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Return of the Half Marathon
So I did the half marathon again this year. I'd considered not signing up, but the company I work for is one of the sponsors, so participating makes for a good bit of PR. Last year we had 3 employees join in on the run. This year there were 6 of us ( Read more... ) -
I ain't afraid of no ghosts.
Last weekend I didn't have much lined up for Sunday. There was a dinner show I would like to have gone to, but it was a pretty long train ride away as well as very expensive, so I passed on it. As that left me with no plans for the day, and it was fairly hot out, I wanted to get out and enjoy the day a bit- I've spent too much of my life in places ( Read more... ) -
He is the chosen one.
Recently someone tipped me on to a Japanese TV show called Yuusha Yoshihiko that I've been enjoying quite a bit. I'm most of the way through the first season, and I see a second season has been made ( Read more... ) -
The man of your dreams
Last weekend (May 5-6, technically Sunday and Monday, but Monday was a National Holiday) was the Hollywood Collector's Convention in Tokyo, Japan. Celebrity Guests were Sean Astin (Sam in Lord of the Rings, Goonies) and Robert Englund (V, and most famously Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street). Just under two months prior to the event, I was ( Read more... ) -
Akumu on Elm Street
Another Hollywood Collectors Convention is coming up next month. This is the event that I was invited to do the Doc Brown (Back to the Future) cosplay last November. This time around, Sean Astin (Sam in Lord of the Rings, Goonies, etc) had been advertised as the main guest for a while, and I was wondering if I should try to pull off a Gandalf, ( Read more... ) -
So that's what it's going to feel like when the zombies come
I ran the Tachikawa half marathon yesterday. Today is March Fourth, but my legs are pretty tired. Yeah, I'm a punny guy ( Read more... ) -
Skiing
I went up to Nagano with a group of co-workers on a ski trip last weekend. Only 3 of us actually went skiing, the rest were all snowboarders (and many beginners at that ( Read more... ) -
New York, round 3.
I was in NY for Toy Fair last week. We stayed at a different hotel this time, so I was in an area a few blocks away from where we've stayed the last 2 times I was there for work, so not too terribly different. I liked it a little better this time around, I think. Granted, I've pretty much only been in the Manhattan area, and not ranged much outside ( Read more... ) -
私は雨男だ。I am the Rain man (not the movie).
The Japanese have a term 雨男(あめおとこ、ame otoko) that translates as "Rain man". It has nothing to do with the movie. An ame otoko is a person that it always rains on. A few examples ( Read more... ) -
Now where did I put those shoes?
Bowling in Japan is... pretty much like bowling anywhere else I've tried it. Which doesn't cover a whole lot of places, really- a few places in the US, a couple of places in Japan. But bowling is bowling, there's not that much to vary ( Read more... )