This is video of the show I missed on the weekend.
One of the coolest bands in Japan. I have only seen them live once but I very much want to see them again soon.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Tips for my future wife/girlfriend VII ? > Candiman
In an effort to further streamline my existence I have been deleting people from my various social networks and MSN this last week.
Some of them were girls that I had hoped to date or had had sexual encounters with, but for whatever reason things didn't work out. Moving to another continent or country doesn't help relationships blossom I discovered.
I will not name names but I will list some of the experiences I had and why I personally decided these people were simply not compatible with my existence. I may have touched on some of these ideas with my other TIPS posts but bear with me.
The way to a mans heart is not through an insult generator.
1 girl who I briefly dated last year while pretty much fluent in English simply didn't talk while we were together. I thought it was an English thing so I switched to Japanese but she was equally unwilling to talk to me in her native tongue. No talking = poor communication. I talk to myself every day. I do not want or need an audience. I spend time with people to share ideas and experiences. Lets share ok?
Ok sure it takes time to warm up to people and I thought she would warm up as well but when she did finally start talking she had nothing positive to say.
Including about me. On the one had she professed her love to me and said how important I was and wanted to be with me. She even left little notes in my mailbox with my favorite chocolate. But then would say things to me like I am not good at kissing (I am happy to say that a greater number of women have said the opposite.) and that I am an unemotional robot among other pleasantries. Why would you willingly date someone who has such serious flaws? I also on several occasions tried to make plans with her to do things that didn't involve me touching her magic pocket which apparently I don't do in the way she likes. Several times I asked her to go for dinner or shopping which were all denied. I asked her if she wanted to go to the movies with me.
She also refused. I can only speak for myself. However if the girl I like is asking me to do something with her I will say yes unless its something I REALLY do not want to do like have cigarettes put out on my face or needles put through my wiener. But if that is the case I would then suggest an alternative or compromise. However she said she didn't want to spend money on a movie. Being a part time gentleman I would have paid anyway. But basically what that says is spending time with me (which is the point isn't it?) is worth less than 1800¥.
My thinking is often turning to such simple ways of thinking:
? > Candiman
In that girls case about $18 > Candiman. So in the end I got tired of suggesting things to do over the course of more than 2 months.
She said that she wanted to see me and loved me and was infatuated with me etc. But not enough to do anything about it. I then told her to make a plan. I asked her to decide what she wanted to do and when and I would adjust my schedule around that.
It never happened.
If you WANT to date me shouldn't you be saying stuff about how much you want to be with me and making an effort to do so instead of saying basically: "I want to be with you however I am not sure why because you suck in a lot of ways and, oh, by the way I am not willing to make any effort to actually see you."
Another girl I deleted today is sort of similar except we never actually met.
We met on facebook which is obviously the best place to meet strangers.
Hey I have some candy in my pocket.
We chatted back and forth and all seemed flirty and nice and we shared interests etc so we decided it would be nice to meet in real life.
What will come of it? Friendship? Dating? Love? Marriage? Language exchange? WHO KNOWS! and that is the exciting part. You never really know and what will it cost? $5 for an overpriced juice and a couple hours I probably would have been wanking away anyway (quite possibly literally). I am more than willing to give it a shot. Best case scenario we fall madly in love and have puppies. Worst case scenario you end up cutting your self in the bathroom.
However, please correct me if I am wrong but in 3 months anyone who is not a convict should be able to find an hour to meet. I am willing to go TO YOU.
You don't even need to take a train. I'll even pay for your insane $6 mochifrappydoublelattecaramelledexpressdecafinatedfairtradebrowndrip.
But once again that seems like too much to ask of some people. We made a lot of maybe plans and spend a long time talking. But on 3 or 4 days we made tentative plans only for her to not commit at the last minute and then conveniently not respond until the next day when it was too late to actually meet with what ever excuse.
I pretty much have a 3 strikes rule. I am really patient but when it comes to the limit its just done. So I had given up and told her so and that I was going to delete her from facebook because obviously we were not going to get anyway despite her words of desiring to do so. Proof is in the mochifrappydoublelattecaramelledexpressdecafinatedfairtradebrowndrip.
However she asked me not to and said that she really wanted to meet me and blah blah blah. Ok fine when are you free. Rinse and repeat the same bullshit as before. So I give up again and was not even going to tell her. But this time she must have smelled it because she emails me asking for a last chance.
It should never come to a last chance. Thats proof enough in itself. But whatever I have nothing to loose at this point and I am skeptical enough that I am basically sure nothing is going to happen anyway so sure, here is your last chance. When are you free?
She tells me and I choose a time that she said was suitable. She then emails me and said she is going to be busy that time after all and offers no alternative.
But this is the best part and where the tip of that ramble comes into play.
This is the digital age. The age of twitter and the age of status updates.
Especially in Japan where people do all of this online goodness on our cellphones and almost all communication is done via cellphone email.
I do not have to stalk you. I do not have to stalk you. It's not even really fair. But all I have to do is look at MY page MY wall MY profile to see you posting shit about your life. You are sharing with me everything I need to know without having to ask or put in any effort to see the truth.
It was the same with my last GF. She said she didn't have time to respond to my 1 email that day. But she had time to post shit online about lunch and how she was sleepy on the train. Same with this last girl.
If I email your cell a question like, "So are we actually going to meet tomorrow like you said and at what time?"
And I then see that 2 hours after I emailed you that you had time to post about "blah blah being so cute and the awesomest ever" VIA YOUR CELLPHONE. Do not turn around and tell me that you were busy and didn't have time to answer me from before dinner yesterday to until after dinner today.
bullshit trivia > Candiman
Now I know I know that is not what you mean. I am being totally unrealistic, you were just sharing your life with your friends and having fun or whatever.
Thats great. But you still chose to do that over talking to me about something you said you felt was important. Actions unfortunately speak louder than words. I am also pretty sure that you were just nervous. Scared to meet a zombie clown. Fair enough! But say so. Its too much to ask I know. Communication is hard. But if you can't tell me the truth then I am left to my guesses and from where I sit pretty much everything is > Candiman.
Which if true is also totally fine and acceptable. However I won't waste any more of my time waiting around and wondering.
I have plenty of other things to fill my with cup than just air.
When looking for a potential mate I make mental notes of these things.
How do you treat your friends?
How smooth do things go before we date?
How well can we communicate?
How respectful are you of other peoples feelings?
Do you treat people how you yourself hope to be treated?
Some of them were girls that I had hoped to date or had had sexual encounters with, but for whatever reason things didn't work out. Moving to another continent or country doesn't help relationships blossom I discovered.
I will not name names but I will list some of the experiences I had and why I personally decided these people were simply not compatible with my existence. I may have touched on some of these ideas with my other TIPS posts but bear with me.
The way to a mans heart is not through an insult generator.
1 girl who I briefly dated last year while pretty much fluent in English simply didn't talk while we were together. I thought it was an English thing so I switched to Japanese but she was equally unwilling to talk to me in her native tongue. No talking = poor communication. I talk to myself every day. I do not want or need an audience. I spend time with people to share ideas and experiences. Lets share ok?
Ok sure it takes time to warm up to people and I thought she would warm up as well but when she did finally start talking she had nothing positive to say.
Including about me. On the one had she professed her love to me and said how important I was and wanted to be with me. She even left little notes in my mailbox with my favorite chocolate. But then would say things to me like I am not good at kissing (I am happy to say that a greater number of women have said the opposite.) and that I am an unemotional robot among other pleasantries. Why would you willingly date someone who has such serious flaws? I also on several occasions tried to make plans with her to do things that didn't involve me touching her magic pocket which apparently I don't do in the way she likes. Several times I asked her to go for dinner or shopping which were all denied. I asked her if she wanted to go to the movies with me.
She also refused. I can only speak for myself. However if the girl I like is asking me to do something with her I will say yes unless its something I REALLY do not want to do like have cigarettes put out on my face or needles put through my wiener. But if that is the case I would then suggest an alternative or compromise. However she said she didn't want to spend money on a movie. Being a part time gentleman I would have paid anyway. But basically what that says is spending time with me (which is the point isn't it?) is worth less than 1800¥.
My thinking is often turning to such simple ways of thinking:
? > Candiman
In that girls case about $18 > Candiman. So in the end I got tired of suggesting things to do over the course of more than 2 months.
She said that she wanted to see me and loved me and was infatuated with me etc. But not enough to do anything about it. I then told her to make a plan. I asked her to decide what she wanted to do and when and I would adjust my schedule around that.
It never happened.
If you WANT to date me shouldn't you be saying stuff about how much you want to be with me and making an effort to do so instead of saying basically: "I want to be with you however I am not sure why because you suck in a lot of ways and, oh, by the way I am not willing to make any effort to actually see you."
Another girl I deleted today is sort of similar except we never actually met.
We met on facebook which is obviously the best place to meet strangers.
Hey I have some candy in my pocket.
We chatted back and forth and all seemed flirty and nice and we shared interests etc so we decided it would be nice to meet in real life.
What will come of it? Friendship? Dating? Love? Marriage? Language exchange? WHO KNOWS! and that is the exciting part. You never really know and what will it cost? $5 for an overpriced juice and a couple hours I probably would have been wanking away anyway (quite possibly literally). I am more than willing to give it a shot. Best case scenario we fall madly in love and have puppies. Worst case scenario you end up cutting your self in the bathroom.
However, please correct me if I am wrong but in 3 months anyone who is not a convict should be able to find an hour to meet. I am willing to go TO YOU.
You don't even need to take a train. I'll even pay for your insane $6 mochifrappydoublelattecaramelledexpressdecafinatedfairtradebrowndrip.
But once again that seems like too much to ask of some people. We made a lot of maybe plans and spend a long time talking. But on 3 or 4 days we made tentative plans only for her to not commit at the last minute and then conveniently not respond until the next day when it was too late to actually meet with what ever excuse.
I pretty much have a 3 strikes rule. I am really patient but when it comes to the limit its just done. So I had given up and told her so and that I was going to delete her from facebook because obviously we were not going to get anyway despite her words of desiring to do so. Proof is in the mochifrappydoublelattecaramelledexpressdecafinatedfairtradebrowndrip.
However she asked me not to and said that she really wanted to meet me and blah blah blah. Ok fine when are you free. Rinse and repeat the same bullshit as before. So I give up again and was not even going to tell her. But this time she must have smelled it because she emails me asking for a last chance.
It should never come to a last chance. Thats proof enough in itself. But whatever I have nothing to loose at this point and I am skeptical enough that I am basically sure nothing is going to happen anyway so sure, here is your last chance. When are you free?
She tells me and I choose a time that she said was suitable. She then emails me and said she is going to be busy that time after all and offers no alternative.
But this is the best part and where the tip of that ramble comes into play.
This is the digital age. The age of twitter and the age of status updates.
Especially in Japan where people do all of this online goodness on our cellphones and almost all communication is done via cellphone email.
I do not have to stalk you. I do not have to stalk you. It's not even really fair. But all I have to do is look at MY page MY wall MY profile to see you posting shit about your life. You are sharing with me everything I need to know without having to ask or put in any effort to see the truth.
It was the same with my last GF. She said she didn't have time to respond to my 1 email that day. But she had time to post shit online about lunch and how she was sleepy on the train. Same with this last girl.
If I email your cell a question like, "So are we actually going to meet tomorrow like you said and at what time?"
And I then see that 2 hours after I emailed you that you had time to post about "blah blah being so cute and the awesomest ever" VIA YOUR CELLPHONE. Do not turn around and tell me that you were busy and didn't have time to answer me from before dinner yesterday to until after dinner today.
bullshit trivia > Candiman
Now I know I know that is not what you mean. I am being totally unrealistic, you were just sharing your life with your friends and having fun or whatever.
Thats great. But you still chose to do that over talking to me about something you said you felt was important. Actions unfortunately speak louder than words. I am also pretty sure that you were just nervous. Scared to meet a zombie clown. Fair enough! But say so. Its too much to ask I know. Communication is hard. But if you can't tell me the truth then I am left to my guesses and from where I sit pretty much everything is > Candiman.
Which if true is also totally fine and acceptable. However I won't waste any more of my time waiting around and wondering.
I have plenty of other things to fill my with cup than just air.
When looking for a potential mate I make mental notes of these things.
How do you treat your friends?
How smooth do things go before we date?
How well can we communicate?
How respectful are you of other peoples feelings?
Do you treat people how you yourself hope to be treated?
Sunday, July 5, 2009
I fucked up again.
It would be easy to blame a lot of things external. However I can only blame myself and thats why it sucks so bad.
Thats what happens when we make assumptions. We think we are polishing a diamond but in fact we are polishing turds.
Twice in recent memory I have assumed I knew the start time of events only to later discover that because I didn't check not only was I wrong but I missed them.
Today's event didn't result in a financial loss luckily because I did not have an advanced ticket.
However seeing as I was a performer at the event (it was a 2 day thing) my backstage pass from yesterday probably would have gotten me in for free. On the other hand I know about the secret backstage door as well so I could have just as easily walked in for free not that I would but it is an option!
It turns out todays event started at 2pm which is ridiculous where as yesterdays started at 530.
I assumed today would be the same especially given the fact that the main attraction is a band that I love called:
溺れたエビの検死報告書 The Autopsy Report of Drowned Shrimp
Ya they are awesome I know. Totally original and something you have to see.
A truly amazing group of talented musicians that blow everyone away live.
One of the few live acts I have seen that I wanted the show to be over faster because I couldn't handle its power.
Godspeed you black emperor was another band like that.
Anyway, at about 3pm I checked the flyer to double check. By that time there were already on stage. I simply have to become literate in Japanese faster.
The other big disappointment I created for myself by not coming today was yesterday at the event I met 2 really cute girls who were staff at the event.
While I did manage to give them both my card I
did also say that I would be coming tonight as well.
Girls in general are scared to make the first move. Even if you give them your number or whatever they usually will not do anything.
1 of the 2 girls was more outgoing by far. So I spent most of the night yesterday talking to her. I dare not say which was more attractive because they each had strengths and weaknesses however girl one seemed to enjoy flirting with me.
Her confidence was sexy. So was her playfulness.
Because of it I focused on her however if she was not there I would have been happy flirting with girl 2.
However girl number 1 had 1 very big pause for concern. She has a 3 year old daughter. Which she said right away in a very manner of fact way. I often do the same when I first meet people. I tell them I am a big weirdo. Far too many women have disappeared after seeing photos of me on stage or my art or whatever so I assume that she too would much rather have that out in the open. That way potential partners can quickly and easily stop with the chase.
She said it and for a moment I was taken aback, but like all things I remembered well, you never know until you try and I really didn't know anything about her. I want kids eventually so what difference is it if its my blood or not?
So I am certainly willing to try being her friend and getting to know her better and find out what it is she wants. Come to think of it she never specifically said that she was a single mom. So perhaps I am just assuming again.
Maybe shes just really flirty and playful.
Go team assumption!
So lets see if she makes a move.
However I doubt she will and with that choice so goes my worries of wondering if I should try dating a mommy.
Thats what happens when we make assumptions. We think we are polishing a diamond but in fact we are polishing turds.
Twice in recent memory I have assumed I knew the start time of events only to later discover that because I didn't check not only was I wrong but I missed them.
Today's event didn't result in a financial loss luckily because I did not have an advanced ticket.
However seeing as I was a performer at the event (it was a 2 day thing) my backstage pass from yesterday probably would have gotten me in for free. On the other hand I know about the secret backstage door as well so I could have just as easily walked in for free not that I would but it is an option!
It turns out todays event started at 2pm which is ridiculous where as yesterdays started at 530.
I assumed today would be the same especially given the fact that the main attraction is a band that I love called:
溺れたエビの検死報告書 The Autopsy Report of Drowned Shrimp
Ya they are awesome I know. Totally original and something you have to see.
A truly amazing group of talented musicians that blow everyone away live.
One of the few live acts I have seen that I wanted the show to be over faster because I couldn't handle its power.
Godspeed you black emperor was another band like that.
Anyway, at about 3pm I checked the flyer to double check. By that time there were already on stage. I simply have to become literate in Japanese faster.
The other big disappointment I created for myself by not coming today was yesterday at the event I met 2 really cute girls who were staff at the event.
While I did manage to give them both my card I
did also say that I would be coming tonight as well.
Girls in general are scared to make the first move. Even if you give them your number or whatever they usually will not do anything.
1 of the 2 girls was more outgoing by far. So I spent most of the night yesterday talking to her. I dare not say which was more attractive because they each had strengths and weaknesses however girl one seemed to enjoy flirting with me.
Her confidence was sexy. So was her playfulness.
Because of it I focused on her however if she was not there I would have been happy flirting with girl 2.
However girl number 1 had 1 very big pause for concern. She has a 3 year old daughter. Which she said right away in a very manner of fact way. I often do the same when I first meet people. I tell them I am a big weirdo. Far too many women have disappeared after seeing photos of me on stage or my art or whatever so I assume that she too would much rather have that out in the open. That way potential partners can quickly and easily stop with the chase.
She said it and for a moment I was taken aback, but like all things I remembered well, you never know until you try and I really didn't know anything about her. I want kids eventually so what difference is it if its my blood or not?
So I am certainly willing to try being her friend and getting to know her better and find out what it is she wants. Come to think of it she never specifically said that she was a single mom. So perhaps I am just assuming again.
Maybe shes just really flirty and playful.
Go team assumption!
So lets see if she makes a move.
However I doubt she will and with that choice so goes my worries of wondering if I should try dating a mommy.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Official Announcement. MY NEW BAND
After many years of going solo I have embarked on a new musical project with my good friend KING.
The name of our project is still tentative. However the number one contender is King No Candi.
Students of Japanese will understand the other ways to read that.
We are throwing around the idea of alternate spellings.
KingNoC&I
KingNoC&Y
We already have our first show booked.
AUGUST 27th in AMEMURA Osaka
Which means I have to write a lot of new music and quickly. I am nervous but also excited. I have been lacking this kind of motivation for a long time. The last thing I did that had a deadline was the BLOOD remix. Which as far as writing music goes I loved. However it was not selected to be placed on the official Remix CD.
King will be doing vocals.
I may add some singing as well but my main concern is the music. I am also not sure what exactly I will be doing on stage either. I can only play one instrument at a time and I don`t want to have to carry a guitar, bass, midi controller and laptop.
So that is also a mystery at this point. It will all work out I am sure.
High fives for everyone.
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King is also the first MALE to visit my apartment. so congrats to Mr. King for that as well.
hahaha
I`m terrible I know.
The name of our project is still tentative. However the number one contender is King No Candi.
Students of Japanese will understand the other ways to read that.
We are throwing around the idea of alternate spellings.
KingNoC&I
KingNoC&Y
We already have our first show booked.
AUGUST 27th in AMEMURA Osaka
Which means I have to write a lot of new music and quickly. I am nervous but also excited. I have been lacking this kind of motivation for a long time. The last thing I did that had a deadline was the BLOOD remix. Which as far as writing music goes I loved. However it was not selected to be placed on the official Remix CD.
King will be doing vocals.
I may add some singing as well but my main concern is the music. I am also not sure what exactly I will be doing on stage either. I can only play one instrument at a time and I don`t want to have to carry a guitar, bass, midi controller and laptop.
So that is also a mystery at this point. It will all work out I am sure.
High fives for everyone.
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King is also the first MALE to visit my apartment. so congrats to Mr. King for that as well.
hahaha
I`m terrible I know.
Friday, June 26, 2009
King of Zombies R.I.P.
As a child of the 80's I can't help but have been influenced by MJ.
Thriller changed the music industry. Michael changed pop music forever.
I personally never thought he was a child molester but I would definitely agree that he was pretty fucked up. From the interviews and biographies of him I saw I would say he was more like a child that never grew up. He was forced into the spotlight by his family as a child and never had a chance to just play. Not to mention his weird medical condition.
He was the but of jokes for the later half of his life. Tragic really. What is more tragic is that in a few weeks the jokes will all start again. He was fuel for the late night talk show hosts and I doubt there will be any end to it now. In fact I assume it will only increase.
Just leave the man alone.
Rest in Peace Michael. I hope you can come back as a zombie.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
NEXT SHOW July 4 OSAKA
Info is all in Japanese. Sorry.
ｽﾄﾛﾍﾞﾘｰｿﾝｸﾞｵｰｹｽﾄﾗと申します。告知失礼致します。
【闇のうつつ】
http://beeplan.info/
2009/07/04＆05 ＠大阪・日本橋[in→dependent theatre 2nd]
◆大阪を中心に活動するバンド、ストロベリーソングオーケストラをメインゲストに、07/04（土）に昼夜2回、07/05（日）に1回の計3公演。全ての回に、ダンス、演劇、バンド、パフォーマンスなど幅広い分野のゲストを迎えた豪華劇場版！なかなか一度には見られない顔ぶれが揃う、濃厚な催しになりそうです！
◆料金：前売・予約￥3000 当日￥3500
※ドリンクの料金は加算されません。会場内にsalon夕顔楼が出張しておりますので、お好みでご注文下さい。
【リピート割引き】
「闇のうつつ」全3公演いずれかのチケット半券の提示で、他の回の入場金額が2000円になります。かなりお得になっておりますので、ぜひ複数回お越し下さい！
◆チケットご予約：毒電波舎事務局
ichigogakudan_shop@yahoo.co.jp
件名に『チケット予約』と記入し、公演日（昼・夜）、枚数、お名前、ご連絡先を必ず記入してください。こちらから確認のメールをお送りいたします。
◆電話でのご予約は会場で受け付けております。
公演名とご希望の回、お名前とご連絡先をお知らせの上、当日にご精算下さい。
TEL：06-6635-1777 （in→dependent theatre 2nd）
◆会場：大阪日本橋[in→dependent theatre 2nd]
http://west-power.co.jp/theatre/
〒556-0005 大阪市浪速区日本橋4丁目7-22
TEL 06-6635-1777 ／ FAX 06-6636-7449
◎メインアクト
ストロベリーソングオーケストラ（見世物パンク一座）
※全ての回に出演。各回のゲストとの2部構成になります。
◎7/4（土） 昼の部 13時開場、13時30分開演
MIT/♭_model（モデルパフォーマンス・特別編成ユニット）
伊東篤弘（OPTRON演奏×マシン・オーケストラ）
catchpulse×東野洋子×ガルペプシ（映像×パフォーマンス）
◎7/4（土） 夜の部 17時30分開場、18時開演
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles（Dark Marchen Show）
子供鉅人（劇団）
◎7/5（日） 14時30分開場、15時開演
溺れたエビの検死報告書（世界唯一のエビ仮面バンド！）
きたまり（コンテンポラリーダンス）
ゴトウイズミ+アコーディオン（アコーディオン奏者）
◎ダンサー（幕間の出演）
妖己（舞踏）
白石 紗知子×ひなこ☆machinpronoise（コンテンポラリーダンス）
アマポーラ （ドラァグクイーン）
MAP http://west-power.co.jp/theatre/map.htm
I can't read the map so I don't actually know where to go.
Maybe someone can help me
ｽﾄﾛﾍﾞﾘｰｿﾝｸﾞｵｰｹｽﾄﾗと申します。告知失礼致します。
【闇のうつつ】
http://beeplan.info/
2009/07/04＆05 ＠大阪・日本橋[in→dependent theatre 2nd]
◆大阪を中心に活動するバンド、ストロベリーソングオーケストラをメインゲストに、07/04（土）に昼夜2回、07/05（日）に1回の計3公演。全ての回に、ダンス、演劇、バンド、パフォーマンスなど幅広い分野のゲストを迎えた豪華劇場版！なかなか一度には見られない顔ぶれが揃う、濃厚な催しになりそうです！
◆料金：前売・予約￥3000 当日￥3500
※ドリンクの料金は加算されません。会場内にsalon夕顔楼が出張しておりますので、お好みでご注文下さい。
【リピート割引き】
「闇のうつつ」全3公演いずれかのチケット半券の提示で、他の回の入場金額が2000円になります。かなりお得になっておりますので、ぜひ複数回お越し下さい！
◆チケットご予約：毒電波舎事務局
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◆会場：大阪日本橋[in→dependent theatre 2nd]
http://west-power.co.jp/theatre/
〒556-0005 大阪市浪速区日本橋4丁目7-22
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ストロベリーソングオーケストラ（見世物パンク一座）
※全ての回に出演。各回のゲストとの2部構成になります。
◎7/4（土） 昼の部 13時開場、13時30分開演
MIT/♭_model（モデルパフォーマンス・特別編成ユニット）
伊東篤弘（OPTRON演奏×マシン・オーケストラ）
catchpulse×東野洋子×ガルペプシ（映像×パフォーマンス）
◎7/4（土） 夜の部 17時30分開場、18時開演
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles（Dark Marchen Show）
子供鉅人（劇団）
◎7/5（日） 14時30分開場、15時開演
溺れたエビの検死報告書（世界唯一のエビ仮面バンド！）
きたまり（コンテンポラリーダンス）
ゴトウイズミ+アコーディオン（アコーディオン奏者）
◎ダンサー（幕間の出演）
妖己（舞踏）
白石 紗知子×ひなこ☆machinpronoise（コンテンポラリーダンス）
アマポーラ （ドラァグクイーン）
MAP http://west-power.co.jp/theatre/map.htm
I can't read the map so I don't actually know where to go.
Maybe someone can help me
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tips for my future wife/girlfriend
Hair is naturual.
I am in no position to complain really.
I have a lot more body hair than the average Japanese man. Some find that sexy others do not. Some think think beards or mustaches are sexy others think its grosss.
I remember once I had a first date with a girl a few years ago. Afterwards we were riding the train back to NAmba or some other major station to go our separate ways home. During this trip she said something the effect of "why do you have that on your face. It makes you ugly."
Obviously there was no second date.
That is not my point tough. My point today is about something else.
Nose hair. Yes nose hair is also very natural. We all have it. I am sure it serves some purpose that is all well and good as well. However there is a girl I see on a regular basis through one of my jobs.
The first time we met I thought she was prettty cute. Until I saw her from the left. It looked like spider was desperatley trying to escape from her nose.
We all miss things while grooming and surely she would catch it.
However I have seen her 4 times now maybe over the last feww months those three hairs are still peeking out to wave hello.
I say whatever dwells INSIDE your nose is fair game but if they are starting to extend several mm outside its time to pluck or trim.
I am in no position to complain really.
I have a lot more body hair than the average Japanese man. Some find that sexy others do not. Some think think beards or mustaches are sexy others think its grosss.
I remember once I had a first date with a girl a few years ago. Afterwards we were riding the train back to NAmba or some other major station to go our separate ways home. During this trip she said something the effect of "why do you have that on your face. It makes you ugly."
Obviously there was no second date.
That is not my point tough. My point today is about something else.
Nose hair. Yes nose hair is also very natural. We all have it. I am sure it serves some purpose that is all well and good as well. However there is a girl I see on a regular basis through one of my jobs.
The first time we met I thought she was prettty cute. Until I saw her from the left. It looked like spider was desperatley trying to escape from her nose.
We all miss things while grooming and surely she would catch it.
However I have seen her 4 times now maybe over the last feww months those three hairs are still peeking out to wave hello.
I say whatever dwells INSIDE your nose is fair game but if they are starting to extend several mm outside its time to pluck or trim.
Friday, June 19, 2009
I Tried
But it takes two to tango.
How can you expect things to continue if you don't put in your half?
How many times can a person make an effort to contact only to be ignored before they give up?
How long does it to respond?
A > B
Exactly.
I have not given up yet. But it seems pretty clear talking to me isn't a priority for you.
I can accept that.
But I tried.
I really did.
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Now playing: Ayria - Six Seconds On All Sides
via FoxyTunes
How can you expect things to continue if you don't put in your half?
How many times can a person make an effort to contact only to be ignored before they give up?
How long does it to respond?
A > B
Exactly.
I have not given up yet. But it seems pretty clear talking to me isn't a priority for you.
I can accept that.
But I tried.
I really did.
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Now playing: Ayria - Six Seconds On All Sides
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I almost broke my asshole.
Seeing as my apartment is in chaos space is at a premium.
While assembling my desk last night I had pieces of wood all over the place
Including a couple of really nice sharp corner pieces.
While absend minded I squatted down to grab my drill or the bag of screws or something similar. My full weight and force plunging to the ground.
The corner of a support beam stabbed me directly between my tailbone and asshole and for a few minutes I expected the rectal bleeding to come pouring down my legs. I was also almost certain I had broken my tailbone and stood frozen cursing under my breath.
However there was no bleeding and seeing as I am sitting on the train now I also assume I didn't break anything.
It hurts to sit but its not so terrible.
I am sure if any one was there to see my cradle ass it would have been legend.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Cheater cheater
Recently 2 more cases of carnal knowledge came to my attention.
They both come from girls I just met and both are the inspiration for men to leave their girlfriends and babies.
They both come from girls I just met and both are the inspiration for men to leave their girlfriends and babies.
Obviously I do not know all of the details and have only heard one side of the story but I would advise any woman not to be a home wrecker.
Dating is not so serious. The whole point of it is to find someone to make babies with. However seeing as raising children takes a long time you are basically deciding to spend the rest of your life with the person you make babies with it then also becomes important that you actually like this person.
However what is often the case and what seems to happen a hell of a lot is that in peoples passion they throw caution to the wind and take their chances only to later get accidentally pregnant. A rushed marriage ensues or not and suddenly you are forever linked to a person you previously could have disposed of quite easily.
It is my view that if you create a baby from that point on the focus of your life has to be the raising of the child in the best possible environment
It mean you have to give up fucking other people assuming you are not in an open relationship.
It means you have to stop buying toys for yourself that are outside of your pocket change. No sports car. No Louis Voutton. That is also assuming you are like the average person and has to go into debt for such purchases.
If you happened to marry into money then go nuts and while you are at it buy me a sports car or even the purse. I don't mind at all.
However in both cases of the 2 girls I just met they were on the receiving end of the shit triangle. Wait.... I guess both girls are. Anyway both girls are the third party. They are the ones that are enticing the boys away from the mommies of their own fruit.
As I said earlier if a girl cheats on her boyfriend with me, I won't date her.
I highly advise the same to any girl out there. If a boy is wiling to cheat on the mother of his baby, what hope do you have at retaining him? Once you stop polishing his knob in new exciting ways he will just as likely seek out a new knob polisher. You will have no one to blame but yourself. You knew he was a cheater when you met.
"Friends"
In today's online world we are swamped with online profiles swamped with online friends. If you have ever seen myspace or facebook you know what I mean. How can anyone possibley have a personal relationship with 3000 people? They can't. So its bulllshit.
I can understand that a band would have 3000 fans but I certainly wouldn't consider that friendship by any stretch of the word.
So what are they? What is the proper word to use? Take for example when I first joined facebook and was suddenly flooded with friend requests from people had talked to once or twice in highschool. Are these people the new definition of the word "friend?"
I think not. Perhaps the Elliot Smith lyric is more fitting "Just somebody I used to know".
I see most people have on average more than 100 friends on their facebook. I suppose facebook friends is a more realistic term to use. I prefer to keep mine limited to people I actually want to talk to. My profile is public so anyone can read it if they want to. If curiosity fills people's minds with what am I up to. Its all here for you to see.
Myspace is the worst. People use the mutual friend tool to addd people at random. It has nothing to do with me. Or my music. Most people don't even take the time to read my profile or listen to my music or say hello.
However every single one of them gets a message from me asking how they know me. I often don't get a reply but sometimes they say uh uh I kinda bumped into you through blah blah but please check out my drum circle jam tunes.
Which brings me to another point. If you ask me to be your friend or agree when I ask you to be my friend it should mean something. I don't need more photos on my list. I don't want to be just another photo on yours. Don't add me if you are not interested in talking to me. If I write you a messsage and you ignore it.. Why the fuck did you want to be my friend? Ignoring me is like a slow death. I don't understand what is going on. I would much rather you delete me than leave your photo sitting there smiling at me but with no intention of actually talking to me.
But I suppose it is the collection mentality. I don't know if its the same with other messaging systems but I know several people here in Japan that have 2 mixi accounts. One is their public profile and the other is just for friends. However the public one uses their name and photo where as the private one is often obscured using a photo of a celebrity or tree or pet and using a nickname of some kind.
Perhaps like a reverse mask.
Im sure I have some of that before and will most likely say it again.
I can understand that a band would have 3000 fans but I certainly wouldn't consider that friendship by any stretch of the word.
So what are they? What is the proper word to use? Take for example when I first joined facebook and was suddenly flooded with friend requests from people had talked to once or twice in highschool. Are these people the new definition of the word "friend?"
I think not. Perhaps the Elliot Smith lyric is more fitting "Just somebody I used to know".
I see most people have on average more than 100 friends on their facebook. I suppose facebook friends is a more realistic term to use. I prefer to keep mine limited to people I actually want to talk to. My profile is public so anyone can read it if they want to. If curiosity fills people's minds with what am I up to. Its all here for you to see.
Myspace is the worst. People use the mutual friend tool to addd people at random. It has nothing to do with me. Or my music. Most people don't even take the time to read my profile or listen to my music or say hello.
However every single one of them gets a message from me asking how they know me. I often don't get a reply but sometimes they say uh uh I kinda bumped into you through blah blah but please check out my drum circle jam tunes.
Which brings me to another point. If you ask me to be your friend or agree when I ask you to be my friend it should mean something. I don't need more photos on my list. I don't want to be just another photo on yours. Don't add me if you are not interested in talking to me. If I write you a messsage and you ignore it.. Why the fuck did you want to be my friend? Ignoring me is like a slow death. I don't understand what is going on. I would much rather you delete me than leave your photo sitting there smiling at me but with no intention of actually talking to me.
But I suppose it is the collection mentality. I don't know if its the same with other messaging systems but I know several people here in Japan that have 2 mixi accounts. One is their public profile and the other is just for friends. However the public one uses their name and photo where as the private one is often obscured using a photo of a celebrity or tree or pet and using a nickname of some kind.
Perhaps like a reverse mask.
Im sure I have some of that before and will most likely say it again.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Drowning.
I am currently drowning in a sea of possessions.
I have always been a packrat. I don't know if that is a chemical thing or something I picked up or if it has something to do with growing up poor and getting new stuff was few and far between. However any way you slice it I have a big problem throwing away shit and always think, this MAY be useful someday/somehow.
I have made my own bed and I have to sleep in it I know.
I basically already had a full apartment of junk.
Before I left Canada I had a pretty serious girlfriend and we decided to live together.
So I figured it was time to start getting serious about growing up and started amassing the makings of a home. Sofas and tables and appliances and other things people buy when they move in with their partner as opposed to what I had done before that which was inherit other peoples garbage. Although I had thought I might maybe could possibly come to Asia, at the time the idea of living here more than a year was laughable. of course I could not leave my country for a long time, not to mention the girls with whom I was infatuated with. So I would certainly be returning to my new dishwasher.
Well it didn't turn out that way and now here I am with my apartments worth of goods on top of my apartments worth of goods.
All of my junk arrived last week and for the last week I have been spending pretty much every spare moment moving shit. Any time I want to move something I have to move everything else I own to make a path for it. I also have to move one thing out of the way and then put it behind the thing I want to move immediately because there is no other place to put it. Its like some fucked up game of checkers that I am playing against myself. I am confident it will work out. However getting to that point has been really tedious.
As many of you know the Japanese usually sit on the floor. I have noticed my posture has gotten really bad in the last 3 years and I can not begin to tell you how good it feels to have a chair and a sofa again. it took me 3 days just to get enough space organized to actually assemble my bunk bed sofa and when I did, my body thanked me over and over.
It was also nice to be able to stop sleeping on the floor. However my original new layout for my apartment simply wouldn't work. I under estimated the size of my bunk bed sofa. Thinking it was only 6feet. However it is actually about 7 feet long once you have all the frame assembled. Which would have mean I would have to exit and enter my apartment sideways every time. Not ideal.
Not a big deal under normal circumstances. However what it meant now was that I would have to move EVERYTHING to the opposite sides of the apartment. Good times.
There have been a lot of bumps along the way but things are starting to take shape.
My main concern now is my growing pile of garbage. Bigger sized items can't simply be put on the curb. They have to have a special tag that one needs to buy in advance which means I have to figure out how to do that and sit on the trash until that day.
My eBay sales have had to take a back seat for several reasons the most important being I don't have time to deal with the paperwork and packing. The other being I don't know where anything is. I guess in the plus column is that I have been working a lot more. About 6 days a week now as opposed to 4 before. Will it balance out?
I don't know.
However I am happy beyond words to have a much clearer idea of where my life is going and what my goals are.
As it stands I have my goals laid out and am now just trying to figure out the right balance of bullshit (work) and effort to get those things done.
However as I sit here taking a break now. My priority at the moment is getting my home into a livable state. Then I can worry more about bling and pokemon or whatever it is you kids do now.
Does anyone need a bunch of housewares?
I have always been a packrat. I don't know if that is a chemical thing or something I picked up or if it has something to do with growing up poor and getting new stuff was few and far between. However any way you slice it I have a big problem throwing away shit and always think, this MAY be useful someday/somehow.
I have made my own bed and I have to sleep in it I know.
I basically already had a full apartment of junk.
Before I left Canada I had a pretty serious girlfriend and we decided to live together.
So I figured it was time to start getting serious about growing up and started amassing the makings of a home. Sofas and tables and appliances and other things people buy when they move in with their partner as opposed to what I had done before that which was inherit other peoples garbage. Although I had thought I might maybe could possibly come to Asia, at the time the idea of living here more than a year was laughable. of course I could not leave my country for a long time, not to mention the girls with whom I was infatuated with. So I would certainly be returning to my new dishwasher.
Well it didn't turn out that way and now here I am with my apartments worth of goods on top of my apartments worth of goods.
All of my junk arrived last week and for the last week I have been spending pretty much every spare moment moving shit. Any time I want to move something I have to move everything else I own to make a path for it. I also have to move one thing out of the way and then put it behind the thing I want to move immediately because there is no other place to put it. Its like some fucked up game of checkers that I am playing against myself. I am confident it will work out. However getting to that point has been really tedious.
As many of you know the Japanese usually sit on the floor. I have noticed my posture has gotten really bad in the last 3 years and I can not begin to tell you how good it feels to have a chair and a sofa again. it took me 3 days just to get enough space organized to actually assemble my bunk bed sofa and when I did, my body thanked me over and over.
It was also nice to be able to stop sleeping on the floor. However my original new layout for my apartment simply wouldn't work. I under estimated the size of my bunk bed sofa. Thinking it was only 6feet. However it is actually about 7 feet long once you have all the frame assembled. Which would have mean I would have to exit and enter my apartment sideways every time. Not ideal.
Not a big deal under normal circumstances. However what it meant now was that I would have to move EVERYTHING to the opposite sides of the apartment. Good times.
There have been a lot of bumps along the way but things are starting to take shape.
My main concern now is my growing pile of garbage. Bigger sized items can't simply be put on the curb. They have to have a special tag that one needs to buy in advance which means I have to figure out how to do that and sit on the trash until that day.
My eBay sales have had to take a back seat for several reasons the most important being I don't have time to deal with the paperwork and packing. The other being I don't know where anything is. I guess in the plus column is that I have been working a lot more. About 6 days a week now as opposed to 4 before. Will it balance out?
I don't know.
However I am happy beyond words to have a much clearer idea of where my life is going and what my goals are.
As it stands I have my goals laid out and am now just trying to figure out the right balance of bullshit (work) and effort to get those things done.
However as I sit here taking a break now. My priority at the moment is getting my home into a livable state. Then I can worry more about bling and pokemon or whatever it is you kids do now.
Does anyone need a bunch of housewares?
Monday, May 25, 2009
We hadn't had a show since February maybe. Despite the usual lateness of all the people involved and the general disarray that goes on in show business. I felt our actual performannce went well. As usual there were several girls in the front who cried which I find very strange but encouraging.
I didn't end up bleeding which was also a nice change. There were a lot of framiliar faces which is great including some people from Tokyo which is great too. People as always were reserved and unsure at first but quickly warmed up and were very friendly to me despite my horrid appearance.
I didn't end up bleeding which was also a nice change. There were a lot of framiliar faces which is great including some people from Tokyo which is great too. People as always were reserved and unsure at first but quickly warmed up and were very friendly to me despite my horrid appearance.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Next show is tomorrow.
My next performance is tomorrow in Kyoto.
The details are bellow in Japanese.
If you need them in English please use the comment button and I will give you directions in English.
2009年5月 24日
京都＠夜想
http://www.yaso-net.com/
毎年恒例で御座います。
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles プレゼンツ
「Esprit et Ridicule」
皮肉と気のきいた言葉をたしなむ当時の社交界を思い
我々が開くドア。
ただひたむきに。
Rose Birthday party
出演：Rose de Reficul et Guiggles / 永井幽蘭 / Alice in bat-cave
出演にお願いした永井さんはソプラノと悲鳴のきいた素晴らしい古典歌手。
Alice in bat-caveさんは京都最古のポジパンバンドさんです。
いずれもムーディで経歴も長く古くからひたむきなスタイルを形崩れせずあります。
※一人でお越しが怖い方へ。
御悩み不要です。
RoseはじめRoseファミリィは公演イベントではサポートフル体制。
それが小さなサーカス小屋の醍醐味です。
初めてご参加の方も安心して落ち着いて来られる事が我々の望みです。
年代も老若男女でお越しいただいております。
そもそもこちらのイベントの温もりなら大丈夫と自信を持ってお迎え致します。
当日の不安をお守り致します。
ご質問をお気軽に当日迄に御寄せ下さいね。
当日迷子は当日会場の夜想さんへコールでお迎え。
（リンクよりどうぞ・携帯可）
そこはかとなく広がり深い小穴の様な出演陣、
クラシックな演出で
ほのぐらく御待ちしております。
OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
終了22：00（終電迄に終了）
逃したらRoseファミリィで始発まで約束します。
前売り \2000(+1drink \500) & プレゼント付き！
当日 \2500(+1drink \500)
■ご予約について■
※チケットのご予約は以下にてお受けしています。
夜想（当日会場）
電話（075-211-0901）、
またはメールmail@yaso-net.comにて承ります。
淑女雑貨トゥココット
電話：0745-60-0257
メール：shop@toecocotte.com
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles
info@victorian666.com
070-6471-4841
お菓子あり ます。
The details are bellow in Japanese.
If you need them in English please use the comment button and I will give you directions in English.
2009年5月 24日
京都＠夜想
http://www.yaso-net.com/
毎年恒例で御座います。
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles プレゼンツ
「Esprit et Ridicule」
皮肉と気のきいた言葉をたしなむ当時の社交界を思い
我々が開くドア。
ただひたむきに。
Rose Birthday party
出演：Rose de Reficul et Guiggles / 永井幽蘭 / Alice in bat-cave
出演にお願いした永井さんはソプラノと悲鳴のきいた素晴らしい古典歌手。
Alice in bat-caveさんは京都最古のポジパンバンドさんです。
いずれもムーディで経歴も長く古くからひたむきなスタイルを形崩れせずあります。
※一人でお越しが怖い方へ。
御悩み不要です。
RoseはじめRoseファミリィは公演イベントではサポートフル体制。
それが小さなサーカス小屋の醍醐味です。
初めてご参加の方も安心して落ち着いて来られる事が我々の望みです。
年代も老若男女でお越しいただいております。
そもそもこちらのイベントの温もりなら大丈夫と自信を持ってお迎え致します。
当日の不安をお守り致します。
ご質問をお気軽に当日迄に御寄せ下さいね。
当日迷子は当日会場の夜想さんへコールでお迎え。
（リンクよりどうぞ・携帯可）
そこはかとなく広がり深い小穴の様な出演陣、
クラシックな演出で
ほのぐらく御待ちしております。
OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
終了22：00（終電迄に終了）
逃したらRoseファミリィで始発まで約束します。
前売り \2000(+1drink \500) & プレゼント付き！
当日 \2500(+1drink \500)
■ご予約について■
※チケットのご予約は以下にてお受けしています。
夜想（当日会場）
電話（075-211-0901）、
またはメールmail@yaso-net.comにて承ります。
淑女雑貨トゥココット
電話：0745-60-0257
メール：shop@toecocotte.com
Rose de Reficul et Guiggles
info@victorian666.com
070-6471-4841
お菓子あり ます。
Friday, May 22, 2009
MORTAL KOMBAT!
I know most of you wont care to read about my dream of playing video games standing up.
However some of you may care to read about how the project and set up goes.
If you use a blogger or feed burner or magic thistle twister or what ever they want to call what ever new technology you kids are using now adays (GET OFF MY LAWN!!!) You can read about it here.
http://mmmkii.blogspot.com/
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!
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Now playing: M1dy - 37 Dicks
via FoxyTunes
However some of you may care to read about how the project and set up goes.
If you use a blogger or feed burner or magic thistle twister or what ever they want to call what ever new technology you kids are using now adays (GET OFF MY LAWN!!!) You can read about it here.
http://mmmkii.blogspot.com
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!
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Now playing: M1dy - 37 Dicks
via FoxyTunes
Movies
I started watching some movies again recently.
I have not had much time to watch films so it was nice to relax a bit and watch some.
I watched "Choke", "Valkyrie" and "Push".
Choke was pretty funny.
The main character is a sex addict with delusions of grandeur so I could relate.
Valkyrie was based on the true story of the assassination attempts on Hitler by Germans during WWII. I have always have a deep interest in that period of history and despite the fact the movie had embellishments of course, I quite enjoyed it. Tom Cruise who has been much made fun of in the news for the last few years for being a bi/homosexual religious nutjob was the star of the show.
I must say he did a very good job. So good the thought of his religious fever never once entered into my brain during the film. I may not agree with his belief system but he is not a bad actor. I am however very happy Tim Burton passed him for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
Last and least was "Push".
It was basically an extended episode of "Heroes" minus Sylar and his cool music. Actually I think if they combined the TV show and this movie it would be perfect. Heroes just often feels like hokey drama BS where as this film was lacking the zing and... I don't know, the flavor? Hard to explain.
The most memorable and best part of "PUSH" and what really kept me watching it was Xiao Lu Li aka POP GIRL.
What can I say. Obviously it is a deadly combo for me. Shes got everything.
Shes kinda evil. She has a lollipop in her mouth throughout almost the whole film. Shes a psychic and most importantly........ she has wicked dimples.
Her blog (link above) has 1000000 photos for your viewing pleasure.
Apparently she is fluent in English. Which means that we will hopefully get to see her in more international films. I read a bit of her blog thanks to the wonders of technology. It seems shes pretty lonely.
Well Ms. Li, if you ever find yourself sitting next to me on a plane, feel free to ask me for a lollipop, Candiman has got you covered. We can trade stories about being on stage. However I am pretty sure the stages we have been on could not be much more different.
I have not had much time to watch films so it was nice to relax a bit and watch some.
I watched "Choke", "Valkyrie" and "Push".
Choke was pretty funny.
The main character is a sex addict with delusions of grandeur so I could relate.
Valkyrie was based on the true story of the assassination attempts on Hitler by Germans during WWII. I have always have a deep interest in that period of history and despite the fact the movie had embellishments of course, I quite enjoyed it. Tom Cruise who has been much made fun of in the news for the last few years for being a bi/homosexual religious nutjob was the star of the show.
I must say he did a very good job. So good the thought of his religious fever never once entered into my brain during the film. I may not agree with his belief system but he is not a bad actor. I am however very happy Tim Burton passed him for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
Last and least was "Push".
It was basically an extended episode of "Heroes" minus Sylar and his cool music. Actually I think if they combined the TV show and this movie it would be perfect. Heroes just often feels like hokey drama BS where as this film was lacking the zing and... I don't know, the flavor? Hard to explain.
The most memorable and best part of "PUSH" and what really kept me watching it was Xiao Lu Li aka POP GIRL.
Shes kinda evil. She has a lollipop in her mouth throughout almost the whole film. Shes a psychic and most importantly........ she has wicked dimples.
Her blog (link above) has 1000000 photos for your viewing pleasure.
Apparently she is fluent in English. Which means that we will hopefully get to see her in more international films. I read a bit of her blog thanks to the wonders of technology. It seems shes pretty lonely.
Well Ms. Li, if you ever find yourself sitting next to me on a plane, feel free to ask me for a lollipop, Candiman has got you covered. We can trade stories about being on stage. However I am pretty sure the stages we have been on could not be much more different.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
New favorite quote
My friend Alex gave me a book for my birthday while I was in Canada.
Its BURTON ON BURTON a biography on Tim Burton.
In the book he said something that made me actually burst out laughing on the train.
It is my new favorite quote.
"I remember having a birthday party, I can't remember what age I was, but with Chucko The Clown........ and it's like, `Fuuuuuuuccckkkk...."
Its BURTON ON BURTON a biography on Tim Burton.
In the book he said something that made me actually burst out laughing on the train.
It is my new favorite quote.
"I remember having a birthday party, I can't remember what age I was, but with Chucko The Clown........ and it's like, `Fuuuuuuuccckkkk...."
Tips for my future wife/girlfriend V
Don`t keep me a secret.
If I have decided to commit to a relationship to you I am going to tell anyone who listens. Why? because if I have decided to date/marry you that means you must be super fucking awesome and therefore I am proud to tell the whole world we are together.
I know Japanese people are more reserved and private. However do not be scared to say "my boyfriend" in conversations with other people.
You also have permission to blog and talk to your friends about me.
I am doing it about you as well. RIGHT NOW!
It just seems kind of odd to hear you say, "I am hanging out with Candiman" as opposed to saying "I am out with my boyfriend".
That is unless you are ashamed of me.
In that case why are you dating me?
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Now playing: Venetian Snares - Chainsaw Fellatio
via FoxyTunes
If I have decided to commit to a relationship to you I am going to tell anyone who listens. Why? because if I have decided to date/marry you that means you must be super fucking awesome and therefore I am proud to tell the whole world we are together.
I know Japanese people are more reserved and private. However do not be scared to say "my boyfriend" in conversations with other people.
You also have permission to blog and talk to your friends about me.
I am doing it about you as well. RIGHT NOW!
It just seems kind of odd to hear you say, "I am hanging out with Candiman" as opposed to saying "I am out with my boyfriend".
That is unless you are ashamed of me.
In that case why are you dating me?
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Now playing: Venetian Snares - Chainsaw Fellatio
via FoxyTunes
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
OLD STUFF Letter to a girl that "tried to kill herself"
I brought back from Canada not only my old journals but my old hard drive as well.
I write a lot of letters to people. A lot of letters that I never send. Some I do send however. I have decided to start posting some of my older stuff.
I find it interesting to see where I came from and how I used to think and how that has evolved. Unfortunately a lot of times I dont date things. So be prepared to be inundated with bad poetry from highschool and the like.
This is a letter I wrote to a sad girl.
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Now playing: depeche mode - lillian
via FoxyTunes
I write a lot of letters to people. A lot of letters that I never send. Some I do send however. I have decided to start posting some of my older stuff.
I find it interesting to see where I came from and how I used to think and how that has evolved. Unfortunately a lot of times I dont date things. So be prepared to be inundated with bad poetry from highschool and the like.
This is a letter I wrote to a sad girl.
You emailed me at 1am last night saying you tried to kill yourself with pills.
I was originally going to say nothing, but I doubt you would learn from my silence.
You are the classic case of one of the 4 human control dramas.
#4 is very much you.
# 1: The Intimidator: uses anger as their weapon. They get what they want with threats, bullying, intimidation, imposition, and usually likes to make everyone else around them feel weaker and inferior.
# 2: The Interrogator: likes to attack the intellect. Prefers to manipulate people by changing their opinions, using their ego, and trying to lead them into their own plans. Likes to constantly question peoples' beliefs and try to get them on their side.
# 3: The Aloof: control others with silence. They prefer to hide themselves, avoid conversations and social situations, and silence others' opinions by refusing to answer them. They prefer to keep people at a safe distance by not dealing with them.
# 4: The "Poor Me": the guilty masochist. Control others by acting like a victim, and try to make others feel guilty. Always acting sad and trying to make others feel sorry for them.
All human relationships are selfish. The only reason we talk to people is because we want something. If you want people to love and care about you, you need to love and care about them as well.
I have not known you long but I have learned 2 very important things about you. 1 you are selfish and 2 you are lazy.
You say that you like me and that you want to talk to me. But I know that is not true.
You do not like me you like dumping your shit on me. You like getting attention. You like having someone to complain to who will listen.
You like having a shoulder to cry on. You like all the things I give you.
But, wether its me or someone else makes no difference.
You are not interested in me as a person, you are interested in the services I can provide you for free.
But my services are not free and they never were. If you want someone to love you, love yourself. I have no interest in "taking care" of you. I have my own life and my own shit to fix. I have to fix my problems because no one will fix them for me. You should think the same.
You have to be the boss of your life. You have to make the changes you want to see. You have to chase your own happiness. No one can do that for you and no one can make you happen. Even if you find someone who is willing to take care of you for a short time it gets tiring pretty fast.
Who wants to spend all of their free time with someone who complains all the time?
Not me. My ex was like that. I went down that street and I never will again.
I am interested in making the most of my life and making the most of my days. There is a choice to be happy in every situation but you don't choose it. You choose to feel sorry for yourself.
How can I possibly feel sorry for you when you have chosen to be where you are?
Where you are now is the result of a long series of choices that YOU made.
You can dig yourself out of your hole, but that takes effort. Its a lot easier to just die. But you don't really want to die. You just want people to care about you. You want attention. If you really wanted to die you would be already. But even killing yourself takes effort and courage.. SO if you are going to go through that much work and effort and courage why not use it to make a positive change. One that brings you happiness?
Suicide is the most selfish of acts. It takes the pain of your life and gives it to everyone around you. People have to find your body and clean it up. People have to go through your room and throw away all your stuff, people have to have nightmares about your dead body on the floor. People have to feel guilt about what they could have should have might have done. Maybe thats what you want. But to me that is not only selfish and spiteful but truly evil. No one deserves to have their life ruined just because you are too lazy to make a choice to be happy.
People who kill themselves are greatly disrespected in my mind.
People will have their memories of you but in the end they will always think.. thats the girl who killed herself, thats the girl who couldnt deal with simple stuff.
You do not live in Ethiopia.. you are not being tortured, you are not at war, you have a nice house and food and clothes and all the basics of life. You just have some social pressure that you CHOOSE to let bother you.
You know nothing of me or my past because you have no interest or you would have asked. But if I can go through what I have and still be happy everyday there is no reason why you can't. I am because I choose to be happy. The only difference between you and me is choice.
Never write an email to me like that again.
I am not interested.
Get off your ass and choose to be happy. Choose to find happiness.
If you are not making an effort to make your life better then I have no time to talk to you.
Start loving yourself more and using people less.
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Now playing: depeche mode - lillian
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Canada Trip 2009 (part 1 because I will probably do this in pieces.)
The Canada adventure.
I am sure this won`t be as long or as detailed as some would like but I will do my best while it is still somewhat fresh in my grey mush.
I had originally planned to leave behind a clean apartment and had started the packing process long in advance before actually leaving.
However I still managed to basically destroy my apartment before leaving.
I didn`t sleep before my flight despite it leaving around noon.
I only brought the suit on my back and my laptop/camera.
My 2 bags were filled with stuff for people in Canada.
1 whole bag was filled with just treats for the people that would be comming to my hello goodbye birthday party.
I brought a bunch of toys and Engrish stuff and a lot of snacks for anyone who wanted to try a little taste of Japan. My favorite BLACK THUNDER chocolate bars, some gummy candy poo, some mochi, some pop rocks with candy, and some SOY SAUCE flavored kit kat that didnt actually taste anything like soy sauce much to my dissapointment. I was sort of hoping to torture all my close friends I guess.
I turned off both the gas and power to my apartment before I left which means I had to plan in advance all my meals as to not leave any food in the fridge.
First I took the subway to Namba to then catch a bus to Itami airport.
I was one of the last people to get on the bus and everyone sat in the window seat. However everyone put their bag or purse on the seat next to them and after walking up and down the bus no one volunteered to move their shit so I could have a seat. I made the obvious choice and decided to sit next to the most attractive woman on the bus. However very obviously being hot does in no way include friendliness, manners, or courtesy.
I said excuse me in Japanese and she let out this giant sigh and rolled her eyes at the injustice of having to move her coat to allow me to have a seat for the 30 minute bus ride. In fact the whole bus ride she was like a teenager having a tantrum letting out sighs and disgruntled looks.
The airport was uneventful, and so was the first flight really. The stewardesses were yummy but I was too tired to offer any substanial flirts. They served beverages and as usual when I speak Japanese to people who expect to have to struggle to understand my English I had to repeat myself three times untill they get the fact that I am speaking thier native language and not something alien.
I had about 2 hours to kill in Narita before my flight to Canada so I wandered around the airport and broke the serious employee wall with some of the staff with my silliness.
There is a huge contrast to "stewardesses" on Japanese airlines compared to the "flight attendants" on air Canada.
On the ANA leg of my flight they were all young women and none more than 35 perhaps even 30.
On the air Canada leg of my flight none were younger than 35 and 2 were very obviously gay men. (nothing wrong with that but its pretty stereo typical.) It also kinda makes me think that even if I wanted to get a job serving coffee on a plane that I couldnt just because i like innys and not outtys.
I watched videos on my COWON A2 the whole way until I fell asleep and then slept for 4 or 5 hours. The food was typical (read gross) and was left mostly untouched.
When I go through customs I also try to pick the person who I think will be the least hassle and not the shortest line. However there was a guy who had NO line so I decided to go through his check out or whatever you want to call it. He turned out to be pretty nice actually and didnt give me that much of a hard time. Just a few questions and not the third degree like I have had several times comming into Canada before. The last time I came back they made me speak Chinese to prove I was studying it.
Part of it was probably me wearing a suit instead of being a a skinhead with tattoos in a t-shirt.
There was some kind of problem with the baggage machine so I had to wait about 30 minutes for my shit to finally get spit out.
My good friend Trev was waiting for me and we had a good hug.
It was pretty sureal. We talk basically everyday on MSN but had not actually seen each other for 3 years. It was really like no time had passed at all.
It was a feeling that would last my whole 2 weeks in Canada.
3 years had passed and there were a lot of changes in landscape and peoples faces but in general everything had this kind of eerie timelessness to it.
I felt different. I felt I had changed a lot and yet my homeland stayed the same. On several other occaisions the opposite was also true. It was as if i thought that because I was gone that things would have stayed untouched as I left them almost 6 years ago. Like a book you read halfway and then put down and forget about and then pick up and start reading again one day.
These are the feelings I kept floating back and forth between.
The weather forcast said the weather was going to shit my whole time. Even the pilot said that it would be 9 degrees and rainy when we landed. However I brought the sun with me and it was lovely my whole time in town.
From the airport we went straight to Richmond to NITTSU. I dealt with the manager there Kondo san, and he was super friendly and easy to work with.
I had been dealing with him via Email for a month or so before comming and it was cool to meet him. We were early because we thought customs would take longer so we went to the new Olympic bullshit money pit that was just down the street. Millions and millions of dollars for sports bullshit that could have and should have been spent to fix all the things that are broken in BC but I digress. I also then phoned my mom and had a nice chat with her.
Kondo san gave us a tour of the warehouse and showed us how things are packed etc. He also explained all the things he had been saying via email that I didnt understand because I had obviously never moved overseas before and really had no concept of how big or small things really are.
After all that was sorted out we decided to go to Richmond Centre to pay a surprise visit to Trevs girlfriend, Ivy, seeing as we were close by anyway.
Trev and Ivy and I all shared an apartment in Taiwan together and I felt sort of bad for her because she had to meet all of the girls that I brought home and be friendly to them but not get attached........
Ivy obviously wasn`t expecting to see me because she ended up crying, at work. It had been a long time. She was also the only one who cried to see me come or go so it was very touching. Unless you include Jess who had some kind of allergy or cold or something and the left side of her face kept leaking but I guess that had nothing to do with me at all so I suppose that doesnt count after all.
After that we went to the fido store to buy a sim card for my super sexy computer phone so that I could be in touch with everyone at my leisure.
After that it was time to induldge in my first taste of long lost western filthy junk food.
I wanted an Orange Julius and by god I was going to get one.
So off we went and I ordered an orange julius and a pizza dog.
There was some cute girl at the counter and she initiated conversation with us. I took her lead and the flirt festival insued until she made a comment about her fiancee that left both Trev and I confused. She seemed like she was being more than just friendly and yet..... meh whatever.
We sat down to eat in the food court and it was obvious that everyone was staring at us. It then occured to me why. Trev was wearing a sport coat and I was dressed all fancy pants too with my briefcase and stuff and we both had sunglasses. It must have looked like some kind of famous people (slightly more famous than I am already HA!) meeting.
Doing business discussing our next big project.
It was ammusing. On the way out of the mall another girl gave me a big smile which I returned to her.
From there we were off to Langely and to see my giant pile of junk I had not laid eyes on for 5 years..............
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Now playing: Deftones - Mein
via FoxyTunes
I am sure this won`t be as long or as detailed as some would like but I will do my best while it is still somewhat fresh in my grey mush.
I had originally planned to leave behind a clean apartment and had started the packing process long in advance before actually leaving.
However I still managed to basically destroy my apartment before leaving.
I didn`t sleep before my flight despite it leaving around noon.
I only brought the suit on my back and my laptop/camera.
My 2 bags were filled with stuff for people in Canada.
1 whole bag was filled with just treats for the people that would be comming to my hello goodbye birthday party.
I brought a bunch of toys and Engrish stuff and a lot of snacks for anyone who wanted to try a little taste of Japan. My favorite BLACK THUNDER chocolate bars, some gummy candy poo, some mochi, some pop rocks with candy, and some SOY SAUCE flavored kit kat that didnt actually taste anything like soy sauce much to my dissapointment. I was sort of hoping to torture all my close friends I guess.
I turned off both the gas and power to my apartment before I left which means I had to plan in advance all my meals as to not leave any food in the fridge.
First I took the subway to Namba to then catch a bus to Itami airport.
I was one of the last people to get on the bus and everyone sat in the window seat. However everyone put their bag or purse on the seat next to them and after walking up and down the bus no one volunteered to move their shit so I could have a seat. I made the obvious choice and decided to sit next to the most attractive woman on the bus. However very obviously being hot does in no way include friendliness, manners, or courtesy.
I said excuse me in Japanese and she let out this giant sigh and rolled her eyes at the injustice of having to move her coat to allow me to have a seat for the 30 minute bus ride. In fact the whole bus ride she was like a teenager having a tantrum letting out sighs and disgruntled looks.
The airport was uneventful, and so was the first flight really. The stewardesses were yummy but I was too tired to offer any substanial flirts. They served beverages and as usual when I speak Japanese to people who expect to have to struggle to understand my English I had to repeat myself three times untill they get the fact that I am speaking thier native language and not something alien.
I had about 2 hours to kill in Narita before my flight to Canada so I wandered around the airport and broke the serious employee wall with some of the staff with my silliness.
There is a huge contrast to "stewardesses" on Japanese airlines compared to the "flight attendants" on air Canada.
On the ANA leg of my flight they were all young women and none more than 35 perhaps even 30.
On the air Canada leg of my flight none were younger than 35 and 2 were very obviously gay men. (nothing wrong with that but its pretty stereo typical.) It also kinda makes me think that even if I wanted to get a job serving coffee on a plane that I couldnt just because i like innys and not outtys.
I watched videos on my COWON A2 the whole way until I fell asleep and then slept for 4 or 5 hours. The food was typical (read gross) and was left mostly untouched.
When I go through customs I also try to pick the person who I think will be the least hassle and not the shortest line. However there was a guy who had NO line so I decided to go through his check out or whatever you want to call it. He turned out to be pretty nice actually and didnt give me that much of a hard time. Just a few questions and not the third degree like I have had several times comming into Canada before. The last time I came back they made me speak Chinese to prove I was studying it.
Part of it was probably me wearing a suit instead of being a a skinhead with tattoos in a t-shirt.
There was some kind of problem with the baggage machine so I had to wait about 30 minutes for my shit to finally get spit out.
My good friend Trev was waiting for me and we had a good hug.
It was pretty sureal. We talk basically everyday on MSN but had not actually seen each other for 3 years. It was really like no time had passed at all.
It was a feeling that would last my whole 2 weeks in Canada.
3 years had passed and there were a lot of changes in landscape and peoples faces but in general everything had this kind of eerie timelessness to it.
I felt different. I felt I had changed a lot and yet my homeland stayed the same. On several other occaisions the opposite was also true. It was as if i thought that because I was gone that things would have stayed untouched as I left them almost 6 years ago. Like a book you read halfway and then put down and forget about and then pick up and start reading again one day.
These are the feelings I kept floating back and forth between.
The weather forcast said the weather was going to shit my whole time. Even the pilot said that it would be 9 degrees and rainy when we landed. However I brought the sun with me and it was lovely my whole time in town.
From the airport we went straight to Richmond to NITTSU. I dealt with the manager there Kondo san, and he was super friendly and easy to work with.
I had been dealing with him via Email for a month or so before comming and it was cool to meet him. We were early because we thought customs would take longer so we went to the new Olympic bullshit money pit that was just down the street. Millions and millions of dollars for sports bullshit that could have and should have been spent to fix all the things that are broken in BC but I digress. I also then phoned my mom and had a nice chat with her.
Kondo san gave us a tour of the warehouse and showed us how things are packed etc. He also explained all the things he had been saying via email that I didnt understand because I had obviously never moved overseas before and really had no concept of how big or small things really are.
After all that was sorted out we decided to go to Richmond Centre to pay a surprise visit to Trevs girlfriend, Ivy, seeing as we were close by anyway.
Trev and Ivy and I all shared an apartment in Taiwan together and I felt sort of bad for her because she had to meet all of the girls that I brought home and be friendly to them but not get attached........
Ivy obviously wasn`t expecting to see me because she ended up crying, at work. It had been a long time. She was also the only one who cried to see me come or go so it was very touching. Unless you include Jess who had some kind of allergy or cold or something and the left side of her face kept leaking but I guess that had nothing to do with me at all so I suppose that doesnt count after all.
After that we went to the fido store to buy a sim card for my super sexy computer phone so that I could be in touch with everyone at my leisure.
After that it was time to induldge in my first taste of long lost western filthy junk food.
I wanted an Orange Julius and by god I was going to get one.
So off we went and I ordered an orange julius and a pizza dog.
There was some cute girl at the counter and she initiated conversation with us. I took her lead and the flirt festival insued until she made a comment about her fiancee that left both Trev and I confused. She seemed like she was being more than just friendly and yet..... meh whatever.
We sat down to eat in the food court and it was obvious that everyone was staring at us. It then occured to me why. Trev was wearing a sport coat and I was dressed all fancy pants too with my briefcase and stuff and we both had sunglasses. It must have looked like some kind of famous people (slightly more famous than I am already HA!) meeting.
Doing business discussing our next big project.
It was ammusing. On the way out of the mall another girl gave me a big smile which I returned to her.
From there we were off to Langely and to see my giant pile of junk I had not laid eyes on for 5 years..............
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Now playing: Deftones - Mein
via FoxyTunes
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Back
I have returned to Japan.
Expect a long post about my Canada trip once I muster the energy to document it.
Expect a long post about my Canada trip once I muster the energy to document it.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Quote
"You who are killing my people today, there will come a time that the hearts of your very children will sing my songs and dream my dreams."
-Unknown
-Unknown
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
This shit is scary.
Noticed this link today:
http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html#dc=lath
Who in their right mind wants not only to be tracked in real time but to also have that info constantly uploaded to the net?
As if privacy wasn't a big enough issue as it is..
Might as well say: "Please stalk me!" or "Look im not at home please rob my apartment" or "Im only in this seedy motel because I got lost and am asking for directions from this nice young girl who was standing on the street and has scabs on her face.... for 2 hours....".
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Now playing: Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk (Secret Izzy GH2 Debacle)
via FoxyTunes
http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html#dc=lath
Who in their right mind wants not only to be tracked in real time but to also have that info constantly uploaded to the net?
As if privacy wasn't a big enough issue as it is..
Might as well say: "Please stalk me!" or "Look im not at home please rob my apartment" or "Im only in this seedy motel because I got lost and am asking for directions from this nice young girl who was standing on the street and has scabs on her face.... for 2 hours....".
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Now playing: Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk (Secret Izzy GH2 Debacle)
via FoxyTunes
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