I think it may be physically impossible to listen to the Polyphonic Spree and remain in a bad mood. The song "Hold Me Now" just has me grinning and singing along with those musical cultists... hehe ( Read more... )

So, I'm sitting huddled up under my kotatsu listening to the wind HOWL. It's traveling fast out of the mountains and it's absolutely ear splitting as it blasts against the side of the house and whistles along the gulley's of the river. It's blowing so hard (and my house is so fragile) that my INTERNAL doors are rattling inside my house ( Read more... )

I went ahead and took that MyHeritage face recognition thing that everyone and their mother is posting to the internet lately. While I hate to be a lemming I do think it's pretty awesome... and I'll admit to squeeing like a fangirl when it brought up I looked like Sylvia Plath. Some would say she's not a good idol or role model... but those people ( Read more... )

People Will Buy Anything If You Wear a Nice Suit

Middle-aged Long Island lady thumbing through magazine: Look, there's Stephen Colbert.
Husband: Who's that?
Middle-aged Long Island lady: He's a terrific Republican reporter on TV. You should watch him. He's really great. Puts the liberals in their place.

--JFK

Overheard by: djeremy

via Overheard in New ( Read more... )

Konnichiwa, bitches!

Japan is going Wii crazy!!! Not to mention PS3 crazy, good god I didn't leave my house when it was released. Not that I would have gotten one... damn you Sony for only releasing 90,000 in Japan *shakes fist*

Timely article.

So get this, if I was in America I would be shelling out $500 for a PS3, but since I'm in the land of milk ( Read more... )

Haha, quick update from Kobe. More later but thought you guys would enjoy this, I got a laugh out of it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6067002.stm

I'm typing away at my desk last Thursday in the staff room. The kids have finished up lessons and gone to club activities already. With many teachers helping out with clubs the staff room was pretty quiet and empty. All of a sudden one of my JTEs (Japanese Teachers of English) comes up to me and says, "I'm sorry to interrupt your work, but do you ( Read more... )

After a long Saturday of scrubbing walls and taping off my kitchen I *fully intended* to spend all day Sunday finishing up my paint job. However before I know it Joss showed up to tear me away... I suspect the other JETs know I'm becoming a bit of a recluse. Sometimes I need a good prodding. Well anyway, after putzing around Senzou for lunch I ( Read more... )

So, here's the deal. Since I last updated I went to Kyoto and jested with Shinsengumi cosplayers(My home economics teacher randomly told me to pack my bags we are going to Kyoto, she is ADORABLE!), ran up through Fushimi Inari Torii, been run ragged by little Japanese beastie school kids, and ate bizarro things made from tofu and fish heads. I also ( Read more... )

Jeez, You Don't Have to Blow up about It

Very drunk suit: Hey, bartender! Do you know what a car bomb is?
Irish bartender: Yes, it's Spanish for, 'you're an asshole.'

--3rd Ave

via Overheard in New York, Oct 20, 2006