Geisha Dance, Geisha Machine Gun, Geisha Chainsaw, Geisha Transform!
Remember the little gems like The Machine Girl and Oneechanbara?
Well, here comes yet another “Quality” production from the same guys who brought you The Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police - Robo Geisha!
Geisha Missile! Geisha Dance! Geisha Army! Geisha Chainsaw! Geisha Transform! And of course, Fried Shrimp!
Seriously, WTF Japan, WTF?
:Links:
+Website
+IMDB Listing
June has been a month of travelling for me; probably the most since I’ve started working. It started with a working trip to Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
This was followed by a road trip up to Muar, in support of preparations for a friend’s wedding and finally to KL for another working trip last week.
July looks pretty heavy too, with another trip up to Muar again this weekend for the wedding proper and followed by a week-long working trip to Surabaya at the end of the month.
I don’t really mind the travelling, as it’s one of the things I like to do. And the great food that goes along with the change in scenery is a plus in my books:
It’s just that with all this travelling, especially over the weekends, simply means less time with the sword. I can feel my stamina falling and joints getting stiff again… not to mention the extra inches the good food has been putting on my waist. The occasional runs I do in what ever time I can steal do not make up for the lack of exercise.
Sigh.
So, there we were in Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on a Friday afternoon, having missed our connecting SQ flight because of a delay on the GA flight from Yogyakarta.
No problem, right? Just hop onto the next flight home; it’s only a couple of hours’ wait right?
Eh? It’s full up? And the next one and the last plane out too?
So, now what? Waiting list? Okay, so when will we know?
Whaddya mean we gotta wait till our names are called?
*Breathe*
Ooookaaaay. No biggie. We’ll just stay an additional night and go back first thing tomorrow.
Eh? You’re fully booked tomorrow until Sunday night?!?
*Panic*
Okay, okay. How about we pay the difference and go onto Business class?
It’s fully booked too?!? WTF?!?
Seriously folks. If the airlines are crying about poor performance, I just don’t see it on the ground.
What freaking recession?!?
Going to Yogyakarta ~
See you guys in a few days >_<”
Thank you to all our friends, who kept us in your prayers and thoughts. We’ve waited a long time for this to come, and we’re giddy with excitement.
Three months down, and six more to go!
Got myself a Blackbird, Fly a while ago, and have been going back to old-school film photography messing around with with it.
The Blackbird, Fly or BBF is a twin lens reflex (TLR) film camera like the old Rolleiflex, but using more easily available 35mm film instead of the usual medium format 120’s.
Taking pictures with it, I’ve come to realise a few things:
1. I’m re-learning to compose my shots and to take into account lighting and shadows. Digital photography has spoilt me somewhat with automatic settings and ease-of-use so much that I just snap without really thinking. It’s not really an issue since it’s digital, and I can simply delete rubbish shots, but isn’t it nicer to have just about every shot you take come out perfect?
2. With the view-finder located on the top of the camera, the perspective and composition of the picture immediately changes. Many of us are used to bringing the camera up to head-level to take pictures, simply because the view-finder is located on the back of the camera. Even with the advent of digital photography, the LCD screens, though large these days, are still located on the back, and so necessitates that the user bring it up to eye-level to compose a shot. With the TLR, shots are taken from about waist high, and it reminds me strangely of how a child might see the world.
3. Made mostly out of plastic, the camera feels very much like a toy. But like the Lomo cameras which are similarly made of plastic, it works, and gives funky lo-fi images with high colour saturation and even the occasional light leakage. It’s weird, but I think I’ll call it “artistic” instead.
4. The most common comment I get with the camera is: “Wow! That’s a really old-school style of camera”. Usually followed almost immediately by: “What do you mean it’s not digital?!?”
Going to mess around with it some more. Look out for more shots from the BBF in the flickr set.
:Links:
+flickr set
+SuperHeadz
+Multiple X Choice
+GrannySnaps
Audio / Visual Update ‘09 - III
Audio/Visual Update
Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
+Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
+Café Tel Aviv - Middle East Chillout
Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Mama Mia! The Movie
+Journey to the Center of the Earth
+The Good, The Bad, The Weird
+A History of Violence
+Paprika
Animania:
+イヴの時間
+ToraDora (とらドラ)
+To Aru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録)
+Rideback
+K-On! (けいおん!)
+Eden of the East (東のエデン)
+Strike Witches (ストライクウィッチーズ) DVD
Movies to Catch - ‘09:
+Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)
+Slumdog Millionaire
+Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
+Full Battle Rattle
+Reclaiming the Blade
+Watchmen
+Terminator: Salvation
+Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
+2012
+Star Trek
+Up
+Angels and Demons
+Fanboys
+Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
+Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
+Fast and Furious
+G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
WTF, Hollywood? WTF?
+Astroboy
+Dragonball: The Movie
Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+Zombie Strippers
+Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer
Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 33
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 249
+会長はメイド様! - Volume 6
+ソード・ワールドRPG 2.0 (SW2.0)
Dead Tree
+Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
+Dragon Warriors RPG 2008
+The Book of War
Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider
Sword World 2.0
Or, ソード・ワールドRPG 2.0 (SW2.0) as it is known in the original Japanese, is one of the pioneer Japanese languange role-playing-game systems. And it happens to be just one of the things I specifically went to Tokyo earlier this year for:
This should take me a while to translate to a point where it’s actually playable, but hey, what’s another hobby? 
Interestingly enough, I had quite a bit of a hard time looking for the books, because the first time I saw the book, it was printed in a large filo format, rather than the current handy three-part paperback. I had looked for the large hard-cover all over Akihabara, and was about to give up when Great Cthulhu showed the way, literally. Simply put, I was looking at the RPG section, which contained oddly enough, Japanese language editions of GURPS, D&D and the Call of Cthlhu RPGs to no avail, when suddenly stack of books collapsed and dropped the Call of Cthulhu rulebook onto a small paperback stack. And when I picked up the dropped book what did I see? Sword World 2.0. Ha!
This is what happens if one does not take care to properly form a closed kinetic chain with both hands when executing the Fourth Remedy against dagger.
A severly wrenched thumb. Ouch.
Lessons to be learnt:
1) The strength of a single thumb is insignificant when compared to a whole arm wielding a dagger coming forward in a strike. Make sure to reinforce it by taking the blow with the base of your palm, preferably together with the other hand as well, thus forming the afore mentioned closed kinetic chain.
2) Wear gloves!
From the treatise itself:
“I am the fourth Master who plays with this presa. With similar to this my scholars will offend many. And if I turn to the right side and I do not release your arm, I will take your dagger and I will make trouble for you with it.”
Poor Josh. Oh well. A day in the life of a crash test dummy?
Today marks the last day of training in Singapore by Ken, who leaves our sunny shores for Finland this Tuesday. After two years of trading sword strokes and other assorted bullshit, I’ve come to appreciate his wit, his humor, his encyclopedic knowledge, his dedication to our art, and most importantly, his friendship.
And so, we wish him the best in his journeys, and may his life be long and prosperous.
Good bye, and Kiitos - I’ll see you again when the Brown Horde once again invades the Frozen Wastes of the North.
It’s been crazy at work ever since I moved to my new position. In some ways it is a promotion of of sorts; in responsibilities if not in rank or pay. And to top it off, my predecessor has left me pretty big shoes to fill. Not to cast aspersions on the guy, but I’m discovering rather painfully that his and my working styles are very much polar opposites to one another. His is a dynamic, seat-of-the-pants, fight-fire-now style that looks hghly pro-active, but with the rushing about, record- and book-keeping tends to fall by the wayside and on many occasions results in duplicated and/or wasted effort. I’d like to think that I’m more of a laid-back, slow and steady, with minimum wasted effort kind of guy. All this running and shouting, it gives me a terrible headache….
Motivator/De-motivator
I find myself feeling more and more unmotivated towards work as the years go by. The passion that drove me to this profession was, and remains the Sea, and to be told that I’ll be driving a desk for the rest ofmy career is enough to drive a man to despair. It’s not all doom and gloom though; looking back, I realise that I’ve been given opportunities and have been able to make a difference in the world; and the recognition for a job well done was well worth the effort. However, highlights like these tend to be few and far in between.
A Swordsman in Finland once said: “only prostitutes work for money”. And these days, I cannot but help see a glimmer of truth in that statement. Coming home from work these past few weeks, I sometimes feel as if I have been well and truely screwed-over. Perhaps one day I will follow in the footsteps of so many friends and colleagues to tender my papers and leave for greener pastures, but nothing so far has tickled my fancy and ignited my dreams.
For now, I’ll continue, if not for King and Country, then to pay the bills and to use my munificent pay-cheque to indulge in my hobbies of travel, gaming and swordsmanship.
Somebody at work came up to me and said they saw me on tv a few days ago, and after a quick search, I found where.
Can you see me?
And so, I got tagged. On Facebook, of all places. Anyhoo, here goes:
ANGER:
Q: Who did you last get angry with?
A: An angry drunk, who insulted my friends, my family and called me of all things, a coward who’s too pussy to start a fight with him. And to top it off, he suddenly headbutted me and smashed my nose. I really, really, really wanted to go Fiore on his ass… but the mission came first.
Q: Weapon of choice?
A: Swift kick to the nether regions.
Q: Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
A: If I have to.
Q: How about of the same sex?
A: Oh yes….
Q: Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
A: Probably my wife.
Q: Pet peeve?
A: Stupidity.
Q: Do you keep grudges?
A: I’ll forgive, but not forget.
SLOTH
Q: What is the one thing you’re supposed to do daily that you haven’t done in a long time?
A: Go jogging. My job sucks.
Q: Latest time you ever woke up?
A: 6pm.
Q: Name a person you’ve been meaning to contact, but haven’t
A: Mom.
Q: What is the last lame excuse you made?
A: Who? Me? I never!
Q: How many times did you hit the SNOOZE button on your alarm clock today?
A: Three times. The last one is my dogs barking because they need to go for a walk…
GLUTTONY
Q: What is your OVERPRICED beverage of choice?
A: Coke from Mac’s. At a cost price of $0.08 per regular drink, inclusive of cup, lid, straw, ice and actual drink, for a sale price of $1.20. I know, because I’ve worked for the Scotsman for four years.
Q: Meat eaters-White or dark meat? Vegetarian-Vegan or not?
A: My motto is: “Never Refuse Food”.
Q: Greatest amount of alcohol you’ve had in one sitting/outing/event?
A: Two bottles of wine, two beers, half a bottle of whiskey, half a bottle of vodka and a Graveyard, but not in that order. There was probably more after that, but I don’t remember…
Q: Used a professional diet company?
A: Huh? Whatzzat?
Q: Do you have an issue with your weight?
A: No.
Q: Sweet,Spicy or Salty foods?
A: See motto above.
LUST
Q: How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
A: I plead the Fifth.
Q: How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting family/Doctors)?
A: I plead the Fifth
Q: Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of the gender of choice during a normal conversation?
A: Yes.
Q: Have you “Done it”?
A: Yes.
Q: What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
A: I look at the overall package. But if I have to pick, I’d go with nice hair.
Q: Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
A: Nope. Been accosted by pimps many times though.
GREED
Q: What’s your guilty pleasure store?
A: Bags and Books.
Q: Rich or Famous?
A: Rich. It may not buy me happiness, but it buys things that make me happy.
Q: Accept a boring job if it means MEGABUCKS?
A: Hell, yes.
PRIDE
Q: Most proud of what accomplishment?
A: Got my wife to marry me, despite my character flaws and all.
Q: What one thing have you done that your family is most proud of?
A: I have no idea.
Q: Annoyed by finishing in second place?
A: No, so long as I finish.
Q: What’s one thing that you have yet to do but would like to accomplish in your life?
A: Kids.
“FACEBOOK” ENVY
Q: What item (person) of your current FACEBOOK friends would you most want to have for your own?
A: Cheryl & JE’s beautiful old house in Sweden.
Q: Which of your FACEBOOK friends would you want to go on “Trading Spaces” with?
A: None. I’m happy where I am.
Q: Of all your FACEBOOK buddies, which one do you envy the most?
A: None. I have Zen.
FINAL QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEADLY SIN?
A: Gluttony. I love to cook and I love to eat. Probably will die of heart failure soon.
Lunch today was at one of the restaurants in the world which we really like; the Straw Hat Cafe inside the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan.
As it was the last time round, no pictures were allowed inside the museum, but it is always a joy to ramble through the museum and explore the nooks and crannies. The special exhibition this time round was Petite Louvre, a collection of the famous art works in the musée du Louvre in miniature reproduction.
I bought me a damascus steel knife from Tsukiji market!
I’ve gotten a knife from these guys previously, and was actually just visiting the place again to look at the shiny sharp things when the patterning caught my eye. A quick check with the boss confirmed my suspisions and immediately turned into a purchase.
As susual, they took the knife for final polishing and sharpening once the deal was struck, but this time they actually asked for my name so that it could be carved onto the blade!
It’s not a sword, but perhaps one day….
We touched down early in the morning, and spent most of today getting our the wifey’s shopping done. I’m not saying anything, except that Burberry Blue Label in Harajuku is a scary, scary place…
While over at Harajuku, we stopped by first at the Meiji Shrine to enjoy the green surroundings before braving the hustle and bustle of Takeshita street. By happy coincidence we came across a traditional wedding in progress.
It was interesting to see something new and outside of our culture. The bride was very pretty. The Miko not so much….
The first thing we noticed when compared with our earlier trip two years ago, is that there seem to be a lot more doggies this time round. Just in Harajuku alone we saw four dachshunds (expected, given thier small size and the equally small typical Japanese apartment) and two full-sized Poodles (which was very unexpected). There were even folks with dogs on leash in the supermarket, at the train station and at the temples. Did pets get more accepted in the last two years here?
Musings aside, we’re very glad to be able to take this holiday, even though it’s a short one. I foresee work will be killer for the both of us this year.
I’m not much of a metal fan, but there are exceptions:
I wonder if there’s tickets left…. and also if my hearing will survive the experience?
Been working too hard for too long.
We’re heading off to Tokyo for a few days starting tomorrow.
See you guys next week!
As quoted from wikipedia:
The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—which explains the events leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion of England as well as the events of the invasion itself. The Tapestry is annotated in Latin.
In itself interesting reading, especially for those of us in PHEMAS, but I found something else that makes use of the imagery found in the tapestry: The Historic Tale Construction Kit
Bwahahahaha!!
Humor aside though, the write-up on medieval swordsmanship in last sunday’s newspaper has certainly sparked a lot of interest in the society, and I do believe we will have a large influx of new faces at training this weekend. Hopefully, we will find new blood among these who will be passionate about the art and is willing to spend the sweat and the pain to take up swordsmanship as a life-long commitment.
Audio / Visual Update ‘09 - II
Audio/Visual Update
Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
+Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Mama Mia! The Movie
+Journey to the Center of the Earth
+The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Animania:
+イヴの時間
+ToraDora (とらドラ)
+To Aru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録)
+Rideback
Movies to Catch - ‘09:
+Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)
+Slumdog Millionaire
+Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
+Full Battle Rattle
+Reclaiming the Blade
+Watchmen
+Terminator: Salvation
+Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
+2012
+Star Trek
+Up
+Angels and Demons
+Fanboys
+Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
+Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
+Fast and Furious
+G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
WTF, Hollywood? WTF?
+Astroboy
+Dragonball: The Movie
Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+Zombie Strippers
+Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer
Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 31
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 241
+会長はメイド様! - Volume 6
Dead Tree
+Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
+Dragon Warriors RPG 2008
Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider
Slumdog Millionaire
We caught Slumdog last night, and we totally loved it. No fancy flashy CGI, no top-billing superstars, just a ripping good yarn done with tight and unusual camera angles. At it’s heart, the movie is a highly improbably story of coincidences that leads to a (mostly) fairy-tale ending that as Anthony puts it, “surprisingly low on angst”. The big tickler was that the producers threw in the tradition of the classic Bollywood movie song-and-dance routine right at the very end, when the credits rolled.
Highly recommended ~ watch it and you’ll see that the hype is really worth the content.
We went out to Ikea on the first day of the Lunar New Year, because it was one of the places that was open for lunch (and surprisingly so was Giant!), and by chance I saw this nice self-watering pot that might go nicely in the backyard.
And so, 1 pot, 25 liters of soil and a packet of tomato seeds later….
The packet said it will sprout in about ten days… this one took five!
And here we are at week two in another spare pot I had out front:
Mmmmmm…. fresh juicy tomato for the kitchen.
It’s not *quite* self-sufficient living, but I think this will be my little contribution to greening the environment, as well as cutting down on house hold expenses.
Damn. I’m getting good at this!
Saw this butterfly emerging from it’s cocoon while doing some spring cleaning today, so I grabbed my camera and messed with it for a while.
Turned out pretty ok eh?
Audio/Visual Update
Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Mama Mia! The Movie
+Journey to the Center of the Earth
Animania:
+イヴの時間
+ToraDora (とらドラ)
+To Aru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録)
Movies to Catch - ‘09:
+Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)
+Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
+Full Battle Rattle
+Reclaiming the Blade
+Watchmen
+Terminator: Salvation
+Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
+2012
+Star Trek
+Up
+Angels and Demons
WTF, Hollywood? WTF?
+Astroboy
+Dragonball: The Movie
Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+Zombie Strippers
+Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer
Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 29
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 238
+会長はメイド様!
Dead Tree
+Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider
New Year, New Beginnings.
On with the show!
I’m really enjoying my new headphones! That aside, I think we kicked off the new year with a great choice of movie, Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ). Studio Ghibli usually delivers good work, and watching the movie made me miss our trip to the Studio Ghibli Museum.
It was funny to hear Joe Augustin on Power 98 yesterday ranting on about how the theme song got stuck in his head after watching it, and how he’s going to inflict the same on everyone else by playing the song on national radio. The theme song didn’t affect me so much as the musical score; in particular the scene when Ponyo was running atop the waves to Sosuke was reminded me very much of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.
Laughed myself silly when I saw this:
Got me a new set of cans!
Sounds very sweet, especially in the mids and lows. I’m still breaking the phones in though, so this may change. The leather padding is surprisingly comfortable and doesn’t get all that sweaty even in our tropical heat. The only complaint is that phones are quite narrow across the head, and pinches my ear somewhat (maybe because I’ve got a big head, and oversized ears?), so extended wear is a little on the uncomfortable side. But other than that, I’m really happy with the cans. Sound isolation isn’t all that great, because I can still hear what’s going on around me in the office through the phones, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially if using them on the streets (so as to hear coming traffic!).
Currently listening to:
+Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
A Walk Around The Neighbourhood By Night
A Walk By Moonlight
Last night — it was a lovely night,
And I was very blest —
Shall it not be for Memory
A happy spot to rest?Yes; there are in the backward past
Soft hours to which we turn —
Hours which, at distance, mildly shine,
Shine on, but never burn.And some of these but yesternight
Across my path were thrown,
Which made my heart so very light,
I think it could have flown.I had been out to see a friend
With whom I others saw:
Like minds to like minds ever tend —
An universal law.And when we were returning home,
“Come who will walk with me,
A little way”, I said, and lo!
I straight was joined by three:Three whom I loved — two had high thoughts
And were, in age, my peers;
And one was young, but oh! endeared
As much as youth endears.The moon stood silent in the sky,
And looked upon our earth:
The clouds divided, passing by,
In homage to her worth.There was a dance among the leaves
Rejoicing at her power,
Who robes for them of silver weaves
Within one mystic hour.There was a song among the winds,
Hymning her influence —
That low-breathed minstrelsy which binds
The soul to thought intense.And there was something in the night
That with its magic wound us;
For we — oh! we not only saw,
But felt the moonlight around us.How vague are all the mysteries
Which bind us to our earth;
How far they send into the heart
Their tones of holy mirth;How lovely are the phantoms dim
Which bless that better sight,
That man enjoys when proud he stands
In his own spirit’s light;When, like a thing that is not ours.
This earthliness goes by,
And we behold the spiritualness
Of all that cannot die.‘Tis then we understand the voice
Which in the night-wind sings,
And feel the mystic melody
Played on the forest’s strings.The silken language of the stars
Becomes the tongue we speak,
And then we read the sympathy
That pales the young moon’s cheek.The inward eye is open then
To glories, which in dreams
Visit the sleeper’s couch, in robes
Woven of the rainbow’s beams.I bless my nature that I am
Allied to all the bliss,
Which other worlds we’re told afford,
But which I find in this.My heart is bettered when I feel
That even this human heart
To all around is gently bound,
And forms of all a part;That, cold and lifeless as they seem,
The flowers, the stars, the sky
Have more than common minds may deem
To stir our sympathy.Oh! in such moments can I crush
The grass beneath my feet?
Ah no; the grass has then a voice,
Its heart — I hear it beat.- Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831)
Round and round we go,
When it ends we’ll never know.
Looking back, 2008 was pretty much a year of gloom and doom, and it looks like 2009 won’t be any much better as well.
2008 New Year’s Resolutions
+ Continue slimming to a healthier level (I’m not fat, just somewhat overweight) | Gained more weight actually. But I got a silver for IPPT! That’s gotta count for being healthier right?
+ Go running! | …. kinda, sorta.
+ Go diving somewhere exotic ~ Bali or the Great Barrier Reef, maybe? | Too busy. Damn.
+ Travel and see the world some more. | Went to the Persian Gulf. Although was there not for a holiday…
+ Head over to Helsinki, Finland to train at the School of European Swordsmanship. Done, and it was a great learning experience.
2009 New Year’s Resolutions
+ More sports and a healthier lifestyle
+ Travel! For fun and not work!
+ Continue gaming.
+ Go to Helsinki again and improve my swordsmanship.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Yes, I was bored.
+Jack Spade Canvas Day Bag
+Jack Spade Boar Skin Wallet
+Sony Ericsson W850i
+Victorionox Card Case
+Quetin i lambë eldaiva: A Quenya Course
+Chinese Knock-off Swiss Card
+SAF SOG EOD Powerlock
+Ridolfo Capo Ferro’s Gran Simulacro dell’arte e dell’uso della scherma
+Steve Jackson’s GEV micro game
+Eye Drops
+Spare Pens
+Moleskine
+House and Office Keys
+Current Read: Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
+PSP in pouch with remote and headset
Audio / Visual Update ‘08 - IX
Audio/Visual Update
Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+The Sex, the City, the Music: Shanghai
+Monkey Majik: 空はまるで
+Queen: Greatest Hits
+The Rolling Stones: Rolled Gold
+Metal Gear Solid 20th Anniversary
+Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
+Wipeout Pure Original Soundtrack
+Agapella
Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Heroes Season 2
+My Neighbor Totoro
+Appleseed: Ex Machina
+Band of Brothers
+The Machine Girl
+You Don’t Mess With The Zohan Missed this
+Oneechanbara
+Swing Girls
Animania:
+Freedom
+Hayate no Gotoku dropped
+Clannad
+Rental Magica dropped
+Bamboo Blade
+Toshokan Sensou (図書館戦争)
+Birdy the Mighty: Decode
+Macross Frontier
+イヴの時間
+乃木坂春香の秘密 Dropped
+Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora (魔法遣いに大切なこと)
+ToraDora (とらドラ)
+To Aru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録)
+Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ 巴里編)
+Kemeko Deluxe! (ケメコデラックス!)
Movies to Catch - ‘08:
+Sweeney Todd
+The Spiderwick Chronicles
+Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
+Iron Man
+The Dark Knight
+Cloverfield Missed this
+Jumper
+Hancock missed this
+Get Smart missed this
+Charlie Wilson’s War
+Bangkok Dangerous
+Speed Racer
+The Love Guru missed this
+Wanted missed this
+Indiana Jones and The Temple of the Crystal Skull
+Forbidden Kingdom
+Doomsday
+27 Dresses
+Juno
+The Bucket List
+Hellboy II: The Golden Army
+Kung Fu Panda missed this Kris World!
+The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
+Wall-E
+Star Wars: The Clone Wars missed this
+007: Quantum of Solace
+Tropic Thunder
+The Spirit
+Death Race missed this
+Punisher: War Zone
+Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
+Full Battle Rattle
Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+Zombie Strippers
+Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer
Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 28
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 231
+死がふたりを分かつまで Chapter 15 dropped
+おばあちゃんはアイドル
Dead Tree
+Freakonomics
+Conquistador
+Why We Want You To Be Rich
+Party of One: The loner’s Manifesto
+Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
+Traveller: Core Rulebook
+Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider
Lots of good stuff this year, movies and music-wise.
A little late, but I’ve been busy.
The Society made the papers again:
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