Tuesday randomness.

[nenena]

RE: Paris Hilton

My faith in The System has been completely restored. Thank you, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer. I've never met you in person, I've only read about you once in an AP news article, but I think that I love you.

cleolinda has articulated my exact feelings about Paris Hilton here, and in a much smarter way than I ever could have written.

And what bugs me the most about this is that Ms. Hilton STILL refuses to take responsibility for ANYTHING that she's done wrong. Argh, she reminds me of my worst maturity-challenged students. You know, the ones who will blame their parents, their friends, their dog, institutionalized racism, immigration reform, and the failures of the American/Japanese social support system for the fact that I just caught them cheating on a test by copying answers downloaded onto their cell phones.

But enough about Paris Hilton, who sucks. Here are some memes.

One for me to do: Ganked from sam_chan and meiousei: Name any character I know and I'll tell you three reasons why s/he sucks, whether or not I like that character. You can name more than one character. I like a challenge.

One that I am doing: Ganked from evercool. What's in your bag?

In my backpack is...
* A folder full of schedules and contact numbers for all of the schools that I work at.
* A precious, precious English-language edition of Newsweek that I picked up in Tokyo and am trying to make last as long as possible. Also, an issue of Time, same deal.
* Colored pencils, because I use them for my special-ed students, and I never know if I'm attending a special-ed class until five minutes before class begins.
* An electronic J-E/E-J dictionary.
* An electronic kanji dictionary.
* A bottle of lotion.
* A mail-order form for the Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo Pinky:st figure. (She's so cute!)
* A flash drive.
* An internet cable, because a lot of the places where I work expect me to provide my own.
* Envelopes of various sizes, stamps, clear tape, and some postcards.
* Some spare pens and a black marker.
* An extremely crushed cookie. Oh crap, I forgot about that.
* Emergency feminine hygeine supplies.

And normally my laptop and laptop cord would be in there too, but I'm at home right now using them.

In my purse...
* Wallet
* Camera and carrying case
* Hand lotion
* Hand soap (a necessity in Japan; rarely provided in public restrooms)
* Floss
* A comb
* Nail clippers and a nail file, because hangnails suck!
* My alien registration card
* Phonecards
* A file of business cards that people keep giving me
* My International Driver's License and my Iowa driver's license, because the former is invalid without the latter
* Address book
* Bank book and ATM card
* Emergency feminine hygeine supplies
* A little to-do and shopping list
* Many pens, all colors of the rainbow
* My hanko (signature stamp), ink pad, carrying case, and hanko registration certificate
* Health insurance card and various hospital/clinic ID cards (goddammit Japan)
* Packs of tissues
* Two mirrors. Bwuh, I didn't realize that I had two.
* Makeup.
* My cell phone.

...Yeah. That's all of the stuff that I never leave home without. Apparently I was a Boy Scout in a past life, or something.

Comments

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good ones! Let me see:

Rin

1. She fell in love with Shirou. That's the biggest thing that bugs me about her. Her love for Shirou isn't something that I can buy at face value; it completely goes against her established character and personality. The only reason that she fell in love with Shirou is that Fate/Stay Night is a harem anime and EVERY GIRL must fall in love with Shirou. Or at least, every "main" girl character, that is. I find her love for Shirou a *little* bit more believable in the original game, but that's because the game is longer, and can take its sweet time unpeeling the layers of Rin's personality. In the anime, however, her love for Shirou just came out of left field. It's like, WTF. Wasn't she trying to kill him twenty minutes ago?! And that whole she-wants-to-kill-him-but-then-is-blown-away-by-his-selfless-heroism-and-instantly-falls-in-love-with-him thing strikes me as astoundingly sexist. It reminds me of the latest issue of The All-Star Adventures of Batman and Robin. Wonder Woman wants to hit Superman with a baseball bat, Superman opens his mouth and says two words, and all of a sudden big scary evil Wonder Woman is reduced to a heaving-bossomed romance heroines, throwing her arms around Superman and purring "Take me, I'm yours." (Yes, that was written by Frank Miller.) It's like, the magical power of Superman Shirou's cock can make even homicidal magicians renounce their misguided ways and instantly swear to become his devoted maid/cook/girlfriends.

Again, like I said, Rin's love for Shirou made a bit more sense in the game, because it was developed slowly. But in the anime... Yeah, it's just a big giant sexist fantasy being projected onto an otherwise awesome female character. Grrrrr.

2. She really doesn't seem to care about Sakura until Sakura is a) in mortal peril or b) dying. Of course, this is Rin that we're talking about, so of course I believe that she does care about Sakura, but she just doesn't show it. However, for Sakura, that kind of sucks. Especially in the game, where Sakura is trapped in a horrifically abusive family situation, and Rin knows about it, but doesn't make a move to help her. I know that Rin has her reasons, of course - she always does. But still. It's hard to reconcile Rin's coldness toward Sakura with her otherwise general awesomeness.

3. In Fate/Hollow Atraxia she gets turned into a hyper-genky cosplaying anime fanboy wetdream. Who are you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FSN_KALEIDO_RUBY.jpg), and what have you done to my Rin?!