save the earthlings

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Futaro Mitsuki

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ANG LAMIG.

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It’s so important to separate the real goal from the old mental associations. We have old dreams. We have images we want to re-create. They’re hard to untangle from the result we really want. They become excuses, and reasons to procrastinate.

Derek Sivers | Unlikely places and untangled goals

I swear I’ll break away from my fixed outlooks this year.

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the slow build narrative of Yuri!!! on Ice

(warning: really huge-ass, super long post with many screencaps)

You know what the most amazing thing about the Yuri!!! on Ice ep 7 kiss is? That it wasn’t the most amazing thing in the episode. For real. In fact, it wasn’t amazing at all, and I mean this in the best possible way: when it came about, it felt real and organic, because the show has been leading us here all along.

The narrative has paved the way for this moment to happen—and more than that, for it not to be the end of the series, but simply another element of the story as it develops. 

I am going to tackle why I think this is so, starting with…

the genre question 

I think one of the things that’s struck me about Yuri!!! on Ice from the start is: this is not a typical sports anime.

This is the start, and the framing, of a typical sports anime.

Our protagonists are at the start of something new. They are there to face their sport, overcome challenges, and learn to work as a team. Along the way, they will meet allies as well as powerful rivals. In the end, they will fight their way to the top and embrace the power of nakama.

This is the start of Yuri!!! on Ice.

When we first meet Yuuri, he has already done most of that.

Keep reading

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Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.

Carl Sagan

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Trust me, this is hilarious.

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Ana Godis

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Move over, Charles Dickens! From the staff of the New Yorker and the Comma Queen herself, here’s a special lesson for a well-edited holiday season. 

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CUTIES.

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“The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there. On such short notice. Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it!”

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TOO. FUNNY.

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I love this.

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“The work of past ages accumulates, and is remade again.” -Osamu Sato

From Zach Lieberman’s talk, Poetic Computation.

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Where can I get a Kevin?

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Whoops, all the water in my body accidentally spilled out through my eyes.