Our honeymoon in San Francisco was awesome. We stayed at the Miyako Hotel in Japantown, which was a cute little Japanese-style hotel with shoji screens over the windows. The location was the best part--we were within easy walking distance from a ton of anime shops, Japanese markets, and restaurants. Our favorite lunches consisted of buying fresh ( Read more... )

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if you're like me, you're one of the perhaps many unsuspecting people that have seen butternut squash ravioli in the deli at Super Target and thinks, "oh man, that sounds great!" think again. this ravioli can be described in three words: culinary fuck-you. imagine a fruity, sweet-tasting ravioli which smells like candy and tastes like it's been ( Read more... )

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Kenny Rogers was on Jackass? Ponder no more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPt2siUsDng

neil and i are going to be the proud owners of Unit 6 at Block 42. (yeah, okay, so the website is a bit yuppie-ish. we met with the developer again today and put down our earnest fee. our condo unit will be 971 sq. ft. the best part? a private balcony and two 8 x 9 windows facing north and south. the project is one of those new "green" ones that ( Read more... )

I'm taking tomorrow and Tuesday off for the first time in what feels like awhile. The plan: DeathNote, coffee, more DeathNote, and more coffee. I'm hitting Borders with a vengeance, since I have at least three volumes to catch up on. Getting paid to read manga for two days is awesome ( Read more... )

here they are, at last:

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ah, Labor Day. a celebration of the working class and its toils. neil and i both have the day off. we're baking barbecued chicken and are going to have mustard potato salad alongside for lunch. it's our attempt to become more domestic ( Read more... )

Terrorfakt is playing at The Conservatory here in OKC. While I'm not exactly blown away by their stuff, it's nice to know that some niche bands do come here from time to time.