Saturday, February 1, 2014

Cosplay; Programs; Anime; History

So I have been absent again I know for a very good reason. I recently started editing novels for people since I didn't get into either JET or Fulbright this year... That way I can still build my experience and resume with things I've been doing when I start to work on applying to graduate schools. One author I met on SharedTalk has translated his own stories and publishes them on Amazon.  His pen name is Ryusei, and he is 45 years old. Here is his profile page if you're interested to read more about him or read his works. He is really nice and super knowledgeable about many things, as well as has great English.

Ryusei also introduced me to "The Tatami Galaxy" anime. I really want to watch it because of its unique visual style, but I heard that the subtitles are too distracting from the awesome visuals of the anime. If I do it in straight Japanese, I wouldn't be able to watch it with friends though... so I am torn on whether to just marathon it alone or not.

Last night when I was talking to Ryusei, he said that he was reading up on Kuroda Yoshitaka, a famous samurai. The reason Ryusei was reading about him was because he really loves history and prefers famous samurai who were of reputable character, unlike the samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, who couldn't even beat his rival alone in a fight. Then, because I'd mentioned Miyamoto Musashi and tara no shirako (a Japanese dish), Ryusei said that he was upset by our conversation. I joked two strikes, one more and I'm out and he mentioned that the third thing that would/could bother him would be just the state's shintoism as a whole because of some historical reasons. Bluh, there was no winning for me yesterday.

Since I didn't get into either JET or Fulbright and have pretty much missed out on applying to graduate school this year because of Fulbright and JET, I'm looking into Interac. Interac is another teach abroad program, like JET, that one can use to go abroad to Japan. I am considering applying to this program since they have their own system outside of the U.S. government and generally keep a rolling application process despite having two main application periods. I think Interac is a good program because it is well respected and an awesome opportunity, like Fulbright or JET, for people looking to engage themselves with Japanese society.

Speaking of Fulbright,  they have another amazing opportunity for people to study abroad. I think that there is great potential for applicants because it is more of a multi-media program that one can use to engage audiences of all ages through written research, pictures, visual media such as film, and more. There is so much potential in this program and if I had more time to prepare, I would have applied myself. I wish all of these applicants good luck because Fulbright is very competitive.

So I plan on cosplaying at this year's anime detour that is coming up in a couple of months. If I can get more hours at work soon or get accepted for a second job, I want to cosplay as both Kitsurubami from FLCL and Lal'c Mellk Mal from Diebuster. I think that they are both amazing and strong women who work independent from others and can think individually from their commanders. I want to cosplay them also because I really find their uniforms cute. I'm a little self-conscious because all of my body weight is either in my boobs or in my thighs (mostly my thighs) and I don't want to look frumpy. I know there are a lot of ways to not look frumpy, but spanx wouldn't be able to help my thighs for Lal'c.  If I do Kitsurubami, I will just buy the pattern to a Twiggy Bell dress and modify it. I might even do that for the bell sleeves of Lal'c depending on the funding. That's what I am thinking of doing currently, anyways.

Well that is all I have for now. I will let you know about my applications to Interac and what graduate schools I settle on applying to. I also wanted to remind everyone that there are ways to achieve your dreams, and here's a list to help motivate you all!

Thank you for reading~!

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