Saya: What's in a Name?
Saya means a lot of different things in Japanese. As a generic word for "shell/husk", it can be used to refer to a seashell, a pea pod, or a sword scabbard....
...or, as we discovered after naming her, Saya can refer to a creepy android robot receptionist:
...or an S&M porn star who made a video titled "M-Drug Human Toilet Failed Attempt Saya Misaki" and then committed suicide (I don't make this up, people!):
...or an anime Vampire:
According to the Wikipedia page, the anime vampire Saya "...hunts chiropterans using a katana. It is implied that she is the last remaining vampire and called "the only remaining original". Saya has no weakness to sunlight, although it is unknown if she has any of the other vulnerabilities often attributed to vampires. She does, however, become distressed when she encounters religious paraphernalia and angry when people mention God in her presence. Saya displays superhuman senses and strength, as well as cunning, resourcefulness, and skill. The manga series suggests she was a human-vampire hybrid. Her age is unknown, but a picture of her with nine other people is shown in the movie with the date 1892 and the word "vampire" attached to it. Though she holds most humans in contempt, she seems to have some sort of respect for David." Hmm. Way to go, David.
So far, my favorite Saya discovery is this:
It's Saya Snow Pea Crisps! Chienyo recently discovered these on a trip to the fabulous Ranch 99 market. I was confused when I saw them, because they look exactly like the Snapea Crisps I know and love so much that I posted about them. It turns out they are one and the same...made by the same place, but re-named for the Asian market. After all, Saya does mean pea-pod.
Maybe Texas State Rep. Betty Brown saw that these crisps were named Saya and then suggested they be re-named to "Snapea Crisps" for ease of pronunciation, just as she is currently suggesting that Americans with Asian names adopt a different name that's "easier for Americans to deal with." Because, you know, Asians aren't really American. And because it's so much harder to pronounce a name like "Wong" or "Kim" than, say, a typical Polish or Russian last name.
This brings to mind Saya, an Afro-Bolivian music movement created as a response to racial discrimination and as a refusal to "stand idle" in the face of the "colonial hegemonic system of racial hierarchy":
Saya Power!
...or, as we discovered after naming her, Saya can refer to a creepy android robot receptionist:
...or an S&M porn star who made a video titled "M-Drug Human Toilet Failed Attempt Saya Misaki" and then committed suicide (I don't make this up, people!):
...or an anime Vampire:
According to the Wikipedia page, the anime vampire Saya "...hunts chiropterans using a katana. It is implied that she is the last remaining vampire and called "the only remaining original". Saya has no weakness to sunlight, although it is unknown if she has any of the other vulnerabilities often attributed to vampires. She does, however, become distressed when she encounters religious paraphernalia and angry when people mention God in her presence. Saya displays superhuman senses and strength, as well as cunning, resourcefulness, and skill. The manga series suggests she was a human-vampire hybrid. Her age is unknown, but a picture of her with nine other people is shown in the movie with the date 1892 and the word "vampire" attached to it. Though she holds most humans in contempt, she seems to have some sort of respect for David." Hmm. Way to go, David.
So far, my favorite Saya discovery is this:
It's Saya Snow Pea Crisps! Chienyo recently discovered these on a trip to the fabulous Ranch 99 market. I was confused when I saw them, because they look exactly like the Snapea Crisps I know and love so much that I posted about them. It turns out they are one and the same...made by the same place, but re-named for the Asian market. After all, Saya does mean pea-pod.
Maybe Texas State Rep. Betty Brown saw that these crisps were named Saya and then suggested they be re-named to "Snapea Crisps" for ease of pronunciation, just as she is currently suggesting that Americans with Asian names adopt a different name that's "easier for Americans to deal with." Because, you know, Asians aren't really American. And because it's so much harder to pronounce a name like "Wong" or "Kim" than, say, a typical Polish or Russian last name.
This brings to mind Saya, an Afro-Bolivian music movement created as a response to racial discrimination and as a refusal to "stand idle" in the face of the "colonial hegemonic system of racial hierarchy":
Saya Power!
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