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SPF 16 (Thai Commercial)
It’s comforting to know there are some familiar points in the society into which I shall plunge: Slapstick, vampires, hot chicks on TV. On the other hand, sometimes it is disturbing to see the whitening effect of various cosmetics pursued by so many in Thailand. You know what, though? I attribute this less to the perceived beauty of pale skin than to the fickle nature of the female species – you know, wanting straight hair when they have perms and vice versa. It’s a vicious cycle, but it’s also only natural, I guess. (via Magnoy)
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A Prison Camp Memoir
Excerpts from another great memoir over on the JPRI site: “The radio went dead. All the servants had long disappeared–stealing everything they could carry. I locked all the doors and shutters and stayed in the dark. The planes were flying very low now, using the tramcar lines along the boulevard as a guide. When they opened up with their machine-guns, I guessed that the troops were near. It was a long, long night. When dawn arrived, I couldn’t understand the sudden quiet, and ventured to the gate to look up to the main street. Imagine my astonishment when I saw thousands of troops marching softly past, carrying or riding bicycles!…
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From the Brink of Despair…
I just scared myself real good. I thought I’d lost my wallet. The thing is, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen it, and I hadn’t used it for a couple of days. My heart sunk further and further as each place I searched turned up empty… I was really fucked becuase my wallet contains really everything I need to survive in modern society. Driver’s license, gaijin card, bank card, postal savings card, credit card, health insurance card, hospital card, dental clinic card, latest bank statement, a million membership cards, business cards, a few vital phone numbers jotted down on a waxy napkin, pictures of my wife and family,…
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Algorithm March – With Ninja and Everyone Together
Is this the new Macarena? I can’t claim to watch Pythagoras Switch (?????????) on a regular basis or anything, but this is some damn fine educational television programming for 6- to 8-year olds.
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Japanese “Lawsuit” Guitars
They are known as lawsuit guitars because they are of such good quality (often matching or even surpassing the original Fenders and Gibsons they replicate), that: Around 1981, though, Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker and a few other US guitar manufacturers got their hands on some “lawsuit” guitars made in Japan and quickly threatened to sue when they saw how exact the Japanese replicas really were. The Japanese replica-making guitar manufacturers were forced to stop making these “copy” guitars around 1983. There are still tons of these guitars around if you search the used guitar shops and pawn shops, although some of the more famous models outprice the American equivalents they were…
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Dogtards
Oh, my shaka. “PuppyPurse makes it easier to take your dog with you, whether you’re shopping, fly fishing or just taking a walk and nothing gets in the way of snuggling and kissing your baby whenever you want to” The only question is, can you get one that holds seven puppies? (also see here and here) According to the official website, this product seems to appeal mostly to snobby rich blondes. And how do the dogs feel about it? Just shoot me, already.
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How to Make a Baby Stop Crying
This is one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. Those of you with babies (hint, hint, hint, and lord forgive me if I forgot anyone else’s child) might want to take note. I apologize that the video is entirely in Japanese, with no subtitles. Basically, this is a television show called Tantei Knight Scoop that documents strange and interesting people/places/things that their viewers often send in. In this episode, a mother of a child who fusses a lot writes in to say that a popular television commercial by Takemoto Piano has a strangely and instantaneously soothing effect on her son and his friends (this effect is in fact…
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Fly Guy
Here’s a cool piece of Flash to make you feel better after a long day in cubicle hell: http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/flyGuy.swf (belly-dancing monkey alert!)
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defambulatoriness
Don’t you want to hear the full story behind the use of my name and the word “hymen” in the same sentence? Sorry, Kevin made me swear not to tell anyone… Whether she’ll be given the “F”, indeed.
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Wherein I solve global terrorism
Okay, since this would ostensibly allow me to carry bottles of (gasp!) drinking water onto planes again, can I get a fucking “amen” for the following course of action? 1. Poison Bobby Brown’s stash of happy dust 2. Send Whitney Houston to patrol the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on a donkey Click for enlightenment.
