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I'm late for my throat clearing appointment.
Here's a little example of how my musical tastes work. A couple of days ago I got to thinking about an album I owned back when I was in high school in the late '70s/early '80s. It was Children of Sanchez by Chuck Mangione. I loved that album, but haven't heard it in years. I still own the LP (double LP, actually), but I don't have a working record ( Read more... ) -
You mean up there in my nag-free cockpit?
stochasticjack and I have been on a bit of a book buying spree lately. Everything below has been bought in the last month or so. All of it's been bought in real book or comic stores with human beings. That isn't to say that buying online is beneath my dignity or anything like that. But it's so much more fun to walk around a book store or a comic store and find ( Read more... ) -
Santa flew 23 missions over North Korea
I know all three of you out there are waiting for photos and videos and stories about my trip to Japan. I'm just not up to it right now. I did take notes though. Here they are, unedited and without comment.
Japan diary
Day 1
Snow in Seattle. 10 hours in an Airbus folded in half. Train ride from Narita to Tokyo listening to Pizzicato 5. Snow amongst ( Read more... ) -
I think Yoshi's parked up on four.
Day three in Japan. I've been to Akihabara, Shibuya, Shinjuku and Motorcycle City. Still on the agenda: Ikebukuro and Jimbocho. Then it's the shinkasen to Kyoto where I'll be for the next two weeks or so. Having fun, taking pictures and videos. Mostly hitting places I know from anime and GT4. I'll check in when possible. -
We love cram school, father.
It looks like if I don't make an lj entry now, I won't be able to for the whole month. stochasticjack and I are heading to Japan tomorrow for a three week vacation. There will be many pics when I return ( Read more... ) -
I'm late for my throat clearing appointment.
I'm a diehard Apple fan, but the release of the iPad has me questioning my faith (in Apple, that is.) The one thing I like about my iPhone is that there are so many apps. The one thing I don't like is that I can only run apps that are approved by Apple and available on iTunes. Apple's total control over the programs I may want to run on my iPhone ( Read more... ) -
You know he's out of his element when Chinatown seems foreign to him.
My 15 year journey through Japanese pop culture fandom has taken a lot of twists and turns. Lately, I've been discovering websites that feature original artwork from various Japanese artists. I found most of these websites from imageboards like Danbooru, Gelbooru and moe.imouto.org. I thought I'd share a few with you.
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You inspire nothing but stupidity and hatred.
I saw this via the_kiggy's blog and had to share it with you. Stupid, hateful people need to be told they're stupid and hateful.
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You have an impossibly wide strike zone for the phrase "common sense."
Did some shopping today. Got the entire remastered Beatles catalog on CD. I'm burning them to mp3 while posting this. Also got a Les Paul CD, and a couple of XTC (Oranges and Lemons, Some Singles) CDs.
dpgnat got a $100 gift card for stochasticjack, so we went to Uwajimaya to get a rice cooker. He found a good one for $130, so it was only $30 out of pocket. Even better ( Read more... )
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