amarie24

Yeah, I was originally gonna go see that and Bumblebee on the same day, but I decided to pass on Bumblebee after watching a few YouTube clips and not being fully inspired. I'll probably get it from the Red Box another time. ;)

It was a struggle to get out of bed when my alarm went off that morning (it's been a struggle to get out of bed period, haha...hah). But I did it in time to get to the 12:30pm showing, since it's one of the last few days the movie will be in theaters.

And I grew up with Dragonball Z, just as I grew up with Sailor Moon-I was born in 1991 and Toonami was the shit and a staple, y'know? But I'd never before seen a Dragonball movie in theaters, let alone there would ever even be one playing in a theater near me. So it was a real treat when I googled possible showtimes out of curiosity and found that it was playing at the theater right down the street from my house. Yay!!

I liked it very much overall. The animation was a great combination of showing off today's available technology and paying great homage to all that makes the franchise's fight sequences so memorable and iconic.

So a few pointers on my thoughts on the movie (spoilers abound!):

-The fight scenes really were absolutely amazing. The initial setting of all that ice and glacier and snow working as a wonderful backdrop to the color and power and wonder of Goku, Vegeta, and Broly fighting...wow!

In fact, the fight scenes were so amazing that watching them made me a little bit nauseated from the constant swirling and shifting of the camera. It was kind of a good nauseated, though-a lot like what I'd imagine you'd feel during a roller coaster ride! I couldn't look away to save my life as I shoveled popcorn in my mouth and slurped on my cherry slushie.

-Broly is fine as hell.

-Gogeta is fine as hell.

-I'm not gonna lie: I actually love the fact that Vegeta didn't get nearly as pummeled as he traditionally does when he goes up first to fight. Not only did he barely get pummeled at all, but it was actually Goku that got freaking pummeled by Broly somethin' awful. Like, ya'll remember the Avengers movie (2011)? And that scene where Hulk handed Loki parts of his ass he didn't even know he had by smashing him over and over into the floor like a ragdoll at the Avenger's/Stark Tower?

Yeah. Broly does just that and more to poor Goku. My goodness gracious.

-Speaking of Goku! I'm not shy about saying that I really don't like Toriyama's canon that Goku is really only around to protect the Earth just because he loves fighting. I also don't like the canon that he doesn't really have an emotional connection to his friends & family, but just thinks of them all as really good friends.

It...doesn't mean that Goku is perfect-hell to the fuck no! But I do prefer the interpretation of Goku as someone who's a lovable dolt that may rush too quickly headlong into battle, but ultimately does it because he cares & he's a hero that will always help and protect those that don't even have a third of his power...like us lil earthlings.

Naw, the way they portrayed Goku first actively wanting to a go at Broly after seeing him fight Vegeta? And then seeing closely how Broly's aggression comes with a lot of pain and he doesn't really want to hurt anyone and so Goku instead shifts his focus to calming & soothing Broly? ("You can stop fighting. You don't have to listen to what others tell you to do.") Now that is the Goku I prefer and love.

That's the Goku that was one of the biggest, most beloved heroes of my childhood.

-Goku interrupting a trademark Dangerous Frieza Speech by asking him what a word means. Vegeta's face during that scene...Vegeta's face!! I lived!

-Broly is fine as hell.

-Gogeta is fine as hell.

-And...Goku? You done saw that Vegeta had to go all the way to Super Saiyan God to keep fighting off Broly. But when you decide it's your turn...your ass decides to start in your base form? Your base form? Really? Always witcho self acting all Brand New. Ain't shit changed even after 20 years.

-Vegeta with his wife Bulma and his wittle baby Bulla/Bra! Gah, it was so freakin' adorable! Like...do ya'll realize that at the end of the day Vegeta is just a stay-at-home-dad/house husband? When he's not training and scowling at a leaf blowing over the window, all he does is take care of his wife and kids all day? I love it!

-Beerus babysitting Bulla/Bra...'nuff said.

-Vegeta: "Where the hell did you come from?!"

-Goku and Vegeta's green & blue coats were so adorable!! I never knew I needed to see them wearing such coats!

- I absolutely love the new depiction of Goku's parents, Gine and Bardock. From my understanding, the introduction of Gine and the new interpretation of Bardock (he's been in the Dragonball mythos for a while-he even had his own movie back in the day) is based on a branch of Dragon ball called "Dragonball Minus". I've never heard of it before now, but it sounds pretty cool!

I loved Gine simply being included...although it's been...long fucking overdue for female saiyans to get their little bit of shine in the series.

I actually watched Bardock's movie a few years ago via YouTube and...didn't quite like or dislike him. I wanted him to pick up and cuddle wittle baby Goku and I don't care who the hell knows it either. I also thought his final stand against Frieza and the immediately subsequent annihilation of planet Vegeta was really sad.

But I actually liked this Bardock. I don't know if the voice actor was different, but I liked that his voice seemed softer and gentler. I liked the hug between him and Gine. I liked that Goku's send off from his native planet wasn't about his mission to eradicate all life on Earth, but was more Superman-esque in that his parents (well, really his daddy) correctly assumed what Frieza was about to do and wanted him out of harm's way. I like Bardock's promise to Gine and his son that if he was wrong about Frieza's intention, then he'd go out and rescue Goku...aww...

-Probably one of my absolute favorite parts: during his fight with Broly, the way Vegeta ascended from basic super saiyan form to super saiyan god form was so Magical Girl-esque. Like, there wasn't the usual screaming-and-power-posing seen in Dragonball. Naw, that boy done did a Sailor Moon on us and I loved it. Hell, I'd even tell him that to his face if I had the chance and I wouldn't feel not a lick of fear.

-And Broly...see, I also watched the original Dragonball Z: Broly movie and...ehhh. Didn't tug at the heart strings and the fight scenes were freakin' brutal. But this Broly? He absolutely tugged at my heart strings until they were taut.

This Broly is a victim of abuse by his father and also prolonged isolation. He's truly a Gentle Giant and a sweetie sweetie sweet pie to go along with that. The animation did a spectacular job of showing the acute pain Broly feels when he starts to lose control.

Even when he was calm and not losing control, he wasn't completely expressionless and lethargic (like his original incarnation), but rather exuding that Gentle Giant-ness.

-I wanted to hug Broly just as much as I've always wanted to hug Goku. (I...know I can't hug Vegeta unless my name is Bulma, Trunks, or Bulla/Bra. So I ain't never going there.)

-Broly is fine as hell.

-Gogeta is fine as hell.

-Broly slapping the ever loving shit out of Frieza was my and many other people's shit. It's the least of what Frieza deserves and it was wonderfully refreshing to watch it happen. I loved, I loved, I loved.

-And Gogeta then slapping the ever loving shit out of Broly not long after. Like...on one hand, you can't stop looking away because woah Gogeta is actually gaining and keeping the upper hand against such a seemingly unstoppable opponent! How new and refreshing in Dragonball!

But on the other hand, you be like...stop hurting Broly so much! He doesn't know what he's doing! He's just Hulking Out because he's been manipulated and abused! Try talking again, you fusion monster!!

It was also a fight sequence that I couldn't look away from, tho. Like...wow. Damn.

-Broly is fine as hell.

-Gogeta is fine as hell.

-And last, but most certainly not least before I end up talking forever: Cheelai/Chirai...she fucking drove the plot and I absolutely wish her and Broly the best friendship forever!! There are a lot of fans basically saying she's basically a green alien Bulma and I think that's just fine because you can never have too many Bulma's in the world.

An example:

Our current head instructor, Mrs. W: (2 weeks ago) Any other questions before we end this first day of class?

Classmate S, who sits beside me: Yes, ma'am. Do you record your lectures and/or allow us to record them?

Mrs. W: -long ass, wholly-disappointing explanation where she basically says she doesn't because 1.) we're nursing students & should be able to take sufficient class notes by now & 2.) just about everything she says is can be found in our textbook & online resources.

Classmate S: -nods with a tight, tight smile on her face

-The Next Day, in the classroom right before lecture starts-

Classmate S: -Is sitting down next to me & pulls out something from her pocket, still out of relative sight & under her desk; it kinda looks like an old-ass cellphone

Me: -curiously- Morning, S! Uhh...what that be?

Classmate S: Oh, hey Amarie! Yeah, it's...it's a recorder. I need all the help I can get.

Me: ...Y'need batteries?

Classmate S: -shakes head w/a big ol' smile on her face- Naw, I'm good! Thanks, tho!

Me: Alrighty, I still gotchu, tho. I ain't no snitch. Ain't no snitches in here. :P

...Is when Mommy brings home an IV bag, IV line, & piggyback/pickup line from her work to show me, in very brief detail, how they work!

She showed me how & why to activate the clamp (it's basically a little rolly thingie on the IV line that you roll over to ensure that the IV bag doesn't start dripping...all over the floor or, worse, all over you & the patient); not to freak out when opening the little opening-thingie on the end of the IV bag because it's still sealed & so you gotta puncture it with the actual IV line; where the piggyback would go, which is kind of on the side of the IV line.

The main thing that I had trouble with? Mommy taught me to "prime my line", which means getting rid of any air bubbles that may be in the tubing because you don't. Want. Any. Air. To go. Into. A patient's. vein. Because. Ouch. So you prime the line by letting a lil bit of the saline in the bag go through the tubing...but it wasn't happening because I forgot to roll back the clamp, haha! But as soon as I rolled it back, there came the saline drip, drip, dripping! Yay!

So yeah, it was pretty fun and cool. Ahhh, I love learning new things! ^ ^

Things I don't like: Seeing that my college's bookstore offers a whole nursing package of books that total to about $500 and then offers the pharmacology book separately for about $200. So, books for this semester alone could've come to $700.

Things I do like: Going through my nursing packet that I got from the ADN office after I called to confirm my enrollment, and using both my book list there and the ISBN numbers from my college's bookstore's website...to then scour Amazon and shop there instead. I find cheaper, earlier edition, & used versions of 98% of my books in the space of one evening.

Things I also like: All of my books, plus Pinky's new charger (couldn't find any in-store, -lolsobs-), only come up to about $60, a far, far cry from $700.

I like, I like.


--Amarie

You missed a Monday test 'cause you were sick-as-shit and you talked to your flighty-ass-laid-back-as-hell white dude microbiology teacher about making it up. And he says you can make it up whenever...shit, shut so long as it's before the end of the semester, he don't care.

So you're about to make it up tonight in the lab class (which is optional to go to tonight), but your mama insists that you bring your ass on home 'cause you're still sick and tired, and so one of the things you do when you get home is send that flighty ass teacher a Very Professional Student Email About Making Up The Test...

...And you know-you just know (if he remembers to get back to you) he gon' be like, "Yeah, sure kiddo. I told you whenever, didn' I? Feel better!"

Yep.

That college feel.

A'ight, so...you're the very first system we gon' cover this semester in both Anatomy & Physiology II lecture and lab.

A'ight, fine.

But see? When we're talkin' about the skeletal system...that's all in the bones. When we're talking about muscles, that's all in muscles. Nervous system, that's the brain and the many peripheral systems of nerves stemming from and to the brain. Integumentary system is just skin, hair, and nails.

Like, there's a pattern here. There's an easy, designated place that everyone else is in.

But the thing about you with your skank ass?

Endocrine system, you are all over the place. For fuck's sake, you got the hypothalamus (The Big Dawg) up in the brain. And below that, you have the pituitary gland-and then you have the posterior and anterior parts of the gland, haha!

And don't even nobody started on your goddamned pineal gland (what basically puts us to sleep).

But you're not done yet. Next you got your friggin' thyroid gland in the throat. Adrenal gland on top of each kidney. And a freakin' pancreas that I thought was in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen.

...Hahaha...hah.

Endocrine system, you are all over the place. And so I come to you asking you this: make up your freakin' mind.

Jesus Lord have mercy.

Imma get an A on you, tho. Imma cream you on my tests. Imma do it.



--Amarie, who should be in bed

Woooooooooooooo!!!!!

I'm still exhausted, but also oh-so happy and proud of myself!!! :D :D :D


(...Uhh...it was also the highest grade in the class, along with another girl that got a 97, too. But Imma mostly hush on that, 'kay? 'Kay.)



--Amarie



P.S I'm sorry, but I'm so happy that I had to share! Hope ya'll don't mind!