OMG I fucking hate otaku...

So Anthony's been bugging me to write a blog entry since T101 is over, and I haven't in a while. Don't get me wrong, it's not that there hasn't been anything going on to write about (see www.aleong.com and www.nirobert.blogspot.com/; Tony and Nick's blogs cover what I would have anyways). You see, it usually takes a lot to make me write a post, and when I do feel like writing something, it's usually a rant. This is one such occassion.
Now, if you know me at all, you should know that I love Japanese music. You just might also know that my favorite band is L'arc~en~Ciel. Knowing this, you might think that the news of L'arc actually coming to the US to play a set would make me crap my pants. Oh, I crapped my fucking pants alright. I crapped my pants because, indeed, L'arc is coming to the US...However, they will be playing at the 2004 mother fucking OTAKON. Now, you might be asking, "Hmm, what is otakon? Is it really that bad?". My answer for you is a resounding "FUCK YES IT IS". Otakon is short for "Otaku Convention". The Japanese word "otaku" is used to refer to anime/manga/video game dorks. Ahahaha, you say, but Brian, are you not an anime/manga/video game dork yourself? I won't deny it, I am, but I do not come close to these assholes. If you'd like a taste of the otaku world, do me a favor. Go to Google. Do a google image search for "Otakon" and "cosplay". Those are the mother fuckers that will be attending the event at which L'arc will be playing. A whole fucking convention of them. I ABHOR OTAKU. Seriously.
There are two things about this that piss me off. One, obviously, is that I hate otaku. But that doesn't bother me so much. I would gladly brave Otakon to see L'arc. What pisses me off even more is that THIS IS L'ARC'S FIRST CONCERT IN THE US AND IT IS AT OTAKON GODDAMN IT. I don't want those cosplaying, non-showering, geeky-ass mother fuckers to be the first (and possibly only) US crowd L'arc will play for! My god! Ok, I have to get going to class now, but there will be more on this later as it develops. FUCKING OTAKU.

Things I Hate

If you get to know me, you'll learn that I'm for the most part a pretty seemingly laid back, calm guy. However, you'll also find that there are a lot of things that irk me and piss me off. I'd like to take a minute, even though I'm not sure anybody reads these, to gripe about a couple of things I hate.
First on the agenda is something more recent that I hate, and that is the periodic cicada. Now, when I heard about the so-called "Brood X", I thought they sounded pretty cool. Even when they started emerging from their 17 year subterranean lifestyles to propogate and die, I thought they were pretty cool. That lasted about three days. These little bastards are really starting to piss me off now. Why do they seem to think it necessary to fly all over the place and run into me? I don't mind the noise (I lived in Louisiana, I'm used to it), and even the stench of their rotting shells and carcasses don't really bother me. It annoys the hell out of me, however, that I can't walk down the street for more than five feet without one running into my face, buzzing by my head, or landing on me. If they want to fly around, that's their business, but they seem to actually try to land on people. So, in summation, I hate them.
Next is something that has perpetually pissed me off: Nazis. Now, of course, my primary problem with the Nazis (and their more current wannabes) is their promotion of senseless hate and violence. They also killed a whole lot of people for no good reason. It would seem to me they were (and are) bad people. However, and don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to detract from these travesties, there is something else that pisses me off about Nazis: the swastika. I'm trying very hard to refrain from using profanity here, but it's a bit difficult. I love the swastika which is called "manji" in Japanese. I won't go in depth into the history of the symbol, but it's been around for a very long time; if I am not mistaken, it is actually a Sanskrit character. The symbol has come to be used in Buddhism since forever to represent such ideas as peace, the flow of the universe, the connections between heaven and earth, yin and yang, etc. In Japan, the symbol is used on maps to denote the locations of Buddhist temples. It is used (throughout Asia) in temples, on lanterns, and myriad other things. Thanks to a buddy of mine who went to Japan recently, I have an omote manji charm on my cell phone (omote manji turn counter-clockwise and represent intelligence, mercy, and compassion). So, obviously, I hate the Nazis for adding a perverse chapter to the history of this symbol. This leads me to something else I hate, though: stupid, ignorant Westerners. I guarantee you that 9 out of 10 (if not all 10) people would call me a Nazi if they saw my phone. Ignorance and cultural insensitivity abound. Oh, but wait you say, aren't I being awfully pretentious, hypocritical, and inconsiderate?! People take offense to me walking around with a swastika hanging off my phone! Oh the levels of profane insults I have reserved for such people are astounding. If you want to be an ignorant bastard, don't come talk to me. I could write another ten pages about this, but, honestly, I'm getting bored, so I'm going to wrap this up soon. I hate stupid people. There, I'm done for now.
I decided to add one last thing after I published and read through this real fast. I don't hate people that don't know the full history of the manji symbol. I should be more specific. I hate people that immediately say "Whoa! You're a Nazi bigot!" or something, as opposed to something more, shall we say, civilized and intelligent such as "Hmm, why do you have a swastika on your phone?" God forbid we, who live in such a great nation of freedom and tolerance, actually stop to think and learn something.