Dec 20, 2022
Interesting WRED and WSRA call yesterday. Washington's upcoming legislative session is going to have a number of composting, recycling, and related bills introduced.
Department of Ecology is also continuing their rulemaking.
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Interesting WRED and WSRA call yesterday. Washington's upcoming legislative session is going to have a number of composting, recycling, and related bills introduced.
Department of Ecology is also continuing their rulemaking.
Pretty stoked my wife found this. Thought my VCGP silver winning ring was lost. PreEntry is about to start for 2018. #1996 #vcgp #22yearsago #noviceday #mxtrophies #wsra (at VCGP Virginia City Grand Prix)
If other women were in charge of the WSRA...
As requested by anon. :)
Yachiru is the current president of the Women's Soul Reaper Association (WSRA). But what if some other ladies were the president instead? What sort of president would each of them be?
1. Soi Fon: Does not allow any failure in their "missions"
Soi Fon treats her club the way she treats her squad: it must be a well-ordered machine, and failure is not an option. Let's just say that when she holds a bake sale, she uses her ninja stars to ensure that nobody passes by without buying something.
Ukitake: I-I was just going home to get my money.
Ukitake: Will you please unpin me from this tree?
Soi Fon: Only if the words "a dozen cupcakes" comes out of your mouth very soon.
2. Unohana: Oversees the club's richest season
Unohana is great at getting money for the club. For some reason. She always says that she just asked various advisory boards for more funding, and they were kind enough to give it to her.
Nanao: You got the MSRA's WHOLE budget transferred to us??
Unohana: I simply suggested that it might be more useful for us than for them.
Nanao: I LOVE YOU
3. Halibel: Oversees the club's most frugal season
Halibel makes sure that the club does not spend any money that does not need to be spent. And she is very stringent about "need." She slashes a lot of things.
Halibel: If we do not sacrifice, we will not be rich.
Yachiru: CELERY IS NOT A SNACK YOU EVIL WOMAN
4. Nanao: Competes with the MSRA
Nanao and Iba don't get along, in large part because they're competitive about their respective clubs. If Nanao were president, this would go into over-drive: she would seek to DESTROY the MSRA. Metaphorically.
Nanao: Our photo book sales are VERY good.
Nanao: Time to call up Iba and let him know!
Matsumoto: Are you sure you two aren't dating?
5. Bambietta: Competes with the MSRA
But in her case, the destroying is not metaphorical.
Bambietta: Once we cut each of them in half, our club will be supreme!
Nanao: This is exactly why I recommended AGAINST letting in the Quincy!
6. Nemu: Does everything Yachiru wants
Yachiru has considered making Nemu the new vice president, simply because Nemu is happy to do anything Yachiru wants. So if Nemu became president....well Yachiru would still basically be president.
Nemu: I think we should build a swimming pool on Kuchiki Byakuya's land.
Nanao: PUT THE CUE CARDS DOWN, YACHIRU
7. Rukia: Takes the club on a lot of human world excursions
Basically, she makes Ichigo be their tour guide.
Ichigo: Um....Rukia? Why is my bedroom filled with women?
Rukia: Because it's amusement park day, of course!
8. Hinamori: Tries to make everyone happy
Hinamori is an excellent president - she's great at the paperwork side of things, is always careful to keep the budget balanced, and she wants to make sure that all of the club members are happy.
Hinamori: I made cookies for everyone!
Yachiru: Wow! And they're not even shaped like an article of Aizen's clothing this time!
Hinamori: ...
9. Isane: Runs the club as an actual democracy
I like to think Isane would let the club members vote on most (if not all) of the things.
Isane: I mean...I'm not wild about the beach.
Isane: But since everyone wants to go back, let's do it!
10. Kiyone: Turns the club into a photo journal
Kiyone just really loves photo projects. About the captains, mostly.
Kiyone: Here's an idea for next month: "Shirtless captains holding kittens" photo shoot!
Hinamori: And you don't think people will get confused, what with last month's "Shirtless captains holding hamsters" photo shoot?
Kiyone: I don't see why they would!
11. Yoruichi: Lets the vice president run things
She's not at very many meetings.
Soi Fon: Looks like Yoruichi-sama is not here. Again.
Soi Fon: But I have this cat puppet, so that is okay!
12. Matsumoto: Concentrates on fun excursions
The beach, the mall, the amusement park, the skating rink, the mall again...Matsumoto is all about the trips. She lets her vice president, Nanao, take care of the rest of the club stuff.
Nanao: This sure reminds me of being Yachiru's VP.
Matsumoto: Thanks!
Nanao: Was that a compliment?
Scenario/headcanon for WSRA (Women Soul Reaper Association) weekly meeting! :)
They crack me up for real.
WSRA Meeting: Yachiru was sitting in her chair, nibbling away at some of her snacks as she listened to Nanao talk about a budget. Rangiku was filing her nails, Nemu payed incredible attention to what Nanao was saying. Suddenly though, the men bust into the room, looking as ridiculous as ever.
Suddenly, Iba was on their table, blabbering about a contest. “We men of the Men’s Soul Reaper Association bring forth a challenge! We will show you that we are better and have much more talent!”
Nanao stared at him, unblinking behind her glasses before she pushed them up. Raising her hand, she mumbled under her breath. “Sokatsui.” And watched as the other man was knocked out of the building. Looking at the other lackey’s, an evil glint in the glasses, they scrambled away.
"Alright, now that that’s taken care of…" And soon enough, she was going back through the groups budget, the other women unaffected by the power she showed to rid the room of the other soul reapers.
Q & A with the Women's Soul Reaper Association
As requested by ask-ichigo-and-rukia. :) And also secretninja312. ;)
This week's Q&A is with the WSRA! The lovely ladies of that esteemed organization will now answer your guys' questions!
1. claudysummergroove said: Apart of being a female shinigami, is there any requirement to join WSRA?
Nanao: Officially, no. The only requirement is to be a member of the Gotei-13 and a woman. If you meet those requirements, you may send in an application, which must be approved by at least 2/3 of the current members.
Nanao: Unofficially, however...
Nanao: Well you have to be someone that Yachiru wants in the club. And someone who is willing to, um, submit to Yachiru's leadership.
Nanao: If our president doesn't like you, you won't be getting in.
2. angelynho said: Why does WSRA only have captains and lieutenants? What about other woman shigigami?
Nanao: T-there are non-captain-level members!!
Nanao: You just never see them because, um.........
Matsumoto: Because the animators don't like having to design new characters!
Unohana: Unless we're talking ridiculous new villains in filler, of course.
Rukia: Also lower ranking shinigami tend to be more....reticent about invading the grounds of Captain Kuchiki Byakuya the esteemed noble with a temper.
Yachiru: Basically you only see the fun ones!
Kiyone: Um, guys, there is me.....
3. lizedemigod said: Why don’t you work together with the MSRA sometimes? They look really sad half-naked and in bathrooms.
Soi Fon: "They look really sad half-naked and in bathrooms."
Soi Fon: I believe you answered your own question, there.
4. amirawu said: how was Hisagi’s cooking?
Isane: It's very, um.............suitable!
Isane: If maybe slightly boring...
Hinamori: He should really try putting the food into some cooler shapes!
Hinamori: Also maybe spices.
5. minha1234 said: Out of all of the pictures that you’ve taken of other soul reapers, which is the most compromising? And did you (try to) sell them? / our-flame-never-goes-out said: what were the best candid photos you ever got?
Nemu: My photograph of Mayuri-sama coming out of his goo bath like Venus rising from the ocean.
Nemu: It was both artistic and compromising.
Nemu: ...
Nemu: Lieutenant Ise burned it.
Nanao: IT WAS THE ONLY WAY
6. kageshini1 said: Why Byakuya’s house?
Yachiru: Because Byakki's house is the most fun!
Yachiru: It's big and has lots of rooms and hidden passageways!
Yachiru: Not to mention his giant yard!
Yachiru: Perfect for our purposes!
7. ninjagirl015 said: Have any of you ever thought of just asking Byakuya to build you a clubhouse, instead of invading his home? I’m pretty sure he’d go for it if it meant it would keep you out of his manor.
Yachiru: Weren't you listening?
Yachiru: No clubhouse could compete with an actual mansion!
Yachiru: Anyway, Byakki would miss us!
8. kurosakineko said: Got any other plans for any use of Byakuya’s mansion like you did you the swimming pool and the hidden doors?
Yachiru: ...
Yachiru: [slight smile]
Byakuya: I AM REDOUBLING MY SECRUITY
9. estructiondragonslayer said: What food do you have during your meetings? Or is it all candy?
Hinamori: We take turns bringing snacks!
Hinamori: It's mostly sweet stuff, but Rangiku often brings an entire meal!
Matsumoto: Hisagi is very generous that way.
10. nopandahugfoyou said: Where does the WSRA get all of its funding?
Nanao: We have a club budget provided by Soul Society.
Nanao: Any other funds we need we get through fundraising.
11. ask-ichigo-and-rukia said: How often do disagreements come up about how to raise money and who usually suggests the weirdest ideas?
Rukia: For all the funding we get, we do seem to need money a lot...
Nanao: Which I'm sure has *nothing* to do with the president buying so much candy. For herself.
Yachiru: Candy is important!
Soi Fon: The weirdest ideas are always from either Kiyone or Nemu.
Kiyone: M-my ideas aren't weird! I'm just saying that Ukitake is definitely everyone's favorite soul reaper so we should concentrate all of our campaigns on him!
Nemu: And I think both drilling for oil and a porn zoo are excellent ideas.
12. cant-kill-this-dragon said: Hey, does Mashiro attend the meetings?
Nanao: Her application was approved, yes.
Nanao: It was on pink paper and had a sticky bun taped to it.
Nanao: I'm not sure the president even read it.
Yachiru: I didn't need to!
13. uncrownedflowerkings said: How do you feel about Byakuya attending Rukia’s WSRA meetings?
Rukia: It's very nice of Nii-sama!!!!
Rukia: Also a little weird.
Yachiru: Byakki brings the best snacks!
Nanao: And therefore we let it go.
14. jannatlf said: Who started the WSRA in the first place? … It just seems like kind of a weird thing to have in Soul Society.
Unohana: It was started by me.
Unohana: It is an ancient order, passed down from Yachiru to Yachiru.
Unohana: ...
Unohana: I may be kidding.
15. anon said: For Nanao : is there a lot of paperwork to do and do you do it all by yourself?…I think you do.. / reyescazador said: I was just wondering Nanao-chan, why is Yachiru-chan the leader? To me it seems like you are doing all the work. Good job by the way! / vickylellis said: Why is Yachiru the president of the WSRA? / kistune-taicho said: how does the whole WSRA feel about Yachiru and the head of the association
Nanao: ...
Nanao: It is true that I do much of the nuts 'n' bolts work. I petition Soul Society for funds. I take care of the paperwork. I am the face of the organization. I am hard-working and organized and dedicated.
Nanao: Then there is Yachiru.
Nanao: Who is charismatic, forceful and funloving, the sort of woman who can convince a bunch of mostly-rule-following women to break into a man's mansion to build a swimming pool just because.
Nanao: I believe our relative positions are well-founded.
Burrell Road Locomotive.
The Burrell Road Locomotive, Steam Road Roller at the West Somerset Railway Association Steam Fair.
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WSRA brainstorming: How to get pictures of the visored
As requested by amaterasu-mira. :)
As we know from that truly epic series of omake, the WSRA once tried to get photographs of various Seireitei celebrities for their magazine. This went - badly. But the WSRA are not ones to give up! So they're going to try, once again, to obtain photos. But this time they're concentrating on the visored. But first! They will brainstorm the best methods for obtaining these photos of the visored!
1. Rose (Assigned to Matsumoto)
Matsumoto: Here's my awesome plan! First, we wait until he is in the bath (and singing) - then we take a picture! He will be (a) shirtless, (b) wet, and (c) singing. This cannot go wrong!
Nanao: I SAID NO X-RATED PICTURES THIS TIME
2. Lisa (Assigned to Nanao)
Nanao: I will "casually" walk by Lisa while she is reading a magazine and snap a picture using a camera hidden inside my trademark folder. Efficient and sneaky!
Isane: Um....do you really think you can take a good picture while moving without looking through the camera?
Nanao: ...
Nanao: Or maybe I could just ask her?
3. Hachigen (Assigned to Yachiru)
Yachiru: I will ask him for a piggy back ride! He can't say no because we are pink hair buddies!
Yachiru: Then I will take the picture while I am on his shoulders!
Nanao: A picture of what? The back of his head?
Yachiru: It's his best side!
Nanao: President, I keep telling you - clear pictures of their faces is what we want!
4. Hiyori (Assigned to Kiyone)
Kiyone: I know she talks on the phone to Captain Hirako! Maybe we could steal his phone, and use it to text her and ask her to send a picture of herself!
Hinamori: ...
Rukia: ...
Rukia: I've met her. I don't think that will work.
Hinamori: Also she might kill my captain.
5. Love (Assigned to Yoruichi)
Yoruichi: I turn into a cat, and because no one can resist a cat, Love will pick me up.
Yoruichi: Then I change back! And snap the picture while he's still in shock!
Soi Fon: YOU'RE GOING TO LIE NAKED ON TOP OF LOVE WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING HIM?!?
Yoruichi: ...doesn't that seem effective?
6. Mashiro (Assigned to Rukia)
Rukia: I have ice powers. I'm not afraid to use them for our mission!
Rukia: Especially since Mashiro looks, just, really fast.
Nanao: Wait, why isn't Mashiro a member?
7. Shinji (Assigned to Hinamori)
Hinamori: I'm, like, 99% sure if I say, "Smile!" and hold up a camera, he'll cooperate.
Unohana: Well that is no fun.
8. Kensei (Assigned to Soi Fon)
Soi Fon: I have already set traps around the outside of his barracks.
Soi Fon: If he springs any one of those 87 traps, he will find himself bound hand and foot, hanging upside down, helpless.
Soi Fon: My ninjas (which I have stationed around the barracks) will send out a flare when this is done.
Soi Fon: And yes there are 87 different flares so I will know exactly where to go.
Soi Fon: I will race there, and will take the photo while standing on my head so that it doesn't look like he is actually hanging upside down.
Soi Fon: Hopefully that will also make his hair look less dumb.
Soi Fon: And that is my plan.
[long silence]
Nanao: Wait....did you say that traps have already been set?
Soi Fon: Yeah, why?
[distant sound of Hisagi screaming]
Nanao: ...we're not doing this again.
The WSRA Cultural Fair
As requested by blacksunradiance. :)
In a previous live tweet list, it was revealed that the WSRA was planning a cultural fair for all of Bleach's various races: 2 shinigami booths, 2 human booths, a visored booth, a Quincy booth, a fullbringer booth, and a hollow booth. Now it's time to see how that festival actually went!
1. Orihime's Human Booth
The Theme: Foods of the Human World
Shinigami Sponsor: Rukia
Merchandise: Juice boxes, packaged sushi, bean paste, donuts, coffee, and bread
Activity for the Children: Do It Yourself Ice Cream Sundaes!
2. Chad's Human Booth
The Theme: Adorable Animals of the Human World
Shinigami Sponsor: Komamura
Merchandise: Stuffed animals, keychains, and full-sized bear suits
Activity for the Children: Petting booth filled with puppies.
3. Ulquiorra's Hollow Booth
The Theme: Hollows and Humans Aren't So Different
Shinigami Sponsor: Kira
Merchandise: Bobble-head Grimmjows, handmade espada uniforms
Activity for the Children: Toss the beanbag through the hollow hole
4. Ginjo's Fullbringer Booth
The Theme: Xcution is Cool!
Shinigami Sponsor: Ganju
Merchandise: Plushies, X-shaped medallions, video game figurines
Activity for the Children: Whack-a-Mole (the Moles are shinigami)
5. Ishida's Quincy Booth
Theme: Bows are WAY Cooler than Swords!
Shinigami Sponsor: Ichigo
Merchandise: Mugs decorated with blue crosses, T-shirts decorated with blue crosses, hats decorated with blue crosses, blue cross cufflinks...you get the idea
Activity for the Children: A duck hunting game. Only firing a bow, not a gun. At hollows, not ducks.
6. Byakuya's Shinigami Booth
The Theme: Pride
Shinigami Sponsor: None needed
Merchandise: Glass-blown cherry blossoms and Admiral Seaweed stuffed animals
Activity for the Children: Coloring pictures of Admiral Seaweed. Quietly.
7. WSRA's Shinigami Booth
The Theme: Women of Soul Society History
Shinigami Sponsor: None needed
Merchandise: Trading cards, books, and T-shirts
Activity for the Children: Make a picture of famous woman out of noodles!
8. Rose's Visored Booth
The Theme: The Visored Do Not Suck
Shinigami Sponsor: None needed
Merchandise: Decorative visored masks, Hiyori's exercise machine (for anyone with 500 bucks), a list of reasons why people can lose a lot but not be losers
Activity for the Children: Make your own paper mache mask