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Chikan (痴漢, チカン, or ちかん)?
Chikan is a Japanese term meaning “molester” or “pervert.” The term is frequently used to describe men or women, who take advantage of the crowded conditions on the public transit systems to touch people, either male or female, sexually.
Chikans getting Busted!
Two documented cases of heroism:
- This is what a chikan looks like » Herro Flom Japan :: Blog/Podcast. :: As the old beer commercial used to say, “Nice get.”
- Busted in Tokyo Station :: Flickr Photoset. :: The world needs more good samaritans.
Personal Encounters:
- Car perv::Drunken Wench Ramblings: One hand on the wheel, the other on the joy stick :: “Don’t use the company car,” would be my advice.
- 35 Degrees: Pervert Alert! :: “But she wanted it, officer. I swear.”
- arumanda sees red: women only :: New definition of “Circle Jerk?”
- CHIJO!! (or How To Make Love on A Train) [Archive] - Japan Forum :: Questionable story, but what the heck. Quote: The little tease had left me high and dry and frustrated, and I couldn’t wait to get home to “take care of my frustration!”
- “chikan experience” - Google Search
The Issue:
With the ipod nano, how do i know if the charging is complete? there’s a battery indicator on the top right corner, but it’s barely visible when it’s charging and it never gets light until you unplug the cable, so i dunno when the charging is actually complete.
- DUDE: no i know about the icon
- DUDE: but its too dim to be visible
- ME: take your iPod to the Apple Store.
- ME: Say, “My iPod nano is being a naughty boy.”
- ME: and then spank your iPod’s bottom while shouting, “You bad little pony! *Spank Spank* Oh, you like that, do you? Have some more.” They will help you immediately.
- DUDE: i am actualy very close to an apple store
- ME: Well, there you go.
Green Eggs and Ham. A Classic.
We all have a copy of this somewhere, yes? If you don’t, well then, shame on you.
That Sam-I-am:
Do you like green eggs and ham? Would you like them here or there? Would you like them in a house? Would you like them with a mouse? Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox? Would you? Could you? In a car? Could you, would you, on a train? Would you, could you, in the dark? Would you, could you, in the rain? Could you, would you, with a goat? Would you, could you, on a boat? You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may.
That Sam-I-am stayed the course. Green Eggs and Ham.
A Challenge.
From snopes.com
Claim: Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after being challenged by his editor to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.
Status: True.
Click here for “the rest of the story.”
Inspiration via IRC. Again.
Is it obvious IRC has a hold on me?
- KM is on the train.
- ME: Could you eat them on train?
- VM: Could you eat them in the rain?
- BN: http://www.seussville.com/titles/greeneggs/recipes.html.
- Me: Box_Nine++
Box_Nine can be found here.
Places to Go. Things to Do.
Homebrew text Apple ads: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Three New Mac Ad Ideas.
…he hurls them against the wall behind him, where they smash into a thousand pieces. He then picks up a gas can and dumps the contents over his head.
The Matrix, coming to a webgame near you. Watch your future: Human Computation - Google Video
Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve.
There are a set of games:
- Label it: The ESP Game: Labeling the Web
- A Treasure Hunt: Phetch
- Peekaboom: Not just wasting your time…
More info on Human-based computation.
Drugs. Spiders. Webs. Spiders on drugs and spinning webs. I hate spiders.
I lost: Ganguro Girl 1.5 - 2 Flash Games. Ganguro girls are scary.
The basic look consists of bleached hair, a deep tan, both black and white eyeliners, false eyelashes, platform shoes (usually sandals or boots), and brightly colored outfits. Also typical of the “Ganguro Gal” look are cell phones covered with purikura stickers, tie-dyed sarongs, mini-skirts, hibiscus flower hairpins, and lots of bracelets, rings and necklaces.
Slang:
The Cockney gift to world culture is the phenomenon of Cockney Rhyming Slang - a code of speaking wherein a common word can be replaced by the whole or abbreviated form of a well-known phrase which rhymes with that word.
Visit the dictionary here.
Day 4: Hon Kawagoe.
Places to go and things to do:
Roll back the clock this summer in Hon-Kawagoe. You can see old school fire and tobacco machinery, ride in an authentic rickshaw, experience architecture from another age, and get your fill of classic candy at Kashiya Yokochou.
Hon-Kawagoe, a trip back in time.
Day 5: The Chill Zone.
Pizza and a movie. That’s it. Nothing more to see here. Oh, and I made some Okinawan donut holes.
Posting Playlist
- Am I asleep or awake? from the album “PinkBeltRageCast” by PB Rage
- Heart And Soul from the album “Closer” by Joy Division
- Face Up from the album “Low-Life” by New Order
- Blue Monday from the album “The Ultimate Eighties CD2 (UK Release)” by New Order
- Senses from the album “Movement” by New Order
Spent more time listening to the songs than typing up post.
How Far is Far?
I live in Tokyo, Japan. Tom lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Can anyone tell me the distance between these two cities? Please don’t cheat and use google or something - even though that’s what I did.
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As the crow flies, the distance between Tokyo, Japan, not Tokyo, Papua New Guinea, and Raleigh, North Carolina is 6921 miles or 11137 kilometers. Don’t think about walking it.
Huh? Tokyo, Papua New Guinea?
The population of Tokyo, Papua New Guinea does not rival that of Tokyo, Japan. It isn’t even worth mentioning, but since you are probably all curious and stuff, the population, more like the surrounding area, of Tokyo, Papua New Guinea is about 775 people. That falls about 125 people shy of the Class of ‘85. Sad. They need more people.
Watching and Waiting.
You are sitting outside a WiFi enabled McDonalds, in Tokyo, Japan, waiting for a friend to show up. While waiting, do you:
- grab some french fires and a shake and then wait quietly?
- bust out your MacBook (w/built-in iSight webcam), fire up iChat, initiate a one-way video chat with Tom all the way in Raleigh, North Carolina, and then point the camera at pedestrians?
One couple pointed at the shiny MacBook, an older gentleman bowed at the camera, and then one couple sat and had a brief chat with Tom and myself. I guess this makes me a geek loser. Ask me if I care.
The answer is, “Yes.” So, please don’t point, laugh, and call me names.
Clinton Defends Marriage: Defense of Marriage Act.
- First, it allows each state (or similar political division in the United States) to deny any marriage-like relationship between persons of the same sex which has been recognized in another state.
- Second, it explicitly recognizes for purposes of federal law that marriage is “a legal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife” and by stating that spouse “refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”
The full text. Oh, the history of civil marriage in the U.S. is also a good read.
Latest Cast of One.
The theme for this episode was initially on katakana. How it went from marriage to Japanese katakana is beyond me. The katakana cast is still in the works.
Technorati Tags: marriage, relationships
Lead Your Significant Other to Anal Tattoos, Anal Bleaching, and a Fresh Smelling Anus.
Gateway URLS:
- Really Bad Tattoos Page 1: Innocent first page. You know, nothing to racy.
- Really Bad Tattoos Page 2: If you find the male genitals offensive or are under the age of 18, don’t click on this one. I am serious. Don’t click. If you click and are either a) offended or b) busted by your parents, do not blame me. You have been warned. For the rest of you, you may want to rush down to the last set of photos on this page. PERVERTS.
- Really Bad Tattoos Page 3: Weird Al? Mariah? Anchorman? Huh?
Done? Sides hurt? Good. Now, boys and girls, it is time for the “hard stuff”:
Some heavily tattooed people choose to have their genital and anal regions tattooed to complete the work they have over much of their bodies.
This is “why they hate us.” I am convinced this is what’s driving the jihadi into a frenzy. Anyway, on to the promised “hard stuff”:
Whitestarr NOTE: No links provided below, due to wanky page design.
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Tattooing:
“There are 3 colors available at the moment with which WhiteStarr is able to tattoo the anus,” and, “Once having been tattooed it takes an average of 5 years before the color has to be refreshed.”
Refreshed?
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Bleaching:
“As opposed to other bleaching methods the inner part of the anus will also be bleached,” and, “In order to let the somewhat sore feeling upperlayer of the anus recover faster we also recommend the WhiteStarr aftertreatment.”
How kind of WhiteStarr to have an After Care program. How sweet. Speaking of…
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Fresh Smell:
“no more nasty smells and always a fresh taste’.”
Again, “This is why they hate us.
Ah, one more quote from the Fresh Smell page, “There now is the possibility to choose between the smells Citron, Strawberry and lets not forget the robust smell of Sweet wood.”
Thanks.
Everyone thank Ms. Freud over at Freud’s Nuthouse for the Really Bad Tattoos linkage.
Technorati Tags: lifestyle
Why We Fight
Hikaru often says, “If neighbors cannot get along, how the hell can we expect nation-states to?” Maybe she means that peace starts at home and in the community.
Flickr Group::Unseen War
From the intro, “This group is to show the battles that toy Army men fight to keep the rest of the toybox safe.” My favorite description:
A wave of searing, burning heat washed across, driving them to their knees. Some dropped their weapons and ran, the ammunition exploding in a cacaphony of bursts in the superheated air. Others hunkered down, grim determination set on swarthy faces, sheltering in swales and on scorching hillsides…
Brilliant. Some photos:
Linkage: War/Disputes
Technorati Tags: relationships, war
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