LCL Bath Salts!? You Gotta' Be Kidding Me!

LCL Bath Salts!? You Gotta' Be Kidding Me!


Okay, so I'm cruising through the net and thought I'd take in a look at a "friend"s' blog, Aardvarks Plumbline. At the top, I see:

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LCL Bath Salts

Well that name looked familiar (Thatsa' me!) and ... LCL bath salts?

SAY ... WHAT!?

Before going any further, I'd like to point out that this "friend", a one Mr. Weatherly Hardy, owner/proprietor/haberdasher of Aardvark Tees, has in the past, chided me about some kind of Rei-phobia he thinks I may have.

While it's true the thought of being turned into a puddle of orange yuck and having my soul stolen by a floating, blue haired, emo chick I find to be a bit unsettling, it's no reason to make fun. It's just I'd rather miss out on the Rei-pture and stay the way I am.

In response to one article I'd written, he chided me about "talkin' smack" on "poor soulless Rei". I have to keep reminding myself to take in the book and movie (The Bridge at Poor Soulless Rei by Thornton Wilder.).

He even once, in my regard to his once having been a "brony", dared to compare his choice of entertainment to my worship of Goddess Haruhi!

Hnnngh!

Well! ...

Clicking on the "LCL Bath Salts" link brought me to Rocket News 24 with an article titled:

Official Evangelion bath salts are just as crazy and mentally scarring as the anime itself.

Yup! "Second Impact Bathwater" is now on the market.

That's right kiddies! If you can't wait for New Years' Day 2016 to come around (Most Neon Genesis Evangelion chronologies put the occurrance of Third Impact on or around that date. ) and want to beat the rush, you can sprinkle some 'a them there El See El bath salts in the tub and soak away in a wash of Adams' blood.

Down by the old blood stream ... where I first met youuuuu,

Think of all the serene "fun" you can have pretending you're awash in a sea of LCL, being one with the Instrumentality hive mind.

Think of all the not so serene fun you'll have if someone calls EMS thinking you cut your wrists!

Then again, there's the barrel of laughs you could have with this stuff and a "friend"s' swimming pool!

Hmmm ... Can you ward off sharks with this? Maybe not. It's red after all.

Harold Camping take note! You too Mr. LaHaye!
And all the rest of you rapture bunnies out there!

Aardvark Tees, shirts made of WIN! here.

Aardvarks Plumbline blog here.

Rocket News 24 here.

LCL Bath Salts article here.


Go to Jays' Tee Vee blog main page here. If there are any articles, red, orange or otherwise under this 'un, yer already there!

The REI Visa: Say What!?

Come December you might see something like this (RUN LIKE HECK!).

                                               The REI Visa: Say What!?

                                                                  by

                                                                     Jay Agan

      So I'm going about my custodial duties in the main lobby of the colleges' student union when I happen to stumble upon a leaflet for, get this ..... the REI Visa. Huh ..... ?

      Students are being constantly bombarded with krap from the various card companies. As future spenders, the countrys' student population is a vast fertile ground of potential consumer debt. Debt drives "commerce" (And GOVERNMENT!) & it would be unpatriotic to have your dough languishing away in an account or retirement savings. Best get out & SPEND! You're already in deep with student loans, might as well .....

      But ..... the REI Visa? I'm sure it stands for something other than that fictional (I HOPE!) soulless creature of the Evangelion franchise. I mean ..... what is this? A credit card for the end times? A ..... "Get out of Third Impact free." card?

      I can just see it. 12-21-12 rolls around & .....

      "Forget it kid. Got my REI Visa here & ..... What the! ..... Hold on now! ...... No! Not that! I mean ..... HO-LEE! ....."

      SPLAT!

      ..... burble ..... burble .....

      Naw! Didn't think so.

Article copyright © 4-19-2012 Jay Agan

On The Rapture, Third Impact, Armageddon & All That here.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: OOOOO! Goodies In the Mail! here.

End of Evangelion: This is (Really) Disturbing here.

Beyond Wrong & Wonderful: An Evangelion/Azumanga Daioh Crossover Fanfiction here.

Go to Main Page here.

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Interesting Search Words #13

                                              Interesting Search Words #13

      The 13th installment on offbeat & weird search words bringing folks to this blog. And just in time for Friday the 13th too! Here goes!

1. anime girl in tension - Kinda redundant isn't it? Most of them always seem like they're about to explode anyway.

Revy taking aim at My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.

2. anime girl pox - It's called: lolicon.

3. aardvark tees weatherly hardy - No! Really! This actually showed up! To get the straight scoop, try here & here. The weirder they are .....

Example product of Aardvark Tees. Tell 'em Jay sent ya!

4. haruhi suzumiya gang - That bunch has been terrorizing North High & surrounding area for too long! Why don't the authorities do something!?

The worst of the lot! "Machine Gun Mikuru" out for blood, as usual.
Terrorism never looked so cute.

5. hentai in real life - Then it wouldn't be hentai now, would it?

6. yuki nagato body pillow - That ..... is so ..... pathetic!

7. nyuk nyuk - The correct usage is: Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

There'll never be another like him, though I hope Will
Sasso lives up/down to it. Got this from Stooge World.

8. shinji ikari demotivational - The kid is pretty much a demotivational all by himself.

Hey Shinji! Misato just sent this over. Drink up! You'll feel better!

9. pokemon langley - Asuka! I choose you ..... to kick Shinjis' butt!

10. my little pony friendship magic horror - Ya got that right!

I'd sooner get tanged! No!..... Stay back! ..... No! ..... No! ..... Aieeeeeeeee!

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Interesting Search Words #5

      The nice thing about this weekly "column" is that I hardly do any work. People just "send" me material. Here's this weeks goodies wot gotz some people ta dis here blog.

1. rei ayanami hi def - Hi def, low def ..... who cares? Run like heck!

Credit: Shawn Merrow

2. big brown anime rodent - Certainly not ..... Hamtaro!?

3. diamond hypnotized sailor moon - Such a superficial, materialistic kid.

4. anime teen full body template - DIY hentai?

5. azumanga daioh goes bad - Those kids have been known to be the poster children for juvenile delinquency from time to time.

6. hi ya cthulhu - Well hello yourself. This anything like Hello Kitty?

7. GODZILLA+REI+AYANAMI - Oh for the luv a ..... You gotta be kidding me! First third impact ..... & now this! Talk about a double whammy! Might make for one heck of a puddle of LCL.

Shawn Merrow has made a lot of anime related "demotivational posters". Check 'em out here.

Go to Main Page here. 

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Third Impact On The Way October 21!



Sorry Evangelion fans. THE END ain't gonna happen this way!


                                Third Impact On The Way October 21

                                                            by

                                                                Jay Agan

      OK. So Harold Camping didn't get it quite right for May 21. Nobody vanished "in the twinkling of an eye" & nothing more than the usual chaos, murder, & mayhem has ocurred since. Mr. Camping says a "spiritual" judgement has been made by God & the actual rapture's gonna take place October 21 along with the destruction of the world. More than likely, nothing's gonna happen then either, & as it will be October, yours truely is probably gonna be watching old black 'n white horror flicks then, howsomever .....

      When 10-21 or therabouts rolls around & you start to hear Komm Susser Tod (Come Sweet Death) playing in the background. ..... Run!

      Run! Run like you've never run before in your entire life. Run til your heart stops. Run til you can run no more & ..... Keep running.

      While it may be true that no one gets away from Lillith-Rei, it doesn't hurt to try. Yes, she may "know" the desires of everyones' heart making resistance futile (In my case she'd appear as a girlfriend from LONG ago who I should NOT have broken up with.). Give it a go anyway.

      Don't say I didn't warn you. You're on your own.

      Well, no one can accuse me of not tipping 'em off. It's every man for himself & I've got a new pair of track shoes. Yessir! No "liquid nirvanna" for me! I'm ready to ..... Huh? ..... Well hi hon! I haven't seen you in ..... Wait a minute! You're not her! YOU'RE NOT HER! No way you're gonna get me! It'll be a cold day in ..... What the!? .....How'd you get ahead a' me! ..... YIKE! .....Splat! ..... burble ..... burble .....

      LCL. Wotta you got that sticks or squeaks?

Article copyright © 9-20-2011 Jay Agan

Neon Genesis Evangelion: OOOOO! Goodies In The Mail! here.

End of Evangelion: This Is (Really) Disturbing here.

Pastor Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Apocalypse here.

On the Rapture, Third Impact, Armageddon & All That here.

Expert Predicts Third Impact to Hit May 21! here.

Evangelion 2.0: I Can (Not) Get Into This here.

Go to Main Page here.

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Evangelion 2.0 I Can (Not) Get Into This or Is This Head Trip Necessary?




Creepy kid, Asuka and Mari from Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
Photo credit: Studio Khara

 
                                    Evangelion 2.0 I Can (Not) Get Into This

                                                                  or

                                             Is This Head Trip Necessary?

                                                                  by

                                                                     Jay Agan

Disclaimer: The following is not a misinformed review of a show I did not watch. Rather it is a reasonably informed non-review of a franchise I have no intention of getting into.

      I'm pretty much turned off by the "giant robot" sub genre as there is so much of it out there. I know there are a few good ones but as "90% of everything is krap", one hardly knows where to look. One I was urged to look into is the Evangelion franchise. After some examination, I have decided not to.

      Where does one begin with this? First we have the TV anime from the 90s. Because of time/budget constraints (And the creators' personal problems.) the 26 ep series ended rather vaguely. Because of the "defects" in the last two episodes there have been 4+ supplementary movies of rehashing/reinvention, corrections, & retellings. Already it looks like it would be too much of an investment in time, money & energy. I'm sure I could figure it all out if I got in, but life is short.

      Now there's this Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance flick out complete with a new character. Along with the previous reinventions this looks like another attempt to inject new life into a tired item. Time to drop it & move on.

      A turn off to many shows/movies for me is "deeply flawed characters" & the Evangelion series/flicks abound with them. Some more than deeply flawed. I understand, some are severely damaged psychologically &/or downright a------s. This is something pioneered by James Stewart & Randolph Scott in restarting their careers & should have ended after Clint Eastwood. Now it's everywhere. I like my "good guys" larger than life & above that moody, edgey, introspective garbage. Ya gotta be GOOD to fight the "good fight".

      Which brings me to another gripe I have with this Evangelion phenomenon. It seems (In my eyes.) that the "good guys" not only act like the "bad guys" but actually are nothing more than another set of villians to begin with. Which brings me to:

                                         The Human Instrumentality Project

      I have absolutely NO sympathy for anyone (Albeit many unknowingly.) whose ultimate goal is to meld the human race (Including ME!) into a colossal puddle of sludge. I don't care about good intentions of relieving me (And everyone else.) of conflict, pain, & lonliness. I LIKE this "simian" construct I inhabit & the individuality that goes with it. I don't care to be "one with the glop"! Do the latter episodes of the series & parts of the movies show any of the general population being assimilated? If so, are they happy with this "arrangement" or does it come on without warning? I'm not a "rapture believer" but even if I were, this is something I'd be more than happy to be ..... Left Behind (Score one for Mr. LaHaye!).

      What the heck is this? Animes' "spiritual" equivalent to Obamacare? I mean ..... is this mandatory? Can I opt out? How many states have filed suit so far? Are Gendo & that creepy Ayanami kid going to implement this before the 2012 elections? Will the Supreme Court strip out the more onerous provisions before getting slurped up?

UCC coffee. Is LCL listed in the ingredients?

      As far as I'm concerned, Shinji, Asuka, NERV, & the rest of that sick bunch can go "save" someone else. Not interested. (If it's FLCL instead of LCL, I might consider it.) One can only hope they & the "angels" cancel each other out & leave the universe (And ME!) in peace.

      As I already have Gunbuster, I think I'll just spend my dough on Diebuster & complete that saga instead. Evangelion in any form? I'll pass.

                                              Article copyright © 1-27-2011 Jay Agan

addendum:

      I have recently bought (At Armageddicon 6) & viewed Evangelions 1.11 & 2.22 & have somewhat revised my opinion of the franchise. As these & the next two films will be the "definitive" version I will settle for that & pass on the previous works. I must say the artwork excellent & plot to be fast moving. Only real technical gripe is a little too much on the "quick cuts" in the action scenes. Why go to all that trouble "drawing" everything when you can't see anything long enough to appreciate it?

      As for my views on antiheros, they still stand. At least here we don't have one weekly episode after another of Shinji doing his Holden Caulfield/Woody Allen routine. Gendo seems genuinely sincere in his desire to "help" mankind which makes him all the more a menace. You can deal with a greedy thug, but a comitted dogooder/altruist? There's no limit to the damage such a "crusader" can do to any & everyone. In his case it's the total "destruction" of mankind & individuality into a single colossal mass of nonentity.

      I would have thought Lilith to be a lot prettier & a LOT smaller than "the thing in the basement."
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