#3.1.20

[beebsaroni]

Not doing too well today but there will be better days. I look forward to those.

[elceeu2morrow]

Louis Tomlinson Gearing Up For First Solo World Tour

Sunday, March 1, 2020 12:00pm ET

Louis Tomlinson is gearing up for his first world tour as a solo artist.

The 50 date tour kicks off in just over a week on March 9 in Barcelona, Spain, and will see Tomlinson perform live at a host of countries, including Europe, Russia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada and more, before ending in the UK on August 15, 2020.

Many dates have already been sold out, including the UK shows. From early March until late July, he’ll be on tour near nightly, crossing not only countries but continents.

Earlier this year the English singer-songwriter headlined the Coca-Cola music festival in Madrid, recently performed to 65,000 fans at Premios Telehit in the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City, and picked up the Best Song Award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards for his recent single, "Two Of Us".

As a member of One Direction the global star has sold over 100 million records and as a solo artist, his music has since garnered over a billion astounding streams.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

She looks like she's getting her hair cut

[ener-chi]

I... I think I had another vision.

About 3 years ago, long before I was down the path I’m on now, I had a vision. I won’t type it out, but here it is if you’re interested. But... with the vision, came this extremely intense pull to move to the Pacific Northwest. Like... it was calling to me. I could feel it... deep down. And when I finally answered the call... that is when my Path began to unfold.

Well... I think I just had another vision. It’s a large shot. I’m in the center of the frame, I’m on a pier, or on a little indent in the front of a large body of water. Beyond me is a large, expansive landscape... so green, hilly... it’s overcast. But the lighting is wonderful... everyone feels weighted, and HD. My eyes are closed... I breathe deeply. My energy is so... clear, almost crystalline. My aura glows, almost this luminescent blue... and... I feel it... something calling to me... I exhale... there is an extreme sense of stillness... the calling grows stronger...

Back when I lived in Colorado, I used to be very outdoorsy. I had a lot of backpacking gear, and I loved to hike and camp out in the mountains, and to explore. I still have all of my gear. But... like 1.5-2 years ago, something happened... I like camping, and I like being outdoors... but something was holding me back. I felt scared to go. Like i shouldn’t be going. So I haven’t.

But. Recently, my desire to go has been growing again, especially now that it’s starting to get warmer. I want to go. And this vision... the calling... I think it’s calling me to go camping again. I think it’s time to explore again. I think I’m ready. But very interesting...

In other news. February was absolutely brutal for me. I was really sick, and not only did it wreck me energetically, but it kind of broke me emotionally. Like breaking a horse, or a soldier, it broke me. I kind of got depressed for a little while (although that’s more related to being sick I think) and I kind of self-destructed. But... it broke down some walls that I’ve had up for a while now. With love. And kindness, and gentleness. My beliefs with love have 100% changed even in the past couple of months. But even with the change, I still had some kind of mental block up from my past relationships; I wasn’t allowing myself to love, to feel loved; to be soft, and gentle, and loving. 

But that’s no longer the case. It’s been weird... but as i’ve been healing, I think i’ve been healing energetically, too. Those energy blockages are now gone, and I’m feeling lighter. And i’ve been exploring this side of myself I haven’t really seen... this side of me that is soft, and gentle, and loving. To everyone. 

I’ve also been really distracted lately. I filled my time with distractions while I was sick, and now I’m better, but the distractions haven’t really gone away. I’ve been wasting a lot of time, and spending time on things that I probably shouldn’t. But i’ve been thinking about my Path for a while. I needed to be reminded of what truly matters to me, what my purpose is, and what gives me true fulfillment. And that’s my Path. 

With February behind me and Spring just around the corner, I think it’s time to jump back in again. I have many things to work on and explore, people and spirits who need me, the forest to visit, and the great outdoors calling my name.  I’m ready.

That’s it for now. Sorry for the long personal post! I'm going to try to continue doing more color game posts throughout the day, little breaks between studying.

Blessings!

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

My Top 5 Movies Of 2019

I’m not really a movie guy at all, but it just so happens that I was able to watch enough movies from last year to make a Top 5, so uh, this is that. Idk just thought it’d be fun. Worth noting that I chose to exclude anime movies because like, bias. Yeah. Let’s go.

5. It: Chapter Two

I really did only watch 5 movies this year, so this has to be here. Which is unfortunate because this movie’s not great. It falls into an extremely repetitive structure very quickly, one that’s predictable, not very interesting, and goes on for fucking ages. Arbitrary plot devices keep the characters apart for the sake of ~~danger~~ but then the reason they split up is contradicted later so like, that’s a pretty big plot hole. The ending, Pennywise being verbally abused to death, is significantly less satisfying than being physically abused to death like in the first movie. Whole movie’s kinda just lame and cringy and not very scary, and the CG ends up being the best thing about it.

4. Toy Story 4

Pretty sure most people didn’t really want this to happen, myself included, and yeah I think we were mostly right to not want it. It’s, fine, Woody’s arc is okay and in leaving a lot of the old cast behind they open up the possibility for future sequels, but it all feels really, I guess ungenuine? Every old character that’s not Woody, Buzz or Bo Peep may as well not even be in the movie since they accomplish nothing, Bo Peep is a completely different character to an almost unreasonable degree just because I guess strong female character, and Buzz is fucking ruined, he’s completely insufferable and contributes nothing to the narrative other than a cheap unfunny joke that the movie will not let you forget about. And then all the new characters are lame and unfunny, I appreciate that the villain has different motivations than the last 2 but like, she’s still pretty forgettable. Mostly this movie just looks super incredibly pretty and I got emotional over the ending, but not really because of anything this movie did, it’s all piggybacking off of the other 3. It’s just kind of, a sequel that we were right to be cautious for.

3. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Finally a movie I actually enjoyed, what makes Detective Pikachu great, and the best videogame movie I’ve ever seen also, is that there’s a clear love and respect for the source material that translates into the final product. I like the look of the Pokémon, they manage to get quite a few from every generation and make a fair amount of non-gen 1 Pokémon relevant, the music is very Pokémon-like, and the entire credits sequence is the realest love letter in the whole movie. Plus the plot’s fun enough, even if very predictable. What holds the movie back is that most of the human characters, including the 2 leads, are shit characters that aren’t very well acted, and while the movie’s funny sometimes, the humour by and large is uh, kinda shit. Decent enough time, watch it if you like Pokémon, that’s about it.

2. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

What’s good Lily

1. Klaus

This is the only movie on the list I’d describe myself as really loving. It’s a fun Christmas movie with nice characters that learn cool things, one of those “origin of Santa” movies and I really loved their specific story, and best of all is the absolutely beautiful visuals, just go watch this on Netflix it’s a delightful time.

That’s it. Not exactly my most passionate list but hey I wanted to write one so.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

So Re:Zero’s being like, rebroadcast in Japan right now, but like every episode is 2 episodes in one and they’re all edited in some ways or another, just as a buildup to season 2 I suppose. Technically a separate anime but it’s still pending approval on MAL so, whatever. Anyway I’m gonna be watching it, good way to refresh my memory of the show before season 2, technically counts as a rewatch of season 1 and hey I feel like that’s something that’s maybe worth doing, and most of all it refreshes in my mind the image of what Re:Zero actually is when I’m not so distracted by specials or cup noodle adverts or Isekai Quartet. Speaking of, I forgot how much like Megumin Emilia sounds like at first. They’re both Rie Takahashi obviously but as Emilia becomes more and more moe waifu bait she sounds less and less like Megumin, so I forgot how she started is all. I also forgot how early they laid the ground for Subaru’s extremely entitled nature so, that’s neat I guess. And that’s actually everything I have to say about its first episode.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I finished Sailor Moon!

If you didn’t really read my last post, eh, you can gather from the title what this post is about. After watching since the 30th of June last year, I am at last finished with basically everything the 90’s Sailor Moon has to offer. There’s still Sailor Stars Hero Club and all the Memorial episodes, but by virtue of them all being recaps, it’s fair enough to make a post where I say I’m done. And what a great ride it’s been. Despite a fair amount of lows and an overall repetitive structure for the entire series, it was a delightful time from start to finish, featuring fun and surprising stories, delightful character writing, visuals I enjoy and music I’ll never forget. It is the magical girl show and in finally checking it out, seeing that which inspired so many others, I’ve come to understand just how exactly people saw this and were inspired from it. It’s just a phenomenal show and if you’re at all interested in 90s anime, magical girls, or any sort of big influential show, I strongly recommend it. And to think that I’m finished with it, it’s bizarre. For the past few months my status quo has just been “watching Sailor Moon”. And though that’s technically not about to change, aforementioned remaining 90s stuff and then all of Crystal so far will keep me busy for another while, I am like, done with the Sailor Moon everyone knows and loves. It’s just a strange feeling, really. But a satisfying one. Sailor Moon is the longest show I’ve ever seen, 200 episodes is a big undertaking but it’s one I’m proud I went through with. Not only have I watched one of the most significant magical girl shows in history, but I’ve also just gone and watched a damn good show. This show isn’t a period piece with a massive influence back then that doesn’t hold up to today’s standards, it’s an example of the finest that the magical girl genre offers, and as someone with literally no nostalgic attachment to it whatsoever, I get to say that I adore it. And that’s just wonderful.

Plus, it also gave me Ami Mizuno, and I can confidently call her one of my favourite fictional characters of all time.

Just look at this beautiful girl.

And I feel like that’s pretty much all I have to say. Very few of my posts about Sailor Moon have ended up with any notes, and I can’t say for certain how many people have been reading them. But I know a few people have, I’ve gotten feedback, and I really appreciate it. Thank you so much to everyone reading, to everyone who’s read any of this, to anyone reading this right now. I did this purely for myself and if I got literally nothing from anyone I wouldn’t be bummed out, but it’s pretty cool to know that any amount of people enjoyed hearing me talk about this one magical girl show for like half a year straight. Seriously, thank you, and I hope you’ll bear with me for a bit more as I go through Crystal, which I hope to enjoy as well.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Yeah fuck it I’m gonna post my Season in Review when Jet Girls and Rifle finish, completionist instincts are telling me that that should be the case, plus it means I can space out my writing more since the end of both a year and a decade gives me lots of lists to write. So I’ll be doing my Top 10 Anime of the Year before I release my thoughts on every Fall show, fuckever.