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LSD con el Capitan
I’m ashamed to say I actually have this song on CD. I guess this means I’ll be using Google Video quite frequently from now on.
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Scratch the Planet
I’m testing the embedding feature of Google Video. Let’s see if this works: (Click the play button to start playback) Wow, that works pretty well!
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choose your pwned adventure
This is the funniest shit I’ve seen for a long, long time: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It I really used to be into those books, and the Zork series as well. The Zork books had moralistic endings (“You chose to cheat by stating you had the Sneakers of Lightness, so the story ends here. Think about what a bad person you are for a while.”) built in for cheaters, like me.
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But was it Jungle Style?
This is perhaps the grossest thing I’ve ever seen before lunch: In-N-Out 100×100 In other news, I have officially decided that Chuck Norris references are already too wack.
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High Heel Theory
At the end of last year, Nam interpreted in Bangkok for a famous Yoshimoto comedienne, High Heel Momoko. They ended up hitting it off, and Momoko invited us to dinner this past weekend. This is how I, the guy who basically holds Japanese TV responsible for the heinous dumbing-down of the past few generations, found himself in a room full of famous people and their agents on Saturday night. It was thoroughly enjoyable. Momoko and her entourage are a close-knit group and at first there was of course a lot of industry talk going on, which was interesting in the sense that people who work in television are always viewing…
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Bird’s eye 24
Go check out this Google Maps hack that traces Jack Bauer’s movements during this season’s episodes of 24: Jacktracker Who’d have thought we’d have this kind of awesomeness, even just a year or two ago?
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Google China
Last week I railed against Skype for selling out to the commies, so it’s only fair to spread the love to Google as well. Here’s to hoping you have the good grace to perform a reacharound when you’re getting fucked: SAMPLE GOOGLE.CN SEARCH FOR “CHINESE ATROCITIES”
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My Genius Wife
Nam just finished her last interview and it looks like she’s set to receive her PhD in March! ALL THESE YEARS OF STUDY AND WAITING ARE FINALLY GONNA PAY OFF!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m alone tonight (she’s staying out in Nara), but I think I’ll drink to that anyway…
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Allergies?
Related to my previous post, I’d like to know if anyone has food allergies or food preferences (disclaimer: I am basically the living antithesis of vegan. My philosophy is, “God gave me canine teeth for a reason, and damned if I’ll let them go to waste.” I have nothing against vegans besides the armpit hair-brandishing female type, but it will be very hard for vegans to travel with me on this trip, because among other things, several suckling pigs and a Peking duck or two have my name on them.). Dave is lactose intolerant, which sucks but is fairly easy to work around, I think. Chris, a guy I’ve not…
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Let’s eat!
The upcoming trip to Thailand will mark my longest stay there thus far; it will also mark my longest stay in Bangkok. I have a simple policy regarding food in Thailand: Street vendors and food stalls are king. For the most part, they specialize in a dish or two, and they usually do it well. At these places, I’ve had 25 Baht (70 cents) chicken-on-rice plates better than any restaurant equivalent in the states or Japan, ditto for 50 cent bowls of egg noodles and 40 cent plates of fresh stir fried veggies. Thailand is a chowhound’s dream, simply because of the quality and widespread abundance of street food. One…
