So, Friday one of the local TV stations accidentally broadcast an incredibly racist joke in bad taste. Now they're being sued by Asiana Airlines for damages. I don't know what all led to this particular Charlie Foxtrot, but I think sending a strong message is appropriate. A little common sense would have gone a long way to keeping this sort of ( Read more... )

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I decided one day that there had to be Japanese symphonic metal bands out there somewhere, so I went looking. I figure take metal riffs with traditional Japanese music, and that could be quite interesting. My quest led me to a few things ( Read more... )

I'm taking the roomie through Kamen Rider Agito, and it occurred to me that it passes the Bechdel test. Which got me thinking that many tokusastu series do, too, particularly the sentai (i.e., Power Rangers) series. Now if only they would accept a female Ranger Red, or Kamen Rider, or Ultraman... (Yeah, yeah, Beth, Yulian or Mama. I'm talking ( Read more... )

Many things are made better by a purring kitty on the head. Unfortunately, a headache is not one of these things.

It's not a good sign that when, at the conclusion of a meeting, someone said "everyone sally forth" and I dissolved into giggles.

Am I a bad person for noting that Otome Road, center of ladies' fandom, is located across the street from the old Sugamo Prison where they hung to death war criminals after World War II? (Including, for the history buffs, General Tojo.)

Nah, what probably makes me a bad person is the main thing I care about these days is going to Ice Cream City, ( Read more... )

Finally got to see Warm Bodies. I don't usually use the words "zombie apocalypse", "adorable", and "hear-warming" in the same sentence, but they do all apply. It took most of the movie (until the balcony scene, really) before I realized they were doing a riff on Romeo and Juliette. It wasn't particularly scary, nor gory -- I thought obessivewoman would enjoy ( Read more... )

So the main point of doing this time change is to save energy. I am happy to report I've done my part. After waking up late Sunday morning (my cell phone's alarm clock interacts with the time change poorly... and confusingly...) I then failed to get anything useful done, including failing to get to the gym because I ran out of time thanks to ( Read more... )

In retrospect, studying for two industry certifications at the same time -- no matter how related they may be -- may have been unwise.