fearmongering

one of my coworkers was in a super bad car wreck way back before i knew her. unfortunately for her, she still has a lot of back problems and is occasionally stuck in bed for a few days with back spasms and can't turn her head and stuff like that...

she's out right now, in fact, and coincidentally another of my coworkers woke up with a very stiff neck this morning. it got worse throughout the day so she decided to go home.

while discussing her decision with our (supportive) boss, i stopped by and mentioned that i just remembered hearing that having a stiff neck was a symptom of rabies. she believed me for a second and i don't think i've ever seen eyes that big.

laugh out loud.

the pros and cons of electric blankets

electric blankets are great because they make your wife happy and everybody loves a happy wife.

electric blankets suck because they make it so that both sides of the pillow are warm.

hey, guys, remember:

PBS at 3AM

a photo essay...

land of the rising sun

finally, the My First Trip To Japan Post-Infancy post.

first off, that place is nuts. especially tokyo. take every city you've ever been to, amplify them slightly, cram them all together in about a greater-LA-sized area and get rid of 99% of the homeless people: tokyo.



we got to stay with our homeboy joji at his house out in chiba city. he was also kind enough to drive us all over tokyo and nearby environs for the whole trip, joji for president.




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head on over to my incredible flickr set to enjoy some shots and notes from the trip. the funny part is the first day or two were so overwhelming, we kind of forgot to take pictures... check out george's flickr for alternate views of the experience as well.

tokyo is amazing and i can't wait to go back, if you have a job opening in tokyo, hire me! nihongo wo benkyō suru totemo hayaku!

F for effort

it would be awesome to be damien hirst. he gets to basically fart in the general direction of a product and the streetwear scene eats it up like crack-dusted dibs... seriously, polka dots? that get bigger? i'd love to meet the moron that buys the whole set because it's EXCLUSIVE! LIMITED! SUPREME! COLLAB!



believe me, i love most of his actual art, but this kind of crap is OBEY-level boring.

finally, hawaii

jet lag from japan got me up reeeeeaaal early this morning, so i decided to kill time by posting pictures from the trip to hawaii. check it all out at flickr and preview a few of my favorites below...

in japan

posting this from the back seat of my friend joji's car, using his 3G USB modem in my laptop. i also have my laptop set up as a wifi hotspot so george and steph can use their iphones... i love living in the future.

check my twitter for trip updates, it's just easier to post there.

tokyo is the most intense place i've ever been, it rrrreeeeeaaaaally helps having a friend who lives here to show us around. konbanwa, americajin!

best truck ever?

yes, yes it is.

subaru impreza review

RETURN OF RENTAL CAR REVIEW!!!

for a rental car, you could do worse.

sure, every. single. thing. inside is plastic BUT it's a fairly nice grade of plastic, not completely offensive to the touch. the engine, sans turbo, still had enough guts that i didn't feel like an idiot trying to merge on to the freeway. the design of the body and interior are super boring. so boring that i didn't even notice it had a sunroof until i was buying gas on the way to return it. i don't really have anything else to say, it was neither awesome nor crap enough to incite florid witticisms.

in summary, all you can ever hope for in a rental car: 3 out of 5 stars.