I just realized I still have to make the medals for the Lana costume. So I'll wait to take good shots (i.e., Ryusen and HIS camera gear) until after I finish those. ^_ ( Read more... )

...why Ross Stores has so many darn hatboxes? Do that many people still use hats nowadays -- even in Europe -- that there's still a market for cutesy hatboxes? Or are they in fact just general boxes, just shaped like a circle instead of the usual square, rectangle, or multi-sided shape? Granted I've never looked inside any of those supposed ( Read more... )

I'm getting into trouble again.

( Image ganked from an auction. it's pretty big, so be warned. )

I'm trying to finish up my page on the FF Finest Box and checking those tracklists against the tracklists I have on my pages for the original releases of the soundtracks, and boy, am I finding a ton of errors. I think they go back to when I wasn't that proficient in Japanese and I didn't have access to Jim Breen's WWWJDIC. Or obviously I was too ( Read more... )

Hope you all had a great holiday. And thanks to everyone for the computer help and other well-wishes. I managed to recover my lost files using a combo of 3 different programs, just because of their different interfaces and just to make SURE I got everything. Also, I just have to remember not to strain my back...it was okay, and then I figured I ( Read more... )

I think that after Hammond and Ryusen (those two names are in no particular order. Really. Honestly. Seriously.), the guy I most love in this world has got to be Seanbaby. I tell you, his articles crack me up to no end with this over-the-top sarcasm. I really wish EGM had a better online archive of his stuff, hehehe ( Read more... )

Don't buy jewelry online ( Read more... )

Ever notice that the Japanese seem to have a love for foreign languages? Not necessarily learning them to the point of fluency, but just...dabbling in them for, I dunno, dramatic effect, I guess. The Final Fantasy CDs have used English, French, Portuguese, Saami (!), backwards Japanese and Latin, even though I'm sure that whoever's listening to ( Read more... )

And I thought first-party stuff was usually GOOD. Turns out these Wiimote "gloves" are indeed made by Nintendo...and they have no openings to allow you access to the battery compartment. What, they expect you to peel it off when you need to change batteries? I've tried putting one of those things on a Wiimote before, and it is HELL. No way am I ( Read more... )

Just read that Maki Ohguro is in town filming footage for a show on TV Tokyo called "Aloha Girl." The show apparently focuses on following Japanese celebrities as they explore Hawaii beyond Waikiki. Okay, the fact that such a show exists, WITH regular eps that bring Japanese celebs here, and that I didn't know about it till now, boggles me. Not ( Read more... )