ALL OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, at a #glance.
TOP 5 HOBBIES - I love tidying, writing letters, cooking, updating this website, smelling candles.
TOP 5 GAMES - METAL GEAR, ACE ATTORNEY (EDGEWORTHxPHOENIX), KATAMARI, BOTW, MOTHER 2+3.
TOP 10 BOOKS - Kafka on the shore/海辺のカフカ (I absolutely love Murakami), Acorn (Yoko Ono), Catcher in the rye, Frankenstien, the Tempest, Huckleberry Finn, Clockwork Orange, Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Arsene Lupin (Gentleman Thief), Alice in Wonderland.
TOP 5 COMICS - Robin (not to dox him but DICK GRAYSON!!), Spidah-man (Almost exclusively pre 2000 though, I especially love Lee/Romita) Daredevil (His weakness should always be sound, make him relatable for the people), Fantastic 4 (for doom and johnny), and the silver surfer. What a troubled guy (or thing?).
Paragraphs on places ahead, open at your own risk.
DETROIT, MI!
DUH! Detroit is the heart of it all, with the most interesting folks in the world, and while the gentrification is pretty intense, it still beats out most other places in the USA interest wise. Also close to Marvin's Marvelous Mechanichal Museum. Please reopen soon.
JAPAN! Nagoya especially.
I will be returning to Japan for sure, I love a neat rule following taxes well used place, of course, but the reason I choose Japan over Germany is because I was raised as a zen buddhist, and I love seeing where it all began. I loved 法善寺 (Hozen-Ji) as well as 東大寺 (Todai-Ji), seeing so many people interested in the buddhist way, and to see them affected enough to support the temple, was so interesting! I come from America where there is more confusion about buddhism than anything, so it was very nice to feel community by way of like-mindedness.
VIETNAM!
The buddhist history here is fascinating. While I do think buddhism is an act of rebellion no matter where you are, in Vietnam it is extremely clear how. The government has been killing buddhists for a long time, and seeing them still hold onto what they believe in is very interesting. In America everyone has very wishy washy beliefs, and generally the only reason people would die for something, is because they haven't thought it through. I do wonder how many great buddhist teachings will never be avaliable in english. I am grateful for Shakespeare and Twain though. Western world ftw.
GERMANY!
There is a theme, eh? Let me follow your practical rules, Germany. Let me see what you are all about.
CANADA
Greatest country in the woorld.
I still love these and could talk for hours about them, but I don't have the fever I do for hobbies of the present.
ANIMAL CROSSING
I still LOVE this series, but where I played atleast once a week before, it has now been atleast 9 months since I last played. DO I deserve to call myself a fan anymore.... My favorite villagers are bella and eloise.
PLANTS
this one is more in between, I will love plants forever always.
DISMEMBERING PEOPLE I DISAGREE WITH
it was ultimately too time consuming and I lost all my friends over an argument about how stars are made. They ended up being right.