ALL HAIL JAPAN!!

For my third blog post I thought I would follow up on one of the topics in my first post and that topic is Japan and how it is very…very different from other countries. Now when I mean different I mean things in there culture not like weather of anything like that. I will be focusing on some of the funny and weird things about Japan so don’t think after reading this that Japan is a horrible place, its not. If you can’t tell from my last post you will after this one I love Japan.
They are considered one of the smartest countries, and most technology comes from Japan companies like Sony and Bandai are from. Also if you like games, most of them come from Japan. If you like anime (which I will be talking about later one) guess where is all comes from, that’s right Japan. The following things I found out when reading things on Japan, and I just had to laugh because they are so funny, or they are interesting in some way.
We will start out with music obviously there music in Japanese but the most listened genre is techno by far. They still have like new wave and metal but more people listen to techno over there then anywhere else I’m sure. And I have some of their techno and it’s awesome but most people in U.S don’t listen to techno much. Also just like guitar hero over here the Japanese have DDR which id Dance Dance revolution that’s been a huge hit over there they play that more then guitar hero. They even have huge monitors on the side of the arcade buildings showing the 2 people dancing, and you never guess what kind of music is on DDR that’s right techno.
One of my favorite things is the cartoons over there or what they call anime. It’s always funny to here the replies from people when you talk about anime, they always say things like or there just cartoons there meant for kids. it is not all meant for kids. There are some with really good mature stories that adults can watch. They very from very violent actions to drama’s to romance’s you name it you can probably find an anime about it. My personal favorite is probably Hellsing ultimate or code geass. There are so many anime’s you could easily get lost in all the stories. Compare anime’s to American cartoons and anime is a lot better. Some of them you can get so lost in the story when it ends you just keep thinking how awesome the show was. I have to get anime though or I could talk type forever.

one thing i read recently is that japan's poulation is rapidly decresing. i thought that would be on of the last countries to have that problem. i wanted to know more but so far i have not heard anything new.
A bad but funny thing about Japan is has some kind perverted things at least compared to other countries, what other country lets you buy used panties from vending machines. Yeah I am not lying they have vending machines that dispense used panties with the picture of who was wearing them on the front of the package…. Pretty screwed up huh? Well it gets worse did you know the legal age for sex in Japan 13 yeah 13 years old, that’s pretty nasty. Also it is perfectly legal there to be a prostitute if you’re married as long as the spouse agrees. I have read stories where the wife does not have a job she is prostitute and have regular clients, and when the interviewer asked the husband what he thought the man replied. “I don’t care because I know she just loves me plus the extra money is great.” All you can say is wow. I don’t know if all couples do it but its legal there , that’s was kind of weird to me. And the last thing I am going to say on this subject is there is a place in Japan where the city metro station travels above ground and snakes threw building, no big deal right well guess what monument sits straddling the rails that’s right a anime school girl I will post the picture below but be warned that it is real and its very weird. If you don’t want to see it then doesn’t look at the pictures with this post. I was thinking about not putting this subject into this blog because it’s not very appropriate for a college blog but you can’t talk about Japan with out knowing some of these things and I will probably be talking about Japan a lot in my upcoming blogs my next blog will be about Japan too maybe ever a 3rd who knows, I don’t… or do I. Plus it’s kind of funny, and interesting what normal life consists of in other countries. I could easily do another post about this so I might some time. I will some time in my life go to Japan, maybe when I get out of college you never know.

Vegas part 2

My last blog entry was about the time I went to Vegas and I don’t think I hit all the key issues so this is Vegas part 2. In the first blog I wrote about most of the main subjects but I forgot one of my favorite things was we rode the bus to the Hard Rock café and as soon as you step threw the door they have band memorabilia for… I could not even name all the bands. They had a wax set up of a Kiss stage, which was really cool. They had tons of guitars from countless bands. They even had the robe that jimi Hendrix wore, (my favorite thing in that store).
Another interesting place was the M&M store I thought it would suck but they had walls covered in every type of M&M you can think of. It was a store that was three stories tall. Three stories tall holy crap that’s a lot of M&M’s. At the very top of the store they had the Nascar M&M car.

One of the nights we were they we went to go see the show called “tournament or the kings” and that was awesome you got a huge leg of chicken a potato, things that they ate in the renaissance, and they show was awesome. They had cool sword fights. I know they weren’t real sword fights but the chorography was really good. It was way better then I thought it was going to be. They had really cool jousting matches too, defiantly something to check out if you ever go to Vegas.
We took the bus down to the end of the strip to sight see and they had this huge screen lowered over a few of the buildings and they had things playing on them. We only got to see one but it was cool the screen was huge ……. Plus the video we got to watch had a lot of half naked ladies dancing, so that made it better. While we were walking back we saw a man spray painting really cool pictures and it took him like a minute and a half to do one it was really cool spay paint was flying everywhere and he was doing precise paintings too.

The last night we were they most of use just pulled an all nighter and slept on the plane. The plane ride there was horrible because I got sick and it was really loud, but the ride back I did not even know I was on a plane I slept threw it all once I closed my eyes they were just doing pre-flight checks and before I knew it we had landed back in Wisconsin. Best plane ride ever did not even know I was on it. So in the end Vegas was really fun got to see things I never seen before…… like hookers and I got to see the huge casinos you see all the time on T.V all the time. If I did not mention it before we stayed in the Excalibur. So I got to stay in a huge castle pretty cool. If I had to pick my favorite thing from Vegas it would have to be the moment that they played ecstasy of gold from the good, the bad, and the ugly at the Bellagio water show…… simply epic.
Vegas was cool, but would I go back….. I don’t know it was really expensive and I kind of saw everything, maybe in like 20 years when something’s change. My next trip is going to be somewhere else….. Don’t know when but I want to see other places. My ideal place to go would be Japan that would be awesome.

Vegas

For my next blog I was going to write about something very close to me but I figured it was not quite appropriate for a college blog, hopefully i might get to post it later on. So I will conform to the normal topics so I know I will not stir up any controversy. So I will write about when I went to Vegas.

I went to Vegas last year, and I went with my whole family so I had someone to hang out with while I was stuck in the hotel room, because I could not gamble or drink, but there was only a few times that I was stuck in the room. Every day we went to see the tourist things like the big aquarium, and the huge fountains that play to music. All the casinos were huge and just amazing, however I did not get to go in them all but I went into a couple and they were massive. We went in the middle of july so it was crazy hot. Some of the days reached over 100 degrees it was horrible walking out side. A cool thing I noticed thought was that all the shops had little water mist above your head to cool you down, plus they had the huge barn fans going with people standing in the way every second.

When looking at the map of the strip it looks like an easy stroll, well it’s not. It took forever and it was like walking in a desert because it was so hot and there were so many cars, and they did not help with the heat. Pretty much everybody in my family got sun burnt somewhere on their bodies. It was a good thing that all the buildings had air conditioning. The whole time we were in Vegas there was little sleep most of us stayed up till the early hours in the morning. Also there was a lot of fast food because that’s what was in our casino.

One thing I did not like was I figured because we were in Vegas there would be little to no kids but they were everywhere. I know that I was underage but I am talking about little kids like under 15. That’s one thing that I hated about the trip they were everywhere. It’s a good thing that when we went to the pool I saw one of my favorite signs it said “adults only”. Best sign ever. They even had a game room for kids in our casino. That’s just stupid the whole reason to go to Vegas is to get away from the kids. Our reason was my parents wanted to get their wedding vows renewed for their anniversary after 30 years. So we went to one of those cheesy Vegas churches. Probably my favorite thing was the fountains that flowed to the music because they played ecstasy of gold form the good the bad and the ugly and it was so epic. The only thing that sucked about that situation was my brother missed it because he went to go find a bathroom and he loves that movie probably more than I do so he would have thought it was amazing too.

The trip also was first time for a few things one I actually saw a hooker and that was one of my goals in Vegas was to spot a one. It was also the first time I ever rode on a plane and honesty I did not like it, it was really loud and I got sick when we first landed, but what was really cool was taking a Hummer-limo from the airport to the motel. Another first was big city air, it was filled with pollution so it took some getting used to, and after an hour or so I did not notice it any more. It was probably a onetime experience for the whole family, and I will never forget it. there is more to talk about so i will have a part to sometime.

The little things

This whole blog is dedicated the greatest person ever …..Me

Where do I start, I am 18, just started college little over a week ago. I work part time at Kwik Trip in Stoddard. I have one brother and one sister. My sister is actually getting married in like a year, So that’s pretty cool. I just got out of high school last May so I have went from one school to another school right away, and I am going to college for I.T network specialist. Yeah computers I know I am a geek. I am also single… at the moment, ladies. I read a lot, and my choice of books is mostly historical books things that really happened, I find them interesting. I was born in Stoddard Wisconsin and that’s where I live today,

I don’t remember much of my childhood just scrambled bits and pieces. I went to school at Stoddard elementary and when I was done there I went to Desoto high school which is the closest high school to where I lived. I have never lived anywhere else but I have gone on trips for those who think I have never left the state. Well I have. Last year I went to Vegas with the family and that was pretty cool except I could not drink…. At the bar or gamble which sucked. I go pretty much every summer to Minnesota or to North Dakota to see some of the family.

My interests are I love movies, I have seen so many its impossible to count. And I know a lot about movies too. Another interest is I am a huge gamer I love games I play them on the little free time I get, and when I say I am a gamer I mean I am not a casual gamer I am a hardcore gamer there is a difference. I also love hanging out with my friends. It seems like I can never have enough time to do stuff with my friends. The whole college and work thing really cut into my gaming and friend time. But that’s what happens when you grow older and have to do these things. For my music choices I have a real weird choice I love rock and I like oldies, and even some rare things. I even have dipped into Japanese music. And probably my favorite thing besides rock is techno. Nothing beats cranking that up and having a good old fashion rave.

While I am on the topic of Japanese music I have to confess I love the Japanese culture they are so interesting. It’s fun to here all the weird things that are over there, and I wish I could speak Japanese. Some of those things will blow your mind on what normal over there. If you ever want to know these things I will be glad to tell you if you ask, or maybe I will do another blog on those things we will have to see. Another one of my weird hobbies is learning about weapons. I love to read about weird weapons. I have read countless things on swords, axes, maces, things of that nature. To tell the truth I have many swords and (weird weapons because I collect them)that cake my walls in my room. I will post some pictures on this blog and if you want to see the rest let me know I will show you some time. Well that’s it for this blog see my next one…… if you dare.