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willen88.bsky.social
@willen88.bsky.social
INFJ-T

Duck lore keeper and gamer.

Historian | Japan Enthusiast | Gamer | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Avid Reader/Book Lover | Movies/Tv | Traveling | Ducks | Metal | Anime | ADHD

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Seven short stories about men who have lost or lack, for one reason or another, a significant woman in their lives. This one left me contemplating everything.

15/15 May need to increase my number for the end of the year.
#bookchallenge2025 #booksky
September 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Other titles that I saw recently that I do not have on disc:

Outrage
Onibaba
Pom Poko
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Zatoichi Meet Yojimbo
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Some recent film acquisitions. Gotten through half of them thus far.

High and Low (seen)
Ikuru (seen)
The Humab Condition series (seen)
The Twilight Samurai (seen)
The Hidden Blade (seen)

Left to see:
Love and Honor
Samurai Rebellion
Stray Dog
Incident at Blood Pass
Sekigahara

#filmsky #japan
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Been sick with a bout of covid and a stomach bug, simultaneously, this week. I finally felt well enough to not only get out of bed, but to go outside for a while. With the heat, there was a breeze that would carry mist over to me. Made it pleasant.

And now it's raining.
August 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
1 year ago, I was in the midst in my first adventure outside of the US and in Japan. So struck was I, I have had a strong longing to return.

Side note to the trip: I was watching the Olympics in Japanese and seeing sports we don't see on broadcast tv, like fencing and martial arts.

#travel #japan
August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1 year ago, I was in the midst in my first adventure outside of the US and in Japan. So struck was I, I have had a strong longing to return.

Side note to the trip: I was watching the Olympics in Japanese and seeing sports we don't see on broadcast tv, like fencing and martial arts.

#travel #japan
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Found one. 🤣

She was always looking down on us from on high. Probably got done a lot. lol
August 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Thanks for that email reminder, I'd mostly forgotten that this was coming out soon. And to think this was on my anticipated list for the year. 😅

#gamersky
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
And I FINALLY decided what was next because this damn regime can't stop trying to idiolize fascist authoritarians.

It is specifically looking at those not in the SS and official Nazi groups but who also took part in the persecution and rounding up into camps, like certain police units and others.
July 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Day 30
Your all time favorite movie.

I really don't have favorites that sit at the top of anything very often. Series, maybe, or films that trade places with each other or sit near the top together, none truly surpassing the other. Many here are those sorts of films. This is one I haven't used yet.
July 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Day 29
Your favorite movie trilogy.

I am refraining from using Star Wars (again). It already has roughly 3 or 4 entries. 🤣

I am going to go with another good trilogy series: The Lord off the Rings.

#filmsky #movies
July 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Day 28
A good movie from a genre you don't like.

Modern horror is not really my think. Much of it just seems like an excuse for gore and grotesque things. They are not the same thing.

Glad I got talked into The Wolfman, though. This I enjoyed.

#filmsky #movies
July 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was not ready for this news. Malcom Jamal Warner was a good dude. 😭
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Day 27
A movie with your favorite actor.

Go ahead and try to guess. It is not Tom Cruise. 🤣

#filmsky #movies
July 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
14/15

And another one down.

A book that is essentially a history on yokai knowledge and evolution of some stories, drawings, and how some came to Japan from elsewhere and how some have become global phenomenon. It does not have a comprehensive list.

#booksky #2025bookchallenge
July 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Some of mine had included these. Neve is one of my fave DA characters.
July 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Day 25
The movie your recommend the most.

#filmsky #movies #moviesky
July 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I treated myself to some classic Japanese films for my bday last week. They finally arrived.

#filmsky
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Day 24
My favorite animated movie.

#filmsky #movies
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Day 23
A movie with your favorite actress.

The Martian. Who is it? Jessica Chastain. Well, she's one of them. My favorite favorite really just does shows and not films.

#filmsky #movies
July 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
13/15

Nazi Psychoanalysis, Volume 1: Only Psychoanalysis Won the War

This was definitely a hard one to follow as it has a ton of jargon that if one doesn't follow psychology already, makes it difficult to follow for much of the book. It does have useful info, like how this started. How it works.
July 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Day 22
A movie by your favorite director.

A few directors came to mind. Will go with Ridley Scott and Gladiator. There are others sure, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that Gladiator helped to stir interest in history outside the U.S.

#filmsky #movies
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sorta just realized I didn't direct quote the acrual image in question. Oops. This is what I'm referencing with the origin myth.

A mythical "better time" that picks a random point in time but always centers around the family and usually out in the countryside.
July 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Day 21
A movie that makes you cry.

Hard to pull it off but one that makes me feel the water works start, ever since I first saw it in theaters. The 2010 Karate Kid.

It reminded me so much of my time in high school in SC (03-06) and how much I hated being dragged there for my father's work.
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
11/15

This was an interesting read that looked at things like, what it means to be/have a family, whether it is one of blood or people that you choose, and a look at sexism within society and all it's double standards. (Specifically Japanese society.)

#booksky #2025bookchallenge
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM