One of my inspirational heroes: Mako

So this November (hopefully), there will be a miniseries called Avatar: The Legend of Korra, and is there anyone in the world as excited about this as I am?

They recently released an exclusive cast list, and it wasn't so much the big names on the cast that caught my eye.  It was the name of one character......"Mako."

For those of you who don't know because you don't pay attention to these things like I do, Mako is also the name of a very prominent late Japanese American actor/voice actor.  He played Uncle Iroh, aka my favorite character from the original Avatar: The Last Airbender until his death on July 21, 2006 at the age of 72.

Mako lives on!

Upon his death, the creators of Avatar: TLA dedicated the episode "The Tales of Ba Sing Se: The Tale of Iroh" to him, and that episode never fails to make me cry.  Mako is an inspiration to all Asian Americans everywhere with the walls he broke down in American cinema, to become such a prominent presence, so much so that he was honored in memorium at the 79th Academy Awards. 

So the subtle dedication of a character to Mako might be the sweetest act I've seen in a while.  It balances out the awful casting of Seychelle Gabriel, which is Shyamalan Live Action stain on an upcoming work with otherwise goodlooking prospects....

Soulmate Update

I saw JSSM (Jack Sparrow Soulmate) while walking to class today.  But I was unable to talk to him because he was already laughing and chatting with his tall black guy friend, so it would have been strange for me to approach him.  When will I get my chance?

I don't have homework due until next week so really for the rest of this week, at least until Saturday, I'm not going to do any homework.  I'm just going to chill out, because I really need it.  I have been so overworked that I became so burnt out, and I skipped 2/3 of my classes today.  It's kind of like in horse racing games when you whip your horse too much that it gets exhausted and you disable yourself for a few seconds. 

So right now I'm just laying in bed, wittling down my hulu queue.  the Roommate isn't home right now, so she's probably out drinking.  I hope she doesn't lose my umbrella.  D: