BLEACH 290 REVIEW

Komamura vs Tosen and the tease of Shinji vs Aizen.

TOSEN WHEN HE LOOKS COOL

Komamura takes the fight to his old friend Tosen and the fight is vicious. Komamura tries to reason with Tosen and unravel his motivations for betrayal.

YOUNGER TOSEN

True anime form we get a series of flashbacks. First we learn how Komamura and Tosen met and how their 'friendship' developed. It was touching memory and Tosen seems likable at this stage.

TOSEN'S LOVE

TOSEN'S DEAD LOVE AND HER SWORD

We then learn of Tosen's true reason for becoming a Shinigami. Revenge! All of his friendships were a sham and he is really an asshole. So no sympathy for him from my camp at all. Also the woman he loved, really didn't love him. He was her listening post and serious I bet she thought he was gay! She ran off to become a Shinigami and get married. Her husband killed her ass for stepping out of line and Tosen gets all bitchy against Shinigami for some puntang that he was never going to get in the first place. Dumbass!

THEN THE IDIOT GOT EYES

Part of what made Tosen cool and such a threat has been his lack of sight. He was blind but could see better than anyone around him. So the idiot got fed up and did his fancy Arrancar resurrection and boy is it one of the ugliest things I have seen. How can one move from looking so cool to being a giant hairy cricket? Then to add insult to injury the mutha humper got eyes so now he can see. IDIOT! This takes away what made him strong and just made him damn ugly.

TOSEN GETTING CARRIED AWAY WITH HIS NEW EYES

He also makes things worse and tells poor Komamura that he is uglier than he could imagine. The giant hairy cricket is calling someone ugly? Boy you need to get a mirror and look at your damn self. Tosen is ugly on the inside and the outside.

Next up we get a little unfriendly bantering between Aizen and Shinji Hirako. Shinji admits that he was always weary of Aizen and made sure to never let him see his Zanpakuto Sakanade.

So we get a little taste of whats to come. Next week will be on step closer to the demise of Tosen. I liked him at first but now he just needs to die. I am looking forward to seeing Shinji tackle Aizen even though he will lose.

This was a great episode 9/10

The Songs that have shaped me Part 1

I was born December 31st, 1980. Though in my youth I was not sonically inclined.There are three songs from my far youth in the eighties that somehow have stuck with me through the years.

First is this one. Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes.



It came out in 1981 and for some reason this song has always cheered me up from the time I was small. I am not sure if its the clapping in the background or just the groove of Kim's voice when the song fades out at the end. It has just stuck with me.


Next is Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics




This song is still one of the greatest songs every released. Something about its cool beat and dystopian subject matter have stuck with me. I find myself very influenced by it and how I view life. It reflects in my writing and artistic style.



A-HA Take on Me

The song is catchy and the video was amazing to me. It has always stuck on me. Its hard to hear this song and not try to hit that falsetto and fail miserably but have fun trying.

These three songs still resonate with me. They remind me of simpler times and yet been rooted in my artistic aesthetic through subject matter, melody and creativity.
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REVIEW YUGIOH 5DS 128 SPOILERS

POLAR GOD ODIN

The epic battle between Yusei and Harald continues. These two duelists are the best in the game and they prove it this episode.

Harald has the tactical advantage as he has all three Polar god cards on the field. Yusei's continuous trap has them sealed off for three turns. Harald however is not limited by it. He uses Odin's special effect and frees the gods from their trap for a turn. Destroying Yusei's three monsters on the field one by one. Yusei must fear Odin because he has 4000 attack points. one direct attack from Odin will destroy him completely.

POLAR GODS UNITED

Yusei wastes no time during his battle phase synchro summoning his Star Dust dragon to the field. Stardust is no match for the polar gods.

STARDUST DRAGON

We get a little history lesson of Harald's journey from child to man as he grew strong enough to embrace his destiny to wield Odin.

YOUNG HARALD

Then we get Yusei's story and his motivation. Yusei's origin is similar to Superman as he is blasted away in a capsule as the city is destroyed claiming his father's life. These two are evenly matched in all ways and it will be great to see how Yusei manages to come out on top.

TEAM NEW WORLD WATCH ON

Yusei doesn't stop at Stardust Dragon, he continues summoning only to synchro summoning Savior Star Dragon.

SAVIOR STAR DRAGON

Harald uses Odin's eye to see Yusei's face down card and correctly reveals Yusei's plan to destroy the three god cards. Harald smartly plays a stalemate to see Yusei's next move.

Sacrificing some of his life points Yusei is able to pull off his strategy destroying the three god cards. Harald taunts him as the three gods come back to life and he uses a special card to summon his true ace monster before Yusei's trap can take out the gods once and for all.

Harald is very confident and Yusei is as well. I am feeling Yusei will do his special speed force summon at the last minute. I am curious to see what Harald is summoning as his ace monster. If the three Polar gods are so strong, what else could out class them?

We wait and see 9.5/10

PROJECT RUNWAY SEASON 8 EPISODE 9

IVY TRYING TO CONSOLE VALERIE = WASTE OF TIME

 So another interesting episode of Project Runway. This week the designers were able to stretch their (meager) imaginations and create some high fashion looks and half way through Tim surprises them with the twist that they have to make another look, a ready to wear version of their high fashion look. These looks were inspired by some make up from L'Oreal or something like that (i could care less). The winner gets a whole heap of cash and a photo spread. Stakes are high people! Make it work!

We get the usual talk from the designers as they struggle with their thoughts. We get Valerie breaking down as I predicted. She needs to just go! She is not a strong person and this competition is beating her silly. 

All in all it i was a great runway show...for once!

CHRIS'S HIGH FASHION CLOUD PUFF DRESS

CHRIS' READY TO WEAR SNOOZE

Chris was safe this week, he bores the hell out of me.

APRIL'S HIGH FASHION

 

April again is safe. Not bad, totally April. She will be around another week.

Now lets look at the two of the best and two of the worse before I show the best and worst designers.

GRETCHEN'S HIGH FASHION, NOT BAD

So Grets was in the top this week and for something worth looking at too. I liked the feathers on velvet it looked really interest and the back was excellent. Finally!

GRETS' READY TO WEAR

 Her ready to wear piece was kind of boring at first until u see the risque split at the side. Was nice to see.

ANDY'S HIGH FASHION - THUMBS UP

ANDY'S READY TO WEAR

Andy was not a total drag this week...well with the designs, he still looks like a sick drag queen. His High Fashion was stunning and kept with the Metallic theme without looking like metal and his ready to wear was simple but still very interesting he got the second best and well deserved it.

Now for the bottom:

COSTELLO'S TRAIN WRECK

SIMPLE BUT TWO MUCH LEGS AND TOO MUCH BUST

Michael Costello's first time in the bottom and he was scared out his whitties! Awwh! Whatever! The High Fashion had promise if he had cut off 10 or so yards off the back of it. Jeez what the hell was up with that train? The ready to wear was nice but the bust line was too low then the skirt too short. She looked like a moderately expensive call girl.

VALERIE'S BARF HIGH FASHION

VALERIE'S READY TO WEAR - REALIZED IT WAS A CRYSTAL CHALLENGE SO SEWED THREE CRYSTALS  ONTO THE FRONT OF HER DRESS.

So Yeah Valerie sucked yet again. After all the crying and breaking down she still made shit. She should have gone home seriously but the person sent home was even worse and both have very poor taste.

Now for the one going home:

IVY'S MERMAID DISASTER

IVY'S READY TO WEAR RUBBISH

So Ivy finally bit the dust. I have seen her fall down and down this entire competition. She has no taste whatsoever. She has skills but this week they were completely absent and it was  a shame what she sent down the runway. The judges couldn't decide between her and Valerie. They should have done a double elimination but seriously they need someone to send home next week so  Valerie won out. 

AND THE WINNER IS:

MONDO!!!!

SO MONDO - HIGH FASHION

THAT'S HOW YOU DO A TRAIN

PHOTO SHOOT

MONDO LOOKING LIKE A MAN FINALLY

READY TO WEAR AND SLIMMING TOO...THUMBS UP

Mondo's second win in a row. I think we are finally seeing who will be the final three and Mondo definitely has to be in there. Second win in a row and well deserved both times. The prize this week was $20 000.00 and a photo spread in Marie Clair. He deserved it and now as he states he has $20 014.00 in his bank account.

 This week was an excellent week and I give it a 9/10

BLEACH 289 REVIEW

MAYURI

This was a very good episode of Bleach. We finally get a fight that has been hinted at for years and it feels good to see all involved get emotional and pull out all the stops.

BYAKUYA

Before we get to the real action we must first visit the Yammy/Byakuya/Kenpachi brawl. Oh what a brawl this is! Yammy is knocked out the fight and Byakuya and Kenpachi decide to fight each other while Mayuri waits for them all to die so he can dissect them. Such a strange man!

YAMMY=YIKES!

Before the Shinigami can clash, Yammy rises from the not so dead and undergoes another transformation. Now he is even larger and even more powerful and I must give Mayuri props for stating what I was thinking. If Yammy gets any bigger he will have a hard time dissecting him. This fight in all its epicness is just for fun and not as serious as the fights we go to next.

AIZEN TAUNTS

Hiyuri has waited a long time to get his revenge on Aizen and Aizen gives him his chance. Aizen is so serious he is even going to draw his sword. I know for a fact Hiyuri doesn't stand a chance but I will look forward to seeing him try.

Next battle is an epic one. We have Tosen vs Hisagi and Komamura. All three are emotionally invested in this battle and the latter two were the most affected by Tosen defecting to lick Aizen a-hole.

HISAGI MAKES A MOVE

Hisagi and Komamura try their best to talk to their former friend and Captain to no avail. Tosen has discarded all care for Shinigami and his old friends and subordinates. We get to see a young Hisagi being given strength through Tosen's words of wisdom only to find Tosen has gone back on all he has said and been in the past.

KOMAMARU

Tosen decides that since Aizen has joined the battle then he must go all out and brings out what I must say is the coolest looking hollowification I have seen.

TOSEN ALL HOLLOWED OUT

This increases his strength and speed and he seriously does a number on his two opponents, especially Hisagi who doesn't even have a Bankai so is greatly out classed in this fight. Hisagi seems hellbent in trying to get to Tosen's heart but it is obvious Tosen was just spewing bullshit in the past and seriously was never someone to look up to. Damn his hollow form is damn good though!

KOMAMURA'S BANKAI

Hisagi takes an almost fatal sword to the gut and now it is Komamura's turn to take on his former friend and he goes all out summoning his Bankai: Kokujo Tengen Myo.

Next week we can look forward to this fight continuing and seeing  more of what Tosen is capable of in his new form.

Rating 8/10

YUGIOH 5DS 127 (SPOILERS)

POLAR GOD LOKI

We continue the awesome duel of Team 5d vs Team Ragnarok and it was another exciting entry.

We begin with Crow being bested by Polar God Loki and only having 50 life points. All seems lost for Crow at this stage but he is a very tricky duelist and is able to draw an extra card putting down two trap cards face down. Brave starts to panic wondering what Crow could have drawn and decides to destroy them both banking on Loki's ability to destroy a trap card on the opponents field.

He is successful but springs Crow's trap which allows him to resummon his Black Feathered Dragon to the field.

BLACK FEATHERED DRAGON RETURNS

.Crow also resurrects the two trap cards Black Wing and uses their advancedaffect destroying one syncho summoned monster each and inflicting damage equivalent to the monsters destroyed. Brave counters with Loki's attack making the two attacks clash destroying both Crow's and his own life points ending the duel in a draw.

BLACK WING'S ADVANCE EFFECT

Yusei is up next and he goes up against Harald.

YUSEI'S PLAN

Yusei starts off strong by summoning three monsters on the field then seals Loki and Thor so they are unable to attack for 3 turns giving him time to build his counter attack.

HARALD HAS A PLAN

Harald is unphased and summons three monsters of his own and succeeds in syncho summoning the third and most powerful of the gods, POLAR SAINT GOD  ODIN!

ODIN IN ALL OF HIS MAJESTY

How will Yusie fight three Polar Gods? He has the advantage of them being sealed for 3 turns but that also gives Harald a chance to build up a might offense so as soon as the seal wears off Yusei must be ready for some serious firepower to come his way.

my rating 8.5/10

PROJECT RUNWAY SEASON 8 EPISODE 8

WHAT IN HEAVEN'S NAME IS MONDO WEARING?

Let's just start off this review with Mondo's outift. Just look at it! What grown man dresses like that? I am disturbed more and more every episode by these weird ass designers.

Lets get down to the show...oh man I am going to have nightmares of Mondo's outfit and eye liner. Anyway...

The designers are to create a modern take on American sports wear look with Jackie O as their muse and still breathe their own style into it. Sounds simple enough. Simplicity really should have been the key word. Jackie's outfits were always clean and simple looking to me, so I don't know what planet most of these designers came from but they made some crazy shit that I don't think Lady Gaga would bother with.

We got a lot of designer drama. Valerie second, third and fourth guessed herself and still came up with crap. Andy was being Andy and made crap and looked like crap, making my eyes take a shit. Michael Drummond is a comedian and a female to male transexual, since that is the only explanation I can come up with for his female voice in a male body. Gretchen gives out advise and still makes an outfit Dorothy on Golden Girls would wear. Ivy thinks she knows stuff but seriously has terrible taste. Michael Costello plays along with his enemies and rubs their egos (smart guy, i likey!) Mondo actually listened and did what the challenge asked. Oh and Chris was forgettable as usual. There...now onto what sucked grimy balls and what just barely sucked enough to be in the top.

Top3

Chris' design...nice form, terrible fur rug attempting to strangle the model

Chris' design was nice until Tim brought in the twist that they had to do outter wear so Chris went out back and killed a squirrel then attempted to strangle the model with it.

Ivy's umm pants and top with a WTF sheer jacket

Ivy went on and on about her doing this and that and ended up with crap but the judges kinda liked it. The outter wear made no sense. Maybe Jackie O would wear this when taking the family dog out back to take a crap.

THANK YOU MONDO...you strange, strange, strange little person

Mondo did what he was supposed to. Made clean lines, classic shape. Very sophisticated look. To think the others thought it wouldn't work out. Shows that none of them know what they are talking about this season.
Mondo won this week and it was deserving. Last week he almost went home.

BOTTOM 3

Andy: apart from looking like a fairy with scurvy decides to make pants that Aladin would wear on a night out on his magic carpet

This was so Andy that it made me sick. Nothing about it was good. The top, the outter wear wreck, the camel toe crotch parachute pants, the outback boots. To say his taste level is questionable is an understatement. Jackie would have been on meth to wear that outfit.

Valerie, Valerie, Valerie...boring...i like the colors, but too much going on and yet nothing really is going on

Valerie is becoming more and more of a mental wreck. I can tell she is scared of committing to an idea for fear of being judged. I like her but she is starting to crack. I don't hate this outfit as much as I hate Andy's but putting her in the bottom two was kind of harsh. Gretchen should have been there.

Michael D = A Hot Mess

Michael D entertains in the work room, scares the taste off a jolly rancher on the runway. Nothing worked! The skirt was horrible, the top was road kill and the jacket screamed for mercy while being created. Needless to say Michael D was sent packing. I won't miss his feminine voice but it seems all the fun contestants are gone. Peach, then Casanova now Michael D.

Bad designs but entertaining episode 8/10