Best lines (which is all of them) from that great 90s sitcom
Let’s start of 2017’s NewsRadio Quote Month with a rocker.
BabyMetal death!
If there must only be one Nakamoto sister, I prefer Himetan and her lovely beam (ひめたんベーム!). But that won’t be possible come her graduation. So we’ll have to have the imouto, SUMetal. I believe she’s got a voice and poise better than Techi from Keyaki-chans. She would give her a run for the money.
So. The fox god will guide us well this month.
Bookstore Haul: Volume 11 — This Is The End of NewsRadio Quote Month
Why did I have to leave work early? Now I had to find some place to kill time. And I went to my favorite hang. Fudge. I bought some stuff. Again. Why? I haven’t even cracked the other stuff I bought the other times. This is getting to be ridiculous.
Also, the end is neigh for NewsRadio Quote Month. One more into the books. Shit. Another year. And more around the waist.
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu as translated by Ken Liu. Science fiction. I haven’t taken a look at fiction in a while. Let alone sci-fi. I hope this is good.
Sushi: Taste and Technique by Kimiko Barber and Hiroki Takemura. There’s dashi maki tamago. I need to eat less sushi. And make it more.
Quote of the Day [9.29.16]
気づいたら片想い
いつのまにか好きだった
あなたを思うその度
何だか切なくて
「気づいたら片想い」 乃木坂４６ ８th Single
Link of the Day [9.29.2016]
I don’t know what today’s site is about, but if it could get me to Japan on the cheap with a good itinerary from Fukuoka to Hokkaido and back to Tokyo, I will link to it.
Bookstore Haul: Volume X Marks the Spot!
There is an itch that needs scratching: travel to Japan. To begin scratching, I am learning Japanese. I should’ve done this many years ago when I was full on into anime and manga. I’ve picked up a few books over the years, but my learning has only begun in earnest this year, because of the beautiful members of Nogizaka46 or in kanji, 乃木坂４６. Their videos are being pulled from lots of the video aggregation sites that housed hundreds of episodes of their variety programs. The subbed versions of said programs are disappearing quicker. Now you only find their videos on YouTube untranslated and in miniature. I am trying to learn as quickly as possible so as to understand the members. The 3rd gen is there I need to meet them.
Anyhow, I went and got a couple things this time: a map of Japan and a book on the history of the Philippines. Aye, the Philippines my motherland which seems to have taken a back seat to Japan.
Maybe once I get done with the current book I am reading I will get to these. I haven’t read a page of the current book I am reading in 12 days…
Travel map of Japan from International Travel Map & Books.
A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis H. Francia
Link of the Day [9.24.16]
When you go distributed and base your work in the cloud, always remember, “There are no files on my hard drive.” Your local machine does not own the files on the local file system. The cloud does. O, you may think the files are there, but that is just for the moment. The files are in the cloud. Accept that and prepare for it no matter what. Accept that they could disappear at a moment’s notice. Prepare for them to disappear at a momennt’s notice.
Excuse me while I back up my drive…
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/maybe-be-careful-with-osx-sierra
Baseball, Brooks, and Broderic
Here’s where baseball, Orioles, and I start.
Thirty-nine years ago on a blazing, bright Sunday, my family and I caught the ‘Brooks Robinson Thanks Brooks Day‘ at Memorial Stadium. I woke up that Sunday and instead of going to church, we jumped up the station wagon and headed to 33rd Street for a baseball game. It was packed. We ended up in the right field bleachers. I could not understand a thing happening during the ceremony. I thought it was a special day because it was my birthday but it was special because of Brooks Robinson. Thinking back, I’m sure this is why he turned out to be my favorite Oriole.
It is the first time I can associate things with baseball. I’m sure we went to a few games before that day, but this one I clearly remember as baseball. The others were just a game.
I haven’t posted too much in the last few years. Since it’s NewsRadio Quote Month, I think that I should post more. There are only so many more of these coming. Why not get as many NewsRadio quotes in?
I was thinking about my soap situation. I was running out of soap for the shower. I was down to using a bar I had swiped from a hotel. This means I had to go to the store and get some.
Well, actually, I went in looking for an air mattress so that I could sleep on the floor under the only ceiling fan in my condo, but I also went in for soap.
With the mattress in hand and some sundry snacks as well, I stopped by the toiletries for a package of soap.
Grabbed the usual.
Then saw that they are really starting to target men, because there was a smart looking package of three bars of soap. It was a clear plastic wrap, and the bars were beefy, rectangle slabs of soap. You know that ubiquitous ‘hand made’ soap store you see at the mall. It was like they were from there. But for men, because I can’t imagine for the life of my some guy buying a bar of soap from that ‘hand made’ soap store in the mall. Although, I almost did once, but that is another story.
Anyhow, I grabbed this package as well just to have an option.
I opened it up the other day and found out it was almost too big for the soap ledge.
It is a beefy, manly bar of soap…
Not sure why I wrote this. Maybe I need an editor.
Kubo and the Two Strings
I am taking too much time to shovel out my reviews of movies. I saw Kubo and the Two Strings ahile ago. This review is way late. It should’ve come out immediately after the film to make you want to go and see it. It is out of theaters now, and you missed it.
Kubo and the Two Strings comes from the stop motion animation studio, Laika. They have become my favorite studio because stop motion is so analog and they make it look digital. Even in this film, the animation is amazing. It is hard to believe that most of it is puppets.
The story is a tale of Kubo who is fatherless and with a mother who is catatonic during the day. At night she wakes up and regales him with stories of his father using origami as visuals. Kubo also has the origami touch. Along with his shimasen he animates origami tales for the villagers.
It turns out his mother and him are on the run from his grandfather, the King of the Moon, who wants to turn Kubo into another cold, heartless follower and heir to the moon throne. Chased by his scary aunts, Kubo must find the pieces to put his father’s armor together to defeat his family.
The story is said to be the weakest part of the film. I would watch it for the visuals — the origami art, the gigantic skeleton battle, the scary aunts, the water. You would wonder how this is stop motion. The story also appropriates Japanese symbolisms. I wonder if they meant it too. The company did show gratitude to the Japanese organizations and people who they worked with. I didn’t hear too much about the ‘yellow-washing’ in this film.
It is a shame that it wasn’t as big of a hit as possible. I guess because it isn’t CG no one wants to watch.
4 of 5 stars.
Bookstore Haul: Volume 9 — It’s not about the Nogis.
Japanese Demystified 3rd Edition — I need to accelerate my Japanese learning. I need to at least be slightly conversational. How am I going to talk to my idol oshis? Not too sure. This is the third book I bought. I have flash cards. I have translation programs. I have apps. But I don’t put the time in. I really need to put the time in. That is all. Just do it.
