I can’t believe this video’s been out longer than a year and I’d never seen it. What a great career-capper.
Author: Justin
layout, hosed.
I have no idea why Sixapart (who make my blog software) and Dreamhost (my webhost) are so intent on screwing with me in collusion, nor why it’s so hard to implement a simple blogroll in MT 4, but I do know that I managed to lose my sidebars – no search, no archives, no recent photos, no (unused) tag cloud space… and even though it’s unintentional, I’m kinda digging this minimalist design. I might stick with it for a while.
My e-mail is above (at the top of my main blog page); shoot me a message if you need to find an entry in the archives (e.g., “sunrise tacos”) and don’t know how to use google with a filter for this site only.
Upside down in the Third World…
…or is it the First World that’s fucked?
First check out this article:
The Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog: So Good It’s Illegal
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Now, which of the following do you think is harder for me to explain to a classroom full of average Thai kids?
- Why it’s illegal (and a jailable offense) to sell grilled hot dogs where I’m from
- Why street vendors where I’m from have to watch out for cops, health and safety officials and extortionate gangs
- Why any of the above parties can’t be universally placated with a free meal now and then
If they outlawed (and enforced) hot dog grilling in Bangkok alone, 20,000 people would have to change careers. Luckily, most of the changing would be done by just selling different stuff on the cart the next day, but still…
After booty.
I think the whole name/theme is just cursed: My sister named her Shi Tzu, “Jak,” after Jack Sparrow, and it was always doing stupid stuff like running into windows, too.
UPDATE: This is Jak
what does it all mean
Posted because I had to – I saw this image from my childhood (GOOOOO JOE!) in a dream recently, and it’s been sitting on my desktop waiting to be posted ever since. If my blog actually serves as a bridge from the dream world to this one, cool.
For me, GI Joe was badass, especially this guy.
What say you?
Tribute to stsanders
You might remember a quick post I wrote a couple months ago about some awesome guitar hero parodies that were getting a lot of attention on YouTube. I hope you got to see a few of those hilarious vids, because they’re all gone now: Copyright Vampires Delete Guitar ‘Shred’ Videos from YouTube
Here’s a followup article as well: Humorless Metalheads Shut Down Popular YouTuber
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As a side note, I can’t believe that wankorama-master Yngwie Malmsteen indirectly made my blog twice in a single month.
Donarudo: “Who says there ain’t no good dope in Japan?”
While I’m on this Japan stint:
Turn down your sound and watch this video (it’s a must-see), then optionally poke your own eyes out/pierce your ear drums.
Dumpling diplomacy: Green lantern fix?
There’s obviously a problem when someone decides to add pesticides to Japan’s foreign-produced frozen food supply, but is the best answer for Japan truly another “buy local” scheme? I can see about 6,200 problems with this, not including shipping. I mean, this is the same country that makes airports for airlifting vegetables (which probably had the net effect of driving more agro business to China since it cost – duh – too much to ship fresh produce by air), right?
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In other Japan-related news, all of you from the camera-toting, chrysanthemum-kissing, anime-addict set are OFFICIALLY NO LONGER WANTED AT TSUKIJI FISHMARKET. That’s what you get for questioning the validity of scientific whaling, yo.
F*** Planet Earth
Do not watch this video if:
- You don’t like hearing the F word
- You haven’t seen the BBC’s Planet Earth (which is, by the way, one of the best nature documentary series ever made)
Revok- Murakami collaboration
This somehow sounds like a rework of the feudal tale about the daimyo being entranced by a certain peasant’s skill with basket weaving…
“In the early morning hours in mid-December, an amazing masterpiece of epic pink proportions appeared above the Melrose strip. Not MOCA’s Murakami billboard itself, but rather a young curator’s fantasy art show…”
Go read the full story over at the LA Weekly: LINK