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Taken at the top of my hotel - from the bar.
This vending machine was in front of my hotel room. No, I did not get drunk. Really.
KAITEN SUSHI!!!!!!! Lunch in Shibuya.
Logo for Cute M, a maid cafe located in Akihabara.
A bevy of maids at the cafe. Don't they look cute in their outfits?!
Pretty maids all in a row... (that song from The Eagles)
Purification well at Meiji Shrine, Harajuku
Condomania -- somewhere in the side streets of Shibuya...during the daytime! I walked around there at night and didn't see the damn place! And there I was, walking through the side streets and I see this.
This is what you will find inside. Funny stuff.
Pills to help push up your boobs. Found this display at one of the discount drug stores lined up along Shibuya's main drag. Right across Shibuya 109.
Shibuya at night.
More of Shibuya at night.
One of Shibuya's side streets.
Tokyo International Anime Fair was da bomb!
Here are some pictures to prove it:
That's right! Gundam golf bags!!!!
The show floor
Sargent Keroro and co.!!!! (I love this show!)
Big Sight, Odaiba
I'll have more in the coming days.
I still can`t upload my photos from my Palm T/X to my blog b/c I have no Wi-Fi available where I am. Sucks. Hmmm, maybe I should try to ask the front desk if I need to pay for Wi-Fi. That`s no good. Wi-Fi should be free damn it!
Anyway, I`ve got handy (that`s the new word of the day in Tokyo) pictures to show on the blog once I get back to the U.S.
I had the great chance to visit Production I.G.`s studio in Kokubunji (outside metro Tokyo). I totally geeked out like a crazy-ass Otaku (on the inside, that is). And Saturday, the crew and I will visit Satelight studio which is runned by the venerable Shoji Kawamori (animator of such titles as Macross and Escaflowne). The geek meter is on!
Anyhoo, I`ll be coherent next week (hopefully). This is what we did so far...
Covered Tokyo International Anime Fair, covered Production I.G. at Kokubunji, gone to Shibuya, visited Akihabara, went to a maid cafe (YES...young Japanese girls dressed up as maids and waiting on your table - FABULOUS!!) and much more. I also have a new mobile phone charm. I now have Sgt. Keroro hanging from my Motorola RAZR V3. Pics are forthcoming.
Later!
I'm heading out to Tokyo tomorrow. Wish me the best. It's my first time. I'll be a Virgin American Otaku in Tokyo! Doesn't get any better folks. This is where I say, "I love my job".
I'll try to take pictures and hope I can use my Palm T/X to make the magic happen. Be back in a week. Be good.
Southern Illinois University sophomore Kristi Yamaoka went crashing 15 feet onto her head during a routine on Sunday, suffering chipped neck vertebrae and a concussion in front of a stunned crowd and national TV audience. The school's pep band began playing the SIU fight song as the 18-year-old was carried off the floor, and she began moving her arms and cheering to the music.
March Madness everybody!
And Daniel Craig hinted that this Bond might actually show his stick shift, if you know what I mean.
Yup. It's come to that...
Source: Digital Spy
Well, that certainly was a different Oscar last night. But, you know what they say...the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The highlight for me, watching Jon Stewart hosting and trying to infuse the same wry Daily Show humor into the telecast. It worked on a couple of their mock-campaign promos. Other than that, I wasn't surprised that Howl lost to Wallace and Gromit. Previous animation awards made sure that course was set.
But, the biggest disappointment of the evening was the Academy members itself. How could they have voted for Crash (a mediocre pic with a less-than-memorable ending) over Brokeback Mountain? The Academy had a chance to prove that it can make smart choices, but last night it didn't. The bastard dropped the ball at mid-field, it didn't finish the layup, couldn't perform the hat trick, was out on a fly ball -- oh, I can keep throwing sports analogies but you get what I'm saying.
Once again, The Golden Globes proves that it is a better award show -- giving credit where credit is certainly due.
And was Philip Seymour Hoffman suppose to bark or something?
Check this out...
THE NY Comic-Con Milla Jovovich interview. Yeah, I produced it. That's how I topped off my coverage of NY Comic-Con. Enjoy!
Cover from: Comcast.net
Could it be? Is it really possible that the ultra-conservative, extremely tight-ass, over-protective (how many more superlatives can I throw?) AMPAS will allow the word "bitch" to air live during the song performance of "It's Hard Out There for a Pimp" from the film Hustle & Flow? Granted, it's not part of the FCC's seven dirty word list (everyone who took some form of ethics & law in comm class in college should know this...but if you don't, they are: shit, piss, f*&k, cunt, cocksucker, motherf*&ker, tits). Yeah, no "bitch" in that monologue from George Carlin.
But, hey, I'm still watching the Awards. Now, if someone from Golden Palace.com could just catapult from the seats to the stage -- that would be epic!
Source: Reuters
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