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Good source of potassium

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:24:33 -0900

There have been three little earthquakes (~3-3.5) since I last posted, so just an update:

Earthquake tally:

Sendai: 4

Anchorage: 13

Total: 17

If lies were cats

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:42:24 -0900

Just a belated earthquake update. About a week ago, there was a rather noticeable one--a 4.8.

Which makes the tally:

Sendai: 4

Anchorage: 10

Total: 14

Also, I will be returning to Jersey a bit late this winter. I'll be arriving on January 1st and staying 'til January 14th. Otanoshimi ni.

Taishou!

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:38:50 -0800

Today was our first snow of the year.

Also, did you know that "ain't" was considered a proper English word up until about two-hundred years ago? It was the correct contraction for the words "am not," thus the phrase "I ain't" was acceptable. However, imbeciles liked to use it to contract "are not" as well, and this upset grammarians and, presumably, elementary English teachers. So, it was hyper-corrected (much the same way "you and I" is gradually disappearing in favor of "you and me" because people don't understand what a predicate is) to the point that it is no longer considered a proper English word in any situation. How sad.

Tennou Heika Banzai!

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:33:16 -0800

Earthquake tally! There was a 3.something a few days ago--nothing exciting, and then another about hour or so ago. Also, congratulations to James on experiencing his first earthquake! At 4.5, it was a respectable one, as far as day-to-day earthquakes go.

Sendai: 4

Anchorage: 9

Total: 13

Holy sardine!

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:58:59 -0900

Some videos, for your viewing pleasure.

Magnficent.

Batman v. the shark!

The Great White Shark Song.

Zombie v. the shark!

Learnings.

You may feel a little racy

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:59:36 -0900

I recently came across this music video, by Matsuura Aya. The song's name is "Momoiro Kataomoi." This means something along the lines of "Peach-colored Unrequited Love." The video (and lyrics, for that matter) are every bit as ridiculous as you might suspect. I've heard this song at some point in the past. Did it come out when I was in Japan? Did I have some horrible, premonitory dream of what was to come? I have no idea. Needless to say, this video absolutely horrifies me, yet I open it and I find myself transfixed, unable to avert my eyes, or to make it stop. Naturally, I had to share it with you.

A small request.... If any of you can find a poster with a sickeningly adorable (clothed) Japanese girl, as in the aforementioned video, could you be so kind as to point me in its direction? Many thanks.

For some reason that I can't quite place, the song reminded me of a band I used to listen to, Hysteric Blue. More specifically, it reminded me of their song "Grow Up." Now that's good viewing.

As you may know, I have a bit of a...thing for sharks. If you know me well, you know that I am physically incapable of turning off a shark movie, and must exert all of my willpower to keep from turning one on, should I learn that one is playing on the television. In addition to this, I offer a small warning: If you don't like shark movies, never take me to a video rental store. The odds are greatly in favor of us leaving said rental facility with no shark-related incidences. However, should I happen to catch sight of a film which I have not yet seen that has even the slightest chance of a scene involving a man (or woman--I'll save my sexism for other areas) being consumed, or even partially consumed, by a shark, I will require the rental and viewing of this movie. I may fight it. Perhaps we visited the store with some other movie in mind. Perhaps you don't like shark movies. In such a case, I will stop, and stare, and try (with the utmost futility) not to touch. I will stay in this position, wide-eyed and desperate, for longer than any healthy human being possibly could. If I do not rent and view said as-yet-unseen shark movie, it will haunt the deepest part of my being.

That said, I was shown this Jaws trailer yesterday, during a commercial break from the movie Jaws (which was followed by another personal favorite, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon). It is wonderful.

Following said shark movies was a dubbed version of Return of Mothra III. While I am normally vehemently against watching anything that is dubbed outside of its native language (with the possible exception of movies that are in non-Spain-Spanish), at this point, the television was already on. Plus, with the exception of parts of the first Godzilla, I had never previously viewed any of the Godzilla/Rodan/Gamera/Mothra/etc kaiju movies, oddly enough. So I allowed it to stay on, and viewed it. Much like with Momoiro Kataomoi, I was awe-struck. While I can't say for certain that it was the cheesiest thing I had ever seen, I feel compelled to proclaim it as such. Nevertheless, I had to watch it. All of it. And now, I'm afraid, I may have to watch all of the kaiju movies. Thank you, SciFi Channel. When I have a complete psychotic break, I'll know who to thank.

a shot to remember

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:13:18 -0900

I have finally added pictures from my trip to Germany to my flickr page, and my brand new, second flickr page (because, apparently, I can only have up to 200 pictures on a free account). Enjoy. Sorry for splitting my photos up like this. Maybe I'll upgrade to a pro flickr account.

I stayed in Ramstein, but all the pictures are of Heidelberg. Ramstein's really nothing terribly special. It looks a little foreign, I suppose, but not really. At any rate, it's not very picturesque.

Yes, it's true. I was dead. I still am, sort of. Germany caused me to become horribly infected inside my headbones. The pain was/is immense, and I will always remember that none of you were considerate enough to put me out of my misery. I suppose in the end, though, survival was worthwhile, as I've still yet to swim with man-eaters. Enjoy the pictures--I did die for them, after all.