I bought this at the bookstore
Plenty of birthdays in October. While in the bookstore, I bought cards. A couple of birthday cards. And a Halloween card. One for the nephew. One for the sister-in-law. One for the niece. Nice.
Also, an issue of Monocle.
Monocle Issue 107
Halloween Card for the niece
I’m not really buying manga as much anymore. Too much idol stuff. But when they release a new volume in the series I still sort of read I will buy it. Here’s two I bought just because they are one of the last few series I still am reading.
No Matter How I Look at it, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular 10 — Watamote!
A Bride’s Story 9
I received for my birthday a book I bought this year. Luckily, they gave me a gift receipt. So I returned it and picked up this. Lot’s to ponder from this considering our current presidential situation. We’ll look back on Obama’s presidency fondly. I wish the rapture would happen soon.
We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
It’s been a while. A LONGGGGGG WHILE! Months have gone by but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t buy stuff at the bookstore. I did. I just didn’t bother blogging about it. Seems like my New Year’s resolution did not last past the third month of the year.
I kind of fell off with blogging, but now I’m back. At least for the month of October! It’s the spooky month. Not as good as NewsRadio Quote Month, but it’s kind of fun, too. I want to write a bit more blog posts. Stretch out my typing so that I am actually using a keyboard. I’m not doing that at work. Blah.
Monocle issue 106.
Experience Required: How to become a UX leader regardless of your role. I bought this not because I want to be a UX guy, but because it gots some advice on how to persuade people. I need to stop being passive-aggressive and be assertive. Get me out of this task!!!!
What I haven’t told you about my bookstore visits is that usually I am buying a white mocha from the cafe there. So every time I go, I am filling up on 400 calories of sugary goodness. I should stop going to the bookstore. I should stop ordering white mochas. This I should do to help me on my resolutions. So far I haven’t done that.
The Temple of I & I Thievery Corporation.
Monocle Volume 10 Issue 100
I’m really going to have to go to Japan. These are the next set of travel guides I bought for the trip. It’s ridiculous thinking that I will find Japan and their culture in books. I will find it in their country. I must go…
Cool Japan: A Guide to Kyoto, Tokyo, Tohokou, and Japanese Culture Past and Present by Sumiko Kajiyama
Tokyo Precincts: A Curated Guide to the City’s Best Shops, Eateries, Bars and Other Hangouts by Steve Wide and Michelle Mackintosh
I did buy some more stuff from BN. Last week and today. Here’s what I got.
Concise Japanese Dictionary Samuel E. Martin
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaimann
The Fox God has smiled on me today. I found the Funko pop for Su-Metal at my local bookstore. She now joins Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal on my mantle. I’ve had the other 2 since the end of 2015, and I have been on the lookout for the lead singer of BabyMetal since then. It’s taken me a year but she finally popped up. Unsurprisingly, I there were more Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal figures there. I was almost gonna give up, but checked around the store once more and found her, staring me in the face. The Fox God is good.
On another note, Su-Metal is Nakamoto Suzuka. Her sister, Nakamoto Himeka (Himetan), is an idol in my favorite thing, Nogizaka46, and it was just announced that she will go on hiatus because of unspecified health reasons for the latest 17th single. I am more of a fan of Himetan because I am more of a fan of Nogizaka46. It will not be the same without her lovely and energetic Himetan Beam. The 5th Year Birthday Live is going to be a tad bit sadder. I am hoping she has a speedy recovery so that she can continue to deliver her Himetan Beam.
Su-Metal by Funko
I should’ve made ‘buying books I don’t read’ one of my New Year’s Resolutions. I stopped into the old B&N and bought a couple of books. I wanted to pass the time and rack up some steps, but I ended up with a couple of books.
The first book is trying to get me to learn Japanese so that I can talk to my idols, Nogizaka46, at one of their handshake events in Japan. I would like to encourage them to do their best: 頑張って！ I’ve bought several books. And have yet to apply myself to reading and learning. At least I’ve got a little bit of hiragana and katakana, but without a vocabulary it will be difficult to understanding anything. Hope this book starts me off.
The second is learning about node.js. We’re using it at work. And I’m trying to figure out what it is. Will I be able to read it?
Japanese For Beginners by Sachiko Toyozato
Learning Node.js: A Hands-On Guide to Building Web Applications in JavaScript 2nd Edition by Marc Wandschneider
Here we go again back at the bookstore. Maybe I should’ve had one of my resolutions to avoid it as much as possible, or better yet, the resolution should be to watch, read, or use whatever I buy from there within a week. I still haven’t read a majority of what I hauled in last year. I think that I am addicted to spending money and accumulating junk. Sounds like a plan for another resolution for next year.
Fighting Elegy directed by Seijun Suzuki
Step-by-step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen
