Monthly Archives: January 2008

Now, as I test out Movable Type v.4.1 for the first time, I can not help but think about what the interface looked like when I first used it, and how writing that first post felt. Blogging was pretty well-established by 2003, but it was new to me and it was with the encouragement of … Continue reading »

I took shelter from the cold rain, in an old, dark room, full of books with yellowed pages and a jumble of artifacts and well-worn work items. Scant light fell as running streaks on to the warped linoleum, I contemplated as I breathed in warm, stale air. On the walk to the room, my Hawaiian … Continue reading »

For such a shitty cartoon, Beavis and Butthead was pretty entertaining.

Surprisingly, this little dog is able to go boulder hopping if you direct her along a clean, reasonable line. Though she can climb up steep rocks and plows along like a little bulldozer, she doesn’t necessarily like going off the path. The yawn indicates that she’s had enough, clearly not interested in checking out the … Continue reading »

Is it Nas vs. Jay-Z? Tupac and Biggie? Ice Cube talking smack on Common?

Look around the cubicles at my workplace and you won’t notice anything out of the ordinary. There is a war going on, and not everybody even notices it. Once you do notice it, you start to see things and to hear things that shouldn’t be there. There is an infestation of plastic army men, civil … Continue reading »

Forgotten side roads, hidden deep in the green hills of Kyushu, are where I spent many epic afternoons driving around in my trusty ’89 Civic. Often, I would encounter fallen trees or boulders blocking the road that I would skirt around, nudge out of the way, or get out of my car and physically move … Continue reading »

Why is it that things that I like to do seem like such a pain in the ass until I end up doing them? I’ll give you a few examples of what I’m talking about: I like to cook, but I haven’t cooked more than a handful of times this year. I like to exercise, … Continue reading »

Tonkotsu ramen is my favorite noodle soup by far, and unfortunately, there are no places to get really good tonkotsu in Monterey. I had gone so long without tonkotsu that Shinsengumi was the place where I wanted to eat the most on my last trip to Southern California. If only I could get Tonkotsu up … Continue reading »