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christopher and tobias just showed me redline I'm gonna be feeling fast for hours

how do photogenic face ?? idk hold ur thumb over my face and the rest of me is gr8

my friend asked me to partner cosplay with him at glass city con he semi-jokingly asked me to dress as hatsune miku and i said yes for the hell of it it was fun as hell ?? at least 10 people wanted a picture of/with us i got a horse plushie, a statue of the approving jesus meme and a pastel chubby unicorn shirt wearing a 5 pound wig for 10 hours is a hell of a workout and tights feel like nothing

Oh, I didn't think about that. That'd suck if they used it as an excuse. I actually think I'm going to be buying quite a lot of BfZ-at least a fat pack, because the basic land pack in the fat packs were confirmed to be full art. I can't pass that up.

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Officially back from Reading Festival. I will now proceed to talk about the acts I saw which ultimately I don't think any of you will care about. First off was My Nu Leng. Arguably the best act of the weekend I saw. Started off their set with their track 'Set It' which was fucking insane because of how heavy the bass on that track is. They followed it up with some general heavy shit, which made the crowd fucking mental. Dropped some new stuff as well which was great. Saw Circa Waves in the NME tent which usually isn't my sorta thing, and even now I wouldn't go outta my way to listen to, but it was pretty good regardless Saw the end of Everything Everything's performance, which was okay. That led onto Catfish and the Battlements, which I had never heard before then, but I just couldn't enjoy because the crowd was filled to the brim with cunts pushing everyone to the very front in an attempt to get there themselves, which led to a few people passing out before Catfish had even got on stage. Ended up leaving that early on and heading back to the Dance Tent for some random set, and then MK when he came on. Met some really cool people there and spent all Saturday night in there with them. Eventually left when the tent closed down and saw the end of Metallica's performance, which was great because they played Seek and Destroy, followed by The Unforgiven and then ended it with Enter Sandman. Was seriously cool to see one of the first bands I got into live, playing 3 of their best songs. Topped that all of by going back to the Dance Tent today, then went to see the end of Jamie XX's set on the NME stage. I know he's pretty fucking popular but I never listened to any of his stuff before. Heard some old school Disco kinda stuff which was pretty fucking cool, especially since most of the other Dance stuff was House or some variation of House. ​Rustie had to cancel, which is a massive shame because I was looking forward to his set as much as My Nu Lengs one. Finished off withKendrick Lamar, who came on dressed like so much of a Roadman I thought he was gonna get Skepta or JME up on-stage with him. M.A.A.D City and Sing About Me were done amazingly live, especially because he had a band behind him instead of just a backing track. Finished it up with A.D.H.D which I never.saw coming because its such an old track (which was funny because a lot less people in the crowd knew it when it first came on. Good weekend, would recommend it to anyone who enjoys auditory frequencies crafted for entertainment purposes.

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Today I was made aware of a TV mini-series made by Amazon called "The Man in the High Castle" which is an adaptation of a book published in 1962 by the same name, authored by a "Phillip K. Dick". I don't watch much in the way of western TV these days, I've only really been following Game of Thrones, but the premise of this mini-series really intrigued me and seeing as how I was jokingly asked the other day why it's been so long since one of my blog posts on this board, I figure I might as well go ahead and blog about this show. So far I've only watched the pilot episode for this series, which apparently was released ages ago and got the series greenlit for a full run, so there isn't a ton of material to talk about just yet. The Man in the High Castle takes place on an alternate-universe Earth, a universe where the Axis powers won the Second World War, rather than the Allied powers. In this fictional timeline, the war ended in 1947, rather than 1945 and the US has been split in two following its defeat. On the west coast we have the "Japanese Pacific States", and taking up a lion's share of the North American land, we have the "Greater Nazi Reich". The year is 1962 and America has been under Axis rule for 15 years. Tensions are rising between the Japanese and the German due to Hitler's deteriorating health and the fact that the Nazi staff-members next in line for the Fuhrer position believe that sharing America with the Japanese was a mistake. It is also heavily implied in the show that it was the Germans who developed the nuclear bomb first in this universe and in a historical reversal, that bomb was dropped on the U.S. which is what ended the war. The Japanese are worried that the Germans will bomb them next. Of course, no story such as this would be complete without a resistance-faction and our protagonists become entangled with just that. The Man in the High Castle has two POV-characters, a young woman born and raised what became the Japanese Pacific States and a young man born and raised in what became the Greater Nazi Reich. The woman is Julianna or "Jules" and she is a law-abiding citizen who is suffering a bit of an identity crisis. Her father was killed during the war while she was still a young teenager and she's spent her adolescence under Japanese rule. Because of this, her approach towards the Japanese is more soft. She attends martial arts classes with Japanese teachers and she's approached by young Japanese men who clearly wish to court her. At the same time, her mother disapproves of this, as she bears ill will towards the Japanese. The man is Joe Blake, a young patriot who's heard stories from his father about how America used to be like and feels inspired to "Do the right thing". He gets involved with the resistance as a courier. I won't talk more on the plot as a lot of things are explained in the first episode and you're honestly better off watching the series. I will say though that the setting is meticulously crafted and you can tell that there is quite a bit of budget behind this TV series. A lot of effort has been put in to making the vision of an Axis-America to life and the sets and costumes are crazy good. It's up there with Game of Thrones in terms of production value, if not even better. The acting is also top-tier, maybe someone more experienced than me with western media can critique, but I personally found no issue. Oh and the last 30 seconds of the pilot is spine-chillingly good. The pilot can be found on Amazon's website to watch for free, but it is country-restricted (Unless you're American, in which case it's fine I imagine), so either use a proxy or find a mirror somewhere else. I highly recommend it. EDIT: Aaand here's a trailer

There were actually not too many Thermal Drill jokes. More Donac Dumbs and EAT DAT DIRTs ​ Yeah. Turned out well but I lost to the other one in this picture in the cosplay contest. It was a rushed choice that Almir made by who got the most yells from the crowd and I was tucked away in a corner and she was up on the top balcony. The prizes were XBOX Live cards anyway so eh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also fuck me I don't know how to pose. ​ ​We addressed that in the actor panel. He was asked how he felt about Hox's stuff and said that he didn't know about the characters when he recorded the lines or that he was replacing an old one, and was kinda surprised when he heard Hox's reactions. Said he couldn't wait for his new lines to get in! I asked them which characters they'd want to play if they had time to play Payday. Eric wanted to play as Chains, Derek said he does play from time to time and just randoms, Ilia (Vlad) said he wanted to play as Vlad, and Damian said he wanted to play as himself.

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