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It’s that time of the month again…
So the question burning in my mind is: Do you want to make your own washable menstrual pads? If so, I’m taking all my clothes to the cleaners.
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The paperwork begins
For those of you who are easily impressed, the following was typed out entirely on my keitai on the long bus ride home. I think I was slightly feverish. // I’ve been away since last Friday, when Nam and I went to the US Consulate General and the Thai Embassy, both located in Osaka. Our purpose was to get Certificates of Competency to Marry (The fact that one must swear on their “competency to marry” on paper really bothers me for some reason, but it’s not really worth going into. Suffice to say that it’s stupid in concept, and completely meaningless in reality.), and I took the day off so…
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Ode to Georgia Part II
“Can Coffee on Mt. Katsuragi,” the second installment in the Emerald Mountain series.
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Oriba
This is how someone chose to translate, “drop-off area.” @ OCAT, aka Namba JR station in Minatomachi.
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The Golden Three
These long, dreary trips out to factories way out in the country – I will not miss them. When you leave the concrete landscapes of urban sprawl and start seeing more trees than cars, you know you have left the embrace of modern Japan. Strange things start occuring to you in the sweltering heat of an uncontrolled climate, as the lush green of summer passes by. Perhaps the majority of Japanese will die never having peed in the woods. Most have never camped outside for free, or without being in close proximity of the car they came in. Surely, none would know how to wage a guerilla war from the…
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From the journal of an early explorer
It makes perfect sense that true vampire bats are neither: A. (exclusively) frugiverous, or B. (exclusively) insectivorous That is all. // Note: An alternative title to this post is, “Why I love the Discovery Channel,” but I really am reading a journal of an early explorer: Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure (Thanks to Y0j1mb0 for the link)
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“Paintings of Murdoc as Wolverine”
And here’s a WIRED interview with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of the Gorillaz: Keeping It (Un)real
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“Vietnamese fish-ball soup or an incredible peach cobbler”
Be sure to check out this interview of Chowhound.com co-founder Jim Leff: LINK
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Remote Damage Report
Because today did not start off so well (I almost got in TWO accidents on the way to work, where I was promptly chastised for not buttoning down the button-down collars on my new pink shirt – how could I make something like that up?), I was happy to read my mom’s commentary on the party they had at home. Apparently, we in the Land of the Big Red Rising Riceball missed out on: – Hot Dogs – Barbecued Kalbi – Silver Queen corn – Homegrown zucchini, eggplant, Maui onions, and bell peppers – My Auntie Betty’s potato salad, fresh-baked cookies, and a “crusty, crunchy coffee toffee cake” – 20…
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White Civic
This car doesn’t look too bad, actually. You can tell that this guy spent a lot of money, resulting in a car that isn’t strikingly different from the stock version, though.
