If you're in LA and you hit 21 you either go to a club that has a 21 and over age limit, see a band, and drink; or of course the notorious Vegas run. I think I went to see some punk gig when I turned 21, at a venue I couldn't have attended the day be...
Iced Green Tea for the win. I make my own...and I make it STRONG. Actually it's a combo of Green and Black tea...China green and an English Breakfast type Black tea. The combo is awesome. I'm sure it would be tasty with sweetener and condensed milk,...
I visited Little Tokyo on New Year's Day and shot video. Donald, my Otaku no Podcast co-host, has the video now and it should go up soon. Visited Koyasan Shingon Buddhist Temple, then checked out the festive events at Weller Court and Japanese Villag...
We have street vendors who sell "elotes." The Mexican way of seasoning an ear of corn is mayonnaise, chili powder, garlic powder and Cotija cheese which is sort of Mexican Parmesan cheese. Yum!
Got done with that yesterday too. Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, CA, has many Buddhist temples, but only recently got a Shinto shrine. Out of habit, I get my amulets and talismans from Koyasan Shingon Buddhist Temple on 1st St. Shingon is the mystical...
Headed out to Little Tokyo for some Oshogatsu adventure. Will have my video camera with me so there might be something up from Otaku no Podcast real soon afterward. Hope nothing got broken by the quake...7 is pretty strong. Northridge January 1994 wa...
Danny, look up Next Media Animation when you're in Taiwan. I'm sure you know their work...they do topical satirical CGI animations that have wound up on TV nationwide. They can turn a one minute bite out in 3 hours if they really push it. This is how...
We have great Indian and Indo/Pak food in Los Angeles. And for some reason they all do buffet lunches, except for India Sweets and Spices which has a cafeteria kind of arrangement.
Cutest clock ever. Looking forward to alarm functionality and picking up reminders from Google Calendar. Internationalized day-date formats that you can specify would be super cool too. I'm a dumb Yank and we tend to use 12-hour (with AM and PM) time...
Next year at Anime Expo! Suggestion though: off site next time. Seriously, having it at-con is not fun. We need nom-noms, we need fellowship and cameraderie, not a stage and a series of workshop tables.
Perhaps setting up a photo area for people's...
Sure-fire geek fodder: fried chicken, fries. The cafe inside the LAX Hilton did the same for us as a "Pacific Media Expo Special" last weekend. They know us too well.
My M-Audio USB Producer is my go-to mic for all sorts of stuff. However, I do also like my Zoom H2, which is a lovely field recording device. And the M-Audio is not a great condenser mic, just a good one. Blue's stuff is known for being top notch qua...
Of course, the Japanese outdo us with their idea of Halloween! Well, tomorrow night is the Halloween Carnaval (yes, the spelling is the same as in Brazilian Portuguese) in West Hollywood, and I will be down taking lots and lots of pictures and maybe...
Still not as heavy as a MacPro. The "Iron Giant" over here took two people to bring in. Built like a tank. Probably would be able to survive World War III.
I want to get a Mirai Nendoroid so I can do a superdeformed Mirai Bitty 'bitsu. Actually wait a second: cart before the horse. Superdeformed Mirai head designed for use with the Obitsu 11cm body, or perhaps put out as a fullset with an itty bitty Mir...
Want. Then again, Yumiko has a pair of bunny slippers, Namiko has a pair of tiger slippers that she can't stand up in, and I have other foofy animal slippers. Can a doll slave have too many 1/3 scale foofy animal slippers?
