D.I.Y CON 2011

Posted on by margot padilla, senior editor

Hey Everyone,

I am proud to announce the first annual 2011 D.I.Y CON! D.I.Y CON is a next level D.I.Y (Do it yourself) convention for crafters, artists, chefs, performers and more! If you are creative and enjoy exploring new creative territories this is an event for you.

Poster

The event will be held at the beloved D.I.Y venue The Smell which is located in downtown Los Angeles, CA.  The Smell is home of some of the most prolific D.I.Y/Experimental artists and musicians in L.A. it is the perfect setting for this event.

Mark your calendars for Sept 4th , 2011. The event starts at 8 p.m. it is all ages and only $5 all money made at the door will go to The Smell and all bands who are performing. The evening will feature some of the most innovative artists and musicians around.

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Netflix Streaming Review: Inuyasha

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief

inuyasha kagome
(image via sehwa)

Once I start a series I really like, I can’t watch anything else until I’ve seen every episode. My latest obsession is Inuyasha, an anime series that aired in Japan from 2002-2010. It’s filled with magic, action, humor and romance. Even though it’s really light-hearted and fun, it has tons of drama and really dark concepts and characters like evil babies and soul eating. Plus subtitles!! Why are post 80′s English voice-overs so terrible?

kanna
(image via kagome higurashi)

The show follows Kagome, a teenage girl (of course) who is the reincarnation of Kikyo, a feudal era priestess. Kagome travels back in time and meets the half human half dog-demon Inuyasha, who was in love with her when she was a priestess. It sounds confusing but it’s easy to follow when you’re watching it. Most of the show takes place in the feudal era and is filled with lots of characters from Japanese lore. But since Kagome is from modern day, she travels back every once in a while to take exams, go to WacDonald’s and buy instant ramen for everyone.

wacdonalds

The other main characters are a funny baby fox demon, a really pretty demon slayer, a cute little demon cat and a young priest with a black hole in his hand. They all travel together on a quest to kill this demon man, Naraku, who’s been ruining all their lives and killing their loved ones. I even cried during one episode because of what he did to Sango’s little brother :(

sango and kohaku
(image via sesshyswind)

Kagome and Inuyasha have a really cute romance. I’m a total sucker for slow, drawn-out romances. You know, like Scully and Mulder, Pam and Jim, even Ross and Rachel lol. Kagome actually ends up having to compete with her old incarnation, Kikyo, for Inuyasha and her own soul. The concept of reincarnation that they use in the show is pretty interesting. Souls can be shared by multiple people, one person’s body can house multiple souls and different people have different sized souls.

kikyo
(image via kagome higurashi)

The animation is really cute and even beautiful at times. Other times it’s kind of simple, almost Pokemon-like. Aside from one or two songs, I wasn’t really into any of the opening and closing theme songs. But I really loved the actual music that plays during the show. For fans of Ranma 1/2 and Uresei Yatsura, you’ll probably like Inuyasha because it’s written by the same adorable author, Rumiko Takahashi.

rumiko takahashi
(image via sunnyspot)

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MAGIC WAVE RADIO

Posted on by margot padilla, senior editor

Hey everyone! it’s your girls of PCL here to announce our new radio show. It will be broadcasted Wednesdays from 7pm-8pm courtesy of Only for the Open Minded web radio station <3 We’d like to thank them for the opportunity and cannot wait til you hear all the cool mixes and topics we have anything from fashion advice from real experts to cat minute. Bring your feline friend to the computer from some cat chatter! <3

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A Brief Note Regarding “I’d Hit It”

Posted on by naomi

“I’d Hit It” refers to a phrase commonly used in a conversation between men on the Internet, when they are presented with the photograph of a woman who does not meet their standards for attractiveness. One would say “I’d hit it” to express that, if offered the opportunity in another hypothetical reality, he would have sex with that woman one time, and then dismiss her since it had already been established that she was not worth pursuing a relationship with. It should be noted that in fact, these standards are highly inflated and in reality these men would sleep with, and date, someone far less attractive even than the photograph. The expression can also be used to connote that the woman in question, although physically attractive, is in some other way undesirable due to any number of character flaws.

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Beastly

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief

Vanessa Hudgens in Beastly mary kate olsen in beastly
Photo by Todd Anderson

I went with Margot and Vanessa to see this at Universal Citywalk and it was awesome. One of us cried. I won’t say who because that’s embarrassing, j/k its cute. Basically, this highschool dude gets his face cursed by the evil Olsen twin and the only way to remove the curse is to get Vanessa Hudgens to fall in love with him. A Jamaican lady and Doogie Howser play the roles of the Teapot and the Candlestick. Everyone did a great job, even Doogie, who got to play a non annoying, non a-hole for once. In case you were worried, the beast guy’s face is way grosser in the movie than in the preview. Vanessa thought it wasn’t gross enough so maybe I’m just really sensitive to faces with gaping wounds and long, open cracks. I love teen movies! I also love fantasy stuff, so this is like the perfect time for me to be alive. Going to see Red Riding Hood tonight, duh. Oh yeah, and Citywalk was off the hook! There were people grinding like 6 inches away from my face. Loved it.

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Intel Core Processor KPop

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief

SNSD, the official girl group of Korea, has come out with a musical masterpiece about Intel Core Processors. This is definitely the direction that pop music should be headed in right now – a massive amount of girls singing about computer hardware. The lyrics are totally weird. Somehow they incorporated disturbing sexual innuendos with love metaphors about microprocessors. 2011 is turning out to be another great year for kpop.