Pokemon Alt Art

Today, I cannot really be bothered, so, as a departure from our regularly scheduled entertainment, I give you, Pokemon alternative art. Pokemon come from Japan, therefore this is relevant and acceptable.

I am honestly sorry for today's poor attempt. See you next time, with the theme of heritage!

Words of the Day XVI

Oh no my hand!

Today, I woke up and went about my day. Then these things came to my attention. That site has some awesome stuff on it. So I played a little bit of Die2nite, a horrible translation into English from French. For ultimate hilarity check out their terms and conditions here, I especially like how you aren't allowed to mock anyone for their 'urological or eschatological dispositions'. Really frenchmen, really? Anyway, I played the game for about ten minutes and during that time I helped build a tower, went out into the desert, got my crotch chewed on by zombies, hurt my hand and gave up. Intense zombie action! But really, it looks like a lot of fun, and I'm just a noob.


Japanese Word of the Day is: 殺す
                                          Korosu

English Word of the Day is:  Anthropophagi


Korosu means to murder or kill. General use word, just like in English, used in lieu of more unpleasant details.

Anthropophagi a word from greek anthro meaning man and phagus meaning eat. It literally means man-eaters. This is a medieval trope, and a classical trope. At one point it was used derisively against early Christians referring to the doctrine of the real presence, and then later on referring to random savages from travel writing, with no heads put faces mounted in their chests. Gorific!


Seppuku in a sentence: 
 私の手で殺した!

I killed them by my own hands.
  



Well, that's about it for me today. Tell me in the comment section if you like the zombie genre!

Words of the Day XV

Mad Bleep Bloop

Today, I woke up and still felt like I was stoned. I slept maybe 5 hours, and felt like I was as thick as pigshit all day, until a few hours ago anyway, and now I just feel tired.


Japanese Word of the Day is: 切腹
                                          Seppuku

English Word of the Day is:  Defenestrate


Seppuku or harakiri is that famous method of suicide so culturally tied to the Japanese and their sense of honour. Seppuku is the On-yomi, or chinese reading of the kanji, and harakiri is the kun-yomi, or Japanese reading of the kanji. To clarify, seppuku and harakiri are exactly the same thing, but seppuku is the more formal tone, as it uses the Chinese pronunciation. This appears to be standard in Japanese historical documents, that the Chinese is considered more learned.

Defenestrate is the classy word for someone being thrown out a window. According to wiki, the median dosage of fatality for defenestration is 5 stories. Throwing yourself out of a window is called auto-defenestration. Intense!


Seppuku in a sentence: 
切腹しよ！

Guys, lets ritually disembowel ourselves!
  



Well, that's about it for me today. Tell me in the comment section if you have ever been thrown out a window!

Words of the Day XIV

Kristen.

Today, I had a good day. I saw two dutch girls and we went out for picnic dinner at the town gardens. Also, I canceled my newspaper subscription and they said I would be refunded some money, and my student loan was approved with a billion percent less pain than I expected to. Today's words were brought to you by Dutch Girl #1.


Japanese Word of the Day is: ラマ
                                          Rama

English Word of the Day is:  Face


Llama is the transliteration of Llama into Japanese. Nothing to see here. Alternate spellings are リャマ (Ryama) which is strange.

Face is the fancy word for visage, appearance, guise and facade. It can be mixed so seamlessly into everyday conversation that you will not even know, nor will your friends know just how class you are. True story.


Rama in a sentence: 
お前はラマみたいかおがある。

You have a llama face!.
  



Well, that's about it for me today. Tell me in the comment section if you have ever been told you look like a llama, or are dutch, so that I can mock you bitterly.

Words of the Day XIII

I accidentally deleted this post because I zoned out when using the editor, instead of copying yesterdays post into the new post section of the thing, I edited it instead. Fail. That's a blog keeper fail. What was today about again?

Genki & Noisome.

Awesome. Fail.

 

My Day in a Sentence I

Today was a nice day as I slept late and did very little. :)


Japanese Word of the day: Yasumi

English Word of the day: Prostrate

Yasumi means holiday

Prostrate means to kowtow, or grovel

So ends today's unformatted lazy blog. I am sorry, DOW2 calls.

Words of the Day XII

Dessert is on you.

Today, I woke up and it was Saint Valentines day. Naturally, the responsible thing to do is to go ahead and talk about White Day in Japan and Korea, what it is and how it came about. Fuck that. Today, we talk about.


Japanese Word of the Day is: 歩き出す
                                         Arukidasu

English Word of the Day is:  Solitude


Arukidasu is a combination of two verbs, aruku and dasu. It means to step out for a walk. It seems particularly poetic to me as, like in English, the more complex language is more delicate than the plain. It's very nice. Trust me.

Solitude means utterly alone. Solitude, and solitary have punitive connotations to them, as in, solitary confinement, and, he was left alone in solitude. Being alone sucks, as people are social by nature. It is interesting that today, and other holidays where the media stresses the natural call to camaraderie, that is is most stingingly bitter to be so hopelessly alone...



Arukidasu in a sentence: 
今晩にきれいなかのじょと歩き出すつもりだ
                              
Tonight, I intend to step out for a bit with a pretty young thing.*



*I may be lying.


Well, that's about it for me today. Tell me in the comment section if you're alone or not today.