Baka!"
So I had to break up with my imaginary Japanese girlfriend.
"Soo desu ka?" means "Oh really?"
"Anata wa pathetiku desu nee..." means "You're pathetic, you know that, right?"
"Anata wa baka" means "You're an idiot."
"Baka!" means "Idiot!"
After a while I said, "But it's cool, ya know?"
"Soo desu ka?" she replied.
"Yeah. I mean, we never have to fight. And I never have to buy you stuff and-- what?"
"Anata wa pathetiku desu nee...," she demurely interjected.
"Well yeah. But it's not like anybody knows I have an imaginary Japanese girlfriend."
"Anata wa baka."
Now I felt more than a little upset. "Hey, don't judge me!" I yelled.
"Baka!"
So I had to break up with my imaginary Japanese girlfriend.
"Soo desu ka?" means "Oh really?"
"Anata wa pathetiku desu nee..." means "You're pathetic, you know that, right?"
"Anata wa baka" means "You're an idiot."
"Baka!" means "Idiot!"
おっぱい ほらね ふたつでしょ
Hahahahahaha! I sincerely love how this old Japanese children's song has no compunction about the mentioning of "breasts".
ふたあつ ふたあつ なんでしょね
futaatsu futaatsu nandeshone
There are two, two, right?
お目々が いちに ふたつでしょ
There are two, two, right?
お目々が いちに ふたつでしょ
o me ga ichini futatsudesho
One eye and two,
お耳も ほらね ふたつでしょ
One eye and two,
お耳も ほらね ふたつでしょ
o mimi mo horane futatsudesho
And one ear plus two, eh.
ふたあつ ふたあつ まだあって
And one ear plus two, eh.
ふたあつ ふたあつ まだあって
futaatsu futaatsu madaatte
There are another couple of things
お手々が いちに ふたつでしょ
There are another couple of things
お手々が いちに ふたつでしょ
o te ga ichini futatsudesho
One arm and another
あんよも ほらね ふたつでしょ
One arm and another
あんよも ほらね ふたつでしょ
anyomo horane futatsudesho
and two widdle wegs.
まだまだ いいもの なんでしょか
and two widdle wegs.
まだまだ いいもの なんでしょか
madamada iimono nandeshoka
But there is still another good thing
まあるい あれよ かあさんの
But there is still another good thing
まあるい あれよ かあさんの
maarui areyo kaasanno
Those round things mom has
おっぱい ほらね ふたつでしょ
Those round things mom has
おっぱい ほらね ふたつでしょ
oppai horane futatsudesho
Breasts, see? There are two, aren't there.
Breasts, see? There are two, aren't there.
I am so teaching Midget to sing this song... to sing it IN PUBLIC, as I find the notion of it absolutely hilarious!
Indelible proof, that our social identities are a creation of other people's thoughts.
Indelible proof, that our social identities are a creation of other people's thoughts.
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