Hmm. Things are changing in the Politiverse

So well, Politics are sure happening darlings.


So we have the guy who ran away from North Korea making us understand even more the squalid conditions of North Korea and surprisingly survived after being shot, in bad health, and having tapeworms inside him. It's a surprising story but yet it shows that the Cracks are showing in the foundation of N. Korean society but not all stories are happy. Recently Japan has gotten a few ghost ships. Supposedly they are from North Korea but it is unknown if they are and for what. Supposed theories suggest they are defectors who were unlucky from escaping the horror of North Korea. All 8 people in the ghost ships could've been trying to survive but sadly starved in the ocean but we won't know til further DNA evidence shows us.

And Trump is killing Net Neutrality. Though the hot button Topic of 2015 and once again with death. So the internet regulations are dying. Well, I'm kinda happy. But not fully happy. I guess it's because we don't have the variety of providers for this situation. I can only name 3: Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T. That's not good and with the recent add-ons with the possible fee levels for basic internet kind of sucks when monopolies like this can get away with this. If the FCC really wants to kill Net Neutrality, then President Trump and the Congress should start killing legislation that makes it difficult to start a business because when you rely on saying "The Market will take care of things" It's pretty lazy thinking. I myself am a capitalist but it requires individual people interested in such a product or service idea to make it happen and then all the basic complications of organizing, funding, advertising, etc. It's not easy making a business and Donald Trump should know that because of risk and reward scenarios. If you want to do this, make it easier for the rest of us to have better than this.

OK. Now for the Pope. He went to Myanmar. And boy is that country in trouble. There is the whole persecution of the Royhinga minority to the point of genocide. But it seems everyone is silent and knowing the terrible history of violations of people's right, this isn't too surprising but what is more surprising is one of the politicians who had constantly advocated for peaceful reforms, isn't doing much. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi hasn't taken actions to stop the persecution and seems to be silently allowing it. It's understandable as to why the Burmese people don't want to accept them since they are living on the boats and non-citizens escaping Muslim countries for freedom but if there is a genocide going on, this is unacceptable! But with the Pope's apathy for the Royhinga people is a let-down for this could've been a good time for showing acts of peace among people of different religious backgrounds working together. (Catholic, Muslim, and Buddhist) But I guess some things just can't be requested.

But in some good news, Prince Harry is Engaged. Engaged to American Actress Meghan Markle, she will be next year, married to the Prince but she herself can't technically be a princess because she is not a royal but the interesting first is that this will be the first time in a long history of Protestantism vs. Catholicism that a royal family member is married to a Catholic especially since her majesty Queen Elizabeth, per the tradition of Henry VIII, is the head of the Church of England though more ceremonially as Republican Power (not the political party, the idea of Power coming from representative voting over a divine right of Kings) has formulated the reforming of English Politics from the days of William and Mary of Orange, onward. None the less, us across the pond will no doubt be watching for the future wedding date.

Soon, the 25 blogs of Christmas will be here!

It's almost Cyber Monday, it's getting closer to the Christmas and soon will come the 25 blogs of Christmas. (Shameless advertising, Right Darlings?) But trust me, I'll just give my own spin on our beloved holiday with some holiday anecdotes, some of my favorite things, what I do on Christmas, etc. So expect some love, hot cocoa, a little blasphemy, (Just a little and it's tasteful.) and just some Christmas Magic.

And now for some Thanksgiving stuff to talk about. I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving. I know I did. Kind of a smaller crowd this year but I sure love a good meal and it was sure big. Too much food for such a few people. (13 came I believe) And trust me, the desserts were the best part. But I wish I could've tried my step-mom's version of stuffing, which sounded pretty good to me. (It was stuffing with Italian sausage and olives and more celery.) And then I went back to Pasadena to be with my cousins, Tori and Bobby, (sadly Kaya and Kiedas didn't go due to celebrating with their dad and my aunt had to work at the Hospital).

Also, I hope everyone survived Black Friday. To think the most evil and psychopathic of all days of the year ironically reminds us of our primal instincts and anti-Christian views preparing for a holiday that's about salvation and anti-materialism. But I'm not going to moralize too much because I like the commercialism of Christmas, just not Black Friday because everyone goes insane then. Besides, I just hope you, like me, are hoping to take advantage of Cyber Monday deals (Thank you Gods of Amazon!).

Ok. That'll do it for me, stay tuned tomorrow for me talking about some of my favorite hidden gem video games.

Now for some good news.

With the recent news of North Korea now being added as a terrorist threat (Why hasn't that happened ever since they tried breaking treaties and threatening everyone?), Net Neutrality Dying (I don't support net neutrality personally but the way that they're doing it is pretty bad when the market for internet providers is low, I can only name 4 companies that provide internet), and more scandals out in the open (Rurouni Kenshin's creator arrested for Child Porn, More accusations against Franken) Oh and the Death of former Icon David Cassidy (Never watched The Partridge Family but hey, Americana Slice of Life right?) you really wonder where the good news is darlings.

Well, Good News kind of knocked on my Door. So GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! I just got into another meet up with Amazon and they are interested in hiring me for a seasonal post at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Buena Park as a Sortation Associate. It's part time only but they still seem to have a similar fast paced environment. As of right now, I only have that I passed the background and drug tests so I'm still excited about this. Once they email me about a date, I can head out to work for them.

Now in other news, there was a new mobile game released, Now I know that I don't usually go crazy over mobile games unless I have a reason. And this reason is that Nintendo has just released their latest game. With the successes of Super Mario Run, they have decided to release Animal Crossing: Pocket Campers. And it's just as adorable and so ... well happy, you can't not be happy playing this game. It's about you, the one of the humans who lives alongside a world with anthropomorphized animals all with their own personalities. And in this game, you make your own camp settlement while collecting resources to trade, create, and sell, similar to other Animal Crossing games. (I have only played New Leaf but it's nice and peaceful. It's a good starter for the casual gamer who isn't into gaming.)

And since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I'll just update you with letting you guys know that I'll be celebrating with my dad, Stepmom, and sisters. And trust me, there will be a lot of pictures. OK, I better head off right now Darlings! Have a happy day OK. Cheer up for me because today is going to be good.

Readables: Current Reading List (I just hope I get to them with my schedule)

I know some of you Darlings are somewhat interested in my reading list. Well, it's kind of varied but mostly my to read list seems to be piling up. Some I have to read immediately. Some I need to take my time on. It's not pleasant when you can only read about 1-5 pages. I know some people say I should definitely use Audible but I personally prefer having the book in my hands and read from it. Keeps me focused, I'm sure you understand Darlings. But anyway, here's my current to read list. Also, sorry it took so long as well as how I haven't been posting much. I've been busy but I'll be back on it again now.


The Vampire Lestat: (Status Update: Currently Reading) After Interview, my boo had said I should at least read the main vampire chronicles. (That also includes Queen of the Damned (not the movie), The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil.) This sequel will get the readers learning about Lestat and his role in Interview as well as parts we didn't get to see due to the story being Louis centric.

CTEC and other boring Tax Stuff: (Status Update: Began and currently still reading.) Every Week, I must follow this and pass it the tests they give me and also other things. And I have 3 things to read to prepare myself as a future tax accountant. It's a lot but I'm reading as I go. Slowly but surely. As long as I get it done by Dec. 31st, I'm good to go though I still need to call the school about some key info with the recent changes and startup registration.

Wuthering Heights: (Status: On Reading List) Well since Crimson Peak and Interview, I wanted to start reading some classical Gothic Stories so I've found a good list to read. Now I have to find out more about it. All I know is just general plot with main character Heathclifhfe falling in love with a woman and the general spiral of Gothic tales. So I just got a basic Idea.

Nicomachean Ethics: (Status: Stopped on beginning of the first chapter) Still It's important that I read this, just to see the ethical importance of the Aristotlean system. Since he is the father of modern science and the scientific method, I know I at least have to read him before death and other things. So better start now.

We The Living: (Status: First Page and stopped) So, I'll admit, despite my enthusiasm for the Objectivist Movement, the only Rand fiction book I ever finished was Anthem because well it was short. I can't read everything and sometimes I can't have the full patience to read long books with some exceptions. (Need to get back to The Pillars of the Earth but that's on hold.)

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty: (Status: On Reading List) This is an interesting one. It's an erotica novel by Anne Rice. She used a pseudonym for it and I can see why. I read the first chapter and my, there was domination and sex right at the beginning of the story so I know exactly what I signed up for but I enjoyed it. I'm not going to review though for obvious reasons. Sorry Kiddies. Maybe if decide, a different NSFW blog might be in the details but probably not.

Euripedes' Medea: (Status: Began reading) I decided to get something new with my library and I also have playwright George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion too. But for a basic synopsis, Medea is the story of what happens after the adventure of the Argo and collecting the Golden Fleece. She's betrayed by Jason because he cheats on her with another woman and she let's her wrath fly turning into the cruel witch later portrayed in myths.

Primarily this is what I'm going to be reading about. So what are you planning to read or will read in 2018 everyone?

Marcos' Mementos: Thanksgiving. What did I do?

Darlings, I know I haven't addressed you directly much but Do you remember any fond memories of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I don't have a very pivotal moment that spoke volumes to me. It's not that I didn't enjoy my thanksgivings. It's just there wasn't a very popular event that made it whole for me for the better or for the worse. But no doubt some of you have.

Well, there was one small difference of my thanksgivings from the norm. One was just my cousins, Sister, Aunt, Oma and Opa, my great Aunt and great uncle and I. So that's 9 maybe 10 if Max was there too. Maybe he was but I have to ask. It was at a resort in my Seinor Year if I recall. It was the first time after a long string of Thanksgivings that I didn't go celebrate with my dad and his family. But the resort was lovely. It was the WorldMark Indio Resort if I recall. Nice lazy river and pool with a waterfall. Definitely suggest going there. Indio doesn't have much but the resort is a lovely escape from Urban Life. But yeah, it was just a more intimate family experiece. Kinda fun and we suprisingly had many beds but we all had 2 suites for each family. Opa and Oma and my cousins, aunt and maybe Max in one and Me, Mishi, Oma Eta, and Opa Leo, Or maybe did Jonathan join us making the total 11? I'm unsure. My memory isn't as it is. But then again the main issue with that Thanksgiving was my stupid English Homework. (Thanks Mrs. Henry)

But for my dads Thanksgiving, I'd say since I was around 13 or a little younger but no more than 11, I usually celebrated Thanksgiving with my Dad and his family. It's pretty much the same thing. We go to my stepmom's family in San Gabriel and we hang out with her grandma, sweet lady. She was so loving towards me into welcoming me into the family. We got all of Vanessa's cousins, family friends, and well it was a nicely sized group with a lot of good food there. (I'd say my best feast to look at) And then as usual, we said grace and dug in. Pretty simple and loving. Sadly, it won't be the same this year. Vanessa's grandmother has passed away earlier this year and so with a heavy heart, I have to say that Thanksgiving won't be the same as any other year. But we will miss her dearly for what kind of lady she was and what she has done. Rest in Peace.

Not to bum you guys out with a sad end but Thanksgiving is a great holiday. For being Thankful, family, food, football, and other things starting with the letters T and F, Thanksgiving is just only a week away.

Polituesday: Hmm. Not to much to say.

On today's Polituesday, I really got nothing to say due to not much I've seen due to all the obvious sex scandals that have happened (Louis C.K., Brett Ratner, and Roy Moore are starting to be popular and George Takei is also finding himself among there.) and isn't really surprising us at all though we still need to have a strong conscience to judge upon others. And the fact we're all kind of distracted on it.

But in recent news, Donald Trump has recently finished or actually suddenly ended his tour of Asia. I know he has finished Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. 5 major countries in the pacific Asian area and how we have currently had the issues of North Korea and Trade in favor of the US, (Personally I prefer free trade for all countries between businesses at buyer beware risk but that won't happen.). But also we had talks with current Prime Minister of Australia. This is pivotal as we'll need an extra ally in this especially since no doubt North Korea could attack Australia and having them as allies can help us. But still, the last thing we all want is any attack and the process of denuclearization will no doubt be difficult and time consuming. The 3 major powers against N. Korea, (South Korea, Japan, and the US) have done naval exercises and training near the Korean Penninsula.

Also, we got boycotts on Keurig and Jim Bean with Sean Hannity supporting Roy Moore and Mila Kunis sending donations to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence's name. You all know where this is going.

So other than that and the noise that the mainstream media seems to make on every Trump scandal whether be actually bad or nothing at all makes it just hard for me to decipher which is actually real news to cover because they always go upon it. It's just difficult for me to find out when there's so many accusations but little time and information to find to back up because once one is done 3 more seem to pop up. I can't really handle it.

Sigh. Oh well, join me tomorrow for some Marcos' Mementos The part of the week on my personal life and what's on my mind.

Gamers Galore! Upcoming and released games I have my sights on (and maybe you too)

Ok. Since we have a lot of games to go through, let's make it simple as I can. A couple of lines and some video game play footage if I can find it. But no spoilers.

So as we know, there are a lot of games coming out for consoles each. So let's take a look at some I have my eyes set on.

The Fractured But Whole: The Latest South Park game, it does change the battle system a lot and yet still uses the fake social media accounts to increase popularity and media franchising since this game parodies the structure of the Superhero mass marketing done as well as the usual insanity South Park delivers with Politics, General Culture, Yaoi, PC and those who enforce it, religion, etc. Oh and did I forget to mention the hilarious way the made the difficulty setting.

TFBW gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzXFFEuJraE

Cuphead: This game I was excited for the first time I saw this game. This is truly a great aesthetic they used for this game. I love the 1930's cartoons (Specifically it's more similar to Fleischer Studios' animation rather than Disney's earlier cartoons) look and despite being difficult (which can be quite welcoming for gaming, Look at Dark Souls) seems like a rewarding experience and my boyfriend has the game too. It's already out for PC and XBOX (sadly no PS ... hopefully it's just yet but I don't know. I kinda doubt it but we all want to have some fun.).

Cuphead Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3J9PGcEjM

Kingdom Hearts III: Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, It's finally coming. I've been waiting for this as I got patient with all the damn rereleases of the old games but I'm happy that I did get the final mix games to add difficulty to the situation. And it did keep me on my toes a little but back to the game. This game will come for PS4 and XBOX so everyone, REJOICE! And now with the latest news of the following worlds coming to play: San Fransokyo of Big Hero Six, The Corona Kingdom of Tangled, Andy's Bedroom from Toy Story, original KH world Twilight Town, and Olympus Coliseum and Greece (Hercules), we have some good info and Intel on where the Seekers of Darkness wish to plan their dark plans. Also Sora gets some new abilities to summon attacks based on Disney Rides.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4y7UK4nqnQ

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux: This is another game that's been remade by Atlus since they have made a lot of remakes with remaking the Persona Series, The two Devil Summoner Games for 3DS, and with another game on our list not related to SMT, Strange Journey Redux is on my list due to never being able to play the game and its rarity at game stores. It seems the main pantheons with focus are Greek, Zoroastrian, and Christianity as usual but there is a new demon to possibly unlock and summon, Maria. Jesus' Mother will be involved in this plot so it's very exciting since only one game featured her and now she will get a spotlight along with Demeter, Zeus, Anahita, and Amon (all in new redesigned forms).

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJR2yIVr8Jo

Radiant Historia (Perfect Chronology): I haven't played this game enough the first time due to the remake coming but it's in the RPG Style so It's something I personally enjoy. Also, unlike the first game, there will be animated cutscenes and voice acting for the game. However, if you don't like the new design you can go for the old designs for the characters. It's a nice game aesthetic choice for those who are old fans of the games. I just wish they kept that for Strange Journey for the looks of some of the character designs.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gPSbziUdmU

Ni no Kuni 2 (Revenant Kingdom): This is the awaited sequel of Ni no Kuni but follows its own story which I like. Like most JRPGs, they often are in similar worlds with different casts but have similarities with the other characters. This story focuses on King Evan who wants to reclaim his own kingdom from the Mouse tribe as far as we know. And it looks like they changed the mechanics of the battle system. Instead of using familiars, a la Pokemon and SMT, you must instead rely on spirits to help fight in battle. Also returning to this game are the wonderful animation team of Studio Ghibli and composer Joe Hisaishi.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1yvXAc5TI

The Wolf Among Us: Season 2: I loved watching The Wolf Among Us. The best part about this game is that you could watch people play this game and it would still feel like a film. It's a film neo noir inspired story based on the Fables comic strip. Fables focuses on the lives and mysteries of our favorite fairy tale characters stuck in the real world. (Not Once Upon a Time!) Trust me, The Big Bad Wolf is the main focus as the main protagonist. A guy with no future. But the storyline was what made it so great and the morality matters choices made it extra important as you can be reformed or the Big Bad Asshole you always were. Bibgy, we know, wants to change but it's difficult for him. There is not much known but this annoucement trailer does seem promising. The story however, is separate from the comics and the first season.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyxVaTmDjkw

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: This game is the spiritual Successor to Castlevania developed by leader Koji Igarashi. The Metroidvania style finally comes into 3D and boy does this game's look not only captures the nostalgia of Castlevania and the classic backtracking, which is scandalous in modern gaming, but it no doubt makes it look fun again and the add-ons with the horror monsters, Gothic Aesthetic, and the fact if you don't free yourself from a curse, you turn into a crystal adds to the mechanations of this game. Also listening to this segment of the music also captures classic Castlevania scenes in the mind.

Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohvkb3F-hqY

Good Gaming!