Japanese SocietyEasy answers and pop psychology aside, has anyone stopped to consider that the actual math is wrong?
In the early 90's, I read a lot of almanacs and reference which all 'projected' that by 2000, Mexico City would overtake Tokyo as the world's larges...
Creepy Perverted AnimeI'd enjoy the entire internet a lot more if it weren't so chock-full of sanctimonious people who try to justify their own sexual guilt by accusing anything they don't happen to like of being "creepy" or "perverted". But, I'm also intelligent enough t...
Japan NEETI hear it helps when there are jobs available. And it helps even more when the older generations can afford to retire and let go of their Kung-Fu Grip(tm) on existing jobs.
7pm in Tokyo - OdaibaI love Odaiba! Riding on the monorail and looking out over the island, the whole place looks like it should be the setting for a Mega Man game.
Anime MagazinesI had a subscription to Newtype USA, and got it renewed a couple of months before they went under. They came back with a truly awful publication which took the current nihilist smart-ass tack of insulting one's own customers. You know the sort of thi...
Japanese PoliceWhen I was four, I called the police and told them that I was a bird and my life was in danger because I was being chased by a cat. I think the only other time was when I was working at a convenience store and my co-worker was having a diabetic episo...
Woman Raeps BoyUsually I try to avoid stirring things up, but this is really beyond disappointing. Those of you who are trivializing this, I hope you'll live long enough to see how stupid you've been today. If the genders here were reversed you'd all be shrieking f...
Lucky Star SpendingIn 2004, I spent two months' salary on something. It was a third-hand Ford Contour. Now who's going to be the one with happy memories of his purchase: the fellow in the article or me? Two guesses and here's a hint: it's not me.
Recycling is RubbishOnce I heard it all collectively called "Gilligan's Island", because it's all in the Pacific, made of plastic, and never goes away.
Recycling is Rubbish<i>"Every scientist knows this, but it doesn't pay to say so."</i>
Why can't they ever come right out and say that their beliefs require a setting in which Greenpeace and The Sierra Club are richer and better-connected than oil companies and media c...
Japanese EconomyCome to think of it, my trip to Japan is during the Olympics. Maybe it wouldn't be so hard for me to make a side trip to China and, while all the citizens are occupied with being forced by the government to enjoy the Games at gun-point, take back wha...
Dragonball PosterMy friend: Here, I found some screenshots from an upcoming movie. I want you to guess which one it is.
Me: Uhhhmmm... "Back To The Future 2"? (because it was the one with Marty's girlfriend in it, right?)
My friend: No, I said 'upcoming'.
Me: "Bac...
Comic Market 74Ah! Thank you very much!
Frankly, I wouldn't know what the "good stuff" is. I'm pretty sure I'd be more than content to just mill around and see what's available.
Rick Trooper"Muppet Show outtake" turns into footage of Beaker singing, synched up to make it look like he's crooning the infamous pop song. Brilliant in every respect!
Refusal of Entry to JapanThe prevailing sentiment here is kind of hard to wrangle. Most graffiti is garbage, but some is very good...
So, does that mean people should be doing MORE of it so that we can have more good grafitti and amateurs can improve their craft? That doesn...
Code Geass Deleted SceneI've just seen the original image. Way to go, Lulu. Shirley was wearing a skirt. A SKIRT! Could have had her by the ankle, but NOOOOO. YOU had to hold her by the HAND!
Japanese MediaEven though my site's in English, I was in Windows 100% once! June 2006, page 85, lower right corner. http://www.vicfieger.com/junk/win100-a.jpg
They also had some of my fonts on one of the CD-ROMs.
