Author Archives: baudattitude

Osu! And a quandry

Posted on August 24, 2007 by baudattitude

You remember, back in 1992, back when you’d played the first Sonic absolutely to death and you were waiting desperately for Sonic 2 to come out, and when it did you burned through it in no time at all and … Continue reading →

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A three…hour…tour…

Posted on August 23, 2007 by baudattitude

OK, no. It’s actually about 45 minutes, not three hours, by river boat from Asakusa from Odaiba, but what really counts isn’t how long it takes but how you’re getting there. This lovely thing is the Himiko, designed by Leiji … Continue reading →

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Surviving Comiket Market / Comiket

Posted on August 22, 2007 by baudattitude

If you are as crazy as I am, and for some reason you are a westerner who would like to go to Comic Market in Summer, I thought I would lay out a quick survival kit that you might consider … Continue reading →

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A brief bit on taking a Cell Phone to Japan

Posted on August 22, 2007 by baudattitude

As I mentioned a few months ago, I bought a Nokia 6630 because, among other things, it was a dual-mode phone that would work on Japanese cellular phone systems. At the time I was fairly dubious about this, but I … Continue reading →

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9 hours to go…

Posted on August 13, 2007 by baudattitude

Well, I’m packed up and ready to hit the road.  Time for a healthy five hours of sleep before getting up at 4 AM to get a cab to the airport.  I’m already looking forward to finding out what I’ve … Continue reading →

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High Definition Sick Days.

Posted on August 9, 2007 by baudattitude

Somehow I picked up a flu, and it’s had me out of work for two days. I actually managed to make it in yesterday, and lasted about an hour before going to my boss and letting him know I was … Continue reading →

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Kanon and so on…

Posted on August 9, 2007 by baudattitude

After watching Air, it seemed a good plan to check out Kanon. I’ll actually amend that a little. After the sucker-punch of Air, I was a little worried but felt I ought to check out Kanon. It now seems to … Continue reading →

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Send-offs

Posted on August 9, 2007 by baudattitude

Losing a bunch of weight tends to get you asked two questions: 1) How’d you do it? 2) Why did you do it? My answer to the first one is usually “Eat lots of fruit and yogurt, don’t go to … Continue reading →

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We’re consumers…

Posted on August 5, 2007 by baudattitude

“We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear.” – Tyler Durden, Fight Club. After our … Continue reading →

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Sucker Punched by Cuteness

Posted on July 31, 2007 by baudattitude

So… a friend of mine recommended the anime “Air” to me. Since he’s given me lots of good suggestions in the past (Haruhi, Welcome to the NHK, lots of others that aren’t coming to mind), I figured I would take … Continue reading →

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