I haven't been able to find any place in the US that serves Ramen since I got back from japan in '06. Apparently the restaurants here feel that ramen is low class because of the instant stuff and don't want to serve it because then people will think...
My 5, each representing several types of anime. I do my best not to overlap representation.
1. Ghost in the Shell (Representing Tech, Cerebral, Mecha, girls-with-guns, cyborgs, cyberpunk, and Military)
2. Puella Maji Madoka Majica (Representing Mah...
We have the same thing at my fencing club. Usually it is months before you even get to hold a foil, but we give them to people in our first practice.
Of course, we are beating all of those other clubs, make of that what you will...
In the northeast USA, it is a bit spotty in terms of what service stations you get. In NY, there are regular places with Dennys and other restaurants and fuel every few miles. Mid-size indoor mini-malls, all of which have stores for NYC themed chatch...
I'm from NYC. If you did that to a stranger on the MTA, you'd be lucky to wake up with you possessions still on you. Pick the wrong person and you won't be waking up. On the other hand, many people do sleep (lightly), but they always do it leaning ba...
US numbers are only 10 most of the time, since the leading one is assumed on an American phone. God forbid if you want to call another country, though; international calls can run into the 30 digit range depending on the country.
I am not leaving my DS Lite until they put the Gameboy Cartridge slot back in. Just like I won't buy a PS3 till they restore back-compatibility with the PSX and PS2.
My first thought: someone was watching Eden of the East. It's really almost exactly like the program in the show, except a bit more static. Next, they need to upgrade it so that it can compensate for things moving and track people, and then we can st...
I speak English and Japanese (but my Japanese is very out of practice, so a bit of a delay if I need to use it). I can read the Hebrew aleph-bet, but I have no idea what I am saying (my family is Jewish, so I learned just enough to make them stop nag...
At least there is a schedule out there. The NYC train system runs on the the 'it gets here when it gets here' principle. You go into the station and wait until the train comes; how long that will be, no one knows. You always need to plan an extra 30m...
I love Melon Pan, but it is next to impossible to find in the US. I haven't had any since I went to Japan. You want to stay away from the ones that actually taste like melon, though, because the artificial flavoring ruins it.
No country has ever really been communist, they have been either totalitarian dictatorships/fascists claiming to be communist because they were put in power by people trying to become communists (USSR, North Korea), or democracies with a touch of com...
I used to be pretty good on these, but I never liked how they felt. The extreme bumpiness of most streets where I lived, I mean. I prefer bikes, because they give a smoother ride from the rubber tires.
I really have to think about these things more before I post...
One last thing: the D5000 raw format is not currently supported in Photoshop or Lightroom, which is very annoying. Oddly, UFRAW, the linux/open source raw reader which has not been upda...
forgot a warning: the flip screen is convenient, but if you mount to a tripod you can't get full use of it since it opens down. On some tripods like the one my friend let me try out, you can't rotate the screen due to the mounting plate, so you have...
The D5000 is my camera, though I had to pay for it T.T. It's really nice, though I never use the video mode. I just wish I had more lenses, I only have the 18-55mm it came with. I ordered a 35mm prime, but it is taking forever to show up.
As a still...
I don't care about the iPhone, I am perfetly happy to have my phone and my PMP seperate, just like my TV and my DVD player. If something goes wrong, I don't lose everything, and I get to better choose what I want.
Also, who needs a phone camera, I...
There is nothing good in Pittsburgh. Not just for anime, but most specialty goods. The nearest good anime place is all the way back at RIT in Rochester. Same for Photography and Electronics. It's really kinda irritating.
Then again, it's not as bad...
I wish I was in Japan, I would so be applying for this. Of course if I was in Japan, probably my Japanese wouldn't have degenerated from JLPT1 level to its current state (I probably couldn't pass the 4 if I took it today), though I'm sure I could get...
The loot I brought back from Kanazawa to the US was mostly books. All of boogiepop, Lodoss, Chrno Crusade, and EVA 1-11 (At the time I didn't realize that they manga hadn't finished. Now I need to work out some way to get the rest at some point). Boo...
He needs to build another four based either on different insects or in different colors, and then they can combine to give the world it's first real life giant robot!! Banging hands together to create sword from nowhere is required!
I actually used to carry around no money, but then I went all the way to Japan (spent 10 weeks in Kanazawa as part of an exchange program) and finally found a good wallet at a mall there. It's actually deep enough that the money fits all the way in,...
