Hello guys, it's certainly been a while since you've seen anything from me and for that I sincerely apologize.

I've been busy with college, translating, and other things. Admittedly, I've been playing a lot of a certain game in the last week or two when I just want to relax and I blame GTX. xD But in all seriousness, I can't blame him. I should be replacing that gaming time with "serious art time" or "serious writing time."

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I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do over the summer, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to spend a lot of it working on Japanese (and Chinese, if a PM I sent someone works out), and playing my new 8-string guitar that I earned myself recently. It's going to suck not seeing my friends for two months, but most of them are starting off 9th grade in the same high school as me, and I have three of my tighter friends on Steam, so it's not all bad.

What about you guys?

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Today is my 27th birthday!

And I have an awesome birthday lunch at Japanese Kitchen!!!!

My brother got me Who Framed Roger Rabbit action figure!!!!!

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If in the English version they get Benedict Cumberbatch to voice Pikachu, I will buy my first Pokemon game since Mystery Dungeon

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Nos' super-concise foreign film review time! (Spoiler-free, of course.)

Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa - 1950

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Hey, y'all. Chapter 54 of The Elder Scrolls: Equestria is making slow yet steady progress. I feel I should restore my presence on this website with some regular art posts, especially since I'm making a return to pony artwork.

The Apple of the East

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Hey folks. Gonna talk about something other than ponies again. Japanese calligraphy! Model airplanes (ran out of space)! And then, at the very end, a little about ponies.

But first, a horizontal line.

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If you like my The Runaway Bodyguard or any of my Starlight, Songbird, or Sunset stories because of the storytelling, I think you will like Messing with the Wrong Alicorn is Not Optimal. It is written in 1st person from the POV of a 7 1/2 year-old girl who is a Princess Twilight Sparkle fan. Lotus Flower is Neighponese and

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I've been up since 3am and my eyes aren't even burning. You know what I'm thinking of....?

Aw... I was hoping it was real, because if you know, then you know.

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I would actually be down with seeing a series like this. That Deadpool, dude! XD We have the movie, now he needs a proper show, or appear more often in a show.

Oh, and then there's this clip.

This made me feel really bad about asking a buddy of mine for tips on Dark Souls 2 now...sorry, cave monsters. I didn't mean to cheat. I just really wanted that Havel the Rock's armor.

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So yeah, this was indeed moved to this month. I noticed barely anyone actually read this month's monthly schedule yet so I thought I would repeat myself here so no one gets lost, but to make things simple I moved this one to this month because an inugami will actually be making an appearance in the month's episode and really the one that I replaced for this month felt too early to show off just yet. Any this tidbit is indeed about the Japanese yokai dog spirit, or at least my attempts to bring

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Whelp, I suppose I'm cursed! A few days ago I made the foolish choice to listen to the story of Kashima Reiko, a Japanese girl who died and is said to wonder the world in search of her legs. Now the story goes to say in the end, whoever listens or learns of the story will be cursed and Kashima will visit you in about a month. She'll ask me two questions, 1) Where are my legs? and 2) What's my name? And dammit I know I'll die from this but if I can't remember her name I'll be all like,

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I’m currently taking up basic level 5 of Nihongo. Last week, Sensei gave us homework for the conversation activity which was to prepare 2 solo photos or 1 group photo of family or friends. It can be a dream/fantasy family.

I asked Sensei if the fantasy family can consist of characters from video games and/or animated series. She said yes and it got me excited as I already figured out who I was going to present in class: Balan as my boyfriend and Sisu as my older sister.

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