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It's been a while since I posted anything on this blog. Since last August, there have been many things in my life. I somewhat experienced the heaven and the hell. But right now I feel peaceful and I think that counts. Recently I purchased two lovely collaborations by Massive, seller of gay manga goods and Jiraiya(Jupiter of Japanese gay manga, I'd like to call him). It took only 9 or 10 days for me to receive these items. I lost a few pounds since last August so I ordered "S" size of them. And they fit a little tight. But who cares? Or dare I say it. Isn't it the point?

This is the cover of Samson , another gay magazine published in Japan. Samson is focused on elder, chubbier gay adults when compared to other gay magazines in Japan, G-men or Badi. Pontaro is known to draw the covers for Samson for two years from 2003 to 2004. Above is the cover drawn more than 10 years ago. As you can see, he is very talented and skillful in drawing chubby characters. I am sorry that he seemed to stop contributing his talent to any gay magazines.

John Grant is an American singer-songwriter who came out some years ago. I came across his song, Glacier and I could detect something that I could call 'gay-themed' from the lyrics. And when I watched the promotion video of the song, I could understand it is actually about the pain that any gay person can relate to. Enjoy the video which covers many important queer scenes throughout culture and politics.

This is the 2nd collaboration towel by Massive and Jiraiya. The first one was like this. After the 1st one was sold out. I regretted not buying that. So this time I hurried and now I got the 2nd one on my bed right now.

Geography Club is an American coming-of-an-age queer cinema, which was released in 2013. It portrays young gay lovers, one of them is try to put his step forward by joining a support group and the other is try to remain closeted to sustain his status as captain in his soccer team. 'Geography Club' is actually a support group for lgbt teens, and they use that name because they expect the name itself could protect them form unwanted attention, because geography club sounds so boring. This movie is based on the book with the same title.

Lose Your Head is a German movie, which reminds me of Stranger by the Lake . Both of them were released in 2013. The main characters of both movies arrive at a new place(one to Berlin, the other to a deserted lake) to find a mysterious man with secrets. Even though both of them suspect that the mysterious man might be responsible for serious crime, each of them falls in love with him. And both of them put themselves in the same spot with the precedent victims. I am a type who cannot enjoy a movie fully, when the main character is not reasonable. I don't know why but even when I was still a student I could not enjoy any movie when the main character is not reasonable. For example, in the " Dancer in the Dark ", why doesn't Bjork turn to police or other authorities when her money was stolen??? Women are not born to be reasonable or what??? Is that what the directer, Lars von Trie wanted to say??? For the same reason, I felt uncomfortable when I watched ...

Recently I had chance to watch Musical Hedwig And the Angry Inch by Korean Cast. I did not expect much but the actor who played Hedwig was very charismatic. The other thing I noticed was that 99% of the audience are woman!! How could this be?? Maybe it is because women tend to feel less uncomfortable with drag queens than men do. Hedwig by Korean Cast has been run almost a decade, I heard.