3/18/2024

Salutations.

It is now 9:49PM EST for me.

1st, I want to talk about a recent purchase I made this month from Amazon.com that involves recycling. Starting this month, I am bundling the magazines and folded boxes for recycling with rope. Before that, I would use a little wide tape to keep the boxes together, and just place the magazines in a box for recycling pickup. I checked the www.google.com search engine, and it’s standard procedure to use rope to bundle your magazines and folded boxes. It’s a change of pace for me. I’m only recommending this. I’m not obligating you to do it.

One of the main reasons I chose to use rope is what I thought about what may happen to the magazines when recycling day is a ‘rain day’, especially when it’s raining heavily, which sometimes happens where I live. Since I don’t accumulate that many magazines, by the time I think I should finally put it outside, I think I’m more mindful of the weather. If it’s raining or it’s going to rain according to the app, I could just postpone recycling the magazines until the next week. I think that’s why most people don’t have trouble with the rain when recycling magazines. If it’s raining, since it doesn’t happen often, they can just postpone until the next week. Recycling magazines for most people is not as frequent as, let’s say, bringing the garbage down. It takes a while to accumulate them. And since I have the rope for the magazines, I have also decided to use the rope to bundle the folded boxes, instead of using wide tape.

Well, if you are interested in using rope, this is the rope that I purchased from Amazon.com:

Leecogo Jute Twine 3mm Thick 328 Feet Heavy Duty Natural Jute Rope String for Home Gardening Plant Picture Hanger Industrial Packing String for Gifts Presents Mason Jars Wedding Decorations

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It’s only about $8 with Prime shipping available. As far as I am aware of, it’s my 1st rope purchase for recycling. I think $8 is a good price for 328 feet of rope. And, of course, if you already have rope available to you, rope that you can reasonably use for recycling, then I recommend that you use that.

Also, according to Amazon.com, I’m finally scheduled to receive a zero sugar soda order that you would have to order 1-2 months in advance in order to receive. So, if you like the soda, and you want to buy only a few of them at a time, then keep in mind that you would have to take into account that that order will take 1-2 months before it’s delivered to you. The soda, in my opinion, is relatively cheap, and you may not be able to find it at your local supermarket. If you don’t like ordering in advance, and you tried the soda and like it, then just buy some more than you would normally buy. Keep in mind that I don’t think you can return sodas to Amazon.com. My 1st order according to Amazon.com is supposed to come in this month. If I like the soda, I was thinking of buying more of it, so I don’t have to depend upon waiting for it as much, maybe 5 or 6 orders. Here is the soda:

A&W Zero Sugar Root Beer Soda, 12 fl oz cans (Pack of 12)

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It’s only about $5 for a pack of 12, and free delivery is available for Prime members, and I am a Prime member. I think I’ll like the soda a lot, and from now on, I’ll order maybe 6 orders in advance, about $30 dollars worth. After I drink 2 packs worth, I’ll order another 6 orders, since the order may take up to 2 months before being delivered.

I know I don’t keep you up to date on most of the purchases I’ve made in the past. For example, I liked drinking DR PEPPER ZERO SUGAR – 12 OZ, 12 PK for a while. It’s also only about $6 for 12 cans, but I stopped drinking it. When I recommend something, for that moment, I have an interest in it. But I may change my mind later. Just thought you should know that.

I am going to look for that music video and trailer for you to recommend. After I prepare them, I should start typing again in about an hour and a half. So, if you are there when I start typing again, I’ll see you then.

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It is now 11:34PM EST for me.

The music video that I watched for the 1st time earlier today and recommend for this advice is called ‘Baby One More Time (from Kung Fu Panda 4)’ by Tenacious D. I found it by going to my youtube homepage and selecting ‘Music’. Here’s a quote about the music video from link www.billboard.com:

‘ Black and TD bandmate Kyle Gass got all dressed up for the song’s video, which they recorded on the red carpet at the Sunday’s Los Angeles premiere for the Black-starring animated quadquel Kung Fu Panda 4.

The clip finds Black — dressed in a black and white tuxedo — pulling off some impressive high front kicks on the carpet as he and Gass strut and dance to the cover’s funky, fat-bottomed riff, with Black dispatching his partner in rock at one point with a series of pantomimed punches and foot snaps.

Because the song will play over the end credits of the movie out today (March 8), Black and Gass share the screen in the video with the film’s co-stars, including Bryan Cranston, Ke Huy Quan, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina and James Hong, who gamely dance, goof around and throw air haymakers at the excitable Black as he sings, “hit me baby, but not too hard.” ‘

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And here is a partial quote from the song:

Oh, baby, baby
How was I supposed to know
That something wasn’t right here?
Oh, baby, baby
I shouldn’t have let you go
And now you’re out of sight, yeah

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The song uses the word ‘killing’, but in the context ‘My loneliness is killing me’. Also, the official music video is made for an animated movie I believe is made for older kids to watch, even though it has a PG rating. Here is a quote from wikipedia.org:

‘ Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 American animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).

A cover of Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” by Tenacious D is featured in the end credits. ‘

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In my opinion, it’s entertaining to watch live action(actors and actresses) associate themselves with animated media, like what happened with live action ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender(2024)’ tv series from Netflix.

To watch the music video, search in www.youtube.com for phrase ‘kung fu panda 4’, and it should be one of the 1st selections offered, with 8.3M views. It was published 11 days ago by publisher Tenacious D.

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The movie trailer that I watched for the 1st time earlier today and recommend for this advice is called ‘ATLAS | Official Teaser’. Here’s a quote from link ‘www.hollywoodreporter.com’ about the movie:

‘ Jennifer Lopez confronts her complicated feelings about artificial intelligence when disaster strikes in the teaser trailer for Netflix‘s sci-fi movie Atlas.

Launching on the streaming service May 24, fimmkaer Brad Peyton‘s feature also stars Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong. Atlas centers on Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a data analyst who must set aside her mistrust of AI when she faces problems during a voyage to apprehend a renegade robot with which she has shared history. ‘

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I found it by going into streaming service netflix.com, select ‘New & Popular’, and from category ‘Worth the Wait’, I found the trailer.

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It is now 11:59PM EST for me.

I have decided to type in an idea that is meant by intent to recruit more people to read this blog. It is like that advice I gave men in a past list that were not wearing jeans because they were not able to find jeans that fit them. I helped them to choose to purchase jeans that were intentionally several sizes more around the waist. The reasoning was that the jeans didn’t fit because the jean size didn’t take into account that, when the men would sit, they would need more of a waist size to allow the jeans to accommodate them. Part of the solution was to buy jeans that gave a relaxed, acceptable fit even while they were sitting down. The belt the men would choose would just compensate as they were standing up. Other forms of pants, like sweatpants, don’t have the problem that jeans have because of it’s flexible material. And, even though I don’t know for certain, even custom made pants would have to also compensate for men when they sit down. Of course, under a certain weight, and I don’t think there’s a problem. Anyway, another recruitment idea by intent. Next week, I will type in a strategy idea. For now, it’s the strategy idea that I’m actively using, but I may change my mind by the time next week shows up.

I’m going to take a short break. I’ll be back in 10 minutes.

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It is now 12:39AM EST for me.

I forgot to say that this ‘recruitment idea’s intent is to also give you more to work with, to prepare you more for the strategy idea that I plan to type in next week.

I’m going to start this idea with a scene from the movie ‘Coming to America(1988)’ starring Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem. The movie is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 58 minutes and 17 seconds into the movie. Here is the quote:

Basketball Game Vendor(Vondie Curtis-Hall): ‘Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness, it is you! I cannot believe it! Oh! Greetings, your highness.’

Prince Akeem: ‘Please, please. Stop bowing.’

Basketball Game Vendor: ‘I am a loyal citizen of Zamunda.’

Prince Akeem: ‘Yes, but you’re going to spill your beverages.’

Basketball Game Vendor: ‘This is the greatest day of my life.’

Prince Akeem: ‘Yes. It was very nice meeting you too. Excuse me.’

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Here’s the beginning of the idea, just imagined by me. I’m not using facts to substantiate it: When students attend college, in a manner of speaking, everything is there. Let’s say that the example used here is a college with lots of undergraduate students. Now, let’s say that a whole number percentage of those undergraduate students are from other countries. Many of them still have to take an ESL(English as a 2nd language) course while attending that college. As those college students from other countries are trying to adapt to an American college, they’re not being reciprocated fully, cultural recognition, like when they were at home. That is why I offered you the ‘Coming to America’ reference, how the Basketball Game Vendor(Vondie Curtis-Hall) reacted when seeing Prince Akeem. The Vendor’s senses from home were not being reciprocated. He was also feeling homesick, but he moved to America for a better financial opportunity. When he met Prince Akeem, much of his senses that were not being reciprocated felt like they were, which explains his eagerness to meet and greet Prince Akeem.

This idea uses animated series ‘Shangri-La Frontier(2023-2024)’, and it’s streaming episodes is available from streaming service Crunchyroll. According to www.imdb.com, it’s currently scheduled to air episode 24 on Sun, Mar 24, 2024, there are 25 episodes in season 1, and it’s not official, but in my opinion it will probably at least have a 2nd season coming. I’m going to use it’s wiki from link ‘shangrila-frontier.fandom.com’ to quote the scene that I’m going to use:

‘ After school, at Rock Roll game shop, the owner Mana Iwamaki puts a poster for Shangri-La Frontier, while also notes that the summer vacations starts from tomorrow, which should mean increase in her business.

However since Faeria has been quite tiresome game, he isn’t sure he wants another annoying game right after it. Mana then suggest he tries something that isn’t a trash game, Shangri-La Frontier, a game with over 30 million players. Thinking about it, Sunraku decides to take the game. ‘

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I’m going to quote episode 1.1 ‘What Do You Play Games For?’ from streaming service Crunchyroll. According to Crunchyroll’s streaming service, the quote starts about 9 minutes and 32 seconds into the episode. I’m using the subtitles in English translation:

Mana Iwamaki: ‘In that case, why not play something that’s not a trash game for once?

Rakuro: ‘Not a trash game?’

Mana Iwamaki: ‘Experiencing the lows in life can help you appreciate the highs. The reverse is true, as well. The fully immersive VR game with over 30 million players…

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10 minutes:

Mana Iwamaki: ‘It can be fun to try things designed for mass appeal now and then. Right?’

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It is now 1:39AM EST for me.

I just ate a 2nd cup of ‘Cup Noodles’ chicken flavor, and I feel more satisfied now. I ate the 1st cup earlier. When I went to the supermarket, I bought a 6 pack of ‘Cup Noodles’ chicken flavor. It’s easy to store, you don’t have to worry about it spoiling anytime soon, and that makes it available to eat almost at any time. A satisfying experience if you plan on typing in a blog at around 1:00AM in the morning.

Anyway, here’s a quote from that scene:

Mana Iwamaki: ‘…over 30 million players…’

This idea is based on that high number of registered players. Many of those players were not born and raised in Japan. They are from other countries who are enjoying certain aspects of their senses being reciprocated by that game. It’s like a VR game recruitment strategy.

The gist of this idea is going to use scenes from episode 1.3 ‘Black Wolf Nightslayer’ from animated tv series ‘Shangri-La Frontier(2023)’. The 1st scene is when Rakuro 1st enters a virtual reality called Rabituza. That scene starts 17 minutes and 40 seconds into the episode.

The 2nd scene is when Emul introduces Rakuro to the Boss of Rabituza, Vysache. The scene I’m addressing starts about 21 minutes and 16 seconds into the episode. I’m addressing those young rabbits that are being the Boss’s servants. So, you get 2 scenes from 1 episode. Let’s leave it at that.

Shangri-La Frontier, if using your normal ‘real’ expectations of quantifying, is really big, probably impossibly big. It’s a virtual reality, after all. So, I’m going to use Rabituza as the setting for this story: When many children are introduced to Shangri-La Frontier, one very popular place to begin their orientation to using virtual reality is Rabituza. Most of them in the beginning don’t even move their virtual bodies. They are too busy learning to interact with the virtual interface. For example, think of a starting point that doesn’t involve looking like a bunny as you interact with other bunnies. You are instead doing something else, like interacting with a genie from a lamp that you rubbed. That is still Rabituza, but the interface that you are using is still accommodating your chosen learning perspective, even though you’re not using some of the more common forms of communication that the others are.

So, let’s take a case study example, a child brought to Rabituza, but his father, a computer programmer who knows more about VR interaction than the registered users in general, he introduces his young son to the other VR users in Rabituza. He chooses an adult male rabbit that looks like a traveler as he introduces his son to other Rabituza participants. Many of those participants find talking to him very captivating because of his knowledge as to how things work, and he is just a visitor himself!

Let’s ‘fast forward’ 2 years from that moment. His father is busy with his normal job, but he allows a representation of his form to remain in Rabituza. For convenience, it looks like a young rabbit just standing there. It will automatically move when it has to. Normally, when you ‘log off’ from VR, your character disappears. But since he knows a way around that, he allows a non-responsive representation of himself to just be there, something for his son to see if he chooses to.

With 2 years of experience interacting in Rabituza, he introduces a few of his friends to his father, the representation that does not move. He explains to his friends the situation that his father created. One of his friends touches that rabbit’s shoulder, and it does not move.

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It is now 2:19AM EST for me.

I am going to close this list now. I tried to start early, but I wasn’t able to. Next week, Monday night/next Tuesday morning, I will try again to start earlier. Like I said earlier, I will explain a strategy idea, unless I change my mind again. So, if you are there next week, I’ll see you then.

Oh, I wasn’t able to finish the explanation. I was going to make a story about those child rabbits being servants to the Boss of Rabituza, and I planned on adding more ideas. But, jokingly said, since I don’t have a time machine, I didn’t have enough time to type them in. I still think you may find useful what I actually typed in.

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Rated R mature themes, violence, viewer discretion for movie ‘Coming to America’. Animated violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘Shangri-La Frontier’. Use only refurbished for advice references recommended. Throw away rest of episode, series, and movie. [Use ideas for reference, allocation, and prevention when needed.