Sunday, January 17th, 2010
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3:16 pm - guess the list
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Guess what this is a list of :)
Dryer lint traps
Bathroom soap dishes
Toothpaste tubes
Chocolate syrup squeeze bottles
Computer mouses
current mood: creative
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
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1:18 am - BayCon 2010
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I am still undecided about BayCon this year. If I don't work, I will probably take a break from this year.
current mood:  sad
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
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8:53 pm - My trip to Japan, 2009-2010
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Here are some pictures from my recent trip to Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagasaki. The castle is Osaka castle.
http://anysize.org/~ashi/japan2009/
After a couple of pics of my first capsule and Tokyo station, it moves onto the trip to Osaka. At CIMG0453 I'm back in Tokyo. I had my picture taken on a motorbike at It's Vegetable. CIMG0485 is from my train ride down to Nagasaki. The shrine is Suwa Jinja, the largest shrine in Nagasaki. Cafe Esperanto at PRE 2010-01-05-122416 was between Maebashi, where I couch surfed, and Tokyo.
current mood:  tired
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
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8:29 am - PDX
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Hi from Portland. Almost feels like home. Fastest time through customs yet. Yay for carry-on only.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
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6:05 pm - Couch surfed
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Stayed with Tadashi and his parents in Maebashi area. Was fun. Off to sell my Japanese phone soon.
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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8:43 pm - Two days to go
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Two days to go. One day till I sell my SoftBank phone. Today I'm on my way to Maebashi to couch surf. It is a busy travel day. This is the most crowded I have seen the shinkansen. I think I'm almost ready to go home. But the day after I get home, off to Anime Los Angeles.
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
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12:06 am - 2010 greetings
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Greetings from the year 2010! Akemashite Omedetou! And Happy New Year too.
current mood: tired
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
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8:37 pm - Food
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Since I haven't had much to eat all day and didn't have time to find soy milk, I chose beer with my bento for its nutritional value. Now heading for Nagasaki.
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
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1:35 pm - Sunrise
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12:50 pm - 1st train
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Disadvantage of first train to Comiket: crowds. advantage: not getting lost. tip for winter: put your suica in your glove for faster passing through subway gates.
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
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4:48 pm - Walking fast
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3:32 pm - Bento
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Muahahaha. Found a veggie bento & strawberry soy milk to take on the train to Tokyo. Asked for shoujin ryouri at a bento shop and got the one that was actually veggie.
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
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10:34 am - Sleep
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Don't you hate it when you start to fall asleep at 7pm, so you set an alarm to make it a nap, but you sleep through it and wake up at 3am? I should have found caffeine instead.
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
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2:51 am - Axum
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Just ordered atr kik at Axum Ethiopian Restaurant in Osaka. Looks like yemisir wot. Wearing my Cafe Colucci shirt. Need to get better at finding my way around...might buy a GPS.
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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8:19 pm - Manzai
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
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9:18 pm - Itinerary
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Thursday, 17 December: Drive to Flagstaff, AZ
Friday, 18 December: Drive to Albuquerque, NM. See good friend graduate from college.
Monday, 21 December: Fly to Tokyo. My car will return to California with my son and daughter in law.
Tuesday, 22 December: Arrive in Tokyo, spend one night there.
Wednesday, 23 December: Train to Osaka. Stay through Christmas. Practice local accent. Maybe hit Universal Studios, a castle, and an Ethiopian restaurant.
Monday, 28 December: Train to Tokyo. Check in. Maybe hit Disneyland.
Tuesday, 29 December - Thursday, 31 December: Comiket. Buy lots of doujinshi.
Thursday, 31 December: Train to Nagasaki. Visit with a friend from Minneapolis.
Sunday, 04 January: Leave Nagasaki, probably for Gunma prefecture. Possibly stay with a Couchsurfer in Maebashi named Tadashi, in the Gunma prefecture.
Tuesday, January 6: Fly home from Japan. Arrive the same day, earlier than I left.
Friday, January 8: Arrive at Anime Los Angeles, as a guest.
Sunday, January 10: Actually going home. Hopefully I'll get some rest at the con.
current mood:  excited
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
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1:07 pm - free stuff
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I'm getting rid of some stuff. I put a few things on Craigslist and got a few hits but no sales, and I'm lazy and not hurting for cash, so they're free. You pick up, or if I have to ship it, you pay shipping.
1. Original Apple iMac G3 computer. It boots up fine and runs software. It also
plays CDs.
I plugged it into my router, and I can't seem to get it on the network.
Hopefully you can get that working. I haven't tried the modem. It has a few
scratches on the screen and the case.
You could also make it into an aquarium / iMacquarium:
http://imacquarium.cool-mac.com/
4. A PS/2 keyboard with built-in serial trackball. The cable actually branches off into the old larger keyboard plug and serial, and has an adaptor on it to change to PS/2. Made by Qtronix.
5. Two matching DVD players with at least one remote. One works better than the other, but I don't remember which. They have a menu hack so you can watch DVDs from any region.
Let me know here if you're interested, or email me, text me, IM me, or knock on my door. 408-515-4381, btw.
current mood: accomplished
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
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6:46 am - WebOSJournal
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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10:03 pm - loscon anime
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Hey, anyone going to LosCon and want to help out with the anime room?
I have the DVDs and permissions and schedule. We're running noon to 2am Friday, 10am to 2am Saturday, and 10am to 2pm Sunday.
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
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10:44 am - happy Yumi
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Yumi has a newer engine with under 50,000 miles! From Japan! :)
She seems peppy now.
current mood: happy
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