When I'm tired, or in that state of being high from lack of sleep, or just plain stupid, I tend to misread things.  For example, I just read "designer backsplash tiles" as "designer whiplash tiles ( Read more... )

Hardwood floors are such a bitch to clean, especially if one is set on waxing them. *grumbles*

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I had completely forgotten about the annual Kohaku until I stumbled on this blog entry, which includes this year's lineup. It looks like the usual mix of breakout artists who are appearing on Kohaku for the first time, steadily popular ones ( Read more... )

I was watching another one of those ridiculous Japanese variety TV shows where they were talking about natto and the different ways you could eat it. Now, I love natto, but some of the natto dishes were rather wild:

Natto mixed with mayonnaise
Natto mixed with sugar (seems this is common in northern Japan)
Natto on toast and noriNatto spaghetti ( Read more... )

Courtesy of those wacky Japanese:

Don't trust the massage chair

Don't trust the portable toilets in Japan either
(And yes, that's Beat Takeshi in the sailor shirt at the end.)

Also: Bring It On: The Waseda Men's Version. (Official website and official blog). And an English article about the guy who started all of this here.

YEAAAHHHHHH EMMA VOLUME 7!!

Never have I loved you so much, Raw-Manga!

Now, to get the last PriPri volume...

EDIT: I linked to Butler Cafe Swallowtail back in February; I'm still planning on going there whenever I visit Japan again. But now there's another cafe that I HAVE to visit: 80+1, a maid cafe that mainly caters to female customers. ( Read more... )

Well, I hear that Arakawa Shizuka of Japan snatched the gold out from all the other ladies' noses. Shocking, I tell you.

I wonder if it would've turned out differently if Michelle Kwan had skated.

HOT DAMN IT IS SNOWING! *does the snow dance*

...sorry, I was bummed out before that there wasn't much snow this year.

Also, the daily shot of Japanese culture:

I'm pretty sure everybody has heard of the maid cafes in Akihabara by now. According to this article, now there's something called the Butler Cafe. Obviously aimed towards the female ( Read more... )

Stupid Moment #1: Not knowing where the CD bay was on the Mac. (At least I figured out how to eject the CD.)

Stupid Moment #2:
Random guy: Excuse me, do you know where ______ is?
Me: Uh, I have no idea, sorry.

Compliment of the Day: "You have beautiful hair!" (@ the cafe)

Random Conversation Overheard: "...and I got an extra hard drive so now ( Read more... )

You know those overly cute, decked-out lunches (bento) that the Japanese make?

Yeah?

Well, check this one out: ( Windows bento! )

Now you can show that you're an otaku whenever you use your card. Well, at least in Japan you can. They even have a special gift for the slashers ( Read more... )