French is better than English when it comes to using one word or phrase to describe certain things...

French Phrases or descriptions near to my heart for various reasons.

A l’ouest - If you translate this literally it means "in the west" but no, it's not a phrase you'll hear on a TV weather forecast. "A l'ouest" is usually reserved for describing someone a little strange or different, or who thinks outside of the box. It might also be used to describe someone daydreaming. Perhaps the nearest English expression would be "on another planet."

"Chanter en yaourt/yaourter" - Literally “to yoghurt,” this expression is used for someone trying to sing in a foreign language and getting the words wrong or filling in the words with tra-la-la sounds and the like. Nice to know that when we sang “soggy semolina” for “sonnez les matines” during Frères Jacques at school, the French had the perfect word for us!

"Dépaysement" - This one often crops up in lists of the world’s best untranslatable words. It describes the feeling of disorientation and bewilderment one might feel upon being in a totally foreign environment, for example, how a European might feel in the middle of Japan. It doesn’t only apply to physically moving either, it could also be to used to describe a change of mental state or feelings as a result of any major life event.

"L’appel du vide" - Literally translated this means “the call of the void,” but it’s a term used to describe the sudden inexplicable impulse to jump when in a high place or standing on a high ledge.

Flâner - The most Parisian of all French words; “flâner” was defined in the 19th century by the literary crowd of Paris as the art of leisurely strolling the streets of Paris, without any particular goal or destination, simply for the pleasure of soaking up the beauty of the city. These aimless Paris pedestrians are also known as “flâneurs.”
(My note: is it only for Paris? Because I wander around my city in love with it all the time.)

"L’ésprit d’escalier" - Ever had an argument and come up with the perfect witty comeback just a few hours too late? Then this expression is for you. L’esprit d’escalier is the feeling of finding the perfect retort too late, but literally translated it means, “staircase wit.” 18th century French philosopher Diderot coined the phrase because he found that it was only by walking away from the argument, literally down the stairs, that he could he think of a suitable riposte.

Thanks to 'the local' for this!
Here's the link
http://www.thelocal.fr/galleries/4/ten-french-words-that-are-untranslatable-in-english/0/

Pokemon which should not exist. As in, they are useless for one reason or another, or they are badly designed.

These Pokemon are Pokemon whose design was possibly a joke or pathetic attempt to fill a quota.

IMHO of course.
But let's say this: if I had the chance, I would get rid of these Pokemon forever; make it so they never existed. Or! Change how you can get them.

Btw some of them are Pokemon that I like/have used/think are cute.
Most are not, and most are weak/useless anyway.

They are actually not necessary, the vast type representatives are such that now we could actually do away with some and not miss them.
There's at least ONE good Pokemon from each type by now, right?

Some of these will not surprise you. Some might.
I suppose I will have to give my reasoning... so I will then.
My main idea is that Pokemon should not appear like humans. It's creepy and weird.
Also, that they should not be made from inanimate objects, it's ok if they appear to be similar to inanimate objects but not that they BE inanimate objects that came alive.
I'm not a follower of Shinto, or Animism, etc. It doesn't make sense, or we'd have umbrellas and books etc coming alive all the time. Has that ever happened to me, no matter how fond I am of a book or my fave umbrella etc? NEVERRRRR.

My point is also that rules need to be followed.
There needs to be explanations of how certain Pokemon existed, and those rules should be able to be followed. For example, Honedge and it's evos. I grant that they explain how it came into being.




(If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely.

Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force.)

It's based off the Animistic belief that objects can come alive if a spirit inhabits them. You can't attach Animistic belief to an object or in this case, Pokemon, then make it common and easy to catch in the regular way. It shouldn't be that easy because Honedge etc are not usual Pokemon, their back story is special. All the Ghost types, btw are on my list simply because ghosts are not mortal. They are spirit beings, and so usual rules shouldn't apply to them. They should only be able to be caught by special spirit pokeballs or something, because it doesn't make sense that mortal Pokemon rules apply to catching them.

Sorry, pasted from a website here (serebii.net) and can't fix it so it's not grey...
Anyway one more thing: Robot Pokemon.
If they are robots like Magnemite etc, you should be able to make or purchase them, they shouldn't be in the wild. They shouldn't be able to breed, either.
Anyway enough of that, it's just an explanation of why I think some of these Pokemon shouldn't be Pokemon. At least not as they are.

Starting from Gen 1 and going to Gen 6.

Machop and it's evos. Creepy grey ppl. Sorry guys, ur out.

Magnemite and evos. Keep em but diff scenario. They aren't wild animals. They're robots!

Grimer and Muk. Get rid of em. Poor design. Not useful. Plenty of Poison types. Weak idea, 'made from toxic waste' that came alive. Nonsense. At least say that they are like, mutated slugs or something.

Gastly etc, you know my opinion on ghosts. Ghosts aren't mortal. Situation should be different, catch them with special spirit pokeballs and they should be RARE. All ghosts should be RAREEEEE. At least most ghost types are restricted to certain areas only.

Drowzee and Hypno... not sure. A bit humanish looking but ...... yeah, get rid of 'em. Abra and co will do for Psychics.

Voltorb and co? Goodbye. Poor design, not needed anyway.

Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan etc? Get rid of 'em. Too humanish. Actually, Hitmonlee is ok. Get rid of Hitmonchan only. Hitmontop is... ok I guess...

Lickitung...weird but not human enough to be disqualified. Ok, you can stay.

Get rid of Mr Mime, and Jynx. And their evos and pre-evos or whatever order it goes in. WEIRD LOOKING. SCARY. Not needed. Esp Mr Mime! WHAT IS THAT THING?

Now they treat Porygon the way they should! They make it clear what it is and such, and it's hard to get, most of the time, which is how it should be! So it can stay.

Fossil Pokemon... yep they can stay. It's not really possible to revive fossils YET! But maybe one day. And also they don't look like humans or robots, and most of their designs are good.

Ok that's Gen 1. I think I will do these in separate posts for each Gen.

It's easier...
Yay ttyl!

BTW I KNOW it's just a game, and 'get over it' but I just suddenly started thinking about it.
So I'm blogging it! If you don't like it, don't read. :)
I'm not going to like, mail Game Freak or anything, I love Pokemon to bits.
Ok disclaimer is finished now.

Positive Thinking is not good on it's own. Esp not if it's forced.

http://www.upworthy.com/why-the-religion-of-positive-thinking-needs-to-be-burned-at-the-stake-5

So this seems a little anti-American but I don't think it's racist, it's more about what America can be like, but there are other countries which fall into the same trap too. The woman narrating is American too, btw.
I found her ideas toward the end of the clip to be very interesting.

Funnily enough, I have met several Americans from all over and they were all very positive people.

One American guy told me that if I wanted to be liked, I had to be more cheerful.
At first I was a little offended because I'm not that morose, but compared to him, I was quite gloomy or perhaps more reserved.
Then I realised he was applying American values to me.
I'm not American.
So of course my culture is quite different.
I felt sorry for him, because he didn't realise that not everyone has to be super positive and cheerful all the time. He also didn't realise that he was trying to tell me to change myself to please others. Shallow!
I'm real, if I'm sad, I don't hide it.
If I'm happy, I don't hide it.
:) I feel quite happy right now, actually.

Anyway, if they want to be fake, that's their choice.
I'm real. That's me.
Some people in my country try to be happy all the time too, but most people are more neutral.
Over here, being positive gets you false friends but not much else.
What good is that?
Haha!

Well, gtg ttyl :D

UK Parliament is told Christianity is ‘most persecuted religion’

UK Parliament is told Christianity is ‘most persecuted religion’

Does not surprise me. It's often on the news about the situations in Egypt and Syria atm.
:(
I know a lot of ppl in Africa and China get in trouble for being Christian.
So sad, people can't be allowed to hold a belief that tells them to love others and live good lives, without persecution.

Notes on x and y

Plot was awfully typical, and too short. I expect a better plot next time. And less extra stuff thats essentially useless, eg fashion. If it helped you in-game it would be good but most extra stuff did not matter.

Fave new gen: Espurr and evos. LOVE IT. Finally another cute cat. My all-cat dream team is almost complete.
Least fave: Probably Binacle and its evo. Creepy hand eye things, reminds me of Pan's labyrinth. Which was a horrible movie.

Weird things: why was that story abt the guy who lived for like 3000 yrs even in the plot? Why do you get some parade at the end? Why arent ur friends more useful? And wheres ur dad? He isnt even mentioned, which I was hoping tjey would give ur character a father. If ur mum races rhyhorns, we shd get to see a race at least. Also if theres supposed to be only one mega ring how come ur rival gets one later? Also if ur strong u can beat mega evos anyway so why are they supposed to be great?

Review: music was not that good. Berry thing not bad. But actually cross breeding berries should be optional. Im hoping that we can buy or win berries on gl link soon. Battle chateau too easy. Elite four and champ were too easy and also kinda dumb. Esp Diantha. She was just so boring... Probably because you never get to actually see any of her movies. Or even a short trailer. Loved Pokemon-Amie, but it wasn't enough to rescue the game. Plot was dull and too short, it also barely made sense at certain points. Not much about legends.

Overall: 6 out of 10.
Worst Pokemon game ever. If not for espurr and fletchling, and some of the fairy types, it would have only been a 5. I always felt annoyed that clefairy and jigglypuff were 'normal' types. They seemed like more than that.The special training is a pain as well.

I was slightly impressed by the new 3d style. But once I got over that (after like a week), I realised how it was like putting a glaze on a plain stale bun. Its still stale underneath.

I think I need more plot. If theres a fuller longer plot, its better all round. Why do we have to pay so much money for stuff and why are those cafe seats so expensive just so I get to see only one or two pokemon at once to fill my dex? Never gonna happen...

AND WHY NO MEGA STONE FOR AGGRON IN X?????? Thats my fave pokemon damn it. If I buy Y, it would only be out of irritation or boredom. Not for that megastone.
Speaking of stones, dont let us buy them if you only make 3 available! Its stupid! What kind of shop only sells three things? Why are there so many displays then? Its stupid!

Also hardly anything to do after the game. And why give us medals in the global link? We cant use them so far, or even pick a favourite... They need to step up the pkmn global link and pkmn bank quickly! Also I already clocked the game and could have done so within a week despite work commitments. So if it was that easy even for me, why are they trying to sell us game guides now? Too late, guys. All in all, disappointing. Please give us Ruby and Sapphire back!!!!

Just wanted to say something I noticed and then noticed and then noticed and kept forgetting to mention.

Ok I have to mention this.
I know I talk about Pokemon a LOT.
It's the game I have been consistently playing since it came out.
I play/have played a lot of games.
I loved playing Doom and Doom 2, for example, and Wolfenstein as well.
I have played Halo and Quake and Tekken, and Street Fighter and GTA (several) and lots of Finbal Fantasy games as well as other RPGs and JRPGs etc etc blah blah blah.
Also I loved Mortal Kombat. SO GREAT!
And Jazz Jackrabbit is an unsung hero, imho. So is Commander Keen.
ANYWAY - I've mentioned games before, I think.
Man, Streets of Rage was so addictive... look it up. It's awesome.
Sorry... I digressed once again...
I have played a lot of games. Some which others may have liked, I found dull.
I want a game that is not just boring crap or has just copied previous games.
If they do it better but add a twist to make the game unique (which is so HARD these days, I will admit that!), then yep, I'll give it a go.
PC, DS, Wii, PStation, Xbox etcetc yeah yeah yeah.
I've tried em, all. Owned most of em.

Pokemon stuck with me. I think it's because I like the little extra stuff like the NPC dialogue always cracks me up, and I love the many options you can have for a team. Also, I will admit it, the things are cute. Some are, anyway...
Two things I want to mention.
I am about due to review Pokemon X and Y.
But not yet.

The thing here I have been meaning to say just because I wanted to say it to someone and I only know one other person who plays Pokemon.
Here it is:  It bothers me that the Pokedex entries for many of the Pokemon don't seem to match the actual Pokemon universe. I mean I was playing Pokepark 1, and the ghost Pokemon were not dangerous at ALL. The ghost area on the game is not that scary at all, it's more quirky and cute. I was a tad confused. But I suppose if your character got scared off  it would be too complicated to finish the game. Which is ridiculously simple and disappointed me btw.
Putting that aside, the Pokemon games, starting from Red and Blue and going to X and Y, the entries don't usually fit. If you want to know what I mean because you really never looked at your dex entries, go on youtube and look up creepy Pokedex entries or something. Better people than I have discussed it and its actually interesting.
I mean taking the anime into it as well, apparently Haunter's tongue is poisonous so if it licks anyone or anything, the victim will shake and then die. But in the anime Haunter licks lotsa people and Pokemon, and they don't die. Also, most ghost and psychic Pokemon in the anime are friendly, or just behave like other Pokemon, scared or angry because of their situation (usually mistreated or abandoned). Although in the Best Wishes anime, I think the Litwick and co do try to take everyone to the underworld which surprised me. And in the first series, in Kanto, there was that Gastly which possessed men by pretending to be a human ghost bride. But like I said, there are not many that are like that. Mostly they say that there are no bad Pokemon, only bad trainers. But then you get discrepancies like in the mystery dungeon games, most of the bad Pokemon are dark, poison or ghost types. And the 'Team insert enemy name here' people that you fight, they always seem to have those types for battling. Not purely, they do have certain others, but there is a definite trend, isn't there? It's confusing! You can't have it both ways!
Also, there's stuff that doesn't make sense like the tails from the Slowpoke being served as food in X and Y at a certain restaurant. It's cruelty to Pokemon, which the main philosophy of the game says is wrong!

Just a note for all of you 'battling is wrong' people, I will admit, I am disliking the battling more lately but that's not to say it's wrong. Because Pokemon already battle each other in the wild. It's been mentioned in several places that they do. It's better to let them battle with help than battle alone. Besides, it's JUST A GAME!

The second thing I wanted to mention is this:
In game, it seems that Pokemon don't die in battle, but one trainer, I think it was Alder from Unova, his backstory implies that his beloved Pokemon died in battle and that's why he isn't what he used to be. Also, 'Looker' the International Policeman's backstory implies something similar, which is why he doesn't have any Pokemon. I wonder what 'Looker's' real name is. Also, Cubone's mother from Red and Blue, and that poor little girl from Black 2 and White 2. You think she's just playing at astral projection with her Abra, but they decided to make it awful in the sequel. WHYYYYY????? Btw I never hated Darkrai until then. Now I hate it. And the OLD MAN! ARGH I nearly cried! The note! AWWW!!!!! :(
I wouldn't mind it if they didn't just make almost everything sweet and safe and then they do stuff like THAT. It's actually confusing.
I just wanted to mention those inconsistencies.
They are the sorts of things that make you go, 'Ugh!' or 'What???' and mess with your mind.
And after all, Pokemon is aimed at kids, that's why it really bothers me, I think.
Anyway that's it for now.
I had some other stuff to mention but frankly, I forgot.
Someone else, somewhere else would probably have already said it!
That's the beauty of the Internet.
If you can call it beauty.
:)
Have a great day!

Btw someone suggested Pokemon is over now and they won't be making any more Pokemon games.
I somehow doubt that. Even if they take a break, they will bring them back sometime.
And I am waiting for a remake of Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald sucked. Just saying.
:D