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The Big Lebowski – Abridged
Be warned: This is actually titled the F_cking Short Version, for good reason. It’s White Russian time.
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Doing my part…
…for world peace Today I convinced several Japanese people that Canada can be properly referred to as Little America. A Taiwanese guy in the room snorted; I was gracious enough to ignore this and refrain from making a crack about “Little China.” In other news, I may have met the worst candidate ever to work in Japan: He hates rice. He hates fish. He hates noodles. He explained that he had just been transferred to the Japan account from Switzerland, where food is apparently “awesome” and there are no communal baths “which are obviously for gays.” Bummer, dude.
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Thai Visa Trivia of the Day
For citizens of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Nepal, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Palestinian State, Nigeria, Afghanistan, China, and North Korea, the Thai visa applicant must first be granted status of residence in Japan. I wonder if this only applies to people applying to the Royal Thai Consulate in Osaka.
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Off-season Jack Bauer Love
I have a feeling I will be watching 24 long past the point of it jumping the shark; such is my love for J. Bauer, Esq., that I will probably watch every episode up to and including the one where Jack and Chloe are sent to the moon to prevent Tamil Tigers from detonating a Chinese nuke on the surface and dislodging enough moon dust to obscure the sun from the earth, which would start a new Ice Age. It was much the same with the X-Files. I was one of the semi-dedicated who stuck with it until the movie came out, and I religiously watched every episode. I was…
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Left hand wanking the right? Vice versa?
When a CNN Breaking News E-Mail Alert says the exact opposite of the anchorman on CNN International at the same time, which one is more credible? This is not a trick question; either Israeli ground troops have entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases (via E-Mail Alert), or they haven’t (CNN International). I know, I know, fog of war and all that, but still…
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Short Movie Review: Takeshis’ 2005
I’ve been a fan of Takeshi’s movies for a long time. His early directing efforts were truly visionary. Terajima always delivers the best staredown. That said, Takeshis’ 2005 was disappointing and just too damn long. There is a difference between looking at yourself in a mirror, and watching yourself look at yourself look in the mirror. This movie was filmed with the latter in mind instead of the former, and I’m pretty sure that’s why it sucked. Takeshi’s on a bit of a sucky streak at the moment – that fucking godforsaken remake of Zatoichi and the movie with the title that basically precludes having to call it wack, Dolls,…
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Jehovan Awakening
If I were asked how I would like to be awakened at six in the morning on the third day of a three day weekend, “by a Jehovah’s Witness” would be near the bottom of the list, believe me. Obviously though, God thought differently today. And it really sucks, because I was having a dream about flying, you know, the full on will-yourself-off-the-ground-and-begin-floating freedom only afforded one without the sting of disappointment when rudely awoken seemingly once every few years. So, fuck! the doorbell was rung relentlessly and I instantly vowed to kill the fucker who dared ruin my awesome flying experience. I opened the door to a short obachan…
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The Green Goddess
Note: This is not a tribute to absinthe. If you thought my obsessive Gmail observations last week were sad… That’s right, it’s time for DICTIONARY BLOGGING. This is my ode, in haiku form, to Green Goddess. Indispensable I can kill a full grown carp With your mighty bulk Seriously, this is a J to E translator’s best dead tree friend. That is all.
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Norman Cook / Yuzo Kayama Mashup
Get down, obachan! (via)
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EV1
An insider’s view of the miserably failed EV1 line of electric cars produced by GM: LINK I’m pretty sure I saw one of these parked at a recharging station in front of Fry’s Electronics in Fountain Valley a couple of years ago. I wonder if it’s still there… (link via waxy; the movie he refers to is covered here)
