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[sparrowofsong]

GUYS I’VE DISCOVERED MEDIBANG AND I’M SO HAPPY

[benedictgolde]

8 Lessons for Modern Living.

Day 8

Contrary to popular belief, drizzle is an amazing weather to run in. When it’s cold it can be a slightly different story, but if the temperature is playing ball then allowing yourself to get soaked on a soggy and wet 8 mile run is an invigorating way to start the day! Whilst treading along the river this morning, I had an idea about how I can decipher all my interests across my YouTube channel.

The goal is to create and upload weekly videos; some of these videos will be music/song based: #SongChallenge videos, some of these videos will surround my athletic endeavors: #AthleticChallenge, and the others will hopefully resemble travel style/adventure vlogs: #TravelChallenge. How does that sound? The whole point surrounding this is that I upload more of the content that I create. I want a good reason to put it into the public domain and not let it fester deep on my computer hard drive as I have been doing for so long. “What is a product if nobody knows about it?”

(The video from yesterdays post.)

As for today’s post - in my Steal Like An Artist logbook, the task was to steal a book title and write your own story under that title. I went on bookdepository.com and looked up the best sellers; it came up with a non-fiction book called 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. My best interpretation of that title was to list lessons I feel are useful in modern life. The result concluded that 21 lessons were too many. The list I wrote out ended up being 7 lessons but I have decided in light of it being day 8 of the daily blog, that I shall write 8.

So, without any more delay, here are 8 lessons for Modern Living:

1.    Socialising online is a lonely place. No matter how realistic the virtual world gets, nothing beats a real interaction. I would go as far to say that even a negative interaction is better done in real life – it’s no shock that arguments are often much easier to settle in real life. Meet up with your friends, limit texting and messaging and make the undivided time for family. Real life is always better.

2.    Learn to be excited about the moment. Modern living means we are constantly thinking about the future, planning our next move and figuring out later days. It’s easy to get excited about future plans but remember that once upon a time, past you was planning the present and might have even been getting excited about it. I always try to get excited about there here and now, even if its excitement over my coffee as I drink it. The best comparison is that to running a race; you look forward to that finish line but if you don’t take in the moment then it’s over and done before you’ve had a chance to realise what it is you’re going through.

(my morning espresso)

3.    Have set times for your phone and emails. I read a really sad obituary once about a CEO who died of cancer. Not the cheeriest of subjects to go over, but within it was an anecdote about how much regret went into prioritizing emails and texts instead of being in the moment. Not giving conversations with loved ones undivided and full attention, and instead having your head buried in what seems like the most important text or email, could end up being your biggest regret when it comes to your death bed. Keep that in mind.

4.    Do something for long enough and you’ll get good at it. This is something I have to remind learners all the time. In a world where instant gratification is becoming the norm, people seem to be forgetting that to be good at something or to have attained something good, you have to put lots of time and effort into it. Human beings love the idea of a quick fix; it’s why all marketing is based around the ‘get rich quick’ schemes or ‘6 pack abs in 2 weeks’ diets. Its bullshit. If you want something then prepare to be at it for a while. It’s the same with learning; you can’t just turn up in France and expect to know fluent French.

(Running takes time to get good at - do it for long enough and you addicted just like me.)

5.    Ask people for help, and help them back.   This concept is so obvious and you’d think it silly for being on my list. However, the age of the internet means we can help ourselves out most of the time by just googling problems, watching how-to YouTube videos or asking a computer for advice. The problem? It is never reciprocated online. If you help out a human being, seeing that they aren’t somewhat of an a***hole, then they’ll help you back. It might be easier to look online but (refer to lesson 1) you’ll miss out on all the human interaction and emotions that go with receiving and reciprocating help. “It’s who you know, not what you know.”

6.    Go on the holiday. So, you want to travel and there’s a weekend free but you just ‘can’t get around to booking it’. Suddenly it’s that weekend and you’re wondering why on earth you’re sat at home spending money online that could have been that fine authentic Italian cuisine in Napoli (or wherever it is you’re thinking of going). You always wish you’d gone on the holiday, rarely do you regret going once you’re there. Go on the holiday. A time out of the normal routine will always be more memorable.

(Me up Helvellyn, along striding edge, on June 9th - I remember because I was there. I don’t remember June 15th, I was probably at work...)  

7.    Move more than you don’t. This is easily said as a runner and somebody who finds it hard to sit still. Though, even on a long run day where I’ve churned out 13 miles, done a full-on strength session and rode my bike to and from the shop – I still make sure I get up and walk around every 30 minutes or so. Movement keeps the blood flowing, which in turn gives you energy and that helps you think, work and generally function better. It’s so simple to do - you stand up and walk about. The disruption also helps stop you from going into mindless internet browsing and getting lost in the virtual abyss.

8.    Lists of 8 are better than 21. Imagine if I’d written 21 of these… I don’t think either one of us would have been able to carry on.

This was written straight from my log book with minor edits. There’s other lessons I could have added or perhaps swapped out, but I thought it would be more authentic to just write them as they formed in my mind.

Hopefully you’re all enjoying the Kendrick Lamar video. Expect another video next week. Peace & love. BG

[demonatemu]

Yugioh the darkside of dimensions English dub vs original Japanese

Also explanation of stuff and questions but OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS

Will add after I see the movie in english again, feel free to discuss/add anything else you noticed But here’s a non-spoilery review: Characters 8/10: The original cast is back and characterizaions are kept true to the 4kids version but with a feeling they kept from the original manga as well. Aigami himself is interesting but his motivation/endgoal is rather confusing and falls flat though it is more complex than other ygo movie villains we’ve seen. Animation 9/10: While I would’ve preferred the 3D cgi kept to lower levels I can understand why with the insane intricate designs of the new monsters. Kagami as lead animation shines through with his style “strong face joey”, beautiful hands, etc etc brings back memories of some of the original anime’s most important duels. A scene with Yugi putting on the new duel disk was keyed by Takahashi himself so a fun easter egg!  Story 9/10: Story-wise while I can see where Takahashi was trying to go with this but overall the plot was somewhat confusing. “Dimension summoning” i’m just going to straight up call it “we’re not even going to try to follow the actual card game rules anymore summoning” so avid TCG players may have a difficult time figuring out wtf is going on in the duels BUT non-TCG players will enjoy it more since it’s certainly more “flashy”.  Overall 9/10: Bonds Beyond Time seemed to be a testing ground for Kagami - 3D team and DSoD is where the two really shine. While BBT was for the series 10th anniversary featuring DM, GX, and 5D’s (though extremely heavy on 5D’s plot due to it being the current running series), DSoD celebrates the series’ 20th anniversary and as such provided Takahashi with the means to answer quite a few of the major questions left after the conclusion of the manga. Takahashi brings a good end to certain character arcs and wraps up his original manga in a spectacular must-see epilogue for any original yugioh fan or those who remember yugioh from their childhood.  Most theaters will only show for a day or two and only through next week so check the list for theaters near you: yugiohtickets.com And now for the key differences/plot questions (answered?) (SPOILERS AFTER THE CUT)

Differences (that I recall):

Kaiba accepted Yugi as a strong duelist in his own scene with kaiba about the water bottle originally it was him saying something about the new duel disk Aigami punch edited/ bullying scene with aigami toned down in general Added backstory scenes Replaced/added those 4Kids puns we all love Bakura/Kaiba being extra savage towards Joey Added dialogue (joey trapped in aigami’s dimension scene/in general) Final form Aigami explained the whole world going to shit plot not sera Obviously all japanese text changed to english in BG/cards etc Japanese version was way more serious in my opinion

Things not edited: boob bouncing/cleavage They did not try to downplay the pride/puzzleshipping AT ALL haha

Explaining Kaiba’s extra level of thirst/saltiness: This kaiba / movie is set after the events of the manga. This means Kaiba was NOT present for the events of the millennium world and did not see Atem leave firsthand. You notice that during the flashback scene of the demoniacal duel Kaiba was not in that scene. This is why he is so adamant of Atem being able to be brought back/does not accept he left.

Explaining aigami and plana:

Opening scene established multiverse

Plana is a universal force/energy that allows wielders to dimension hop, transform and shape new/existing universe, create new universe

Shadi is an original wielder of this power/original keeper of the cube thing

Passes cube onto Aigami (ability to dimension hop etc) when his physical body died and also passed abilities onto kids (temporary power) beforehand

Plana - It is only active if the pharaohs spirit is not on the same plane of existence/ universe

When atem left kids all got power

In the final form Aigami vs kaiba and Yugi duel the deus ex atem was atem soul being in our universe for a brief second thus “breaking the circuit” that allowed for plana to flow (think of it like a switch) because the kids were only granted plana and not original wielders (like Shadi) they lost their power to wield plana. Note that atem TOOK the puzzle with him thus that he cannot be called back to that universe with the puzzle.  The last move where Atem imposed over yugi he summoned Palladium Oracle Mahad (reference to this loyal servant Maahado)

The end scene is a one way trip because note kaiba deliberately avoids saying “you’re in charge *until I get back*” or making the promise to come back to Mokuba

His ship now with Aigamis cube (which is a source of plana I think otherwise he is able to power it with his duel links energy (see transcend game) and use it) is now able to transport him body AND soul (because in transcend game kaiba was only able to try to reach atem through his mind/soul but the mental stress would’ve killed his physical body thus killing him) to another dimension aka “the afterlife” where atem is but because atem is in that universe he and plana cannot both be “on” and thus kaiba cannot use the cube to go back About Shadi (Shin) This my friends and I are still debating about but the Shadi Shin we see in the manga may or may not be the human body version of the Shadi we see in the manga. The shadi we see in the manga may be his spirit in the millennium key but that is able to float about and interact or it could be another version / person a part of shadi’s tribe or whatever

My question is

Why did the ring still have evil (I thought horahkty purged it with zorc but then again I think the evil of the ring is just permanently there and zorc was actually in the puzzle) ?

Where/why not use the other 5 items as well ?

Can the kids use plana again now that atem soul is gone or is the circuit permanently broken?

Where is the millennium ring? Also comparatively here’s the summary I did for the JP release when I went to see it (though someone else may have a more accurate one as I couldn’t understand any of the “Plana” stuff when I first went to see it in japan http://sliferthewhydidigeta.tumblr.com/post/143702764826/yugioh-the-darkside-of-dimensions-summary-with )