NASA wasn’t the one who made the decision that Pluto wasn’t a planet. It was the International Astronomical Union. 

Also if you count Pluto as a planet, then, according to current knowledge, it is highly likely that there are about two dozen more candidates for ‘planets’ in our solar system. And estimates based on objects that need more study place the number of dwarf planets like Pluto at over 200. Far too many for the average person to be expected to memorize in school. Shouldn’t there be a way to separate them into smaller groups? Well there is.

There are regular planets. Which orbit the sun, are spherical (or ellipsoid) as a result of their own gravity, and are massive enough to have cleared (or ‘swallowed up’) all of the debris within their orbit. Even a planet as small as mercury makes up well over 99% of the material in it’s orbit.

And then there are Dwarf planets, which have the other two criterion but are so miniscule that they themselves only make up a fraction of the matter in their orbit. Such planets are Pluto, Ceres (which is as close to us as the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter), Eris (which is actually larger than Pluto), Haumea, and Makemake.

Lastly there are asteroids, which have a large mass, but are not ellipsoid as a result of their own gravity.

The object on the left in this picture is Vesta, a large asteroid. In the center is Ceres, and earth’s moon for comparison on the right.

The only real dispute about Pluto is that the definition of ‘Dwarf Planet’ does not indicate a percentage of material in the orbit that needs to be comprised of the planet itself in order for the orbit to be considered “cleared” by that planet. If we are going to study other solar systems in the future, then we need to have more specific definitions in order to classify celestial bodies.

When you classify things based on their properties, it makes science a whole lot easier. Do people object to the taxonomy of plants and animals? No. Because without that classification system studying living things would be much more difficult. If we are to one day know of as many celestial bodies as there are species on this planet then we need a classification system that will help us study them.

(via sauron-chan)

And then Thanos will be raped to death by CGI.

Also Captain America picks up Thor’s hammer just in time to save everyone then dies, in order to be resurrected in the 3rd movie.

Side story-arch focused on the federal registration of super-powered beings with possible cameos of other marvel characters. hint, hint: x-men

Bonus: The love triangle involving Death, Thanos, and Deadpool.

Coming summer 2015!

The House of the Scorpion. Novel by Nancy Farmer.

It’s a kid’s coming of age story, except that this kid (Matt) happens to live in a dystopian future plagued by many political and social problems that stem from today’s society and is the clone of the dictator of a new country between Mexico and the US that uses prisoners-turned-zombies to harvest opium, and he has to survive a large number of characters with unknown sinister plots against him and environments that are not very conducive to life.

Why I would like to see it done:

I have a thing for dystopia and I must have read this book like at least every year since the first time I read it at age 10. Not even sure what the age recommendation on this book is, but it had a lot of drugs and zombies and child abuse in it so I’m guessing over age 10 but because I was allowed to read 1984 when I was 9, which is straight up awkward sex and torture, I guess it was safe giving me The House of the Scorpion. And I turned out okay.

And The House of the Scorpion is a book that is exciting and fairly easy for people to understand but still explores issues that pertain to our present society. Most similar modern novels like Uglies or The Hunger Games etc.. just think of a random problem to afflict society with and then write about it.

But back on the subject: I love this book so much. Seriously. And a movie would be a great way to bring the story to more people. Plus who doesn’t love movies set in a dystopian future?

Finally, I just think the story lends itself well to a movie.

Why I should be the one to do it:

I think it would be good to make a movie adaptation of a more substantial and definitely darker ‘young adult’ book. I would probably go a step farther from ‘it would work as a movie’ and say that, if done right, a lot could be added to the story, like generally smoothing it out and adding definition. Simply because the story is the story of a character with a lot of the plot hinged on his own inner feelings and developments (not to mention he refuses to speak for several chapters of the book) I feel it would be best to have the main character as a narrator. Plus it makes the mood a little lighter.

And I would make it ridiculously long (like 3 hours long) because not only do I think it would be necessary to include EVERYTHING that happened in the book in order to truly convey the essence and meaning of the story, but I also think that longer movies just tend to be more of an experience than shorter ones, because they can actually separate you from reality.

Plus sequels are bullshit. Unless the story is exceedingly long and/or detailed, (LOTR, Star Wars, etc..) just get that shit over with. I don’t want to be waiting forever and dealing with inconsistencies just so you can make a few more buck off of me.

Also I think of myself as a kind of a one-person fandom for this book. I’ve never seen anyone online talking about it, (outside the reader reviews section of various book sites) probably because it’s a few years old, and I would love to geek out with people

Things I would enjoy creating/designing:

 I would love to design all of those futuristic vehicles and locations for the later end of the book, when everything seems like a weird mixture of traditional mexico and and some kind of sci-fi wasteland. And designing the heavy machinery and large krill tanks in a sad landscape and I mean it is set like 200 years in the future so I think I could go a little crazy.

I would fucking LOVE to draw the boneyard with all the precariously balanced giant whale bones and then the bats flying around. Plus there’s the strangely fantasy-like soulless yet beautiful scenery in the beginning of the book, like the poppy fields and the elegant estate with peacocks roaming around and opulent interiors and beautiful gardens.

It would definitely make for some great images.

Things I would change: (if anything)

The ending seems a little rushed and some of the characters need to be pinned down a little more and maybe given traits less similar to each other. I think that would be something I would tweak, maybe even adding some length to the plot or shortening things like time spent in certain places to make up for it, then adding a big climax point to make it go down easier. you know, smooth it out.

So think about it, movie industry. It would be a pretty good movie.

#287: Slakoth

Well now that’s just downright poetic, isn’t it?

This test is… frighteningly accurate.

(via mrjoshmacintosh)

An umbrella cover dispenser sounds pretty hilarious, and I don’t need to leave my country to feel like a dumbass, I just have to go outside, anyways I’m jealous, did you find a lot of strange toys and things? or stores that sold nendoroids and figmas

DUDE. dude. They were fucking everywhere. Seriously, figure shops were everywhere. I found I great one in the big crazy shopping arcade in Kyoto (like everything in Kyoto, it ends at a temple, which I find hilarious) when we stopped there for a couple nights and I bought 2 GIANT Arceus figures to add to my collection, including one that I didn’t even know existed.

ANYWAYS the most popular characters they stock are by FAR the newest released ones and the ‘moe’ girls. I even saw 4 or so King Kazma figmas for the original price which I was tempted to buy and scalp because they’re going for like $70+ the last time I saw them.

Also if you like Madoka, Evangelion, One Piece, Black Rock Shooter, Railgun, Code Geass, Macross, vocaloid, Star Wars, vintage toys, or GUNDAM (Jesus christ, do they have a lot of gundam) Then these toy stores would have been your heaven.

BUT I COULDN’T FIND THE PRINCE SHOTOKU FIGMA ANYWHERE! I swear to god I looked fucking EVERYWHERE including EVERY MANDARAKE IN TOKYO but it was nowhere to be seen.

I think if you’re looking for toys between 2-8 years old, the internet is still your best bet.

As far as strange toys go I found a few (mostly hentai-related) but I definitely would have found more had I looked in the vintage shops, like the ones in Nakano broadway. I wish I could have spent more time there. Lots of old cartoon character bootleg toys in there that would give you nightmares because of how deranged and shitty they look. I wanted to buy some just for shits and giggles but I was running out of money and space in my luggage….

Also: how the fuck are you supposed to reply to a reply? I no good with computer…

It was pretty freaking awesome. But I guess that is a pretty expected answer.

This might just be because I’d never been to another country before this trip, but everything there was so different it was just cool walking around and seeing lots of stuff you have no fucking clue about.

Like umbrella-cover-dispensers.

I mean I saw these everywhere when it was raining, and I was like, wtf are these things? I literally had to stand there like some kind of creep watching someone use it to realize what is was and how it worked.

And I had to sit and watch people do a lot of other things too to learn what the fuck was going on like I sat in the Denny’s for like half an hour before I saw that they don’t bring checks to the table, you pay at the front. Also I watched a lot of people buy metro tickets.

Go to a new country if you want to feel like a dumbass.

I got back from Japan on Thursday but I’ve been having some technical difficulties with my new camera. And I’ve been too tired to fix them. But I’m working on it!

I’ll be posting pictures soon!

I’m not really looking forward to the 14 hour flight, but I’ll live. 

I’ll be back April 5th.

And my list of what tumblr requested I get for them:

• pictures of houses
• pictures of pokemon centers
• delicious candy
• things like this

Also I’ll be taking tons of pictures and buying tons of stuff so get ready for the incoming posts.

I’m probably going to need to sell some stuff to make room for it all.

I will try not to be a filthy weeaboo. It’s sad because I feel like one…

I got my yen for my trip to Tokyo… I’ve never spent that much money at one time before. :C

You are now contemplating the possibility of Ivankov being Luffy’s mother…

Also, Dragon is not amused.

Also if all of the people with the initial D. in their names were related at some point, then Ace’s parents were distant cousins. He’s inbred.

Well mostly Tokyo but also two days in Osaka and Kyoto.

Just saying ahead of time that I’m not dead or anything because I’ll be gone for about 17 days, and I’ll be back on April 5th.

Yeah yeah going to Tokyo is majorly weeaboo but I’ve never been to another country so I figured that would be a good place to start.

I’m mostly going for the shopping (I love those little boutiques and thrift stores, going to check out the Volks store and DOLK, and Nakano Broadway sounds pretty badass) and I’ll be at the Tokyo International Anime Fair as well. 

I just got my tickets for the Studio Ghibli museum as well. And yes I will be going to 4 different Pokemon Centers while I’m there. (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Yokohama.) Deal with it.

Probably won’t post anything in that time unless I have time to find some wifi, but I’ll be posting tons of pictures of everything when I get back.

Well, does anyone want anything from Japan?

Alucard has literally been fucked by a man but still manages to be less gay than all other anime characters.

The Hellsing fandom, on the other hand…

now those people are a bunch of fags.

cool beans