If I ever wanted to market a new pickled fish rice topping for mass consumption in Japan, I would do two things:
1. Make sure it resembled miniature baby seals, or alternatively, Hamutaro
2. Name it something along the lines of mukashinagara shin-atarashiko (kuromame tappuri no)
That is all.
Author: Justin
Baka Sekai Chizu
This is pretty funny: Fool’s World Map
Click around on the different items for specific wiki entries; Japan’s description is pretty good.
Simpsons on Guitar
Sugoi.
Hello Kitty Waffle Maker
You know you want one… Hell, even I want one! Kitty is my favorite stuffed doll at home, because she doesn’t mouth off.
LINK
(thx James)
Who Needs Lucas?
So if a couple of kids can do the effects this well, all we need is a team of real writers to create Episodes 7-9 and rescue the series from its creator, right? I can’t help but think everything after Return of the Jedi was a pure ego trip. Fuck that.
LED Lighter
This is like the coolest invention of the month – a disposable cigarette lighter with a battery-powered LED lamp embedded in the bottom for use as a small flashlight. The label on the side says it can be used 1,000 times for 5 second bursts.
Thai plant
This seedling, which my mom smuggled all the way from Thailand wrapped in wet toilet paper, is not happy. It was covered in two inches of snow yesterday and is currently wondering who the hell turned off the heat.
Mayoral Election Signboard
Every year around this time in Japan the streets are filled with the sounds of Old Men Who Want Your Vote (And Mount Large Loudspeakers on Election Vehicles). Unfortunately they cannot have mine, because I cannot vote. Satan won’t let me (er… also because I’m not Japanese, but Satan is pretty goddamn compelling as well). I feel a bit left out, you see.
So I took some pictures instead.
The election signboard with names and faces of each candidate.
With a slogan like GENKI UP SUMOTO, how can you lose? (for some reason, this slogan makes me envision Fitty rousing up his sleeping crew with a hearty, “GENKI UP, MOTHERFUCKAS!”)
This guy’s channeling Mr. T or something. “I’m gonna MESS YOU UP, sucka!”
The token “former Aum follower/current Scientologist”.
They’re gonna run me out of this city for sure.
