Anime Review: K-On!

As an everyday anime watcher, there has been only a few shows that have caught my attention. And one of them, would be K-On!

Story: 8

K-On! is about a group of girls who come to together and form a band called Houkago Tea Time. K-On! itself is to what most people refer to as a slice of life anime, meaning it has no plot which makes every episode just another random event happening one after another. Some people enjoy this while others prefer an actual story to play out while they watch. While that may be the case, K-On! does the slice of life industry justice. K-On!'s mix of comedy, music, and romance/friendship (don't worry, there's no yuri) makes even a storyless anime an enjoyable one.

Art and Sound: 10

This is always a matter of opinion, but between the great openings and endings and occasional concerts these girls had, I would say their taste of music is great. The animation is also not something to joke around about either. For being a 2009 anime, K-On! sure knew how to make the animations cute and fluid. With a combination of their cute and sweet music with the cute and sweet animations, it just goes to show how great an anime it can be. Moe Moe Kyun~!

Characters: 9

This is what usually makes or breaks a slice of life anime, and luckily for K-On!, the cast was amazing. From the over energetic Ritsu playing drums to the clumsy guitarist Yui who can only focus on one thing at a time, the characters were basically made for each other. With a great amount of cuteness from each character and a great role they had being in the band, I can't think of any other characters to fit more perfectly for the roles.

Overall: 9
K-On! is a cute and relaxing 13 episode anime that I believe anyone can enjoy. With many of the episodes not even focusing on their band, you can expect that most of time the girls will just be slacking off and having a good time. Slice of life animes can take some time to get a little adjusting to, but if you do enjoy just watching an anime for laughs and enjoyment, then you should give K-On! a shot.

My Favorite Houkago Tea Time Song :D

How "Dere" You?

As most anime viewers know, there are many different types of anime girls. Everyone already knows about the clumsy, oblivious main guy character that for some weird reason every girl falls for, but there is always a variety of girls who do so. Today I’m going to go over the different types and feel free share which type of “dere” is your favorite.

Tsundere

The typical girl that you will find in almost every single anime and if it doesn’t have one, then I don’t know what anime you’re watching. A tsundere is a girl who’s conflicted with her love towards the main guy. On the inside, she loves him, but on the outside, she too embarrassed to show it. The most common way she hides her love is through violence and very shaky statements such as “I-I-I  d-don’t like you or anything!”

Kuudere

Kuudere is a combination of “cool” and “dere.” As you can probably tell, this means that the girl will probably stay quiet and act unemotional most of the time.  These girls sound pretty, well, cool and all but unfortunately, they never win the guy over. Sad ending for such a chill girl.

Yandere

Last but not least, I’ll be going over yanderes. These are your crazy will do anything for your love girls. And by anything, I mean ANYTHING. This would sound like any guy’s dream, to have a girl be madly in love with him, but if the girl would kill your whole family to just be alone with you, I don’t think that’d be enjoyable.

Well throughout the hundreds of thousands of animes, these three types would and should be the most common. So next time you watch an anime (if you do) don’t forget to lookout for these three archetypes. 

The Procrastination Nation

Procrastination is something everyone can do. It is also something everyone can live without. People have been procrastinating since the beginning of mankind and will continue to do so for as long as we can tell. There are many reasons as to why people procrastinate. Some of these reasons are straight up dabbed in your face while others you may not realize at first.

Optimism

Not the better type of optimism, but still optimism. People tend to tell themselves “Yeah! I know I can get it done later!” In reality though, they can’t. People tend to tell themselves that they can get all their work done in a shorter amount of time they need and thus end up sleeping at three am. This ties in with lying to yourself. People tend to say that the assignment is easy or that they can finish it all the next day. Turns out, your teacher gives you an extra assignment and all you can do is cry.

Excitement

Again, not the good type of excitement, but still excitement. Some people tend to procrastinate because of the rush they feel knowing that the assignment is due in less than an hour. This may sound ridiculous but it is true and somewhat effective (coming from personal experience). When you feel the rush that you know that the teacher is coming around to collect the work you’re still working on, your brain for some weird reason starts jogging all these good ideas. Maybe it’s the adrenaline, or maybe it’s your brains way of teasing you. Either way, doing things last minute definitely is a heart pounder.

Laziness

This time around, it’s the laziness we all know and love. Laziness affects everyone. It’s just person’s self-control if they choose to do what they want to do in the most time efficient way possible. Lack of interest and motivation is key here. Students tend to say that the material is boring and often stray off from what they’re doing. One minute they were solving a triangle for its sides the next they were marathoning their favorite anime series. *ahem* That definitely wasn’t me thirty minutes ago but continuing with my point, sometimes student just have to sit down, and tell themselves to “just do it.” –Nike

 Procrastination is something we’re not born with. It’s just something we mentally tell ourselves to do. With a little push, some motivation, and just a lot of willpower, anyone can overcome their procrastination problems. So what about you? Do you procrastinate or are you one of those people who can overcome the temptations of pulling things off later?

P.s. Wrote this blog three whole days before it was due, how’s that for procrastination?

Hey! 2015 upside down is 2015!

So what are your new goals for this year? Going to go exercise some more? Eat less fat? Fall in love? Well that's all cute and all but will you stay true to your word? More than one fourth of Americans give up on their resolution before a week has even pass. Some even forty percent of Americans don't even make resolution. How does that make you feel? Feel special yet?


People usually fail to meet their goals because of many reasons. The number one reason is (well obviously) weak self control. It's easier to picture yourself fit and muscular rather than lifting fifty pounds, isn't it? Maybe instead of saying "I'll be more fit," you should give yourself a goal like "I'll lose ten pounds in the next week." Another popular reason is being lazy. That's a killer one. Sadly, I got no tips to help you fellow lazy ones.


With the new year coming, do you think you'll be able to keep true to your word? Or will you come down with the laziness syndrome. No matter what, just believe in yourself! Good luck to everyone out there. Well, I was gonna sign off with a joke, but it was so last year. Have a happy New Years and more to come! ^-^

Ha Ha Ha! Oh That Wasn't A Joke?

Laughing has been going on since who knows when. It’s something everyone can understand. It doesn’t matter if you’re an Englishmen talking to a Chinese, if you laugh, they will know exactly what’s in your mind. You’re happy! Or really crazy. That too.

What if I told you it’s impossible to force yourself to laugh? Try it right now, are you really laughing? Well of course not. It’s been proven that you can’t trick your brain into a real laugh; they’re too smart for that. Now try recalling what you and your friends did today that made you laugh. It felt great didn’t it? Well did you know that we laugh thirty times as much with our friends than when we’re by ourselves?  Plus, laughing helps the bond between individuals. So next time you’re with your friends, don’t forget to laugh! Not that you weren’t going to anyways.

You know the old saying, “laughing is the best medicine,” well believe me, it’s true. Laughing helps fight away harmful diseases. And by diseases, I mean stress. I don’t remember the last time a person who was laughing and having a good time had a load of stress. Unless, well you know, that person was procrastinating. On that note, it has been scientifically proven that laughter can help extend your lifespan. So what are you waiting for? Get laughing! Here are some jokes to get you started.

How does NASA organize their company parties? They planet.

Two fish are in a tank. One turns to the other and asks “How do you drive this thing?”

Last night I almost had a threesome, I only needed two more people!

Why didn’t the lifeguard save the hippie? Because he was too far out man!

The dyslexic devil worshipper sold his soul to Santa.

Why don’t you ever see hippopotamus hiding in trees? Because they’re really good at it.

I was also going to tell a street joke but it wasn’t very concrete so. Well hopefully I could get you to laugh a little. If not, hang out with your friends! You’ll be surprised on how much you laugh. Ciaooo  

Zzzzzz

Sleep. Oh how I dream of the day when humankind can pause time just so everyone can catch up on their sleeping. Till then, we still wonder, why is it that sleeping is so important and why does it have to be an everyday necessity? Let’s dig deeper and learn about sleep! Oh and please do be sure not to fall asleep on me. You good? Okay, let’s begin then.

First, let’s go over where sleep may have originated. One of the earliest theories of where sleep originated goes all the way back to the first few animals of earth. Some animals at night instead of panicking would actually think things thoroughly and just stay still and quiet for hours and hours in order to survive. Since they weren’t active at night, they were not killed by their predators because you know; it’s hard to see something that’s not doing anything at night. Through natural selection, this behavior is what scientist believe evolved into what we call sleep nowadays.

That theory could just be one of a million but heck, it sure got me convinced. Now that we got that covered, let’s move onto the embarrassing facts. Well they’re not really embarrassing but they’re just true. The average, normal human being requires eight hours of sleep. You know what that means right? Either we’re not normal or that we just seriously suck at getting enough sleep. Back in 1942, we humans averaged around eight hours of sleep, but now we average at about 6.8 hours. The amount of sleep we get is slowly going down and eventually, the world will be taken over by Starbucks with their coffee keeping us awake for twenty or more hours for days on end.

Now that we got that covered, let’s see why sleep is so important. I’m sure most of you know that lack of sleep causes stress and misery and tears. But is that really all it causes? Lack of sleep can cause health problems such as heart diseases, infection, cancer, and even death. Oh and headaches, those too. This is because while we’re sleeping, our immune systems go to work. If you don’t get enough sleep, they don’t get enough time to work causing, well you know, headaches. Oh and death too.

The most ironic of consequences of lack of sleep is that it hinders our ability to learn. Get it? Because school is one of the main reasons that make us stay up. Well this is because lack of sleep causes a disruption in our focus. This can be taken to an even more deadly level if you think about this. You’re driving at night with your family who’s all gone asleep. You realize that you’re just as tired from those four hours of sleep you got. You slip from Earth to dreamland and somehow make it to the other side as well.

I hope this has been insightful to you just as much as was to me. Be sure to get enough sleep and to shut off the internet early once in a while. Wait, you still there? Please don’t tell me you didn’t make it through the whole thing. Well look at the time, I guess I’ll let you off the hook for now, till next time from your always dreaming (not figuratively) blogger.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-if-you-dont-get-enough-sleep-2014-2

Trick or Treat!

Ah Halloween, the holiday all about candy and chocolate and costume competitions, or so we think. Halloween, surprisingly, used to be a serious transition of life or death. I know what most of you are thinking and no please don’t go yet to eat your candy. Let’s hear about the true story of the night of the dead and the dark and cold. Muahaha*cough*

According to this article, Halloween’s origins date back to the Celtics who lived 2,000 years ago in modern day Ireland. They celebrated their new year on November 1^st, which marked the end of summer and harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter. The Celts believed that on the night of October 31^st, the boundary between life and death became distorted, causing ghosts and the dead to return to earth. That’s not what it says on the news nowadays but you know. Anyways, the Celtics would gather around a campfire in costumes of dead animals (yay) and burn crops and animals in hopes to survive the “attack” of the undead or in other words, the coming winter.

So how do we go from burning animals while wearing dead animals to where we are now? I have no clue. Good thing this article does. By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of the Celtic territory. They would influence the Celtic traditions with various traditions they enjoy doing, such as bobbing for apples. By around the first century, the Roman Christian church presented the All Souls’ Day which is believed to have replaced the Celtic’s sacred festival of the dead. This All Souls’ Day was also called All-hallows day, which is where the name Halloween is believed to have originated from.

As most of us should probably know, churches are good and try to keep things dead animal free. So the church tinkered with the Celtic tradition a bit. Instead of trying to scare away the undead or satisfy them with the flesh of animals, the church decided to celebrate them with parades and fun and costumes and stuff. Now it’s starting to sound like the Halloween we know and love huh. Well, that’s because it is.

The British came to America and along with them, the practices of Halloween. Yaay. The British weren’t the only ones trying to show the goods, however, immigrants from Ireland, the homeland of Halloween, spread ideas of Halloween in America as well. Taking from both English and Irish traditions and some ideas of their own, Americans began to dress up in costumes (not the dead animal kind) and go door to door asking for candy and sometimes even money.

Well there you have it folks. That is the story of how people went from wearing dead animals to taking two pieces of candy when the sign says only take one.

Sources

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween