Yume

I had the following dream last night...

There was a murder, I was on the scene as a detective.
I went to the morgue with my colleague to examine the body.
The medical examiner advised us that we may be able to find out the name of the killer by hearing the victim's vocal chord impression.
The medical examiner advised that vocal impression was a phenomenon where an "impression" is made in an individual's vocal chords during a time of duress. In short, if an audible tone combined with air is pushed over the victim's vocal chords you would actually be able to hear what the victim was saying at the time the vocal chord impression was made.

We then used some type of equipment to create a tone at a very low frequency that was barely audible to the naked ear. It was created by some type of scope device attached to a custom made cylindrical microphone that also was attached to what appeared to be a bicycle hand pump.

The medical examiner shoved the microphone up the victim's anus, commenced to pump air with the bicycle tire pump into the victim then the corpse's mouth opened & we heard the name of the killer.

Holy shit. Cased solved. A warrant was secured for Langdon Alger's arrest.

Meri Kuri

So I decided to get a burger for lunch a couple days ago at Wendy's. I find Wendy's to be consistent in quality.

When I got in line I noticed the girl in front of me was wearing a uniform from Carl's Jr. the rival burger chain.

Guts.

I was watching the Honey & Clover feature film.
The exchange between Yu Aoi & Iseya Yusuke gave me a hard on for real.
The way Hagu ran away from Morita at first. Then the way they both snuck in to watch each other work on their art projects. Then them both letting loose tag teaming a blank canvas .
It was like they were having sex. Not the drunk kind or the disrespectful kind (wtf? I don't know how to explain it) but the sweet loving kind. WTF?
Even the people passing by took notice of them & their chemistry & everyone stopped in their tracks to watch them both bust an art nut.
I felt like I came too just watching them.

Today is Christmas. It's not like it used to be. Today everyone is spread out. The family is divided. The food isn't as good. I have to work tomorrow.

I wish it could be like it used to be before religious views tore the family apart. Before new additions to the family added new obligations to people. Before the fighting.

It used to be awesome. Now it's like a bare bones much more dull version of the holidays.

Let me now do a 180 degree turn & choose my experience.
I'm glad I have family to speak of still even if they are all spread out. I'm glad that I even have the opportunity to have a holiday dinner. I'm glad I have to work tomorrow when so many people have lost their jobs.

See! My mom would be glad that I even took the time to watch that "Secret" dvd she bought me. Apparently I'm a pessimisstic negative prick & my mom took notice. Hold up, I'm doing it wrong again. My mom loved me enough to share great information on how to improve my quality of life & my relationships with others!

LOL.

Meri Kuri whoever reads this blog.

This next year my goal is not to die.
Seriously though...beat more video games, put more effort into my Nihongo studies, lose weight & excersize to get myself off of these damn blood pressure meds, get a promotion at work, save a little money, go out a bit more & get to Tokyo on time & on budget.

the archives

I was chilling at the crib all day.
Decided to dig through my archives.
I have so much music that I often lose track of what I have.
I have even bought the same album twice.
Sometimes I have purchased the same whack album twice (D51 "Oneness"" goddammit).
I need to organize my shit but it will never happen.
I'd like to make a few mega Jmusic mp3 compilations...
Jrap, pop/idoru, mellow, rock, reggae.
but that takes EFFORT so it will never happen

The perfect scenario.

dipped in my nesta brand hoodie, evisu jeans, nike air ones, g shock, a few hundred dollars in the porter wallet

just got the x terra cleaned with a full tank of gas with the beat in my trunk tuned

reggae night at pier 23 in the city

this is the soundtrack for the evening:



Katchafire "Wrap it Up"



Pang featuring MegaRyu "Kizuna"



Fire Ball "A Place in Your Heart"

The office.

I work in an office.
There are people making moves & forming alliances all in an attempt to get ahead.

I can't say I blame anyone for doing so. It's a dog eat dog world out there & you have to put your best interests first.

I would say the consensus with the people I work with is that I am someone that cares for the team & tries his best everyday. I admit I am not the most technically savvy analyst that works in my department but I seem to make my way through the workday by being resourceful.

I would say that my superiors like me well enough...

There was a level 2 analyst position open, I emailed the supervisor & explained that I would like to be considered for the position.

I knew that there was another level 1 analyst that would be considered as well just based on his merit named Mikio.
Mikio & I are friendly. He makes comments every now & again referring to me as big bro because I have been working there about six months longer than him. Also I am older than him.
The level 2 analysts seemed to think that both Mikio & I would be the next analysts to be promoted from level 1 based on our skills. Most considered that it would be me because I had more seniority than Mikio. I on the other hand knew that Mikio has a strong understanding of the bank's systems & the support groups that service them. I knew that he was the stronger candidate out of the two of us.

Today Mikio got called into our supervisor's office & he was told that he was going to be promoted. They have not announced it yet but as I was driving out of the parking lot Mikio flagged me down & motioned for me to pull over. I rolled down my window & asked him what was up & he could barely look at me in the eyes. I could tell that his emotions were high, his eyes were slightly glossed over...
He told me that he was promoted & that he was starting at his new position tomorrow.
He then went on to say that he knew that I was a strong candidate for the future & that it was only a matter of time before my promotion came as well.
My spidey senses could read Mikio & I sensed that he felt a little bad about his good fortune.
I looked him in the eye & told him that I thought he deserved the promotion, which is the truth. I also congratulated him, & I meant it. In my heart I knew he was the stronger out of us two.

Am I disappointed? Yeah, I am. But not because Mikio got it, I'm just disappointed that I will be stuck at my position for a little while longer while my heart is ready to move on.

Do I know you?

So I created a facebook account awhile ago to keep up with some of my friends in Japan. It was a whole lot easier to keep up on things, have a quick chat online etc etc.
Very quickly other people I knew reached out to me & my friends list grew.
I know all the people personally that I'm friends with with the exception of Danny Choo.
Today I got a friends request from some guy named Patrick. He had two mutual friends that were on opposite ends of my friends spectrum which I thought to be odd. I have a hard time remembering people from back in the day if they had no significant event or memory to serve as glue to permanently affix them to my brain. I figured I did know this guy so I accepted his friend request.
Afterward I browsed his page & looked at his pictures. It appears he grew up in the same city as me, went to the same high school as me & has two mutual friends although my two friends did not hang in the same crowds with each other.
Now he lives in Denver Colorado. Yep I don't know anyone in Denver.

Oh well...

Pac Man & The Golden Boy

I just got done watching the De La Hoya/Pacquiao fight. It has been quite awhile since I've watched a good boxing match. Back in the day I used to always pick up the pay per view fights. I have a bunch of the high profile fights on VHS. De La Hoya Trinidad Vargas Lewis Mosely Mayweather Holyfield.

These days I've been into MMA. I dig the variety of it all. Big up UFC Pride Dream K1 etc etc.

I highly enjoyed this match though.

The sweet science to me is all about movement & finding the angles. Pac Man was amazing to watch. His speed was awesome. Pac Man had such incredible speed that he could exploit even the smallest opening in De La Hoya's guard. Pac Man's fist was making contact then retracting back into it's guard while he quickly switched his position again in the ring's space to find the next angle to work.

The snap to Pac Man's punches was like a bullwhip, causing the dangerously handsome face of De La Hoya to swell.

Wow what an enjoyable display of martial arts!

Flame On!

So after work today I decided to go to the recycling center & sell my beer cans.
While I was waiting in line the chick that was working was leaning against the propane heater next to the service desk & her fucking hoodie caught on fire!
I was just looking at her in shock, she didn't even notice because it was so goddamn cold then somebody yelled out "HEY!" "YOUR CLOTHES ARE ON FIRE!"
Then she started doing the electric boogaloo flailing her arms all around. It was fucking hilarious.
Finally her sleeve got put out.

I got a cool 27 bucks for 3 bags full of beer cans.

I'm gonna hit up the grocery store tomorrow after work. Pick up some grinds.
I've been trying to cook dinner at home. It's really a chore. I hate cooking & cleaning up after.
Tonight I threw some marinated chicken breast on the George Foreman grill, it took about 7 minutes to grill them up.
Then I cut up a yellow squash & a zuchini & stir fried it up. Last it was rice-a-roni because it's the San Francisco treat bitch! Chicken flavor, low sodium, but I bet that shit is still hella sodium.

Then I had to wash all those dishes...ugh.

During the dinner prep, meal & clean up I dug out an old Yellow Man cd.

Me luv dem tune ya know!



He's one ugly sumbatch but he kills it on the mic.

Finally!

Fuck you Kagekiyo!

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai intro

I just beat Genji Dawn of the Samurai. The ending theme is so kick ass. It took me probably about 20 tries this evening to beat the final boss Kagekiyo.

Aside from the fact I played over half of the game wrong not using kamui correctly I had a great time playing this. The sequel on the PS3 got horrible reviews, the original which I played on the PS2 got pretty decent reviews.

I thought the art style was awesome & the addition of the kamui along with the ability to level up your character's abilities & upgrade the armor & accessories was cool & added some depth to the gameplay. Do I think it helped? The answer is yes. I actually finished the game playing as Benkei who is much slower than Yoshitsune but because I went all out leveling Benkei up he was the only character that could last long enough in a fight with Kagekiyo to finally finish him.

I tried to beat Kagekiyo with both Yoshitsune & Benkei but as I said Benkei was beefed up & could withstand Kagekiyo's attacks better than Yoshitsune. It just seemed like even though I was blocking while playing as Yoshitsune, it didn't matter at all. Every single time Kagekiyo attacked it took a huge chunk of health off of the meter.

Frustration level was high on this final boss battle like I said I probably played through at least 20 times & yesterday I played 20 times without any luck.

Wow that was an intense gaming session & I am so glad to have that game off of my plate. I want to beat my games at least once through before adding to the collection again.

anger management

I just went the fuck off last night.
blew up in a rage, though I was provoked.
the holiday season just might be ruined.

I'm sick

I woke up yesterday with a little cold.
It's not too bad but it is annoying.

Yakuza

I think Freefall got this free copy of Yakuza for PS2 at his job (EGM). He then passed it down to Langdon who didn't bother with it at all. I can't remember exactly how it came to be in my possession but I'm glad it is mine now. I think Langdon traded the game to me for an action figure or something???

The in-game world was based on Kabuki-Cho in Tokyo. While I played I marveled at how close they got the Tokyo streets to look like real-life in the game.
My feelings were echoed by the 1up/egm staff that reviewed Yakuza 2 on the 1up show.

I played for awhile then moved on to other games in my library, I seriously want to revisit it now, just to switch shit up...and finish the sumbatch.
I want to get the most out of my game library before adding to it ya know?
I have got a serious backlog of crap to play through too...

okane ga nai

Man I spend too much money on my hobbies.
broke as a joke until payday, 8 days & counting...
maybe I should get a part time job to supplement my income...

The Shiznits

I stopped by Taco Bell after browsing Target & Best Buy yesterday. I picked up Sukiyaki Western Django...
I ordered a loaded nachos & a 7 layer burrito. No sooner do I finish eating the 7 layer burrito when I run to the bathroom with a bout of violent diarrhea. I then felt nauseous for a bout 20 minutes & just laid in my recliner in agony moaning. Then it was off to the bathroom again to pee out of my asshole.
Surprisingly I felt much better after that.
I saw a huge sign in front of Carl's Jr. "2 Western Bacon Cheeseburgers for $5"
I thought...man that sounds good with a banana cream pie milk shake.
No wonder I have high blood pressure.