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Japanese Toilet Paper
I am not the only person who has scraped his asshole raw with the sandpaper commonly dispensed in public toilets in Japan. This is fact. However, I may be the only one blogging about it today, which makes me special. The entire point of this post is to point out that the Japanese should emulate the Brits with regard to this matter. Also, is “hemorrhoids/haemorrhoids” like “color/colour?” That is all.
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I fought the law…
During lunch break I went to one of the ATMs next to our company cafeteria and tried to withdraw 25,000 yen. The transaction went smoothly until the very last step – my bank card and the receipt came out of the machine, but when the cash drawer opened, the machine suddenly seized up with squeaking cacophony of bill-shredding grinds and the drawer slammed shut, leaving me empty-handed. The revolving status indicator spun sickeningly for a brief instant and finally landed on OUT OF ORDER. I glanced at my relection on the two-way glass panel from which I was doubtlessly being recorded and saw my jaw drop in a classic “WTF?”…
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Gizoogle
I’ll let you in on a little secret: This is my official Monday morning search engine. Because on Mondays, you ALL be actin’ like beotches tryin’ to find shiznit.
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The horse’s mouth
Go forth, you hack: Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully: in Ten Minutes by Stephen King Obviously, I haven’t had time to read it yet.
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A twist on the old bean hurling
Yesterday was setsubun, the traditional Japanese new year, and we celebrated accordingly. I got home from a long day at work, the GF touched my arm and said “you’re it!,” then we played “oni ha soto” tag for a couple minutes. Then, I fell asleep on the sofa. (happy. new year.) P.S. Shouldn’t we get the day off or something? Doesn’t tradition mean anything to these heathens?
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A Brief History of Japanese Fish Sausage
*Not to be confused with Japanese Fish Cake (“kamaboko“) Early attempts at manufacturing sausages from fish meat (employing cellophane or sheep innards as the outer wrapper/skin) have been traced back to the Taisho period (1912 – 1926). It is not clear why these early experiments failed but one might suspect the very concept of a “fish sausage” sounded pretty weird, even to the inventor’s own family. After all, fish was delicious even without encasing it in animal entrails and could be preserved, to an extent, with traditional methods such as salting and drying. In addition, the formula for creating fish sausages were not perfected before the idea was shelved. In…
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Rear Spoiler on Gloria
Like a zit on a classy older woman’ face. Or something like that.
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Random Osaka Car Photos
A double winner! Check out the plate holder – made of a special reflective material that prevents highway cameras from getting a shot of the number plate – that is, uh, assuming there is one. It’s art, dude! In front of the fourtwenty head shop in Amemura. Note the classic Osaka parking job – sometimes you need a can opener to get out.
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Piano Brothers
My dad just sent me this clip: PianoBrothers.wmv
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On days like this, the world is mine
I was awoken by the mailman, who came with an Amazon package. I’m now listening to Aphex Twin and eating oranges and I feel very , if you know what I mean. It must be from that wine I had before bed. Red wine dreams are always good. Aphex Twin is always good. Today is going to be an awesome day, I can just feel it.
