Aside from the obvious, such as interesting plots, engaging characters, realities that can only be depicted through that medium (at least for the time being), and themes that either inspire or teach (or let me veg for 20 minutes), I like anime for its nuggets. I call good quotes nuggets because they're like little nuggets of gold that you mine out of the continuum of the dialogue or plot.
Anyway, here are some of the nuggets I found:
"I like any book that makes me feel like I'm in a sea. Swallowing in knowledge and emotion and everything else. Endlessly expanding but somehow different from reality." - Black Lagoon, episode 20
"If there's no meaning to something that'll eventually be lost, then there's no meaning to your life either, right? Whether it's because of time, illness, or the blade, your life will eventually be taken. Then, will you take your life now?" - Pumpkin Scissors, episode 19
Anime (and any media, really) seems to have the ability to impart such things but it depends on whether or not the creator wanted to. Anime has a lot of them; so do books. This is why I enjoy them.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Random but useless factoid
Did you know that the Tetris pieces are combination of four squares arranged to make the different tetrominos? And apparently, that's an actual word - tetramino - I wiki'd it. Hehe.
I just realized, that's probably where the name Tetris came from, huh?
Oh the little things in life...
I just realized, that's probably where the name Tetris came from, huh?
Oh the little things in life...
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Why grammar is important
It pretty much boils down to whether or not you're articulate. In order to be so, one must have knowledge of grammar and its structures to properly express what one is trying to say.
For some reason, if the grammar is off or there are many typos, I start to question the authority of the writer. When reading anything, when a person does not care enough to look into his or her writing, I question how serious they are because they can't even get the basic writing part down.
I just can't take the writing seriously and as a result, seriously undermine the worthiness of the information I am looking at.
I wonder if this, too, is a type of prejudice.
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Though ironically, when I go back and read some of my old posts, I realize how much I suck at grammar too. -_-;; Perhaps rather than a prejudice, in my case, this is a kind of hypocrisy.....
For some reason, if the grammar is off or there are many typos, I start to question the authority of the writer. When reading anything, when a person does not care enough to look into his or her writing, I question how serious they are because they can't even get the basic writing part down.
I just can't take the writing seriously and as a result, seriously undermine the worthiness of the information I am looking at.
I wonder if this, too, is a type of prejudice.
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Though ironically, when I go back and read some of my old posts, I realize how much I suck at grammar too. -_-;; Perhaps rather than a prejudice, in my case, this is a kind of hypocrisy.....
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
It's always the little things
Why is it that as of late, what bothers me and gives me cause to write are people?
It makes me feel superficial. :/
Anyway, I'm taking two online classes. For the most part, I like the discussion and the people I'm taking the class with seem to be interesting (though diverse, which adds another dimension to the discussion in a good way).
It's only the third week of classes, but there's one person that kind of annoys me.
I'm not sure if it's because I complete disagreed with one of her posts but the more I read what she writes, the more she feels unintelligent to me. I'm trying to step out of this way of thinking but my goodness, she cannot type (perhaps it's the grammar or lack thereof?). It adds to the sense that she's either very young, or simply kind of dumb.
And yes, I'm being intelligent-ist (or whatever) and in many ways, I'm discriminating against this individual because I feel like she is unintelligent and thus, has little to contribute to the discussions but I think I'm giving her too little credit.
It's just that she sucks at articulating what she's trying to say.
And perhaps it's because I didn't agree with what she said about my post and I felt like she did it in a poor way and maybe I'm somehow subconsciously offended at that.
Who knows?
Hopefully, I'll be able to get out of this kind of thinking so that I can be more accepting of all types of people and their viewpoints.
It makes me feel superficial. :/
Anyway, I'm taking two online classes. For the most part, I like the discussion and the people I'm taking the class with seem to be interesting (though diverse, which adds another dimension to the discussion in a good way).
It's only the third week of classes, but there's one person that kind of annoys me.
I'm not sure if it's because I complete disagreed with one of her posts but the more I read what she writes, the more she feels unintelligent to me. I'm trying to step out of this way of thinking but my goodness, she cannot type (perhaps it's the grammar or lack thereof?). It adds to the sense that she's either very young, or simply kind of dumb.
And yes, I'm being intelligent-ist (or whatever) and in many ways, I'm discriminating against this individual because I feel like she is unintelligent and thus, has little to contribute to the discussions but I think I'm giving her too little credit.
It's just that she sucks at articulating what she's trying to say.
And perhaps it's because I didn't agree with what she said about my post and I felt like she did it in a poor way and maybe I'm somehow subconsciously offended at that.
Who knows?
Hopefully, I'll be able to get out of this kind of thinking so that I can be more accepting of all types of people and their viewpoints.
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