So, you know on YouTube how you sometimes get those advertisements that pop up before a video that you can skip after a few seconds?  Well, those ads are of course regional, so I always have Japanese ads pop up and I generally skip them as soon as possible.  However, today one popped up that had my attention the moment I saw "SakuraPanda" on the ( Read more... )

I'm sure this is all something we've wondered over the years but we just kind of let it go and accept the problem, but why the hell is Japanese music SO EXPENSIVE?!?!  ¥3000-¥4000 for a full album in Japan vs. America where you'd pay about half the price for the same amount of content. Even a single in Japan costs more than an album in America. I ( Read more... )

Hey there everyone.  On the off chance anyone may be interested I thought I'd let you know that I happen to have a Deviant Art account: http://jyassa.deviantart.com/ I occasionally manage to produce some drawings which are all currently posted.  I hope to eventually add some of my jewelry designs and poetry as well but I just haven't gotten around ( Read more... )

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to let all of you know that I just created a new journal here.  The new journal is specifically meant to be about more of my experiences living and working in Tokyo, especially in regards to my recently becoming a freelancer here and the interesting situations I find myself in as a result.  I am hoping to be more active ( Read more... )

Greetings all.  Just thought I'd share a little something about myself that some of you may know but many may not.  I probably have mentioned here a few times that I have very long hair, knee-length to be precise.  I recently was able to get a friend to take a picture that shows the length clearly so I thought I would share it here, if you are ( Read more... )

 So, I'm sure most of you are aware of this rather spiffy way to design your own Pony. Well, I decided to play with it a bit and have had way too much fun.

Of course I had to start with my own pony.


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 I want to let everyone know that I am ok and safe after yesterdays earthquake.  Its hard to believe it has been 24 hrs since it happened now.  Things are much more settled at the moment.  Work was cancelled for me so I am staying home.  I think trains aren't running anyway, I don't know if they will be back tomorrow.  I am just grateful and glad ( Read more... )

 What is the world coming to?!?

So, the other day I decide to place an order at H-DARTS.  I wanted the silver six-gem bracelet.  I felt safe in placing this order because they generally take a long time before actually sending the items out.  I expected a minimum of 2 months to wait but more likely 4-6 months as has been the experience of others, ( Read more... )

So, I came across this video today. I really love this song but this was the first time I'd seen the video. Its really simple but makes you curious what is going on and even more, how will it end. I really liked how this ended!

Massive Attack - Angel

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Now after watching this I started thinking about all the songs related to angels that I happen to ( Read more... )