Parade: Book Review

Hi blog fam! I recently finished Parade by Shuichi Yoshida and really enjoyed the book. I'm also pretty proud of myself for being on my reading game and consistently reading books. I have yet to select my next book, but I am bouncing around a few titles. I would like to read more YA, so I may watch a few vids from a Youtuber I follow that reads a lot of YA titles and see what she recommends.

Parade follows five people that live together by chance in a small apartment. Each character has a chapter dedicated to them from their perspective. The novel explores what happens when people that have no ties to each other live together.  The novel explores complex human dynamics within ourselves and our relationships. Spoilers will be under the cut.

Characters

• Ryosuke Sugimoto- 21 year old male college student that is working part time
• Kotomi Okochi- 23 year old unemployed woman dating an idol
• Mirai Somai-  24 year old woman that loves to party
• Satoru Kokubo- an 18 year old that sells his body
• Naoki Ihara- a 28 year old man that works at a film distributor

The GNA Chronicles ♥︎December '14♥︎

Hello my princes and princesses, I hope this holiday season has been treating you well. I don't have to go back to work until the 5th which I'm very happy about haha I admit that I didn't visit much of the Christmasy places in NYC like I did in previous years. I think it was due to work and just feeling draggy this holiday season. I've been spending the last few days hanging out with my friends. I was able to visit the Line Pop Up store in Times Square with my boo, Tiff, and I'll have a post on that later. This is my next post in my GNA series which talks about the geeky/nerdy things I'm into at the moment.

TV Shows
X-Men The Animated Series: I randomly decided to watch this series. I had seen a few episodes when I was a kid, but didn't remember too much of the series. I really love most of the characters, but Cyclops is so irksome it isn't even funny. Like he has no game at all to speak off. I do not know what Jean sees in him because I bet you his stroke game is weak too. She needs to get with Wolverine and send Scott packing. He literally says THE most annoying and unnecessary things. Luckily, the episodes don't focus on him too much, so I can enjoy everyone else.

Red Shoe Diaries: This was my show when I was younger. I know, I know I won't say my age when I was watching it. But best believe I had no business watching it haha My parents let me watch whatever and I ended up turning out pretty good. I went in thinking it wasn't going to be as good as I remembered it, but I was wrong. It's such a wonderful show that explores sexuality and focuses on women which I don't see too often.

Tokyo Ghoul: Boba and I watched the first episode of this and fell in love. For some reason it reminded me of Shingeki no Kyojin. It's probably because of the main character's struggles with classifying himself as a human versus something else much like Eren.

Sleepy Hollow: Boba and I also watched this together and was immediately pulled in. The first two episodes were amazing and definitely had some scary elements which I wasn't expecting. I've been waiting for his return before continuing the show.

I was a little boyfriend sick because Boba went home to visit his parents and I missed him lots. He came back this Sunday :) I received a wonderful Christmas gift from him which was a TV. He is seriously the best! I've always wanted a TV and haven't had the chance to get one. I recently bought Rune Factory 4 for the 3DS as a Christmas present for myself. I'm going to pop it open after this post. Apparently, it's a very addicting game and a spin off of Harvest Moon, so I have faith that I'll really enjoy it. I hope you all received the present you wanted the most. Wishing you all a happy new year!

New York Comic Con 2014| Photo Heavy

Hi everyone^^ Work has been kicking my booty due to a trip to Florida. I didn't even really get to enjoy the weather as it was chilly down there, and I wasn't properly dressed -_- Anywho, I wanted to write about my experiences at this year's New York Comic Con. It was a lot of fun! I opted not to cosplay because I was so burnt out from trying to secure tickets which was a nightmare. I was only able to go on Friday *pouts* but I'm still happy that I was able to go. Let's hope next year isn't as difficult, but I'm not holding out too much hope for that considering the conventionis getting more and more popular. I'll be going to Anime Next in the summer which will only be my second convention, so I'm really excited. So far I've only been to NYCC. Warning there will probably be a ton of pictures in this post lol

They had these really huge blow ups outside from Teen Titans. I thought it was really cute and definitely set the geeky atmosphere.

I went with Boba and his sister, and it was lots of fun! This was my first time going on a Friday, and I was really excited We were going to meet a few friends once we got there, but it was the three of us for a good bit of the time. We all rocked nerdy tees.

My Ninja Turtles tee

Boba and his sister Ana in their nerdy tees; Also, he is so freakin adorbs!

We made our way over to one our fav booths. It's for a modular bag designer; the brand name is Equilibrium and their bags are awesome and super comfy. Boba bought one from them last year and he still loves it. He even wore it to the convention; we ended up switching bag because my bag was a little rough on my back and his Equilibrium bag feels amazing. He's such a sweetie!

Boba and Rae

My bestie Rae (she's the gf of my wifey Laura) met up with us around 11:30. I actually attended my first panel with her. I've only been on Saturdays and never wanted to attend a panel because you usually have to fight to get in and fight to get out. And since I would only be there one day I didn't want to spend it waiting in line for panels. There was a huge turn out for this WOC of color in Comics panel which was a great surprise! The women on the panel were amazing, it's a wonderful first panel experience.

Swag alert!

I bought Boba this really cool Nintendo controller case. It was only ten bucks which was a steal. I looked on Hot Topic's website and it was $30 bucks. You can actually press the buttons^^ And Boba bought me a Cat Bug plushie!

There were some really awesome cosplayers as usual. I know a lot of people go hard on Saturday, so I can only imagine the level of awesomeness. I actually ran into Heir of Glee in her Storm cosplay. She is really beautiful and nice, and I can't believe I forgot to ask to take a pic with her.

When you're tired at the convention, hit that geek squat, hit that geek squat

We actually ended up staying at the convention for the whole day. If anyone decides to do this I highly recommend going out for lunch just to get a break from the convention. We went to the a nearby burger place, got off our feet for a bit, and then went back. I don't think we would have lasted all day if we had pulled a marathon.

Me and Ana

Can we talk about how I freakin loves this show and need to continue watching it. I am seriously slacking on my anime and Asian drama game.

So ready for the live action of this anime

There was actually someone inside of this. They would just stand there and wait for kids to come up and pose for a pic. Then they would move and scare the kids haha

Come and get your bag of yaoi!

The last thing we did was attend the Sailor Moon panel at 8 pm. I thought that it was going to be a cool discussion about the show, but it was just a screening for the new dub. I wish they would have wrote that, but I didn't mind too much because I haven't seen any of the show.

It was the best NYCC I've been to and I can't wait to go next year. Let's just hope people find the chill when hunting their tickets because this year was cray at the stores. I will not be doing that again, no ma'am.  The vendors and the guest list were amazing. I can't wait to see what they have in store for us in 2015.  Thanks for reading!

The GNA Chronicles ♥︎October '14♥︎

Hey lovely peeps! I decided to start a blog series called The GNA Chronicles. It stands for Geek/Nerd Activities, and it will be a monthly or bimonthly post that discusses what geeky and nerdy things are taking over my life at the moment. They'll occasionally be a few non geeky things peppered in like music and food.

Manga
For some reason lately I have been consuming the frack out of manga. I am on the last chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist (ahh the feels!). It has been such an amazing read even from the beginning. I really should have read it a long time ago. I really want to cosplay Edward, but I don't know if I'm ready to take on making that arm. I also recently finished rereading my fav yaoi a few days ago Love Mode. It's a bit on the older side and I love it because it has two overarching stories but then little snippets of other couples throughout. The main couples are very interesting, but Reiji and Naoya are my fav couple. Love Mode also had some amazing, heartfelt quotes that stick with me. The next manga I devoured was Pochamani. I can't wait for the next chapter to come out. The main couple is super adorable.

The OTP

Video Games
I recently bought Super Smash Bros for my XL and it has given me life! It's the first smash game I've owned, and I love it. Boba and I bought together so that we can battle each other. I actually haven't really played a smash game before. I've seen people go head to head on a console, but never joined in. That's definitely gonna change now lol

I like to use Marth and Lucario; I'm pretty sure there will be other characters that I like, but those are my main two right now.

Smash got me so pumped that I went and picked up another game the next day. I decided to buy my first Tales game, Tales of the Abyss. So far I really like it and it's different from most RPGs I've played. Boba can't wait for me to finish it, so he can borrow it.

Otome games
Sota's route from Voltage's First Love Diaries: A Kiss on the Beach finally came out. I've been taking my time playing through it, and I'm really liking his character. I enjoy the dynamic between Sota and the MC. I can't wait to see how the story progresses.

That blush tho

TV Shows
Gotham mo freaking Gotham!!!! I am in love with that show and every episode has been awesome to me. I can't thing of a single thing I don't like, *coughs* well besides the whole awkward, offensive blackface incident. The show has been amazing and I'm look forward to what's to come. I watched the first episode of Forever, but was ambivalent about the show. I didn't really like it or dislike it. The first episode of The Flash was pretty good, and I need to catch up on the rest.

That's it for this post^^ What are some new geeky/nerdy activities that you've gotten into? Also, let me know if your life is also being taken over by any of the things above haha Thanks for reading and have a happy Halloween!