Kawaii Koneko

I tend to lean on the side of letting of letting the art be the sole criteria for whether an award should be given. If the movie is good, the movie is good. An actor's, director's, writer's, etc personal life doesn't change that and denying recognition over personal controversy is a slippery slope. 
 
Where will the line be drawn? I don't know anything about this particular situation but I get why people wouldn't want someone who may be a rapist to be honored even if they made something great but what next? Are we going start taking into consideration of personal politics? Are we going to start denying awards to people who don't believe in man made climate change? People who only believe there are two genders? People who believe what the Bible says about homosexuality? 
 
Again, I can see there is a difference between the extreme of rape and the other examples I mentioned but I just think it's a situation where one thing will lead to another. Let's just keep judging art on its own merits.
 
Also, I'm not aware of the last guy you mentioned but anytime I hear of someone who is religious and described as homophobic, I always take it with a grain of salt. I think there is a big difference between believing what the Bible says about homosexuality and actually being homophobic. You can believe someone is living in sin but not hate the person. Simply being against something doesn't make you phobic.
 
Personally, I have no personal issues with homosexuality or LGBT stuff in general and even support gay marriage but I think it is absurd to paint people who don't agree with me as homophobic. There is a saying in Christianity that you hate the sin and love the sinner. I think most Christians take that to heart.
 
My issue tends to be more with forcing religion on people and trying to base laws on any religious doctrine. This is coming from a Christian who is also a Libertarian FYI.
 

I tend to lean on the side of letting of letting the art be the sole criteria for whether an award should be given. If the movie is good, the movie is good. An actor's, director's, writer's, etc personal life doesn't change that and denying recognition over personal controversy is a slippery slope. 
 
Where will the line be drawn? I don't know anything about this particular situation but I get why people wouldn't want someone who may be a rapist to be honored even if they made something great but what next? Are we going start taking into consideration of personal politics? Are we going to start denying awards to people who don't believe in man made climate change? People who only believe there are two genders? People who believe what the Bible says about homosexuality? 
 
Again, I can see there is a difference between the extreme of rape and the other examples I mentioned but I just think it's a situation where one thing will lead to another. Let's just keep judging art on its own merits.
 
Also, I'm not aware of the last guy you mentioned but anytime I hear of someone who is religious and described as homophobic, I always take it with a grain of salt. I think there is a big difference between believing what the Bible says about homosexuality and actually being homophobic. You can believe someone is living in sin but not hate the person. Simply being against something doesn't make you phobic.
 
Personally, I have no personal issues with homosexuality or LGBT stuff in general and even support gay marriage but I think it is absurd to paint people who don't agree with me as homophobic. There is a saying in Christianity that you hate the sin and love the sinner. I think most Christians take that to heart.
 
My issue tends to be more with forcing religion on people and trying to base laws on any religious doctrine. This is coming from a Christian who is also a Libertarian FYI.
 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

Unless there's no men in it at all...
 

To be fair, you don't really hear a lot about trans men and transmascs compared to trans women and transfemmes.
 
I know multiple trans girls but only a couple trans men, just to put things into perspective.

It defines men who have a sexual attraction to women with penises.

Well, it is almost that girl's and my one month anniversary. It will be on the 9th. That is our official anniversary though since I asked her out and she said yes. We actually met on the 31st of March. We literally talked like crazy since that day until I asked her out. I knew probably by the third day that I really wanted to go out with her and we were already lovey dovey by that point. Not sure why I even waited that long other than really wanting to make sure I didn't have any residual feelings for that other girl where things fell apart.

And it has been amazing ever since. I've never felt like this about anyone and the things we share, wow. We've both shared so much we've never told anyone and we both just totally accept it. She is also so good at reading me as well. I had a big fight with my mom the other day AGAIN over her being trans. I was talking to her a little later on the phone and like, she could tell right away something was bothered me. It really makes me feel bad to tell her just how unaccepting my parents are and that my mom said she doesn't want to ever even meet her but she is just so accepting. She said a lot of things but one of which was that even if my parents can't accept her, she still cares about them because they are my family and she'll just hope that one day they will. 
 
She is just such an angel. We had a pretty long and open conversation the other day on the phone and I sent her a message just a minute after saying " Baby, let's promise each other that we will both always accept the other no matter what. That we will never hesitate to share with the other because we know we won't be judge. Baby, we are going to be partners for life and I wasn't us to share everything, our finances, our hopes, our dreams, our fears, our perverted fantasies, our souls, our bodies, our very essence, and most of all our love. I love you (her name here) and (my last name here)!"
 
Not even five minutes later she calls me back crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said it was my message. She said it made her cry tears of joy when she read it because it touched her heart so much. She told me she had pretty much given up on ever finding love until she met me. She said she can't believe she met a guy who is so accepting of who she is and who makes her feel so special. I seriously fell in love even deeper at that point.
 
Oh, and if you are wondering about the perverted line in my message, it was a bit of an ongoing joke between us about us both having a lot of things we are into that most people would label as perverted. Let's just say we have very similar mindsets when it comes to what turns us on and what we think is hot in the bedroom lol. 
 

Honestly, as a Vita owner, I have never had a shortage of games to play. It is still a great handheld if you are into JRPG, anime, and just Japanese games in general. It had a lot of indie games too. I think people think the Vita has a small library because they are looking for the AAA experience games Sony marketed the Vita as specializing in. There were very few and but like I said, there are just tons of great games for it if you are into weeb type games.
 
As for the cards, yeah, they were expensive but I think part of the reason for this was to combat piracy. While it may have sucked for the consumer to have to cough up so much money, it's hard to blame Sony considering just how bad piracy was on the PSP. That said, I put up with an 8 GB card when I first got mine but quickly just sprang for the 64 GB version. Coughing up $100 for a 64 GB card felt like a joke considering what that would get you for any other media but man, it sure made the experience a lot better.
 
I never used the 3G either. One, because AT&T coverage sucks around me and two, I have a 4G smartphone. I think the speed and low latency of Verizon LTE far outweighs the convenience of just turning on the Vita and being online. It's not that hard to have to turn tethering on lol.
 
 
As for a disappointing console? Well, it wasn't a console but rather a handheld. I actually convinced my parents to buy me a Tiger Game.com when I was a kid. I was a dumb kid and lured by the PDA functions and internet connectivity. Do I even need to explain why I was disappointed?

Another meaning, and the one in which I most commonly use it, is being true to yourself, accepting who you are, and acting on it. Often this is accompanied by the attitude of not caring what others think.
 
 

Well, it is almost that girl's and my one month anniversary. It will be on the 9th. That is our official anniversary though since I asked her out and she said yes. We actually met on the 31st of March. We literally talked like crazy since that day until I asked her out. I knew probably by the third day that I really wanted to go out with her and we were already lovey dovey by that point. Not sure why I even waited that long other than really wanting to make sure I didn't have any residual feelings for that other girl where things fell apart.

And it has been amazing ever since. I've never felt like this about anyone and the things we share, wow. We've both shared so much we've never told anyone and we both just totally accept it. She is also so good at reading me as well. I had a big fight with my mom the other day AGAIN over her being trans. I was talking to her a little later on the phone and like, she could tell right away something was bothered me. It really makes me feel bad to tell her just how unaccepting my parents are and that my mom said she doesn't want to ever even meet her but she is just so accepting. She said a lot of things but one of which was that even if my parents can't accept her, she still cares about them because they are my family and she'll just hope that one day they will. 
 
She is just such an angel. We had a pretty long and open conversation the other day on the phone and I sent her a message just a minute after saying " Baby, let's promise each other that we will both always accept the other no matter what. That we will never hesitate to share with the other because we know we won't be judge. Baby, we are going to be partners for life and I wasn't us to share everything, our finances, our hopes, our dreams, our fears, our perverted fantasies, our souls, our bodies, our very essence, and most of all our love. I love you (her name here) and (my last name here)!"
 
Not even five minutes later she calls me back crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said it was my message. She said it made her cry tears of joy when she read it because it touched her heart so much. She told me she had pretty much given up on ever finding love until she met me. She said she can't believe she met a guy who is so accepting of who she is and who makes her feel so special. I seriously fell in love even deeper at that point.
 
Oh, and if you are wondering about the perverted line in my message, it was a bit of an ongoing joke between us about us both having a lot of things we are into that most people would label as perverted. Let's just say we have very similar mindsets when it comes to what turns us on and what we think is hot in the bedroom lol. 
 

Another meaning, and the one in which I most commonly use it, is being true to yourself, accepting who you are, and acting on it. Often this is accompanied by the attitude of not caring what others think.
 
 

Haha, that would be awesome to convert into a party/gaming bus.

When you say dream car, I think dream car like where money is no object and you don't have to worry about maintenance. As such, I dream big.
 
So can there really be any other choice?
 
The McLaren F1

 
 
To me a dream car is something that is likely not obtainable in your life time. I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one of these. Things like a 911 or R32 Skyline, those are obtainable. Cars I think I'll be able to afford one day when I get things squared away more in my life. Based on my future plans, they are definitely in the cards.
 
But I see people call cars dream cars that aren't really that expensive, unless they plan to work at Taco Bell all their lives.

When you say dream car, I think dream car like where money is no object and you don't have to worry about maintenance. As such, I dream big.
 
So can there really be any other choice?
 
The McLaren F1

 
 
To me a dream car is something that is likely not obtainable in your life time. I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one of these. Things like a 911 or R32 Skyline, those are obtainable. Cars I think I'll be able to afford one day when I get things squared away more in my life. Based on my future plans, they are definitely in the cards.
 
But I see people call cars dream cars that aren't really that expensive, unless they plan to work at Taco Bell all their lives.

It's kind of amazing the long game Microsoft is playing here, and unfortunately it seems neither Sony nor their rabid fans have figured it out yet. Microsoft has positioned itself to be a platform agnostic subscription gaming juggernaut. While I adore some of the PlayStation exclusive franchises like Spider-Man and HZD (and will probably buy a PS5 just to play those), I can't realistically see using a PS5 for anything else.

No it won't damage anything. But how old is your receiver? Assuming it doesn't have HDMI the better choice would be optical output.

I mean, I'm religious. I'm a Christian and she believes in God as well. We just have different interpretations than my parents I guess. 
 
 And her "passibility" isn't even the issue. She is very feminine, like you would think she is just another cis gender girl by looking at her but that isn't even the issue with my parents. They just cannot get over her DNA, that it matches mine. The thing that annoys me is my mom says she does believe some trans people are born into the wrong body and that she understands in those cases. But then she goes on to say that there is no way to know who is really trans and who is just confused. Like, what? So of course, the person I'm with is just "confused" in her mind. Funny how I'm the one dating a girl with the same DNA as me but it's everyone else who has the hang ups. Like, shouldn't it matter how we feel? I mean, people are entitled to their opinions but when they constantly try to pushback on our legitimacy, it's annoying. I
 
Thanks. Didn't realize my stories meant anything to anyone but I'm glad you can get something out of them. 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

Just a lack of being educated on the subject and I suppose having a large segment of society drill it into your head that trans woman are really just men at the end of the day and dating one makes you gay doesn't help. First of all, there is nothing wrong with being gay but when you know your sexuality, having it challenged is uncomfortable and insulting. It never made sense to me how anyone could look at a trans woman and think dude. It's like, how can this be gay if it feels so straight?
 
So obviously as I learned more, things started to make a lot more sense in my head. As for how society feels, I can't really forcibly change anyone's opinion. They can believe whatever they want. I'm comfortable with myself and that's what matters. I won't apologize for who I like and let me tell you, I really like this girl.
 
I'm actually quite glad I didn't meet her until I full came to terms with myself and reality. I'm so glad I'm not meeting her with lingering doubts or being afraid of what society thinks. She deserves better than that.
 
Speaking of which, we actually had a pretty awesome and deep conversation tonight. We both opened up about a lot of things. We are meeting in person tomorrow and I think we both felt a little uneasy that we hadn't talked about some more personal issues that neither of us wanted to directly ask because we were nervous about treading into sensitive territory. It's funny because she admitted how nervous she is about tomorrow and I admitted my nervousness and from there, personal conversation just took off. 
 
I actually think she was kind of wanting to share a bit of her personal journey with me because she volunteered some info about her transition to me and I told her I was kind of curious but didn't want to ask early on. She seemed to appreciate that I didn't just treat her as some curiosity and was genuinely interested in getting to know her first but then kind of gave me the go ahead to ask a bit when she told me she is pretty much an open book on the subject.
 
She seemed really cool about the subject and even shared a personal story I won't share here about when she was younger and coming to terms with herself. I felt kind of honored that she shared with me.
 
I know she is just like any other girl on the inside but one who has had to deal with a lot of things in her life. So I know while treating her normal, I still need to be aware and mindful that there are things I need to be sensitive to. She knows I've never dated a trans girl before and is pretty cool with it because she says she can tell I'm serious. She did want to know why I was interested specifically in a trans girl but she seemed to like my answer and really seemed to appreciate when I told her how much I respect her for her courage. 
 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

So I posted a while back about this trans girl I was really into and yeah, it ended up not working out. Turns out she had issues I guess. Commitment issues among other things. 
 
But I happened to meet another girl who happens to be trans. And yeah, we really hit it off. Like super hit it off.  This girl is just something else. Putting aside how freaking adorable she is, we just see eye to eye on so many things. We share so many of the same values and want the same things in life. Idk. Like, we just had this instant connection and I found myself sharing things with her that I've never really shared with other people and she shared things with me that she said she only ever told one other person. Like, we just connect on such an intimate level.
 
Anyway, yeah I asked her out and she said yes. So we are dating. Actually, her response was quite hilarious when I asked her. We had been bonding so much and there was this obvious tension so when I asked her she was like "Are you freaking kidding me? You better not be joking right now". Lol.
 
My parents though... I love them but I'm so disappointed. We have debated in the past about trans related issues and I never thought my parents were "transphobic" or bigoted. I just thought they had their beliefs. Like, I get that some people are really focused on the DNA. I don't think believing trans people are just confused makes you a bad person. I think it shows you are ignorant of psychology and science but I don't think it is necessarily out of a place of hate. But now with my parents, they won't even look at a picture of this girl. They refuse to have any conversation where she comes up. They don't even want to meet her. All this because she is trans. To me, that is the point where you cross the line between having a certain belief on the matter to actually being a bit of a bigot.
 
The thing is, this girl is so sweet and understanding that she just brushes this off. She is used to rejection because people just can't accept trans identity. It makes me feel sad and angry. Idk. It just sucks my parents won't even accept my relationship because my gf is trans. They don't get that she is just like any other girl, just born a little different. They keep saying things like she is pretending and all kinds of other things. Idk why people get so hung up on this when it doesn't even effect them.
 

Thanks. This is what I ended up going with.
 
Seems like a pretty good pairing with my Pure Wings 2 case fans. Everything is pretty quiet now.
 
I would have went with this but that brown color... Lol.

Obviously the 5-10 minutes they spend reporting an asshole on eBay is a huge waste, and instead they should be finding a cure to COVID or cancer. How DARE you imply that they should be so self-centered! /s