As a young monster my sister and i watched Godzilla with Ray Burr 9 times in one week on TV (it was a Goz-marathon). By the fifth replay we would turn off the sound and do the dialogue ourselves. Not nearly as inventive as you.

As a teen sadist i played a little bit of football but generally didn’t like sports or movies i couldn’t participate in (which is why i didn’t bother with porn as a child…if i couldn’t play, i didn’t want to watch).

My synapses flashed like Mogul lights when i discovered pyrotechnics of the noisy kind. i made cannons for the 4th of July. i blew up the high school senior tree and the senior bench (proud of those. Still just close my eyes and smile.) Also, blew up a donated car for some fund-raiser at school. My satisfaction came from the fact no one knew it was my best friend and myself doing these fun things.

After that, it was the Army and joy became…well, my love of pyrotechnics went away. Recently, the monster smelled something in the wind and his ears went up and he looked around. He heard about pyro-theology and Peter Rollins and some swarthy East Europeans. Intellectual pursuits are so exhausting.

Love your movie and book choices. Love your Cosplay. Could your minnions CGI exploding Shi-Tsu’s or poodles or sheep?

So I’ll just have to translate most of these questions and prepare. Thank you

I will update you

I would say a man says what he thinks.

A woman says what she feels………(at that time).

This post does have an interesting point though and not just to Japanese Horror but Universal Horror (Stephen King misery) – Feminine/Motherly and some mention to the bible about eve (every post needs a terrible link to the bible and religion!).
The “feminine” is generally regarded as being caring and nurturing – however by reversing that role you have a individual that is not the norm in society in-fact going against evolution, neither male or female role is defined, therefore it is found to be shocking subconsciously. We cannot figure this new being out as it doesn’t not fit any typical Alpha-male/female role. A being that attacks for power/food/money is predictable and there is the possibility to adapt to the situation, a being that attacks for no know reason is unfamiliar and creates a heighten sense of urgency and fear.

It similar to when you see on the national geographic channel the mother bear eating her cubs due to the fact she has no food or the environment is too harsh for them to survive. As humans we cannot associate nor have empathy with this behaviour therefore we fear it as there is nothing to adapt to. (and possibly fear what is within our own psyche – some Neanderthal reasoning).

However I digress…

A male figure returning from the dead and going on a mass killing is predictable; men being more prone to violence and generally all up for fisty-cuffs. However a woman being less violent and less likely to instigate violence at least not directly. To understand further is to try to understand the nature of fear which is perhaps the unknown more than death in its self. The actual act of dying is less fear provoking that the actual feelings of how I am going to die and why am I going to die (again the unknown) Men are more willing to face other men on the battle field where the rules are defined than face the unknown.

From a male point of view I’d rather face a guy than a girl – we know the rules….women fight dirty :P

“no woman can ever be fully trusted” – yup I’d agree with that!

“hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” – seems to be universal

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Another note regarding who is put where: I was told the reason I was placed at my first school was due to the fact I was white (and the school hadn’t had a white ALT before). Here I was thinking perhaps it had something to do with my background, my skills, that sort of thing, and it just came down to how I looked. (I’m sure there was a bit more than that involved, of course, but more or less, that was a main factor). That isn’t necessarily directly related to who is shortlisted, but somewhat related.

I also wonder if part of the reason the US has so many participants is due simply to the fact there is a larger pool to draw from. This could just be speculation, but for instance, in the UK, I read last year or the year before that the JET Program isn’t quite as popular as it used to be and they’ve had to try and recruit more people to JET. I’m sure it varies quite a bit.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to put this together.