Archive for March, 2010

from Twitter

Mar 31 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

What. #wordswithfriends

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from Twitter

Mar 31 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Sigh. #wordswithfriends

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from Twitter

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

My favorite area of the Container Store — hundreds of colorful boxes, some tiny enough to store a single Cheerio.

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“Bullying is a Crime! I Absolutely Won’t Condone It!”

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Satou Fumiya, one of Japan’s top comic artists, lends her drawing to a public education campaign. I admire the sense of civic duty.

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Tokyo Disneyland

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Attention to detail in the gift shop.

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Tokyo Disneyland

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Frontierland coexisting with Cinderella’s Castle.

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Tokyo Disneyland

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

There are just a few things I truly love at Disneyland; this relatively subtle gag in Toontown is one.

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Tokyo Disneyland

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Neatly parked strollers outside the line for a ride.

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Coffee in a bag

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

I bought a cup of coffee. The lady put it in a bag.

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Obama is popular in Japan

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Being in Japan in the days surrounding Barack Obama’s inauguration, I got to hear a lot about him from another country’s perspective. The general sentiment was, as you can see here, excitement and anticipation.

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Unification Cautions

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Or, if you prefer, “Merge”.

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Shibuya

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Shopping in Shibuya, we saw this giant 20th Century Boys movie advertisement.

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Kamakura

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

We visited a Zen garden and enjoyed the tea ceremony. This was one of the most pleasant experiences of my life. With everything from cereal to wastebaskets getting branded as “Zen”, it’s easy to forget that it means more than “kinda naturey and relaxed”.

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Kamakura

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

This kitty pretty much had the run of the temple grounds.

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Kamakura

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Big huge pickup trucks are the norm for many areas of the USA. But to see one in Japan is photo-worthy.

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Kamakura

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

I am not sure what this rock is for. But it is important enough to have a convenient handle.

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Kamakura

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

This is, I believe, at Hokokuji temple in Kamakura. But it’s been 14 months.

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Fossils

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

In the middle of a hyper-dense urban area is this fossil park, where you can see the layers of sea creatures that used to live there.

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Kinokuniya

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

20th Century Boys, our beloved comic series by Urasawa Naoki, was made into a movie. I heard it was awful.

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Shinjuku

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Part six in an ongoing series, “Kabukichou from above”. 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007. Every geeky trip to Shinjuku gets more focused, as I care less and less about the trends of the day and instead hunt down specific items. Even so, I ended up with five artbooks, ten games, and 13 comic tankoubons.

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Gamers

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Game shops have these poster-saturated stairwells between their many floors. This one is rather tame. They usually make me wonder at how much product there is out there, probably dreck but just maybe good enough to be my next Sakura Taisen or Ar tonelico.

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Shinjuku Station

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Walking the huge main corridor of Shinjuku Station always brings me back to 2002. One of my favorite places in the world.

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Good Swimmer

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

It was a good dinner, and somehow I managed to have a conversation about literal interpretation of the Bible.

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Mt. Fuji

Mar 28 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

On the way to the house, we took a little detour to see the view of Mt. Fuji, one of the better ones in Tokyo. Aunt K told me I could get a clearer shot if I moved over a bit, but I wanted to capture the characteristically Tokyoesque utility poles too.

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from Twitter

Mar 26 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Oh yeah, big dining table get!

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from Twitter

Mar 20 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Absurdly high-qual chaise GET

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from Twitter

Mar 15 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Wait a second. That is not how dish antennas work.

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from Twitter

Mar 06 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

Whoa, they hot-swapped in some new parking stall lines around my car.

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from Twitter

Mar 03 2010 Published by under Uncategorized

1. So awesome to see the Exotic font in a modern game. 2. CONGRATURATIONS!

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