#japan 2011 sunday

[umseb]

"Japan GP (15th Race): 3rd place (Suzuka International Racing Course) – 'A lot of people have been quite confident about the title, but one of the important things was that we didn't allow ourselves to drift away with the thought too much. Instead we concentrated on every single step and everything we have done this year and everything we have achieved – then wow. I want to thank all the guys and girls in the factory in Milton Keynes, as it's not just us here pushing very hard, it's them as well.'" - october 19, 2024 📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1251

Moppy (モッピー) is a Sesame Street Muppet who was created exclusively for Universal Studios Japan (USJ) for the park's tenth anniversary. According to the comic included in USJ's press release, Moppy was created from all the happiness that filled the park. Elmo collected this happiness in his bag and became luckier and luckier. Eventually, on the theme park's tenth anniversary, all of this happiness grew to create Moppy.

Source:

Universal Studios Japan. "Universal Studios Japan® to Open a Specialty Shop Featuring Moppy, a New Sesame Street™ Character, on Sunday, October 30." USJ Press release, September 27, 2011. https://www.usj.co.jp/company/company_e/pdf/20110927_e.pdf.

[yurimother]

'Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-' Announces Winter 2024 Debut

On Sunday, at Aniplex Online Fest 2023, Aniplex revealed a new teaser trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: -Walpurgisnacht Rising- (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten).

The trailer revealed that the anime film, which continues the Puella Magi Madoka Magica main timeline after the events of the 2013 film Rebellion, will debut theatrically in Japan in Winter 2024.

Aniplex also revealed a new key visual for the film and announced that director Yukihiro Miyamoto, who directed the original 2011 television anime series, its two film adaptation, Rebellion, and spin-off Magia Record is returning for Walpurgisnacht: Rising at SHAFT.

He is joined by the previously revealed staff, including the original creators Magica Quartet, chief director Akiyuki Simbou, writer Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus), and character designer Aokiume. Additional returning staff includes character animation designer Junichiro Taniguchi, who served as Chief Animation Director on previous projects, parallel world designer Gekidan InuCurry (Doroinu), who created the iconic, unique looks of the Witches Labyrinths, and composer Yuki Kajiura.

All of the original Japanese main voice cast from the series and Rebellion are set to reprise their roles:

Aoi Yuki as Madoka Kaname

Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi

Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe

Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki

Ai Nonaka as Kyouko Sakura

Kana Asumi as Nagisa Momoe

Emiri Kato as Kyubey

The anime was originally announced back in 2021, but in 2019 at Anime Expo, Homura's voice actress, Chiwa Saito, foreshadowed the sequel, saying that "the actual series has not ended yet" and that she was looking forward to everyone seeing Devil Homura, a reference to the ending of Rebellion, again.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired in 2011 to critical and audience acclaim. It became a cultural phenomenon and spawned two movie adaptations, Beginnings and Eternal, the sequel film Rebellion, and multiple manga and video game spin-offs. It is credited with popularizing mixing dark, postmodern tropes with the magical girl genre.

Source: Aniplex Online Fest 2023, Press Release

[absolutebl]

Hello ABL. First of all, let me just say, that I love your devotion to Seven Days. It was my very first bl and what got me to discover the genre. Of course it was all downhill from there lol. Just kidding. Maybe... Anyway. I've been doing this thing since the beginning of the year where I watch older jbls (usually before 2020, although that is not old by any stretch) to kinda get a broader view of the genre in Japan. I haven't been in this for that long so I'm still catching up. Some of the stuff I've watched so far. All the Pornographer series/films ; Dangerous Drugs of Sex; Takimu-kun 1 & 2; Junjou (2010); Athlete (2019) Udagawachou de Matteteyo (2015); Ai no Kotodama (2008) No Touching At All (2014) ; The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020). I've also watched things like His (series and film), Restart coming back home, Life Love on the Line, and I'm probably missing a couple but not a lot. So I was wondering if you had more recs for me. Anything you can think would fit with what I'm trying to do.

Thanks so much for your time.

Rose💜

Hi darling!

You're missing Boys Love, both of them. If you can stomach it.

Did you see my History of Japan thingy? I'd say try to hit everything discussed in that post: (The top 10 is out of date tho)

And the ones I picked from Japan for the 101 Syllabus

Apart from that's I'm gonna just give you my list of older JBL stuff. I put a * next ones often referenced in the zeitgeist of weedy discussions here on Tumblr in particular, some of which you already mentioned but I just want it to be as complete as possible. These are by date (sort of).

Older Japanese BL (Live Action Yaoi)

* Boys Love 2006

* Boys Love: The Movie AKA Boys Love 2 AKA Schoolboy Crush 2007

Itsuka no Kimi e 2007

Asymmetry 2008

* Forbidden Love 2008

Gymnasium Baby AKA Taiikukan Baby 2008

Melody of Our Love AKA Bokura no Ai no Kanade 2008

Ai no Kotodama 2008

Ai no Kotodama 2: Sekai no Hate Made 2010

* Takumi-kun 1: And The Spring Breeze Whispers 2007

* Takumi-kun 2: Rainbow Colored Glass 2009

Takumi-kun 3: The Beauty of Detail 2010

Takumi-kun 4: Pure 2010

Takumi-kun 5: That, Sunny Blue Sky 2011

* Junjou: Pure Heart 2010

Fujimi Orchestra 2012

Shape of Happiness 1 AKA Love Place: Hakanaki Kata Omoi - Gaiya no Koi 2013

Shape of Happiness 2 AKA Love Place: Shiawase no Katachi 2013

Coming Out AKA Kamgu Auto 2014

* No Touching At All AKA Doushitemo Furetakunai 2014

* Same Difference AKA Docchi Mo Docchi 2014

Forever Summer 2015

* Wait For Me at Udagawachou AKA Udagawachou de Matteteyo 2015

Candy and Kiss 2015

* Seven Days AKA Seven Days: Monday-Thursday AND Seven Days: Friday-Sunday 2 parts 2015

* Double Mints 2017

* Silhouette of Your Voice AKA Hidamari ga Kikoeru 2017

* The Novelist AKA Pornographer (Pornographer series) 2018

Mood Indigo (Pornographer series) 2019

Pornographer Playback (Pornographer series) 2021

* Does the Flower Bloom? 2018

* Ossan's Love (original) 2018

* The Shortest Distance is Round (Noir) AKA Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute 2019

The Shortest Distance is Round (Blanc)

The Shortest Distance 3: Fallen Flowers AKA Saitankyori Wa Mawari Kudokute: Rakka Ryūsui 2020

The Shortest Distance is Round 2: Rain and Soda AKA Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute: Ame to Soda Mizu 2020

* His the series: I Didn't Think I Would Fall In Love AKA His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta 2019

Athlete 2019

* What Did You Eat Yesterday? AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? 2019

* The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru 2020

* Dangerous Drugs of Sex AKA Sei no Gekiyaku 2020

* Love Stage!! AKA Rabu Suteiji 2020

The Reason Why He Fell In Love With Me AKA Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake 2020

The Reason Why He Fell In Love With Me 2 AKA Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake 2 2021

* His the movie 2020

* Life: Love on the Line AKA Life Senjou no Bokura 2020

* Restart AKA Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de 2020

* Cherry Magic AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho 2020

Post 2021 - A few lesser knows that might be worth it

Given 2021

Kiss Kiss Kiss series

The 8.2 Second Rule AKA 8.2 Byo no Hosoku

[metalcultbrigade]

Happy birthday to Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) who is a German guitarist.

He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG).

He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar.

He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record.

He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar."

Michael Schenker Background information

Born 10 January 1955 (age 69)

Sarstedt, West Germany

Genres Hard rock, heavy metal

Occupation Guitarist

Years active 1966–present

Labels Nuclear Blast

Member of Michael Schenker Group, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock, Michael Schenker Fest

Formerly of: Scorpions, UFO, McAuley Schenker Group, Contraband

Website: www.michaelschenkerhimself.com

Discography

Year Band Title

1966 Michael Schenker "LIVE" At Age 11 With The Enervates Live with the Enervates. September 13, 1966 Beat Club 1

1972 Scorpions Lonesome Crow

1974 Scorpions Fly to the Rainbow co-writer

1974 UFO Phenomenon

1975 UFO Force It

1976 UFO No Heavy Petting

1977 UFO Lights Out

1978 UFO Obsession

1979 UFO Strangers in the Night Live

1979 Scorpions Lovedrive Lead guitar, backing vocals on 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10

1980 Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Group

1981 Michael Schenker Group MSG

1982 Michael Schenker Group One Night at Budokan Live

1982 Michael Schenker Group Assault Attack

1983 Michael Schenker Group Built to Destroy

1984 Michael Schenker Group Rock Will Never Die Live, CD/VHS

1984 Michael Schenker Group Super Rock '84 in Japan Live, VHS

1987 McAuley Schenker Group Perfect Timing

1989 McAuley Schenker Group Save Yourself

1991 McAuley Schenker Group M.S.G.

1991 Contraband Contraband

1992 UFO BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert Live, Tracks 9,10,11,12, Recorded in 1974 and 1976

1992 McAuley Schenker Group Nightmare: The Acoustic M.S.G. EP

1992 McAuley Schenker Group "Unplugged" Live Live

1993 Michael Schenker (Solo) Thank You

1995 UFO Walk on Water

1996 UFO On With The Action Live, Recorded at the London Roundhouse Sunday 25 April 1976

1996 Michael Schenker Group Written in the Sand

1997 Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Story Live Live, CD/VHS

1998 Michael Schenker (Solo) Thank You with Orchestra

1998 UFO Werewolves Of London Live, Recorded at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on 10 February 1998

1999 Michael Schenker Group The Unforgiven

1999 Michael Schenker Group The Unforgiven World Tour Live

2000 Michael Schenker Group Michael Schenker Live in Japan The Unforgiven World Tour 2000 Live, VHS

2000 Michael Schenker (Solo) Adventures of the Imagination

2000 Michael Schenker (Solo) The Odd Trio

2000 Michael Schenker (Solo) MS 2000: Dreams and Expressions

2000 UFO Covenant

2001 Michael Schenker Group Be Aware of Scorpions

2002 UFO Sharks

2002 Michael Schenker (Solo) Thank You 2

2002 Michael Schenker (Solo) Thank You 3

2003 Michael Schenker (Solo) Thank You 4

2003 Michael Schenker Group Arachnophobiac

2003 UFO Live on Earth Live, Recorded at Rockpalast, Vienna, Austria on 28 January 1998

2003 The Plot The Plot

2003 Amy Schugar, Michael Schenker Under Construction

2004 Michael Schenker Group World Wide Live 2004 Live, DVD

2004 Schenker Pattison Summit The Endless Jam

2005 Schenker Pattison Summit The Endless Jam Continues

2005 Michael Schenker Group Live in Tokyo 1997 Live, DVD

2005 Michael Schenker Group Heavy Hitters Cover

2006 Michael Schenker Group Tales of Rock'n'Roll

2008 Michael Schenker Group, Michael Schenker, Gary Barden[1] In the Midst of Beauty

2009 Schenker/Barden Acoustic Project Gipsy Lady

2010 Michael Schenker Group The 30th Anniversary Concert – Live in Tokyo Live, CD/DVD

2011 Michael Schenker Group By Invitation Only Cover

2011 Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock Temple of Rock

2012 Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock Temple of Rock – Live in Europe Live, CD/DVD

2013 Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock Bridge the Gap

2015 Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock Spirit on a Mission

2016 Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock On a Mission: Live in Madrid Live, CD/DVD

2017 Michael Schenker Fest Live: Tokyo International Forum Hall A Live, CD/DVD

2018 Michael Schenker Fest Resurrection

2019 Michael Schenker Fest Revelation

2021 Michael Schenker Group Immortal

2022 Michael Schenker Group Universal

2022 Michael Schenker (Solo) Rock Shock Compilation

2023 UFO Lights Out in Babenhausen 93 Live, recorded at the Stadhalle in Babenhausen, Germany on 12 December 1993, CD/LP

2024 Michael Schenker (Solo) My Years with UFO Covers of songs from Schenker's initial tenure with UFO

Other Schenker projects

Look at Me Now (Bernie Marsden Album) (1981) as guest

Legends of Rock at Castle Donington (2001, Live)

Siggi Schwarz & The Electric Guitar Legends (2004)

Siggi Schwarz & The Rock Legends (2005)

Heavy Metal Thunder (2005)

Numbers from the Beast (2005)

Agony & The Xtasy (Gary Barden Solo Album) (2006)

Siggi Schwarz and Michael Schenker – Live Together (2004, Live)

Siggi Schwarz and Michael Schenker – Live Together - The Bonus Edition (2004, Live)

Metal X-Mas (two-CD Special Edition) (2010)

Strangers in the Night (2010)

Seeking Major Tom (2011)

Compilations

The Essential Michael Schenker Group (Best Of-style compilation, 1992)

The Story of Michael Schenker (1994, Compilation)

Armed & ready – the best of the Michael Schenker Group (1994, Music Collection International)

The Michael Schenker Story Live (1994): see also The Michael Schenker Story Live, the audio recording.

Forever And More: The Best of Michael Schenker (2003)

Guitar Master - The Kulick Sessions (2008)

Guitar Master (2009)

Greatest Riffs (2009, US-only compilation)

Instrumental Intensity (2010, Shrapnel Records compilation)

Blood Of The Sun (2014)

[kokiafans]

KOKIA updates - new releases (November 2024)

KOKIA has updated her official web page with new information about her recent single and upcoming new album. Here are the updates to keep you in the loop.

Arigatou... (KOKIA's version)

(October 1 blog entry & October 3 news)

KOKIA recorded her song Arigatou... ('Thank you...') again for a digital single, this time labeling the version 'KOKIA's version'. The single was available starting midnight from the night rolling into October 2.

The single is available via various online sources here. She also produced a music video to go along with the single, which can be found on her official YouTube channel.

Essence -25th Anniversary All Time Best-

(October 3 news & October 3 blog entry)

On November 20, 2024, KOKIA's best album Essence -25th Anniversary All Time Best- will be released. Unlike many of her most recent releases, this album will be available in general music stores and not her official web shop. The full tracklist is also available (I'll include it at the end of this entry).

Several websites have also posted about the album, some including extras:

The HMV website offers a special first come, first served postcard if y you pre-order the album via their shop.

Tower Records has a special in-store event on November 27, 2024 at their Umeda NU Chayamachi store in Osaka, Japan. If you purchase your copy of the album there, you will receive a ticket for event admission and for an autograph session (both first come, first serve, with the former given out once per order, and the latter for every album purchased). The event will open at 19:00 and start at 19:30. Purchasers will also get a postcard as long as supplies last.

Additional events

General ticket sales for her November 2 strings concert SHI-NA-RU at Suntory Blue Rose have started, so the release month of her new album. The concert features KOKIA with just piano, violin and cello, themed around Arigatou... (her gratitude). The concert is being prepared as a replacement for her big hall concerts in spring, which she didn't get to do this year.

KOKIA's album shares its name with KOKIA's new radio show, KOKIA's the Essence of Music, which started airing Sunday, October 6, 2024 from 1:30 to 2:00 AM (technically early Monday morning), and is a weekly radio show.

Tracklist

Below follows the tracklist for KOKIA's album Essence -25th Anniversary All Time Best-. It will also be featured on the discography page.

Disc 1: YELL

1. Shiroi Notebook ('White notebook') (2023 digital single) 2. The Power of Smile (2003 single) 3. Say Hi!! (2003 single) 4. Ningen tte sonna mono ne ('that’s how people are’) (2002 single) 5. Kawaranai koto - since 1976 - ('things that won’t change’) (2003 single) 6. So much love for you (2004 single) 7. Yume ga chikara ('dreams are strength’) (2004 single) 8. Dandelion (2005 single) 9. Ai no melody ('melody of love') (2006 single) 10. Watashi ni dekiru koto ('The things I can do') (2007 single) 11. Inori ni mo nita utsukushii sekai (Music, like a prayer) (2007 album aigakikoeru) 12. Kodoku na ikimono ('Lonely beings') (2010 single) 13. moment ~ima o ikiru~ ('live in the now') (2011 album moment) 14. Yume no tochuu ('on my way to my dream') (2013 album Where to go my love?) 15. INFINITY (2009 album KOKIA∞AKIKO ～balance～)

Disc 2: HEAL

1. Arigatou... (KOKIA's version) ('Thank you...') (New recording) 2. Fukurou ('Owl') (2017 digital single) 3. Chouwa oto ~with reflection~ ('Sound of harmony') (2006 single B-side) 4. tomoni ('together') (2001 single) 5. Tenshi ('Angel') (2001 single) 6. Remember the kiss (2003 single B-side) 7. Time to say goodbye (2005 single) 8. Ooki na senaka ('Broad back') (2009 album AKIKO∞KOKIA ～balance～) 9. Kimi o sagashite ('Searching for you') (2009 digital single) 10. Hontou no oto ('Real sound') (2011 album moment) 11. Where to go my love (Piano ver.) (2013 album Where to go my love?) 12. Kotou (’isolated island’) (2020 digital single) 13. Kisetsu hazure no sakura ('Late blooming cherry blossoms') (2022 digital single) 14. a gift (2002 album trip trip) 15. Obake ga kowai nante (’what is it with ghosts being scary’) (2018 album Tokyo Mermaid)

Limited first edition Blu-ray:

Music video collection of the following:

Arigatou... (KOKIA's version) ('Thank you...')

tomoni ('together')

Say Hi!!

Tenshi ('Angel')

Ningen tte sonna mono ne ('that’s how people are’)

(TV spot) Kawaranai koto - since 1976 - ('things that won’t change’)

Kawaranai koto - since 1976 -

(TV spot) Remember me (album)

The Power of Smile

Remember the kiss (duet "KOKIA & piano")

(TV spot) so much love for you

so much love for you

(TV spot) Yume ga chikara, uta ga chikara ('dreams are strength', 'songs are strength') (album)

Yume ga chikara

(TV spot) dandelion

dandelion

(TV spot) time to say goodbye

time to say goodbye (duet "KOKIA & piano")

(TV spot) Ai no melody ('melody of love')

Ai no melody

moment ~ima o ikiru~ ('live in the now') (Stage recording)

Bonus video:

Arigatou... (KOKIA's version) (making of)

[collecosplay]

Doki Doki Manchester - 9th and 10th September 2023

Saturday - Wei Wuxian as Yiling Patriarch (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) - handmade

Sunday - Jack Barbarossa Bancoran (Patalliro!) - closet cosplay but holy hell did I hunt for that shirt

This was the final Doki Doki! I'm going to miss this event, as they always had a cultural based programme with talks, demonstrations, films, and games to go with the merch and artist stalls. They even had an after party at a nearby pub.

Doki Doki Festival was an independent charity event for Aid for Japan. As the children they supported after the March 2011 Tsunami have grown up, they have achieved their goal in supporting them into adulthood and will no longer be organising this event.

The venue was a gym. It was boiling hot, but we had a lot of fun. Loved the contrast of being asked for a lot of photos as Wei Wuxian and not even receiving a single acknowledgement of my existence as Bancoran. But that's OK. It's probably for the best.

The professional photos taken with the grey background were taken by www.kevinpack.com, with permission to post.

Disclaimers: The cigarette is a prop, the Work Out sign is an inside joke for the MDZS fandom, and please drink responsibly

[ridenwithbiden]

TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States has started bulk buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there in response to China's ban on such products imposed after Tokyo released treated water from its crippled #Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

Unveiling the initiative in a Reuters interview on Monday, U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Washington should also look more broadly into how it could help offset China's ban that he said was part of its "economic wars".

China, which had been the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood, says its ban is due to food safety fears.

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog vouched for the safety of the water release that began in August from the plant wrecked by a 2011 tsunami. G7 trade ministers on Sunday called for the immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food.

"It's going to be a long-term contract between the U.S. armed forces and the fisheries and co-ops here in Japan," Emanuel said.

"The best way we have proven in all the instances to kind of wear out China's economic coercion is come to the aid and assistance of the targeted country or industry," he said.

Asked about Emanuel's comments at a press conference on Monday, China's foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said: "the responsibility of diplomats is to promote friendship between countries rather than smearing other countries and stirring up trouble".

The first purchase of seafood by the U.S. under the scheme involves just shy of a metric ton of scallops, a tiny fraction of more than 100,000 tons of scallops that Japan exported to mainland China last year.

Emanuel said the purchases - which will feed soldiers in messes and aboard vessels as well as being sold in shops and restaurants on military bases - will increase over time to all types of seafood. The U.S. military had not previously bought local seafood in Japan, he said.

The U.S. could also look at its overall fish imports from Japan and China, he said. The U.S. is also in talks with Japanese authorities to help direct locally-caught scallops to U.S.-registered processors.

'NOT A CHINA HAWK'

Emanuel, who was former U.S. President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, has in recent months made a series of blunt statements on China, taking aim at various issues including its economic policies, opaque decision-making and treatment of foreign firms.

That has come as top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have visited Beijing in an effort to draw a line under strained ties.

Asked if he considered himself hawkish on China, Emanuel rejected the term and said he was a "realist".

"I don't consider it hawkish but just consider it realist and honest. Maybe the honesty is painful, but it's honest," he said.

"I'm all for stability, understanding. That doesn't mean you're not honest. They're not contradictory. One of the ways you establish stability, is that you're able to be honest with each other."

He said China faced major economic challenges exacerbated by a leadership intent on turning their backs on international systems.

"The kind of loser in this is the youth of China. You now have a situation where 30% of the Chinese youth, one out of three, are unemployed. You have major cities with unfinished housing ... you have major municipalities not able to pay city workers. Why? Because China made a political decision to turn their back on a system in which they were benefiting."

The most recent official youth unemployment data from China, published in July before Beijing said it was suspending publication of the numbers, showed it jumping to a record high of 21.3%.

Emanuel said he was also keeping an eye on how China's leadership responds to the recent death of former Premier Li Keqiang, a reformist who was sidelined by President Xi Jinping.

"What's ... interesting to me, that I think is telltale, is how they will be treating his funeral and how they'll be treating comments about him," he said.

"I do think that there's kind of a section of China that sees what kind of policies he was pursuing as kind of the best of China. But that's up for China to decide."

By John Geddie and Yukiko Toyoda

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.9

Holidays

Arbor Day (Cambodia)

ASB Community Action Day

Call of the Horizon Day

Chicken Days begin (Nebraska)

Constitution Day (Australia, Palau)

Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service (Azerbaijan)

Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Utah)

Donkey Kong Day

Family Day (Ukraine)

Fashion Day

Festival of Grand Unified Theories

Flag Day (Chile)

Goat Mother’s Day

Intern Appreciation Day

International Small Arms Destruction Day

Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival begins (Turkey)

Mars

Mint Day (French Republic)

Muffler Appreciation Day

National Camel Toad Hunting Day (Secular Church of the SubGenius)

National Culture Day (Kiribati)

National Dimples Day

National Lavender Day

National No Bra Day

National Student’s Day (India)

Nunavut Day (Canada)

Paper Napkin Day

Rock Around the Clock Day

Shiman Rokusen-nichi (Day of 46,000; Tokyo, Japan)

Special Recreation Day

State Rebellion Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day (Ohio)

White Ensign Anniversary Day (UK)

Wimbledon Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Omelette Day

National Chicken Day

National Sugar Cookie Day

World Pakora Day

2nd Sunday in July

Barn Day [2nd Sunday]

Disability Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Father’s Day (Uruguay) [2nd Sunday]

Festival of the Giants begins (Fête des Géants; France) [Sunday after 7.5]

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (National Day of Commemoration; Ireland) [Sunday closet to 7.11]

Independence Days

Argentina (from Spain, 1816)

Kebec (f.k.a. Alaurentia; Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Luxe (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

South Sudan (from Sudan, 2011)

Feast Days

Agilulfus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Amandina of Schakkebroek (Christian; A Martyr of Southern Hunan)

Caprotinia (Old Roman Female Slave Festival)

Charlotte the Penguin (Muppetism)

St. Clotilde (Positivist; Saint)

Cyril and Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

David Hockney (Artology)

Day of Unn the Wise Person (a.k.a. Day of Remembrance for Ann the Deep Minded; Pagan)

Dharma Day (Buddhist) [Full Moon, 8th Lunar Month]

Ekādaśī Tithi (Self-Purification Festival; Hindism, Vaishnavism) [11th Lunar Day]

Ephrem of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Everilda (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Chinese Martyrs (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of the Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Christian)

Feast of Translation of Nicolas (Christian; Confessor)

Gregorio Grassi (Christian; A Martyr of Shanxi)

Invent a Word Day (Pastafarian)

Marija Petković (Christian; Blessed)

Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá'í)

Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Mary Hermina Grivot (Christian; Saint)

Mojo Nixon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Our Lady of Itatí (Christian)

Our Lady of Peace, Octave of the Visitation (Christian)

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Christian; Saint)

Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Rusty (Muppetism)

Sabinus (Christian; Martyr)

Solstitium VI (Pagan)

Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican commemoration)

Veronica Giuliani (Christian; Saint)

Zeno (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [26 of 53]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

American Pie (Film; 1999)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Film; 2004)

The Bears and Bees (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Widow (Film: 2021)

Blowin’ in the Wind, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Blue, by LeAnn Rimes (Album; 1996)

Despicable Me (Animated Film; 2010)

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Film; 2010)

The Golden Compass (a.k.a. Northern Lights), by Philip Pullman (Nove; 1995) [His Dark Materials #1]

Love and Curses (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Loving You (Elvis Presley Film; 1957)

The Office (UK TV Series; 2001)

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (Film; 1975)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Film; 2003)

Pluto’s Purchase (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Predators (Film; 2010)

The Queen Was in the Parlor (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Riding Giants (Documentary Film; 2004)

Rookie of the Year (Film; 1993)

Tall Timber (Disney Cartoon; 1928)

This Is a Life? (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Tron (Film; 1982)

Winnebago Man (Documentary Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Augustin, Gottfried, Veronika (Austria)

Leticija, Marija, Veronika (Croatia)

Drahoslava (Czech Republic)

Sostrata (Denmark)

Aive, Aivi (Estonia)

Ilta, Jade, Jasmiina, Jasmin, Nanna (Finland)

Amandine, Hermine, Iphigénie, Marianne (France)

Hannes, Hermine, Veronika (Germany)

Pagratios (Greece)

Lukrécia (Hungary)

Letizia (Italy)

Asne, Tusnelda, Zaiga (Latvia)

Algirdas, Algirdė, Leonardas, Veronika (Lithuania)

Gøran, Jøran, Ørjan (Norway)

Anatolia, Heloiza, Hieronim, Lucja, Łucja, Ludwika, Lukrecja, Mikołaj, Patrycjusz, Weronika, Wszebąd, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Lujza (Slovakia)

Verónica (Spain)

Götilda , Jörgen, Örjan (Sweden)

Averil, Avery, Junior, Misty (USA)

Amandine (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 190 of 2024; 175 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 27 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 22 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 20 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 10 Lux; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 26 June 2023

Moon: 55%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 22 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Clotilde]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 19 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 19 of 31)

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Holidays 3.5

Holidays

Act Goofy Day

Alimony Equality Day

Anthass Day (Kerala, Fans of Indian actor Mukesh)

Arivee de l’Evangile (Gospel Day; French Polynesia)

Babysitter Safety Day

Boston Massacre Day (Massachusetts)

Cinco de Marcho

Cincomarzada

Crispus Attucks Day

Custom Chief’s Day (Vanuatu)

Day of Physical Culture and Women in Engineering & Technology begins

Dr. Doolittle Day

Erotic World Book Day

Excited Insects (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Hula Hoop Day

International CVS Awareness Day

International Day of Energy Efficiency

International Day of the Seal

Katyn Massacre Day

Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)

Mother-in-Law's Day

Multiple Personalities Day

National Dissociative Identity Disorder Day

National Emetophobia Awareness Day (UK)

National Industrial Design Day

National Kalpak Day (a.k.a. Hat Day; Kyrgyzstan)

National Potty Dance Day

National R&B Music Day

National Scott Day

National Tree Planting Day (Iran)

Panchayati Raj Divas (Odisha, India)

Rebellion Anniversary (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Reel Film Day

Running of the Reindeer (Alaska)

Say Hi to Mom Day

Spread the Word to End the Word Day

Stapler Day

Stop the Clocks Day

Temperance Day

305 Day

World Tennis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Absinthe Day

National Cheese Doodle Day

National Mobile Food Vendors Day

National Pasty Day (UK)

National Poutine Day

Ramen Noodles Day

1st Sunday in March

Celebrate Your Name Week begins [Sunday of 1st Full Week]

Children’s Day (New Zealand) [1st Sunday]

Clean Up Australia Day [1st Sunday]

Daughters’ and Sons’ Day [1st Sunday]

Finisher’s Medal Day [1st Sunday]

Girl Scout Sabbath [1st Sunday]

Grandmothers’ Day (France) [1st Sunday]

International Children’s Day of Broadcasting [1st Sunday]

Namesake Day [1st Sunday of Name Week]

National Words Matter Week begins [1st Sunday]

2nd Sunday in Lent (a.k.a. ... 

Reminiscere Sunday

The Transfiguration

Vasaloppet (Sweden) [1st Sunday]

Feast Days

Adrian and Eubulus of Palestine (Christian; Martyrs)

Blessing of the Fleet by Isis (Ancient Egypt)

Ciarán of Saigir (a.k.a. Kiaran of Ireland; Christian; Saint)

Clive Cahuenga (Muppetism)

Diasia (Festival of Zeus Meilikhios; Ancient Greece)

George Carlin Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

John Joseph of the Cross (Christian; Saint)

Momfuku Ando Day (Pastafarian)

Navigium Isis (a.k.a. Ploiaphaesia; Poseidon’s Day; The Festival of Navigation; Ancient Rome)

Piran (Christian; Saint) [Cornwall]

Roger (Christian; Saint)

Solon (Positivist; Saint)

Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (Christian; Saint)

Thietmar of Minden (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Stalin's birthday.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [17 of 57]

Premieres

Airport (Film; 1970)

Alice in Wonderland (Film; 2010)

Amos & Andrew (Film; 1993)

Analyze This (Film; 1999)

The Ballad of Nessie (Disney Cartoon; 2011)

Coming 2 America (Film; 2021)

Cruel Intentions (Film; 1999)

Diner (Film; 1982)

Donald’s Diary (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Drip Dippy Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Evil Under the Sun (Film; 1982)

For Your Love, by The Yardbirds (Song; 1965)

Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco (Novel; 1988)

Human’s Lib, by Howard Jones (Album; 1984)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Film; 1999)

The Mad Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Mad Dog and Glory (Film; 1993)

Neon Bible, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2007)

The Railway Children, by Edith Nesbit (Novel; 1905)

Raya and the Last Dragon (Animated Film; 2021)

Rival Romeos (Disney Cartoon; 1928)

The Secret of Kells (Animated Film; 2010)

Shaun the Sheep (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Songs For Swinging’ Lovers!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1956)

Stairway to Heaven, 1st performed live by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1971)

Us Again (Disney Cartoon; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Dietmar, Jeremia, Olivia (Austria)

Hadrijan, Lucije, Teofil, Vedran (Croatia)

Kazimír (Czech Republic)

Theophillus (Denmark)

Laila, Laili, Leila, Leili (Estonia)

Laila, Leila (Finland)

Olive, Olivia (France)

Gerda, Dietmar, Olivia, Tim (Germany)

Arhelaos, Evlogios, Konon (Greece)

Adorján, Adrián (Hungary)

Adriano, Foca, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Virgilio (Italy)

Aurēlija, Aurora, Austra (Latvia)

Giedrė, Klemensas, Virgilijus, Vydotas (Lithuania)

Patricia, Patrick (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Fryderyk, Jan, Pakosław, Pakosz, Wacław, Wacława (Poland)

Conon (Romania)

Fridrich (Slovakia)

Adrián, Adriano, Eusebio (Spain)

Tora, Tove (Sweden)

Ciara, Ciera, Cierra, Keren Keri, Kerri, Kerrie, Kerry, Kiara, Kiera, Kieran, Kierra, Sierra (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 64 of 2023; 301 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 9 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 14 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 12 Adar 5783

Islamic: 12 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 3 Ver; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 20 February 2023

Moon: 97%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 8 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Solon]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 75 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 14 of 29)

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FACTS AND STATS: Red Bull end a long wait for success in Bahrain as does Alonso

Max Verstappen blazed to victory under the Bahrain lights in the opening race of the 2023 F1 season, in which Red Bull took a one-two to begin their season in style, and Fernando Alonso turned heads with a brilliant podium finish. The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix offered up some very interesting facts and stats, as well... The winner of the opening race has been the championship runner-up every season since 2017. Max Verstappen has never previously won the opening race of the season. He won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the first time on his ninth attempt. READ MORE: Verstappen leads 1-2 in Bahrain season opener as Leclerc retires and Alonso takes final podium place in style Red Bull have only previous won the opening race once (Australia 2011), and have never finished one-two in the first race before. Red Bull have not won in Bahrain for 10 years (Sebastian Vettel in the last daylight race here in 2013). Red Bull qualify one-two and finish one-two in a race for the first time since the 2013 Abu Dhabi GP. Max Verstappen won the Bahrain GP on his ninth attempt, and won in Bahrain on his 10th visit in Formula 1 (counting the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix) Fernando Alonso scores Aston Martin's second podium finish in the marque's 50th Grand Prix start. Alonso scores only his second podium finish in his last 122 Grands Prix, and his first since Qatar 2021. Alonso is 41 years, 219 days old today. Only one older driver has been on the podium in the last 37 years (Michael Schumacher was 43 at Valencia 2012). Yesterday was the 22nd anniversary of Alonso's F1 debut (Australia 2001). Sunday was Aston Martin's 50th Grand Prix start – and Alonso took P3 Carlos Sainz took P4, having finished in the same position at the final race of the 2022 season. Lewis Hamilton's fifth place was his worst finish in Bahrain since he was fifth in the 2013 race. Lance Stroll in P6 matches his best result from the 2022 season (sixth in Singapore). Stroll finished in the top six despite not driving the car in pre-season testing. With Russell in seventh, the two Mercedes cars finished 51 and 56 seconds respectively behind the race winner. Eighth-placed Valtteri Bottas scored points in Bahrain for the 10th consecutive time. From 2014 to now, Bottas has scored points in Bahrain Ninth-placed Pierre Gasly of Alpine scores points from last on the grid for the second time in his career (finished 10th in Mexico City, 2018). Williams scored in Bahrain for the first time since 2017, when Felipe Massa was sixth, thanks to Alex Albon's P10. Zhou Guanyu finished 16th but took fastest lap for the second time in his career, having done so in Japan 2022. Lando Norris finished 17th having made six pit stops. Sunday was his second-straight non-scoring Bahrain Grand Prix. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

[umseb]

werewolf boyfriend etc etc op is in a mood today, japan - october 9, 2011 📷 jan woitas / alamy

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2023 Year In Review

Previous Posts:

2020s: (2022), (2021), (2020)

2010s: (2019), (2018), (2017), (2016), (2015), (2014), (2013), (2012), (2011)

Yes, I am indeed writing this on December 18, 2024. You'll have to forgive me if the emotional details are sparse as I am essentially putting this together from scraps of memory and social media archives. It just feels wrong to skip a year, you know? Better late than never.

January

mostly occupied with adjusting to the celiac diagnosis. i had my endoscopy on january 31, which meant that for the two weeks prior i got to eat everything glutenous in the world that i wanted for the last time in my life. i had my friends over and everyone brought a gluten-containing item and we called it the "gluten olympics." we're talking bread pudding, chinese pork buns, soft pretzels. my intestines were DAMAGED but it was an homage to the last time i will get to enjoy these things in my life. the endoscopy was an awful 20 minutes of my life and i unfortunately remember all of the procedure but it confirmed that i do, indeed, have celiac and so that was that.

i began officially training for my first marathon.

February

honestly just a lot of running and a lot of graduate school.

learned i loved (and am pretty good at!) statistics.

March

more running, more graduate school.

ran the st. patrick's day road race 5k with my mom.

started getting into "longest ever run of my life" territory with my marathon training long runs each sunday which was genuinely very motivating and exciting. started to feel like i could actually pull this thing off.

drama started unfolding with my roommate/friend.

April

turned 29!

my brother and rie got engaged when they were visiting japan :)

went to vancouver with emma for rachel's bachelorette party which i was very happy to have been invited to.

spring slow pitch started up again.

drama got worse with roommate/friend. started to figure out an escape plan.

May

met a boy i really liked which had not happened in a WHILE. thought things were going well and then he ended things. sadness ensued.

RAN THE FUCKING SASKATCHEWAN MARATHON.

June

suffered extreme post-marathon blues.

immediately signed up for a trail race and started going to run club as a means of keeping the vibes alive. the guy who runs the run club expressed interest in me and kept coming on way too strong and ruining the vibe because i went to run club just to meet friends and he always wanted to run together and would like DM me after and constantly text me and ask me to hang out and then he invited me to his best friend's wedding in canmore as his date and i was like DUDE i barely know you so i ghosted him and run club.

went to lucas and mack's wedding in jasper and co-emcee'd with carly.

July

moved the FUCK out of my old place and into my own new place!

attended rachel & adam's wedding and went home with someone i shouldn't have but it was still an overall great night.

went to crowsnest pass to watch the 7 kings win sinister 7! honestly had an 11/10 time as a spectator/hype woman.

went to SEATTLE with my friends & some other random swifties and saw the fucking eras tour. i was so tragically broke from the damage deposit & increased rent unexpectedly from the beginning of the month + the weddings. also wow some of those swifties take shit SERIOUSLY and also this was my first time traveling with celiac and so i was actually quite stressed for the entire trip but the concert was awesome and i am glad i went.

August

ran a PB in the edmonton half marathon with no metrics on my watch.

September

my brother & rie got married! i officiated.

dylan & jon also got married.

i started year 2 of grad school and also started my second gig as a TA which was SWEET money but a lot of extra work on grading weeks. omg.

October

visited saskatoon for thanksgiving

November

just... grad school, TAing, and running.

December

more grad school, TAing, and running.

visited arizona and got to hang with uncle ron, auntie wendy, reid and lindsay for a few days which was genuinely SUCH a nice treat and maybe the first time in a long time i actually let myself feel like i was on vacation and just... relax.

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Japan’s nuclear reactor restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster shut down again

Japanese nuclear reactor, which restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was shut down due to an equipment malfunction.

Reactor No. 2 at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s north coast was re-commissioned on 29 October. It was supposed to start generating electricity in early November, but had to be shut down again on Sunday, five days after restarting. The fault occurred in a device linked to neutron data inside the reactor, according to Tohoku Electric Power Co.

The reactor is one of three at the Onagawa NPP, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the Fukushima Daiichi. The plant was operating normally and there was no release of radiation into the environment, Tohoku Electric said. A new re-commissioning date has not been announced.

The Onagawa NPP was hit by a 13-metre (42-foot) high tsunami caused by the earthquake, but was able to achieve a safe shutdown of the cooling systems of all three reactors.

Last year, the Japanese government adopted a plan to maximise the use of nuclear power, insisting on an accelerated restart of the reactors to meet its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Concerns over the revival of nuclear power rose after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula on 1 January 2024. The disaster killed more than 400 people, damaging over 100,000 buildings.

Read more HERE

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Getting ready

So this is a test posting as much as it is a request for prayers and positive thoughts as we prepare to depart on Sunday to Japan. The journey's a bit complicated as the Noto Peninsula is in a rural area.

In the past we've done cleanup, children's programs, visits to temporary shelters, and served meals. We don't know what to expect this time other than we've been assured it's going to be hot and humid. They'll watch out for our safety, so we'll see what transpires.

We'll see how Tumblr works, we'll let you know if we choose another option. See you soon from the Noto Peninsula!

P.S. This is who we're working with. Thank you Levi & Diane for your partnership!

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I got bad news anime fans, especially Jojo fans, the Jojo anime and it's OST's producer Hiroyuki Omori had passed away on Sunday, cause of death currently unknown:

He was also a producer for When They Cry - Higurashi, Terraformars, Casshern Sins, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, Highschool of the Dead, and Hi Score Girl.