#animal kingdom lod

[travelingbytastebuds]

INDIA

WHERE: Sanaa (3701 W Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL 34747)

I first ate Indian food many years ago in a restaurant on Long Island with a few friends of mine. I remember falling in love with naan, the warm flatbread that is perfect for dipping, back then. One of my friends ended up asking the waitress many questions about the colorful murals on the walls and I was embarrassed because I felt it was too intrusive to ask about her home country (my, have things changed since then! My questions are quite often plentiful when I hear an accent... and most do love to talk about their homes), but other than that not much of the memory exists now but I've been a fan of naan ever since.

I also had an Indian friend around the late 2010s who was from Indian and would tell me which restaurants in Raleigh, North Carolina were good for Indian food and which were the most authentic, but the most authentic was definitely her homecooking in her apartment. She was an international student originally from India, so I think it was her way of dealing with her homesickness a bit.

But I think my absolutely favorite memory of Indian food was hilarious trying to order African food at Sanaa in the Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort. I totally thought the bread service plate was African, even after eating it. It came with paneer paratha, onion kulcha, three different types of naan and a bunch of dipping sauces like several chutneys, tomato-date jam, hummus, red chile sambal, garlic pickle, spicy jalapeno-line pickle. When I bought it I totally missed that it was an INDIAN-style bread service in the African lodge and I was walking around thinking I was so worldly. Only years later when I was looking through my old photos did I notice that it wasn't African at all. Nowadays, I definitely research a bit better than this. My, how far I’ve come on my journeys! lol

But I'll have to at least say it was a delicious meal, right there up at the counter because all the tables were taken that night, watching the chef cook dinner for everyone because it was an open kitchen after a long day of walking around Disney, getting to rest my feet and nom on bread and dippings for a while. Definitely good times! Disney always makes the best food :)

#old eats #sanaa #animal kingdom lod #animal kingdom #disney #walt disney world #long island #india #indian #naan #bread service #chutney #hummus #paneer paratha #kulcha

[crossflux]

BrokenIdeas faces down my Legacy of Darkness - can she overcome it...?

#Yu-Gi-Oh! #yugioh #kazuki takahashi #konami #shonen jump #anime #yugi mutou #duelingbook #duelist kingdom #battle city #TCG #trading card game #CCG #collectible card game #crossflux #brokenideas #legacy of darkness #LoD

[murfeelee]

Video Games Pt3: Video Game Challenge

I saw this list on Pinterest out of nowhere, and what better way to ring in the new year than with another questionnaire, about my favorite pastime! This is the spiritual successor to Part 1 and Part 2.

Day 1 - Very first video game: Pacman and/or Mortal Kombat and/or Samurai Shodown on arcade machines (way back in the day when laundromats had arcade machines and gumball machines and such in them--good times, good times U_U); Tetris on computers; and a buttload of PS1 titles (again: back in the good ole days when consoles came with promo demo discs--I had Frogger, Need for Speed, Medieval, and a bunch of others).

Day 2 - Your favorite character: Here’s my Top 10 Males post and Top 10 Females post.

Day 3 - A game that is underrated: I will preach the greatness of PS1′s Legend of Dragoon till my dying day. It was doomed to dwell in Final Fantasy 7′s shadow, which came out earlier that same year, and it’s a real shame, cuz LoD was E V E R Y T H I N G.

My favorite aspects of the game are:

Its lore and worldbuilding. On top of the fact that the premise of the game is could be an anime series in its own right, you just get SO EXCITED to visit each new location, and uncover more about the world’s history, and see the different architecture, technologies, cultures and different races (I LOVE the Winglies, of course). It’s actually a gorgeous game for its time.

The combat -- I STILL have some of the Addition patterns memorized to this very day! They get progressively harder as you level up, but once you get used to the timing you feel so dang good. Die, More and More!

The soundtrack and cutscenes. The NOSTALGIA? O_O Bruh. The story is just really good, and was the very first video game to make me cry when certain...events...happened. Play the game and find out for yourself!

Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game: The Sims, Dragon Age...any and all EA games. Effing ashamed of myself every time I give that nest of corporate demons at Electronic Farts money. “Surprise mechanics” my arse. 

Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were): Has Jar Jar Binks been in a video game yet? Then that’s me. XD But I wish I was most like Lara Croft, as explained in my Top 10 Females post.

Day 6 - Most annoying character: For females it’s Lightning from Final Fantasy 13, and for males it’s Vaan, from Final Fantasy 12. I don’t mind as much when supporting characters are effing annoying (Vanille, Hope, etc), but when it’s the MAIN protagonist?! WHY, Square Enix? WHY.

Lightning was just a negative nancy debbie downer. I wish they had swapped Serah and Lightning, I seriously do. I just couldn’t stand her dry and soulless personality. She wasn’t being edgy or bada** or cool or sexy or FANG or anything; she was just a bitter jaded unhappy wench.

And with Vaan I just effing hate that dude. Why was he even there? They tried so hard to make this pushy entitled kid relevant, but I was like no, the story could’ve easily been told without him, and I wish it had been; he’s a effing idiot.

Day 7 - Favorite game couple: Yuna and Tidus from FFX (hardest I ever cried playing a video game -- THE FEELS I TELL YOU).

Day 8 - Best soundtrack: I used to think it was Skyrim, but nope, it’s Witcher 1, 2 and 3. Just listen to ALL of the songs CDPR ever produced for the entire franchise, including all the unreleased tracks, and enjoy the eargasm.

Day 9 - Saddest game scene: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice had me legit depressed for a good week. Get your tissues and holy water ready; it’s seriously effed up. The entire game is the saddest I ever played, jfc.

Day 10 - Best gameplay: Witcher 3, duh. Main quests, side quests, combat, dialogue, plot, graphics, worldbuilding, creatures, bosses, soundtrack, characters, Gwent, NEED I GO ON.

Day 11 - Gaming system of choice: Playstation for life. But the Nintendo Switch is effing brilliant, ngl; once they put Skyrim & The Witcher on it I was like SOLD.

Day 12 - A game everyone should play: At least ONE Final Fantasy game. There’s 15+, and Dissidia and Kingdom Hearts. It’s not just a game, it’s an experience.

As much as I rag on FF13 and FF15, they’re still admittedly LEAGUES better than a lot of other crap out there. I just happen to feel that Square Enix is out of its frikkin mind lately, and tbh I’ve been rapidly losing my hype for the FF7 Remake. I was never much of a FF7 fan to begin with, aside from being a rabid Sephiroth fangirl and watching Advent Children a billion times. But Square’s gotta be drunk as a skunk if they think I’m paying all that money for god knows how many of these effing “episodes” they’re gonna piecemeal us to dangit death with. HAYUL no. I’d rather not get too attached.

Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times:

Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper: Huh?

Day 15 - What game are you playing right now: Speak of the devil, I’m replaying God of War for the zillionth time already.

Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes: In terms of graphics and story impact IMO might be Red Dead Redemption 2. That game was frikkin gorgeous, and the story was SO DANG GOOD. Braithwaite Manor!? O_O

Day 17 - Favorite antagonist: For females it’s either Edea from FF8, or Yunalesca from FFX. For dudes it’s Sephiroth, from FF7. That man needs some serious counseling.

Day 18 - Favorite protagonist: Yuna from FFX for the ladies, and TW3′s Geralt of Rivia for the dudes. 

Day 19 - A game world you would like to live in: The more Middle Eastern-inspired scifi/steampunki-medievalesque world of Ivalice from FF12, or the medieval French/Swiss Toussaint from The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.

Day 20 - Favorite genre: RPGs and JRPGs, and pretty much action-adventure games with swords and sorcery.

Day 21 - Game with the best story: Red Dead Redemption, which is a good thing and a bad thing. A lot of the time I felt I was watching a movie, rather than playing a game. But it was still an Oscar worthy movie. XD

Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you: Technically it hasn’t come out yet, but from what we’ve seen of the Nioh 2 beta release, omfg what’s going on? U_U Now, don’t get me wrong! Nioh 2 looks AMAZING. But....that’s cuz it looks exactly like Nioh 1, just with new yokai gameplay thrown in. o_O Uh...is this a DLC expansion pack or what? Cuz it sure ain't lookin like a full-fledged sequel! :P Dare I call it an asset flip. Come on, don’t do this; do MORE. Unless this is actually an expansion you’ll sell for half the price. ;)

Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style: For graphics it’s RDR2, but for most unique art style it’s always been Okami for me. <3

Day 24 - Favorite classic game: Spyro the Dragon. Their reboot for PS4 was AMAZING.

Day 25 - A game you plan on playing: Cyberpunk 2077. I’m so bummed, knowing the game’s been delayed to September 2020 instead of April, but oh well. As long as CDPR gives us that master-class level of Polish we all know and love from The Witcher 3, then take as much time as you need, I guess. At least they’re not like effing EA or Bethesda. XD

Day 26 - Best voice acting: BOY. Freaking iconic, Kratos. :P

Day 27 - Most epic scene ever: Ciri beating the absolute tastebuds outta Caranthir in TW3, not once but twice. Most OP Witcher EVER, girl; WERK.

Day 28 - Favorite game developer: Though I effing hate them, I’m still a Square Enix fangirl at heart. It’s just saddening to see this weird turn they’ve been making recently, with garbage like the Quiet Man, and especially with Final Fantasy, my favorite game series of all time. U_U I’m not looking forward to the FF7 Remake anymore, tbh. I just hope FF16 is more of a return to form.

Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn't like, but ended up loving: Skyrim. I was never a big fan of Elder Scrolls games, and when Skyrim came out I was very meh at first. But then the mods started coming out for it and I was like wow. O_O

Day 30 - Your Favorite game of all time: Legend of Dragoon on PS1, Final Fantasy X on PS2, Skyrim on PS3/PC, The Witcher 3 on PS4, and The Sims on PC.

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Thanks for reading!

#video games #questionnaire #EA you suck #Electronic Arts #more like electronic farts

[xehanortsreport]

Hey, 'nother white bitch here. I just wanted to thank you on all of your insights concerning Xehanort, Kingdom Hearts, and race based topics with it. Maine doesn't do much in the regard of diversity, so hearing your perspective has been eye opening, to say the least. You've definitely affected how I see the game and other media, and I wanted to thank you for it!

I’m definitely happy to provide my perspective!

Kingdom Hearts is a sort of unique property, in that it is a JRPG but one that takes from, is inspired by, and is uniquely intertwined with Western properties and storytelling. A lot of the series is told from a Japanese perspective but blends with classic Western morality tales of light and darkness, good and evil; its major influences, by dint of being a Disney production, are European fairy tales, and as such its supposed to be a sort of aracial globally applicable story that can be appreciated by all audiences, taking place in that Earth adjacent but not really Earth setting one can only call “The World of Disney”.

But media isn’t produced in a vacuum, and it is in turns interesting and distressing to see the intersection between Japanese and Western colorism, the very white landscape of pre renaissance era Disney films (and the preference for films that feature white leads in European or European inspired settings from films that take place during and after the Disney renaissance), and the effects it has on how characters are designed and presented within the game.

There are definitely characters designed with mukokuseki, or “aracial but should be presumed stand ins for the Japanese audience”, in mind (the Destiny trio come to mind, with their Japanese names in a world of otherwise Latin or otherwise Western styled or inspired names), and the clothing of the Wayfinders, Eraqus, and YE and YX are clearly Japanese inspired (making me think the LoD and SaC’s clothing styles are deliberately meant to be the Japanese equivalent in this universe), but just as much of the worldbuilding takes after Western societies, thus giving us the ability to interpret the myriad cast members as not just mukokuseki, but of differing ethnicities in the world of Kingdom Hearts.

With that in mind, it’s hard not to notice things like the darker skinned Xehanort wearing predominately Western styled clothing when not in his trainee days, having a name that is not Japanese like the Destiny trio, and having Western devil motifs in his design and weaponry, and perceive him not as a Japanese man drawn in a mukokuseki styled design but as a deliberately “foreign” element, perhaps a Black man as in my interpretation, or another darker skinned ethnicity, or simply “not typical”. This is why I find the “well, they’re probably all supposed to be Asian anyway” dismissal a bit naive: the world of Kingdom Hearts is predominately Western. We are no longer dealing with just the Japanese perspective, but the Japanese perspective existing alongside a Western animation studio that draws upon Western tradition for a Western audience.

Ergo, it is not only plausible but likely that many of the original characters are supposed to be seen as Westerners a la the rest of the Disney cast (in fact, Nomura outright tells us that the original KH characters should be understood as Disney characters, not Final Fantasy or Square Enix ones), which unfortunately allows colorism to also dive into racism, and more specifically, antiblackness, which is a global phenomenon and not limited to white people.

From there, Ansem SoD and Xehanort onward start to seem like a “Scary Black Man” stereotype. The way the kids in Twilight Town in KH3 automatically defend Ansem the Wise from Ansem SoD despite the latter calling out the former for hurting children, INCLUDING ROXAS, who is the kid they’re looking for, and showing no indication that he is the villain, is hard to chalk up to anything but the kids assuming the blond haired white passing man is the hero who needs saving from Big Black Scary Dude. In KH1, Ansem SoD wasn’t supposed to be an islander like the rest of the gang: he was a foreigner, a ruler from a world modeled after Western styled castles and architecture, and who looked different from the Destiny trio.

He was always supposed to be “the other”. And his otherness made him scary. And his most prominent othering feature was his dark skin. If KH1 was made with a predominately Japanese audience in mind, and that audience was supposed to identify with the Japanese named Destiny trio, then they were supposed to find Ansem, dark skinned differently named Ansem, to be different, Not Japanese, scary.

And that is what stuck out to me as I got older. That’s how a black person playing KH as a series can see the othering of the darker skinned man painful, hitting too close to home at times, even despite him being a villain, perhaps BECAUSE of him being a villain. Disney is already deeply white, though they are trying to branch outside of that mold in modern titles. Japanese culture has issues with colorism that paint dark skin in an undesirable, negative light. There’s layers to this mess on both sides of the ocean that when combined create a confusing tangle of criticism to level at a video game that ostensibly exists in a world where race…isn’t really a thing, despite having European, American, Asian, and African worlds canonically exist within them.

There’s nothing I’d love more than to just enjoy the series without bringing real world issues into them, but unfortunately because I am black and I am aware of these sorts of microaggressions, intentional or unintentional, and that affects the way I consume, interpret, and enjoy the story, I just can’t.

#AND THATS AN ESSAY FOLKS #crystallineabyss

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The Koogler Watches Comic Con Trailers 2018

Comic Con Trailer

Glass.

I’ll be honest, not too concerned about this one. I feel like this trilogy should have been like a duology. Split could have been like a 20 min lead in to Glass. Like he takes the girls, there’s a montage of all his personalities, the little rascal, ms doubtfire, or maybe she was more professor mcgonagall. And then there was like his demon one who could bend bars or whatever. He’s fully demon now like climbing the walls like a cricket demon. So I’m trying to figure out the twist from the trailer, and I guess the twist is going to be this is all in their heads. Or the twist is that they’re like actually heroes and villains and then they need to save the world. The twist is that there will be a 4th movie. They’re going to wring this out and try and get one last movie out of it. Plus it has pouty face Sarah Paulson in it, I’ll probably catch this one on the VOD or something. I’ve never seen the whole movie of Unbreakable but I got the key points. Willis survives the crash, he’s unbreakable and Jackson is super breakable. He’s like the guy from SpongeBob the chocolate episode. I won’t lie, when he fell down those steps, I kind of laughed, which is like some hidden superpower that I have. I can’t get through Precious without cracking up at least three times. But anyway…….

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Three MeowMeowBeenz

 AQUAMAN

I feel like I don’t have to say much about this. I know the immense intense hate that some of the DC universe has for it. Mostly just the DCEU, the animated bit is good. The comics are good. The games are good. The movies, to me, are good too. Look, we didn’t have any of these movies, none, now we have them all over the place. I agree that we need quality over quantity, but on the DC side, we are just getting started. Let’s give it a chance. Now to the trailer. Man oh man. I’m digging the visuals. The inevitable war scene looks good. The giant jellies, the SEA TURTLES (side note, I love sea turtles. SO FUGGIN MAJESTIC), the deep sea monsters and riding sharks and sea horses and shig. DOOOOOOPE. I’m a big fan of under the ocean life in general so I’m here for all of it. They fixed the speaking thing from JL where they had to conjure a water bubble to talk, they just talk. Favorite part of this whole trailer, the sharks willing to just destroy the entire aquarium to help little AC. One thing I’m not too fond of, that red hair of Mera. And I do see the similarities of this and BP. But, there’s room for both. Always has been, always will be. I’m looking forward to seeing this because I want to see if maybe this is somehow going to set up Legion of Doom. We have the Joker, Lex, and Deathstroke, add in Manta with Cheetah coming in and then possibly Black Adam sometime in the future. I’d like to see Reverse Flash get added into this somewhere as well but hopefully DC pulls this off with all the shakeups. I’m just hoping its not going to be too heavy on the puns and one liners and what not. Arthurs transition from the surface world to becoming the king of Atlantis was no laughing matter and I hope that comes through on the screen.

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Five MeowMeowBeenz

  Shazam!

Yes BOYEEEEEEEE. As per usual with the DCEU, people have a lot of complaints, but I’m here for this one as well. Kid in a superhero body came through in the trailer and I’m looking forward to it. This is one movie that needs to have that light and breezy funny and easy touch. Billy is a foster kid down on his luck, home to home, who just got the gift of a lifetime. Needs to be funny and goofy, but have the action of MOS. Shazam and whoever he is fighting need to be slingin each other all over the place and what not. I like the suit and everything, but the lightning on the chest looks more like a night light than anything else. But you don’t really get much other than a quick intro to Shazam. Tells you the gist of who he iis. Meets the Wizard, says the name, now he is Shazam. Just like I was talking about with Aquaman with the LOD filling out, for the next one, the Justice League should be filling out as well. Now is the time to plant the seeds for it. Lex needs to be in the background of all of this plotting and scheming with Deathstroke putting his team together to take on the League. Maybe do the JLA: Doom storyline but have Lex in the driver seat instead of Vandal Savage. Yeah, yeah, that could work

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Five MeowMeowBeenz

 Godzilla: King of Monsters

So, I won’t lie, I know nothing about anything Godzilla other than what I learned from the Godzilla 2000. I think I saw pieces of the one released before this, but not much. I don’t remember if he fought a monster or not, but. This looks ok, but ONLY IF Godzilla is fighting all of these monsters. Also, Clair de Lune in the trailer. That gets two BIG THUMBS up from me. And it sounds like Vera Farmiga is going to be a bad guy somehow. Cuz Friday Night Lights coach and Millie BB don’t seem to like her. It looks like we’re going to see Mothra, and I’m guessing Rodan and the three headed one….Golgon? I don’t know names. I saw the moth one, there was a flying fire one, and the three headed one. Looks like its going to be a more dramatic world smasher. You don’t play Clair de Lune in a movie that is a bit classy

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Four MeowMeowBeenz

 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

You guys…..you guys you guys……you……guys. When I hear that music and I see those towers. You know the music that I’m talking about. Even though Harry isn’t here anymore that sense of wonder and magic still pulls you in. It still makes you want to watch WHATEVER they put out. Its great stuff, it really is. But this is about to give us a little glimpse into the world young Dumbledore, some of his humble beginnings. We get some returning faces along with some new ones. I personally can’t wait to see this and Nicholas Flamel. I mean….I feel we’re getting deep into some of the things we kind of just glossed over in the original series. I can’t wait. I’ll see this alone if need be because I’m always ready to dive back into the Wizarding World. I’d like a movie on the founders of Hogwarts to be honest, there has to be a story there. Right? RIGHT!!!! I just want more stories and more books and more all of it.

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Six MeowMeowBeenz

 The Walking Dead Season 9

So…..Rick is an old man now. Yes, there will be a time jump I suppose, and I still need to catch up because the last episode I saw was Carl getting bit and dying in a sewer. Do I care that much about that to stop watching the show? No. Will I catch up? Yes. Do I know what’s about to happen? Yes. Everyone seems to be living in harmony. The last of the Saviors, the bad ones at least seem to be gone. The Sanctuary, Kingdom, and the Hilltop, along with the trash people, seem to be living in harmony. But, there’s some cracks in the armor. The people seem to maybe not be getting along together. Some don’t want to be in a big group and others don’t want to play nice with each other. I mean, you had to expect that this would come, the Saviors did some messed up shig to everyone and forgiving them aint gonna be as easy as 1, 2, 3. This is also the fabled season of Rick and Maggie leaving I think. There is a shot of some boots walking with blood dripping down. I wager Rick is going to get but of course and die or whatever and Maggie or Michonne is taking over. And maybe the feud between Darryl and Rick is going to boil over. My man Dan Fogel looks like he’s going to play a part in this. Maybe he’s a Whisper. Who knows. But I will watch it, but I have to watch half a season, plus Preacher is on so I’m gonna fit this shignattle in here somewhere. I won’t lie, after the whole meeting with Negan where he first arrived, I gotta say my interest in TWD has waned from about 100 to a 90, maybe an 89. But I’m still fully on the wagon.

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Four MeowMeowBeenz

 Disenchantment

I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know if I dreamed this maybe, but didn’t they try this already with another Matt Groening show that didn’t work out. But I hear Abbi, I hear Keegan, not sure who the goblin person is, but I like all the stuff. Most of the stuff so I’ll watch and take a quick sneakle peekle and see if it keeps my interest.

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Two MeowMeowBeenz

 Titans

Yall. This one gon be zoppity. These are no longer Teen Titans. These are just straight up Titans as evidenced by the trailer giving the the large TV MA right in the beginning. With Raven being such a central part of the trailer, you already know who’s coming to dinner. That’s right, I know my boy Trigon is going to be making an appearance, how, when, and in what capacity, we don’t know. But, I’m anxious to see it. The core crew from the show is there, Robin, Star, Raven, and Beast Boy, but I’m guessing in this universe, Cyborg has been drafted to the JL and they are getting two new additions, Hawk and Dove, played by Thad Castle and ARods ol girl. The one thing I’m really anxious to see, just what the hell did Batman do to make Robin that….damn…mad. Because there is an episode here called Jason Todd, so this whole I’m kinda Jason Todd but I’m also Dick is gone. He’s got a real grudge against the Bat in this one with the standout line from the trailer

“Fuck Batman”

I mean, I’m in. Plus add in the fact that Jason Todd will be mentioned in the show, throw in the Doom Patrol, and Wonder Girl. I’m getting more of a Young Justice vibe (great comic by the way), from this than anything. With just a splash of adultness. I mean Robin really stepped on that guys face pretty friggin hard

Koogler Scale of Watchability: Five MeowMeowBeenz

 There were other trailers that I didn’t mention, Arrow, the Flash, the Orville, Black Lightning, Yeah, I’m not caught up on these either so I didn’t watch because I don’t know what happen with Flash and the Thinker. I don’t know what happened with the Arrow crew Diaz or Dominguez or whatever his name is. And I don’t know what happened with Black Lightning and Tobias Church. Hoping they didn’t kill him because I like him.

#sdcc #sdcc2018 #sdcctrailers #trailers #comic con #tv #movies #aquaman #godzilla #robin #titans #glass #m night shyamalan #what a twist #shazam #wizarding world #the crimes of grindelwald #fantastic beasts #newt scamander #dumbledore #meowmeowbeenz #the koogler watches #the koogler #koogler

[sheilajsn]

Bienvenidos al cuarto día de KCON:TACT 2020 Summer. Este día es también el que más me he disfrutado hasta ahora.

Esto se debe a dos razones principales: Stray Kids y VERIVERY. Lo cual no signigica que no disfruté también con  (G)I-DLE, A.C.E y Kang Daniel. En realidad todas las presentaciones de hoy me gustaron mucho, Pero tengo un lugar muy especial en mi corazón para estos dos grupo.

Espero que ustedes también estén disfrutando de KCON:TACT 2020 Summer. Pero si no saben de lo que estoy hablando, es una serie de conciertos y eventos online con más de treinta grupos y solistas. Son siete días de eventos las veinticuatro horas del día.

El contenido online solo está disponible para subscriptores, así que, si les interesa, pueden chequear el canal de YouTube de MNET aquí. También pueden leer mis posts sobre cada día aquí.

Desde el momento en que empezó el concierto del día de hoy fue muy fácil darse cuenta de que éste iba a estar lleno de energía y performances impresionantes.

Y es que el opening stage estuvo a cargo de 3RACHA. Y si no saben de lo que estoy hablando,  éste es el sub-unit de Stray Kids que se encarga de componer y producir las canciones del grupo.

3RACHA está compuesto por Bang Chan, Changmin y Han. Y déjenme decirles que estos niños tienen tanto talento que están a otro nivel. Stray Kids es lo más lejos que se puedan imaginar al estereotipo de lod idols de plástico. Y esto, en gran medida, se debe a 3RACHA.

El tema del día de hoy era Passion y creanme que el opening stage destilaba pasión con ese rap tan espectacular y tan intenso de este talentoso trío. Interesante que los hayan escogido a ellos para abrir el concierto porque eso es lo que se llama: “A tough act to follow”.

Después del opening stage, VERIVERY subió al escenario con su imagen divertida y refrescante.

Yo soy fan de VERIVERY desde que debutaron en enero del año pasado. Además, éste es uno de los grupos que vi en vivo en KCON NY, también el año pasado.

Y reconozco que, aunque me gustaban desde el principio, después de verlos en vivo me convertí en toda una fan. Los niños me encantan porque son muy talentosos y súper cute. Y me han gustado todos sus comebacks. Ciertamente no creo que he escuchado todas sus canciones, pero todas las que he escuchado, me gustan.

Durante el concierto de hoy cantaron Lay Back, Tag Tag Tag y With Us. Esta última canción es parte del OST del drama Itaewon Class, el cual, coincidencialmente, estoy viendo ahora mismo.

Por supuesto, también hablaron de la experiencia en Road to Kingdom. Las fans votaron online por el stage de Road to Kingdom que más querían ver durante el concierto del día de hoy y el Fans Choice fue Beatiful-X. Esta fue la presentación que ellos prepararon para el episodio final del programa.

Ese fue el performance que más me gustó de VERIVERY a mí también porque me parece que la canción y el concepto iba perfectamente con ellos. El otro performance que también me gustó mucho fue cuando interpretaron Mansae de SEVENTEEN.

Mis niños hicieron muy buen trabajo en Road to Kingdom y me parece que fue una experiencia con la que aprendieron mucho. Lo que soy yo quedé muy impresionada, particularmente con Dongheon.

Si a alguien le quedaba duda del buen líder que es Dongheon nada más había que ver la manera en la que logró que VERIVERY y TOO (los dos grupos maknae de Road to Kingdom) se convirtieran en un solo equipo para la colaboración que hicieron con ON de BTS. Me quito el sombrero.

El próximo grupo en subir al escenario fue A.C.E.

Para ser sincera con ustedes, este es un grupo con el que yo no he tenido mucha experiencia, salvo haber visto sus comeback stages en Inkigayo.

Cuando les tocó su turno en el escenario, los chicos de A.C.E cantaron Under Cover, Stand by You y Savage.

Cabe mencionar que Stand by You es una canción que ellos acaban de estrenar hoy, así que el performance en KCON:TACT es la primera vez que ellos cantan esa canción fuera del estudio. Súper cool.

Como mencioné, yo no conocía muy bien a este grupo. De hecho, apenas hoy me enteré que A.C.E significa Adventure Calling Emotions y que ellos quieren inspirar a sus fans a hacer de sus vidas una aventura. Durante su Meet & Greet los chicos mencionaron que había hecho busking, no solo en Corea, sino también en otros países, incluyendo varias ciudades de Estados Unidos. Tremenda aventura.

El próximo grupo en subir al escenario fue (G)I-DLE.

Este es otro de los grupos que yo vi el añopasado en KCON NY. Además es uno de esos pocos grupos de nenas que me gustan porque tiene un concepto diferente.

Durante el concierto de hoy las chicas de (G)I-DLE cantaron Oh My God, LATATA y Luv U.

Las chicas también hablaron de la experiencia en Queendom. Este programa fue el predecesor de Road to Kingdom, pero con grupo de nenas y se transmitió el año pasado. Las ganadoras del programa fueron MAMAMOO. (G)I-DLE terminó en tercer lugar.

En el día de hoy, las chicas cerraron su presentación con Lion, el performance que prepararon para la final de Queendom.

(G)I-DLE también anunció que se estaba preparando para su concierto online, el cual se llevará a cabo el cinco de julio. Les deseamos lo mejor.

Y, ahora, vamos a lo que vinimos, gente. El próximo grupo en presentarse fue precisamente el que yo más estaba esperando hoy, Stray Kids.

Ustedes saben que yo soy débil con los idol groups, pero, entre mis favoritos, Stray Kids es uno de los que más me gusta. Es que estos niños lo tienen todo: vocals impresionantes, rappers que están a otro nivel, coreografías intensas e impecables. Escirben y producen sus propias canciones. No tienen miedo de experimentar con conceptos nuevos y constantemente salen de su zona de confort para tratar algo diferente.

¿Qué es lo que estos niños no pueden hacer? Cuando creo que ya no hay manera de que me vuelvan a impresionar, lo hacen otra vez. Me encantan.

La selección de canciones de hoy me encantó. Empezaron con las más nuevas God’s Menu (acaban de hacer un comeback con esta canción la semana pasada), TOP (del OST del anime Tower of God) y Mixtape: On Track. Y terminaron con clásicos como Double Knot y Miroh.

No puedo decirles que esta o aquella es mi canción favorita porque lo cierto es que me encantan todas las canciones de Stray Kids. De la misma manera que me encantan todos los integrantes. Si no están de acuerdo conmigo, los invido a darles una segunda mirada. Aquí les dejo las fotos individuales.

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El Meet & Greet de Stray Kids fue bastante caótico, tal y como era de esperarse. El día que estos niños se queden sentados tranquilos y no traten de hablar todos al mismo tiempo las Stay nos vamos a preocupar mucho.

Al final, Changbin y Han demostraron que pueden rappear aunque les den un párrafo lleno de palabras complicadas y sin tiempo de practicar. Nunca lo dudamos. Y Lee Know demostró que es un hombre fuerte, haciendo squads mientras cargaba, primero a Changbin y luego a I.N.

Ya al final del día, a Kang Daniel le tocó cerrar el concierto de hoy.

Si siguen mi blog sabrán que yo era fan de Wanna One y siempre estoy muy pendiente de lo que están haciendo los miembros después de que el grupo se desbandó. Kang Daniel no es la excepción.

Cuando le tocó su turno en el escenario, Kang Daniel cantó Jealous, I Hope y 2U. Esta última canción fue un Fan Featuring Stage con videos y mensajes de las fans. Súper cute. El perfecto final para un evento maravilloso.

¿Qué más les puedo decir? El evento de hoy fue simplemente espectacular y estuvo lleno de performances inolvidables.

No puedo esperar al evento de mañana con AB6IX, BVNDIT + Natty, Oh My Girl y TOO. Let’s KCON:TACT!

KCON:TACT 2020 Summer – Día 4 Bienvenidos al cuarto día de KCON:TACT 2020 Summer. Este día es también el que más me he disfrutado hasta ahora.

#(G)I-DLE #ACE #Kang Daniel #KCON #KCONTACT #Stray Kids #VERIVERY #Wanna One

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#raglisurf #hins_hole #a_suicidal_destiny #father_hin "Hin Håle" is swedish for the hole where Hin once was "oppressed down" (surpressed so to say) by Sin, something that can be named an "oz-well" (today's traffic-noise or "os"), the source of fantasy and what makes your mind go mad, your choices easily affected by Sin and his Sinners (typical B-rats) in their own choice of reign. It's a world as a/their rat-kingdom - a rule by mental threats, agony (pain and ache), penalism and intrusions of your thought-capabilities that only through black arts/sourcery and a belief in lies/fantasies/science-fiction can with-/uphold it's terrible reign of "rule by fear" - and an idea like the experience mentioned in Pulp Fiction's "Ezekiel 25:17"-phrase shows. "Hin", once the "Holy Hi" (a somewhat english ego with a hello-phrase that is older than the one I now am, an old "Jak" that can give and therefore today am the "Jag" in swedish language - and at the same time being the known forrest-cat/stone-cat (Lynx/Lo-cat/Lod(j)ur) mentioned in the younger (or later curring) greeting-phrase "Hel-lo" (Holy/Whole Lo) in the english language than Hin's previous "Hi". We would've been a "Holy Lynx" and two "divine egos" in a plain or common tounge of today. The dead Hin in the oz, is the "Black Hawk down", the one I think I've mentioned once before, nowadays killed as a "successful bird "-soul and exchanged with modern "falconry" in the middle-eastern region. I think I said they where "Mors" back then... when the Hun's (horsemaster that I am) lived inbetween the Mediterranean Sea and the great wall of China. Djingis Khan is from something around that region too. "Hin" was the original "I" with a big "Hi" as he himself would have named it - where he arrived. The "pot-smokers" or the "sippers out of the last offered cup" were those who became "high" on Hin's ability to greet, that he did even to his enemies (like a "cactus-hugger" in the desert)... ...and that Hin who was last found was he who they diminished into a "german shepard", a dog/hound that was so oppressed, not at all a believer in their "call" of "continue living", with the Brats killing your "loveliness of your youth" - giving an oppressive state of mind that produce a so called "suicide mode"... ...that, with the "cry-out" of "Love's nature doesn't exist no more!" before emptying their/his ammo (by cocking the "hane") with their/his thumb up their own head-office/brain, just to be with her - the one the others killed - rather than "cleaning up" all the shit a rat-king has spread as others guilt/burden to "take care of"... ...caused by a rat-sacrificial-moral, parasitism and a "belief" in cannibalism - to "eat out of others" - or "be eaten". The "Hin håle" is said to be the worst place to end up in - a suicidal place/region, where hope no longer exists, where a meaning to continue is missing it's point and a "Love 4-ever!" or "...until death do us part!" is a very hard thing to "accomplish". For some...or almost all, it's a dead end. Only the paradigm-shifters or those mentioned in the "Holy Bye Belle!" (the Old Testament) have accomplished to make their world-conception "dualistic" - have put their "two by two's" the right way and made the successful "fathership" the Father Hin (Today's "German Shepard", "Hero-es"-source and the origin of the luring dark source who can make you follow beautiful female voices you can't see further out in nowhere, into the deeper forrests when your lost out in the "woods"... Father Hin is a source/sourcebag/a "giant squid" from the nether regions Jesus called his own "father" (they where ONE) and who can/and will kill you.. as a "follower of bad tastes", they two would call your unatural/abnormal (but fantastic) "stalker-dis-ability"... Jesus rule his own "ship" (the "Jesus-ship" that can "board you" in certain mentioned relation-ships)... ...and the dark source of his own "father" is the "Death-ship" you don't follow if you have enough wisdom - or believe will RESCUE you, out on the "seven seas", the same goes for The Holy War. As a couple of "doll-masters" and with a "famous son" that actually converted and burned to death (a Karma-hit of modern times AIDS-/Cancer-illnesses) by his former belief in his fathers "dark fires" (fantasy-phoneline-medium/lies). He is said to have met a mountain-man "a few towns away" in the New Testament - after that he can be seen been "told/ratted" some of the "dollmastership" he belonged to. It's a message "hidden for a common eye", the "witness-reports" are written for/by certain reasons - to have, give yourself as a "Fa-i-t-h" or someones "force-animal" (usually a flying type) in a belief in the afterlife - over generation-borders or/and over the "walls" that is said to exist between the alive and the now (or since long) dead people/folks/humans/creatures, both the creative and the destructive sorts. Hell is now on Earth - so there are (for some reason) no order on the other side... and that can trouble the creator's mind. There was once an order to "better yourself" and "come back" to the brighter side, to be able to "follow the light". That, someone has taken away - to in darkness "forever bind them" as a famous motto says in a famous saga, which nowadays always result in a so called Holy War... on a global arena, it constantly starts wars. This "battle" that I'm now in, has or is "closing in" into a stale-mate, a dead zone or a "static calm" I've mentioned once before (a picimage on my blog(s) that shows a "mirror-imaged pyramidical ying and yang"). We'll see... what bring this further...later. "I'll be BACK!", as smallbussiness-men write at "entrance doors"... B) ...and they (who's smart) run before, take you from behind and you/I were right AGAIN! In swedish we call it "plain door-ships"... or "stupidity" (which is "inanity in mind", "inanity" is the same as "emptiness, hollowness")... Ciao! or "Tja-O!", as it is would've been said in swedish... where "Tja!" or "Tjaba!" is more used... the latter is the youth's expression of the same greeting-phrase...