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            <title><![CDATA[Butter Butt Buns Bangs Boopies Bang Bang Boogie]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:55:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-11-10T23:01:32.462Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Doc Nirvana: HAPPINESS</h4><h4>Which Witch Loves Which Bitch?</h4><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/108/0*NZWReBfofKePZtXv.jpg" /></figure><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FLO6ORSj_KeQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLO6ORSj_KeQ&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FLO6ORSj_KeQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/9cef3622a15e5ad32dd4feea98b001a4/href">https://medium.com/media/9cef3622a15e5ad32dd4feea98b001a4/href</a></iframe><p>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/720/0*fgUeEfuj4Z6lGdP5" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@edifieer?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Nurlan Imash</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</p><h3>🚀</h3><h3>. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . fighting to survive. . . . . . . . . . . .. .<br>. . . . . Planet Poo Poo. ALIENS . . . . . . .. . . .<br>. . . . reminding us TO LOVE. . . . . .</h3><h3>🚀</h3><p>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</p><h3>Thanks for listening. . . .<br>. . . . . . Asians from Planet X<br>. . . . . . . . . believing 9 tailed fox spirits . . .<br>. . . . . . crying out of the eye of the pussy storms<br>. . . . . . . . . . . . finding. . .</h3><h3>. . . peace, plurality on PooPoo Planet . . .<br>. . . . . . . . from zompires . . .<br>. . . dodooing on dummies on doodumb-elections.</h3><h3>🚀 not erections</h3><h3>Really ButterNut Butt? . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . Really ButterCrunch Buns! . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . . . . . . Really ButterNut Butt? . . . . . . . .</h3><h3>Thank you for reading. Hugs to everyone</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*9JCTH8XwMTJVNdpe" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@alvannee?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Alvan Nee</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>🚀It starts with love. . . Love everyone. Stop the wars now.</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=96c8b970ba8f" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/butter-butt-buns-bangs-boopies-bang-bang-boogie-96c8b970ba8f">Butter Butt Buns Bangs Boopies Bang Bang Boogie</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live">The Love Pub</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Matriarchal Angels: The Day of the Dead]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:55:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-11-08T01:58:29.951Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Doc Nirvana: Rest in Peace</h4><h4>Showing Respect to My Grandmother, My Mother, and My Sister 🌹</h4><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/108/0*WWvLCHitJ5BIXOFj.jpg" /></figure><h3>Autumn Portal&gt; Shamanic Trance &amp; Healing 432Hz</h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FT3LXGMGf3lk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DT3LXGMGf3lk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FT3LXGMGf3lk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/d29de3d9826de94a440351a59294757f/href">https://medium.com/media/d29de3d9826de94a440351a59294757f/href</a></iframe><h3>“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” — Dolly Parton</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/720/0*SUPuVmvMEXqY9Vop" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@juliakadel?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Julia Kadel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>🌹 LOVE🌹 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗🌹 LOVE🌹🌹 LOVE🌹</h3><h3>Going to the cemetery, respecting the dead, for I am part Latino and it is tradition. I miss my angelic matriarchal trinity: my grandmother, my mother, and my sister.</h3><h3>🌹 LOVE🌹 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗🌹 LOVE🌹🌹 LOVE🌹</h3><blockquote>I miss my grandmother, Isabella, who taught me Spanish. She loved me with all her soul and told me about living during the civil war in Spain.</blockquote><blockquote>When I visited her in Madrid, she made me feel at home, feeding me amazing meals. Her refrigerator was empty. Every day she went to the market and bought fresh vegetables and fresh fruits that we ate that day. The refrigerator was only for leftovers.</blockquote><blockquote>Sadly, some poor people could not afford one, so they would reheat the leftover bean soup when they woke up, killing the germs.</blockquote><blockquote>At the cemetery, I paid respect to my dearest grandmother. Though she was buried in Spain, I visited a local cemetery and prayed to her loving soul, crying and crying and crying. Thank you for all your love, laughter, and compassion, for I miss you so much, mi abuela. . .</blockquote><h3>🌹Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! 🌹</h3><blockquote>I miss my dearest mother, Sue, who died of cancer at a young age in her fifties. She never saw my children, for they were born after her death, for she would have loved them with all her North Korean heart.</blockquote><blockquote>Thousands of women came to her funeral because she was like a Queen, who loved everyone with all her heart. I have never been to a funeral with so many people. Indeed, she gave monies to women who had no husband and needed to feed their children. Some paid her back, but if they didn’t, she was fine.</blockquote><blockquote>Praying, I was at the hospital when she died during surgery. I never cried so loud in my life, for it was as if a blade was stuck into my bleeding heart. How can my mom, my mentor, my saint, die so young? I miss her so much that I am crying now.</blockquote><blockquote>Her ashes were dropped on the Santa Monica Beach in California, her favorite place to relax, smile and laugh. At the same cemetery, I paid my respect and brought roses of love to a random grave. I love you Mom, with all my heart. I miss you, crying, crying and dying inside. I so miss hearing your laughter my joyous mother of my heart.</blockquote><h3>🌹Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! 🌹</h3><blockquote>Finally, I so miss my sister, Maria, for she was raped as a girl, because she looked like a beautiful blond woman and bad men noticed. She was a blond haired Asian, mixed like me. My father warned her to be careful because men might abuse her.</blockquote><blockquote>However, one day, a man did rape her. She was never the same after that, for she could not function in life, never getting a job, having no friends, and avoiding life. Kindly, she always helped me if I needed it.</blockquote><blockquote>However, my sister died inside, walking alone, being depressed and compressing her heart, protecting it from demons of the night. When she died, she requested no funeral.</blockquote><blockquote>So I went to a gravesite and randomly gave my respect. I do not know where she is buried. Her loving husband called me and told me. I went to a random grave and paid my respect to Maria, my sister, crying, crying, and crying. Why are so many women abused as children? I miss you with all my heart.</blockquote><h3>🌹Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! Rest in Peace! 🌹</h3><h3>Thank you for being compassionate to me my readers. If someone loved me, I grew a new heart for them. Seeing with the eye of the hearts, I so miss the trinity of angels who cared for me: my grandmother, my mother, and my sister.</h3><h3>. . . . . . . . . AMEN! . . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..AMEN!. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .AMEN!. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .</h3><h3>It starts with love. . . Love everyone. Stop the Wars. . .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*OFgGhHud55xcYvNw" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@mefa?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Fahimeh Mehrabi</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p>Published on Vocal.media</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=a65d27be0efd" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/matriarchal-angels-the-day-of-the-dead-a65d27be0efd">Matriarchal Angels: The Day of the Dead🌹</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live">The Love Pub</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Samurai Bitch From Planet X]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:16:20 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-11-02T14:55:36.416Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Samurai Sam: learning compassion and kindness💞</h4><h4>Love more to be more: More and More💞💞</h4><h3>💞It starts with love. . .</h3><h3>TIP ME PLEASE&gt; MY ACCOUNT WAS REVOKED, SO I MAKE NOTHING HERE. THANK YOU!</h3><p><a href="https://www.supportnow.org/teaching-mindfulness-breathing-exercises?onboarded=true&amp;source=post_page-----bcef9e5dbcc6-----------------------------------------">Support Teaching Mindfulness Breathing Exercises</a></p><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><blockquote>💞Let it go, let it grow and let it glow. . .You are the superstar of life. Live it now. . .</blockquote><blockquote>In Japan, a long time ago, women were warriors too, some were samurai, so there were actually women samurai.</blockquote><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FvL90FapkHgU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvL90FapkHgU&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FvL90FapkHgU%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/360d41ca129db4a9031d073997d19150/href">https://medium.com/media/360d41ca129db4a9031d073997d19150/href</a></iframe><h3>💞I love to bitch, . .</h3><blockquote>. . . especially with re-elections with the same bitches ruling us, different parties of nut suckers, same taxes to pay, nothing changes in USA: United Suckers of Asses . .</blockquote><blockquote>I am enjoying the Day of the Dead party, respecting the dead.. . . Do not bitch about the vampire demons that fucked us. . . Love more to be more….</blockquote><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱B╲╲╲◣ Bitching but not bewitching.</h3><h3>◥╲╲╲ I╱╱╱◤ Itching but not sucking nuts .</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱T╲╲╲◣ Titillating but not teasing.</h3><h3>◥╲╲╲C╱╱╱◤ Cussing but no fire anger.</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱H╲╲╲◣ Hating but no shooting up.</h3><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><blockquote>. . .Wait we lost an hour? . . who stoled our hour? . . .Daylight saving time?. . . WTF? . . . I. . . have my sword, . . .the samurai bitch from plant X will get our hour of power back .. . .</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*6FzmVN5BP5TChqmH" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@gspot0822?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Mike Jumapao</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱L╲╲╲◣ Let is go: the pain . .</h3><h3>◥╲╲╲E╱╱╱◤ Evaluation new freedoms.</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱T╲╲╲◣ Titillating and rejoicing fun.</h3><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>◥╲╲╲ I ╱╱╱◤ Investigating reawakening</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱ T ╲╲╲◣ Titillating and stimulating.</h3><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>◢╱╱╱G╲╲╲◣ Going to dance with a club .</h3><h3>◥╲╲╲O╱╱╱◤ Observing rebirth of hope.</h3><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>. . .Let it go . . . . . . . . .</h3><h3>. . . . . .Let it go . . . . . . . . .. . .</h3><h3>. . . . . . . . .Let it go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</h3><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>Thank you for reading.</h3><blockquote>I am the Samurai Bitch from Planet X and I will cut your head off if you don’t stop bitching.. . .Love more to be more and more and more and more and more and more and more. . . .Love more to be more and more and more and more and more and more and more. . . .Love more to be more and more and more and more . . .</blockquote><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>It starts with love. . . Stop the FUNKING WAR.. LOVE EVERYONE NOW</h3><blockquote>Love more to be more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more!</blockquote><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><h3>Dedicated to all Samurai Women : <a href="https://vocal.media/authors/alyssa-wilkshore">Alyssa wilkshore</a></h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/01/samurai-women">Samurai women</a></p><h3>☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛☀️🌜💞🌛</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=b3b54568e493" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/warriors-learning-to-learn/samurai-bitch-from-planet-x-b3b54568e493">💞The Samurai Bitch From Planet X💞</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/warriors-learning-to-learn">Warriors Learning to Learn</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rest in Peace My Father: The Art of Forgiving]]></title>
            <link>https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/rest-in-peace-my-father-the-art-of-forgiving-0e27fe7ae64f?source=rss-dab0112f9578------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[❤️ Samurai Sam ❤️ Wild Wayne ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-28T15:34:50.554Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>DR. WAYNE STEIN: TRYING TO HEAL</h4><h4>But I can never forget . . .</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*x18fUzuuisITXUhJ" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@waldemarbrandt67w?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Waldemar Brandt</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>It starts with love. . . .</h3><blockquote>“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” — Carlton Pearson</blockquote><blockquote>Today my father died, years ago. I didn’t go to his funeral, and for decades I never visited him or had anything to do with him. He died of cancer while I survived cancer twice.</blockquote><blockquote>I thought of him as Satan because he beat me daily for no reason as a child. When I earned my PhD, I didn’t invite him to my graduation. I made sure he never saw my children...</blockquote><h4>Good Vibes Tribe &gt; &gt; “I Forgive You For Me”</h4><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F1cu5CGrmj9M%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1cu5CGrmj9M&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1cu5CGrmj9M%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/329511502551b95b54f2327e2562d3c1/href">https://medium.com/media/329511502551b95b54f2327e2562d3c1/href</a></iframe><blockquote>I go to my father’s gravesite to forgive him yearly, but I can never forget the eternal pain you caused my mother, and my sister, and myself.</blockquote><blockquote>My sister told me that he feared I would kill him. Many times I almost did, but I refrained and cried because to kill a demon would be a good thing, not evil.</blockquote><h3>Karma to Pay</h3><blockquote>Though my father pretended to the world that he was a nice person, the family knew he was mentally ill and evil. I just noticed in a bookshelf he made that there were two crosses in it. How did I miss that?</blockquote><blockquote>My father threatened to kill all of us if anyone told. You died but you will be reborn. There is karma to pay. Are you ready? I have shapeshifting angels of justice looking for you. Revenge is guaranteed. Are you ready?</blockquote><h3>Rest in Peace. Rest in Peace. Rest in Peace.</h3><blockquote>I forgive you, but I will go to a Buddhist temple afterwards to cry myself in tears of healing for hope and happiness in the darkness of memories lost. . .</blockquote><h4>Thank you for reading. . . I am lost in space trying to find a place called home, for I guess forgiving is giving my heart a way to heal. . .</h4><h4>It starts with love. Love everyone. Stop all the wars.</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*lR6mFxeCzayMdn-C" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@patrickian4?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Patrick Fore</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p>“Forgiveness is really basically giving up the right to be right, not the reason. Forgiveness is giving up the right to be hurt, not the reason, because we all have them. Forgiveness is giving up the right to be angry, and we do have that right. But we give up that right even though we have reasons to be angry. This is the healing.” — Carlton Pearson</p><h3><strong>Brought to you by: “The Pen &amp; Plume”&gt; 50 fans and growing. Thank you!</strong></h3><figure><a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/700/0*oXPoC7gnriOCEwcF.jpeg" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/">Feuilleton</a> of Independent Arts.</figcaption></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=0e27fe7ae64f" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/rest-in-peace-my-father-the-art-of-forgiving-0e27fe7ae64f">Rest in Peace My Father: The Art of Forgiving</a> was originally published in <a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/">The Pen &amp; Plume</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The ButterButt Buns from Planet X]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/the-butterbutt-buns-from-planet-x-fc7e5858fccd?source=rss-dab0112f9578------2</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[life-lessons]]></category>
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            <category><![CDATA[butterbutt]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[❤️ Samurai Sam ❤️ Wild Wayne ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:43:07 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-25T05:32:05.536Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Dr. Wayne Stein &gt; KISS MY ARS &gt; 50 fan</h4><h4>Unified States of Asses (USA)</h4><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙</h3><h3>“Let love lead your soul. “- Attar of Nishapur, Sufi Mystic</h3><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙</h3><h3>Runway Walk of Life of a Mixed Asian</h3><h3>. . in the beauty pageant of life, . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . shaking my butter butt buns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . flipping off the morons for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>. . . . . . . . . . . . taunting me for being mixed. . . . . . . . . . . .</h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FX53ZSxkQ3Ho%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DX53ZSxkQ3Ho&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FX53ZSxkQ3Ho%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/a5fcb8080552689e222074c8d4b02c61/href">https://medium.com/media/a5fcb8080552689e222074c8d4b02c61/href</a></iframe><h3>Sir Mix-A-Lot — Baby Got Back</h3><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙</h3><h3>The ButterButt Bird is Real &gt; &gt;See below</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/554/0*UwHN-MMJuA7dHAJg.jpg" /><figcaption>Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata AKA ButterButtBau: GOOGLE</figcaption></figure><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙</h3><h3>Runway Walk of Life as a Mixed Asian</h3><p><strong>looking into outer space . .<br>being called an ugly duckling . . .<br>wearing strange clothes for the beauty walk. . .</strong></p><p><strong>looking into outer space . . .<br>walking to fit in for being multi-racial . . .<br>wearing bagging pants over my beautiful butter buns. . .</strong></p><p><strong>looking into outer space. . .<br>knowing mixed bruce lee called a white devil, a gweilo</strong><br><strong>thanking all haters while quaking my hot butter butt buns. . .</strong></p><p><strong>looking into outer space. . .<br>flying from planet X into city of lost angels. . .<br>boogieing my beautiful butter butt buns down the pasarela</strong>,<strong>. . .</strong></p><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗</h3><h3>Thank you for reading. . .</h3><h3>stay at least 777 years, smile for 777 seconds . . .<br>comment on the huge size of my butter butts:</h3><h3>I double dare you &gt; &gt; &gt;</h3><h3>It starts with love. . Love everyone. . . Stop the Butt Wars</h3><h3>Beautiful 777 ButterButts of the WORLD Unite!<br>Stop looking at my 777 ButterButts!</h3><h3>💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙💗💗💗 🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗💙</h3><h3>A Sasha&gt; A Very Vocal.media Beauty Pageant — Unofficial Challenge Beauty</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fc7e5858fccd" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/the-butterbutt-buns-from-planet-x-fc7e5858fccd">The ButterButt Buns from Planet X</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live">The Love Pub</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brick House for Sale: Finding a New Life]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/brick-house-for-sale-finding-a-new-life-139075f56894?source=rss-dab0112f9578------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[❤️ Samurai Sam ❤️ Wild Wayne ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-30T04:58:08.116Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Dr. Wayne Stein: Power to Awakening in a New House</h4><h4>Forgiving the Past: Moving Forward</h4><h3>It starts with love . . .</h3><blockquote>I am selling my brick house that I can no long afford to live in.</blockquote><h3>I am focusing on Vocal: Join me!</h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/authors/samurai-sam-wild-wayne">SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne | Vocal</a></p><h3>Cancer Blues</h3><blockquote>My wife ghosted me and left that house when my cancer arrived. My best friend was supposed to changed the locks, messed up and took the keys. He lost face and I have never seen him again. I forgive him and her and wish them the best in life.</blockquote><blockquote>I am looking for a smaller house and will pay cash when I sell this house. . . .</blockquote><blockquote>Thank you because many of you sent me books, cards and your love to that house and the hospital. You are super.</blockquote><h3>Brick House&gt; Commodores</h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F-5EmnQp3V48%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-5EmnQp3V48&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-5EmnQp3V48%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/9929380f8d78da99b5636ff78ea4c1cb/href">https://medium.com/media/9929380f8d78da99b5636ff78ea4c1cb/href</a></iframe><h3>For Sale: Open House COMING</h3><blockquote>7000 NE 104th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73151</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*-ohmZDHWXQv2Yiow" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@churchoftodd?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">todd kent</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>Beautiful Home for Sale</h3><blockquote>Nestled at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the highly sought-after Oakdale School District, this beautiful home offers the perfect blend of privacy, space, and comfort. Situated on over an acre of land, the property is surrounded by mature trees, creating a peaceful setting with plenty of room to enjoy the outdoors.</blockquote><blockquote>There is a sunroom for days that the weather does not permit outside enjoyment and you can still enjoy the beautiful view. Whether you’re enjoying your morning coffee or watching the seasons change, the sunroom will provide a peaceful retreat.</blockquote><blockquote>Inside, you’ll love the spacious kitchen featuring granite countertops, perfect for everyday living and entertaining. The oversized primary suite is a true retreat, complete with its own cozy fireplace for relaxing evenings at home. This home is located in the desirable Apple Valley community, and offers a laid-back lifestyle in a family-friendly neighborhood.</blockquote><blockquote>With generous indoor and outdoor living spaces, there’s plenty of room to grow, play, entertain, and make lasting memories.</blockquote><blockquote>This home also offers solar panels (seller paid in full). If you’ve been searching for a home that combines charm, privacy, and convenience in an exceptional location, this is one you don’t want to miss</blockquote><h3>Click below and buy today&gt;&gt;&gt; LOL&gt;&gt;PLEASE</h3><blockquote><a href="https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7000-NE-104th-St_Oklahoma-City_OK_73151_M84227-90671">https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes</a></blockquote><h3>Thank you for reading. . Blessings to you.</h3><blockquote>It has a pond too. It has about 500 trees. I will miss the house, but it makes me cry because of all the pain I went through with cancer.</blockquote><blockquote>Time to move on and find a new life. . . Sick of being alone.</blockquote><h3>It starts with love. . . Love everyone. . . Stop the wars. . .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*UjPtTH70OmxJ2o7J" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@isabelleg2020?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Goulet Isabelle</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=139075f56894" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live/brick-house-for-sale-finding-a-new-life-139075f56894">Brick House for Sale: Finding a New Life</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/love-laugh-live">The Love Pub</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Love Prayers: Mantras of Hope, Healing, and Happiness]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/new-literary-society/love-prayers-mantras-of-hope-healing-and-happiness-8d0edbc65ee4?source=rss-dab0112f9578------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[❤️ Samurai Sam ❤️ Wild Wayne ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-10T05:06:53.776Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Ux0utK26KV6lufZh" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@seteph?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Allef Vinicius</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h4>Dr. Wayne Stein: : Name of the Game</h4><h4>How to be happy and glow. . . 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</h4><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><blockquote>Even when times are tough, find healing lights to grow, glow and flow with the positivity that radiates in life.</blockquote><h3>I am focusing on Vocal: Join me!</h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/authors/samurai-sam-wild-wayne">SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne | Vocal</a></p><h3>My Name &gt; &gt; &gt; Maria&gt; &gt;</h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F1EqaB5aIeJw%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1EqaB5aIeJw&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1EqaB5aIeJw%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/e85faced7956ceb827ddacbed4aa9096/href">https://medium.com/media/e85faced7956ceb827ddacbed4aa9096/href</a></iframe><h3>The Name of the Game</h3><p>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</p><h3>entering the journey of love. . .<br>beginning with happiness. . .<br> . . . . . . being at times asking by questions. . . .<br> . . . . . . . . . seeing a red rose in the garden of love . . .<br> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .becoming aware of thy thorns. . . .</h3><h3>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹<br>growing in the heart, perhaps. . .<br>having the tears of the third eye .. .<br> . . . . . . . . . . . .bringing the duality of joy . ..<br> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .seeing the golden bloom . .</h3><p><strong>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</strong></p><h3><strong>harvesting the moon drops . .<br>feeling the adventure of a life time . . .<br> . . . . . . . . coming to a theatre of golden joyous . . .<br> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .love memories . .</strong></h3><p>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹</p><h3>Thank you for reading. . . . I love you so much. Thank you. You make me happy.. Thank you for coming here. I am disabled but struggle to fight luminous ways to float with angels of light</h3><h3>It starts with love. . .Love everyone… Stop the Wars</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*7-gKuciUWv184W7Z" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Kelly Sikkema</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h4>© 2026 Samurai Sam. All rights reserved.</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*TyGlIJZgQ5BBwa9LrqxTXQ.jpeg" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*HV4-9M2_9r0wvOQHLdWkXA.jpeg" /><figcaption><a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society">New Literary Society</a></figcaption></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=8d0edbc65ee4" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society/love-prayers-mantras-of-hope-healing-and-happiness-8d0edbc65ee4">🌹🌹Love Prayers: Mantras of Hope, Healing, and Happiness🌹🌹</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society">NEW LITERARY SOCIETY</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asian American Graphic Novels]]></title>
            <link>https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/asian-american-graphic-novels-b5915c52110a?source=rss-dab0112f9578------2</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Dr. Wayne Stein : Welcome to Asian American Literature &gt; 50 Fans</h4><h4>Asian America in Graphic Forms</h4><h3>I am focusing on Vocal: Join me!</h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/authors/samurai-sam-wild-wayne">SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne | Vocal</a></p><blockquote>English is my second language, so I learned English by reading comic books and graphic novels when I was a kid. Read more to be more. . .</blockquote><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><p>A version of this was published in an <em>Asian American Literature Encyclopedia</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Greenwood-Encyclopedia-American-Literature-volumes/dp/0313341575">The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature: 3 volumes</a></p><blockquote>“Asian American literature dates back to the close of the 19th century, and during the years following World War II it significantly expanded in volume and diversity. Monumental in scope, this encyclopedia surveys Asian American literature from its origins through 2007.”</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/768/0*gh12G_89u80MLvsm.jpg" /></figure><h3>Beyond Stereotypes like Fu Manchu</h3><blockquote>Asian American graphic novels, a longer form of the comic book usually about 100 pages, are now coming of age and winning awards. <strong>Oriental</strong> villains, like <strong>Fu Manchu</strong>, have always been part of the comic book narratives since the beginning. Now such stereotyped figures are less prominent as Asian American comics emerge. The sequential art form of the graphic novel evolved from its original discourse forms of the daily and Sunday cartoon strips, the political cartoons, and the comic book formats.</blockquote><h3>Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (1992)</h3><blockquote>Art Spiegelman created the graphic memoir about the Holocaust, <em>Maus: A Survivor’s Tale,</em> which won a special Pulitzer Award in 1992.</blockquote><blockquote>Its sequel, <em>Maus II</em>, won the Eisner and Harvey Awards, special cartoon and graphics awards. With such recognition, other publishers started to release their own graphic novels.</blockquote><blockquote>Then followed, Asian American graphic novels, such as <em>One Hundred Demons</em> (2002), <em>Same Difference (2004), American Born Chinese (2006)</em> and Adrian Tomine’s <em>Shortcomings</em> (2007)<em>.</em> However, there are some important precursors to these important novels: the works of Henry Kiyama and Stan Sakai.</blockquote><h3>Asian American Cartoonists</h3><blockquote>As the graphic novel becomes more popular, Asian American cartoonists like Lynda Barry and Gene Yang continue to gain notice as part of American literature.</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/255/0*kiKMVUFzWVau_Ykh.jpg" /><figcaption>Google image: Lynda Barry</figcaption></figure><h3>Lynda Barry’s One Hundred Demons</h3><blockquote>The Filipino American perspective is one of the backgrounds for the graphic novel, “One Hundred Demons” by Lynda Barry, which delves into her life while growing up in a multicultural neighborhood in Seattle. Barry is multiracial with a Filipina mother and Caucasian father.</blockquote><h3>Multiracial / Filipino American Cartoonist</h3><blockquote>The book is part autobiographical, with some of the chapters focusing on the relationship between herself and her mother. Furthermore, the tension between her mother and her Filipina grandmother is explored.</blockquote><h3>Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/400/0*nJdfJuq4VTsQ4Kme.jpg" /><figcaption>Google image</figcaption></figure><h3>Eisner Award</h3><blockquote><em>American Born Chinese</em> (2006) by Gene Yang emerged as another important graphic novel. It won an Eisner award for Best Graphic Album (2007). <em>American Born Chinese</em> is in color and continues to win critical awards and favorable reviews.</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*AuwSSo610K8rulzx" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@findway_jerry?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Jerry Wei</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>Monkey King</h3><blockquote>Three simultaneous story lines are told: one about the legendary and rambunctious Monkey King from Chinese lore; one about Jin Wang, a middle school student just trying to fit in; and another about Danny, a white student who is embarrassed by his Chinese cousin Chin-Kee, a living and breathing stereotype. In the end, all three plots collide literally, where things are not what they seem.</blockquote><h3>Henry Kiyama’s “Four Immigrants” (1904)</h3><p>Perhaps the first graphic representation of sequential art of the Asian American experience is <em>Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco</em> (1904–1924) by Henry Kiyama</p><h3>First Asian American Cartoonists</h3><blockquote>He was born in Neu in Tottori Prefecture , Japan in 1885. Kiyama studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and the New York Art Students League. His interests were in perfecting classical western art, yet the irony is that he will probably gain more importance in Asian American literature for being its first cartoonist.</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/262/0*cN5RM8P_D-_FjJda.jpg" /><figcaption>Google Image</figcaption></figure><p>Frederick L. Schodt, a researcher and translator who discovered the manga in 1999, claims <em>Four Immigrants</em> may very well be the first comic book or graphic novel ever printed. <em>Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics</em> with its 36 pages published in 1933 is often considered the first comic book.</p><p>However, <em>Four Immigrants</em> with its 52 episode at 104 pages was published in San Francisco in 1931.</p><blockquote><em>Four Immigrants</em> was originally published in a dual language format where the participants speak in their own languages with the Japanese immigrants speaking Japanese and the American natives speaking English though the translated version by Schodt uses only English. The book examines in graphic detail the story of four Japanese immigrants, who renamed themselves with the English names of Henry (the artist), Frank (the businessman), Charlie (the politician), and Fred (the farmer).</blockquote><h3>Angel Island</h3><blockquote>These historically important episodes cover such events as landing in <strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Island,</strong> trying to find jobs in San Francisco , seeing President Taft, surviving the great earthquake, witnessing the trials and tribulations of picture brides, participating in the patriotism of World War I, gambling in Chinatown , and finally leaving for home.</blockquote><h3>Isse: First Generation Japanese</h3><blockquote>In episodes 45 about the World War I, an <strong>issei,</strong> first generation Japanese, decided to fight in order to prove he was patriotic though in the end, he was still denied citizenship. Another important theme is how the Japanese experience compares to the lives of Chinese immigrants. While the Chinese tried to maintain their culture, the Japanese immigrants dressed in Western attire and tried to assimilate, yet they were often confused as another Chinese or Asian.</blockquote><blockquote>In episode 26, San Francisco authorities tried to segregate the Japanese school students by putting them with the Chinese students, keeping both away from the Caucasian children. However, Japan protested and Theodore Roosevelt pressured the school system to have the policy changed, and Japanese children were again allowed to attend regular schools with the Caucasian children. The Chinese children remained segregated.</blockquote><h3>The Immigration Act of 1924</h3><blockquote>The last episode, 52, ends with a mention of the <strong>Immigration Act of 1924,</strong> which would prevent Asians from immigrating to America though not restricting Europeans. Kiyama himself did not leave in 1924, and he probably would have remained in America until his death. However, while visiting his homeland in 1937, World War II broke out. Not being able to return, he remained in Japan until his death in 1951.</blockquote><h3>Thank you for reading . . .</h3><h3>Give me a Tip&gt; &gt;</h3><p><a href="https://www.supportnow.org/teaching-mindfulness-breathing-exercises?onboarded=true&amp;utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhb5rst2k&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawUsqZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6v3uQznIHylyNJ06HuUVJyGOBupbjvV1s0KQjhvnMSXhrpQZcTXQg94su_EQ_aem_KaMgyAAH_CUIaHaz-SDaHA">Support Teaching Mindfulness Breathing Exercises</a></p><h3>It starts with love. . . Love everyone &gt; &gt; stop the wars. . .</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=b5915c52110a" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/asian-american-graphic-novels-b5915c52110a">Asian American Graphic Novels</a> was originally published in <a href="https://plume.obsidianeagle.com/">The Pen &amp; Plume</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vampire Princess Miyu: Of Demons and Gods]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-10T05:08:43.256Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><strong><em>Dr. Wayne Stein December 14, 2015 — January 09, 2016</em></strong></h4><h4>Of Mice and Demons &gt; &gt; ENG 4910 and 5910 Japanese Vampires</h4><h3>It starts with love. .</h3><blockquote>I taught many classes on the Asian Gothic, but for Asians, undead beings are part of life.</blockquote><h3>I am focusing on Vocal: Join me!</h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/authors/samurai-sam-wild-wayne">SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne | Vocal</a></p><blockquote>Many Asians see demons and ghosts; indeed, I have all my life. . . Different nations have different gothic tales. Thank you so much for your support.</blockquote><h3><strong>Vampire Princess Miyu- All the Things She Said</strong></h3><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F4j9ungAbd20%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4j9ungAbd20&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4j9ungAbd20%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/55034608f8e6b002d33612f0cbb04af0/href">https://medium.com/media/55034608f8e6b002d33612f0cbb04af0/href</a></iframe><blockquote><strong>The four episodes of <em>Vampire Princess Miyu</em></strong><em>(</em><strong><em>Kyuuketsuki Miyu),</em></strong> <strong>an Original Video Animation (OVA) demonstrate how Asian metaphysics can be maintained and updated while not sacrificing its essence to Western vampire tropes.</strong> <a href="https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/files/GNceOuBjnXk0Da/lesson2.html#_ftn1">[1]</a></blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/300/0*UTvthDNjJBorjpX_.JPG" /><figcaption>Google Image</figcaption></figure><blockquote><strong>This film deviates from Dracula tropes a bit more than other Japanese anime like<em>Vampire Hunter D</em>.</strong> <strong>Like D, Miyu is the hero, a hunter while being a vampire, though of half human origins.</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>However, not being your typical Western vampire, sunlight does not harm her.</strong> <strong>She does not hunt vampires. Instead, she hunts something more deadly: Shinma, demon gods. Shinma plan to take over the world. Interestingly, one of her best allies is Larva, who wears a mask and who is himself a Shinma, a god demon.</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>She also befriends Himiko, who happens to be a vampire hunter. Himiko befriends Miyu because she realizes that Shinma are more dangerous.</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>Toward the end of the quest, we learn that Himiko is also a vampire.</strong> <strong>The short mini-series examines horror in relationship to the animism of Shintoism.</strong> <strong>Rocks, the wind, the trees, everything in nature lives and is spiritual where spirits, good or bad, can be located in any object.</strong></blockquote><h3>Good Spirits vs Evil Spirits</h3><blockquote><strong>Good spirits are often used to fight against bad spirits.</strong> <strong>Larva, a caring spirit, is used to fight against the evil Shinma. Returning nature to a sense of harmony is crucial in the narrative.</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>The OVA series borrows the visual effect of the gothic style from Dracula and vampire films. As Susan Napier notes, <em>Vampire Princess</em> is very gothic with its “old dark houses, hooded figures and ancient curses” (95). We also have the ancient site of Kyoto, a very holy place, as one of the backdrops.</strong> <strong>In this OVA series, the eternal damnation of souls lost to vampirism is not so vital.</strong></blockquote><h3>Impermanence of reality in Buddhism</h3><blockquote><strong>Because the eternal in Buddhism remains impermanent, even the state of good is impermanent as is the state of evil. Vampire Princess Miyu deconstructs these dueling delusions of reality called good and evil. Indeed, “. . . <em>Vampire Princess Miyu</em> is less about the battle between good and evil than about the contest between delusion and reality” (Bolton).</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>That is why it doesn’t matter that Miyu and Himiko are vampires. What’s more, it</strong> <strong>doesn’t matter that Larva is a Shinma. What really matters is returning reality to a state of harmony.</strong> <strong>Such unlikely unions demonstrate how opposites can negotiate to restore harmony in the face of chaos.</strong></blockquote><h3>Thank you for reading. I so miss teaching. . .</h3><blockquote><strong>Other anime, like <em>Blood: The Last Vampire,</em> would examine the need for restoration in a more political manner.</strong></blockquote><h3>It starts with love. . Love everyone. . . stop the wars. .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*13sI7Qoatknj3zmx" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@rrajputphotography?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Rajesh Rajput</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h4>Sources</h4><p><a href="https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/files/GNceOuBjnXk0Da/lesson2.html#_ftnref1">[1]</a> <strong>In 1997, <em>Vampire Princess Miyu</em> became a 26-episode series. Though there were some interesting changes in the series from the original OVA series, this paper focuses on the original, which I feel is richer and more interesting.</strong></p><p>Bolton, Christopher. “Anime Horror and Its Audience: <em>3X3 Eyes</em> and <em>Vampire Princess</em> <em>Miyu</em>.”<em>Japanese Horror Cinema.</em> Ed. Jay McRoy. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2005. 66–76.</p><p>Napier, Susan. “Vampires, Psychic Girls, Flying Women and Sailor Scouts: Four Faces of the Young Female in Japanese Popular Culture.” <em>The Worlds of Japanese Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures.</em> Ed. D.P. Martinez. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 91–109.</p><p><em>[1] A version of these notes entitled “The Blood of Hybridity in Postmodern Cinematic Asian Vampires” was presented at the Popular Culture Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on April 4, 2007. A revised edition of this called “Enter the Dracula” will appear in a volume of essays about Dracula coming out next year.</em></p><h4>© 2026 ❤️ Samurai Sam ❤️ Wild Wayne ❤️. All Rights Reserved.</h4><h3>Give me a tip. Thank you</h3><p><a href="https://www.supportnow.org/teaching-mindfulness-breathing-exercises?onboarded=true&amp;utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhb5rst2k&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawUsqZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6v3uQznIHylyNJ06HuUVJyGOBupbjvV1s0KQjhvnMSXhrpQZcTXQg94su_EQ_aem_KaMgyAAH_CUIaHaz-SDaHA">Support Teaching Mindfulness Breathing Exercises</a></p><h3>It starts with love. . love everyone. Stop the Wars!</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*TyGlIJZgQ5BBwa9LrqxTXQ.jpeg" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*HV4-9M2_9r0wvOQHLdWkXA.jpeg" /><figcaption><a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society">New Literary Society</a></figcaption></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=6d8d33023ae6" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society-open/vampire-princess-miyu-of-demons-and-gods-6d8d33023ae6">Vampire Princess Miyu: Of Demons and Gods</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society-open">NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Dr. Wayne Bitching Stein&gt; Bitch More to Be More</h4><h4>Drabble Babble: Dedicated to Sara Wilson💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💙❤🌹 LOVE 🌹💛💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗 💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💙❤🌹 LOVE 🌹💛💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗 💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💙❤🌹 LOVE 🌹💛💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗</h4><h3>It starts with love. . .</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/108/0*stKdOqP0GXTduUqE.jpg" /><figcaption>Shaolin Master from Oklahoma</figcaption></figure><h3>I am focusing on Vocal: Join me!</h3><p><a href="https://vocal.media/authors/samurai-sam-wild-wayne">SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne | Vocal</a></p><blockquote>“Ego is anesthesia that deadens to the pain of stupidity.” Dr. Rick Rigsby, “Lessons from A Third Grade Dropout:</blockquote><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F87VRaM5_bAE%3Flist%3DPLW3FaDG_YNyHpH5uXLDsrMLA8c5unUTt6&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D87VRaM5_bAE&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F87VRaM5_bAE%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/c0b9e0bee0defbf5b7d44245a78425bc/href">https://medium.com/media/c0b9e0bee0defbf5b7d44245a78425bc/href</a></iframe><blockquote>I wrote this because I tend to not listen and complain a lot. Nothing much changes. I hope to care more and bitch less. LOL. I am trying to find a life and stop being so dumb. LOL</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/720/0*jRE-fRO4jmWfs6jn" /><figcaption>Planet BitchPhoto by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@bhautik_patel3?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Bhautik Patel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=vocal.media">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h3>Editors tell me I am a master writer, and so I have never been rejected by an editor. Publishers want my books and contact me, they are in libraries around the world.</h3><h3>One editor says I taught him how to write, for he now is waiting for a chapter about UNDEAD VIRGIN Ghosts, K-Horror.</h3><h3>I must research, research and research to search for the vampires.</h3><h3>If I do, I will let you know. Thank you so much. I revise, revise and revise. I am the master of Bitching.</h3><h3>I am the macho BITCH, an undead virgin ghost from Planet X.</h3><h4>💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚</h4><h4>💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗💗 💙💗🌹 LOVE🌹💛💗 💚💚💚</h4><h4>Thank you for reading</h4><h3>It starts with love. . . Love every fucking Bitch. Stop the wars.</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*6KmP-tuULGsYTQNK" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@heyquilia?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Quilia</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=43c16a20d40f" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society-open/the-bitch-from-planet-x-love-43c16a20d40f">The Bitch from Planet X💗 💙💗🌹 🌹💛💗 💚💚💚 .💗</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/new-literary-society-open">NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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