Learning through Tumblring, and TV show talk.

So yeah, I have slept through Thanksgiving. Honestly, I’m not bothered, most, if not all of the food isn’t to my taste and I’ve never been much interested in extended family meetings and reunions that come with such holidays, never mind the horrible history behind that holiday’s origin. I’ve been concentrating on Tumblr and going through the 200, 300 or so posts that I’ve missed due to my erratic sleep schedule. Sometimes reblogging these posts can be a bit of a chore, since I have a weak refusal in resisting some posts but they are usually important or interesting.

To break up the long process, I usually watch a Journeyman Pictures video group on country, since I like learning about other countries. It is in turn interesting and depressing to look through the North American countries’ cultures and struggles. I suspect the U.S. had a big hand in many of those issues and these specials sometimes explicitly admit it. Through some of the earlier specials can be a bit annoying as subtitles or dub-overs aren’t giving to interviewee’s speaking the local language. I suspect when the company took the files and uploaded them to youtube, whatever version of a translation track there is wasn’t put there with it. I’m listening to them with a critical ear, as I’m not sure of the media company’s /politics, and they can rank prim and proper reserved and attempt to remain “neutral” in issues that one shouldn’t be neutral for. Still, it’s pretty interesting. I’m currently up to Cuba now and I’ll see how many countries I can go through.

 

( Cut for potentially spoilery ramble about Future Card Buddyfight, Toqger, & Kamen Rider Drive )

 

That’s all coming to mind for now. It’s nearing midnight and my younger brother and his guy friends who are over are being noticeably loud and probably tipsy. It’s time for me to turn my attention to the last Intro to Poetry poem I need to write. I’m thinking of something related to the Legion from the Gamera Heisei trilogy. Whatever the case, I’ll probably update near the end of December, where a lot would have presumably happened. Until then, farewell!