Coming Soon...

Never fear, friends! I've taken almost a month off from blogging due to travel, illness, and holiday preparations, but more updates are coming soon! I'll fill you in on my recent travels, toys, books, and movies. Keep it real, mo-fo's!

Bringin' Out The Monkey

Oh my God! This past Saturday, 02 Dec, was so much fun! First, Paul and I went with Akemi and took her 10:30am Bikram yoga class in Azamino and sweated our hinies off. Then we grabbed some quick breakfast and headed for the Kirin Beer Village in Namamugi (Yokohama) for a group medical/dental tour of the brewery followed by dinner there at the Beer Port Restaurant, then karaoke in Kanazawa-Hakkei. Needless to say, a good time was had by all! I'll let the photos speak for themselves! Kirin rocks!

Paul at "Paul"

Dork-A-Rama

Greetings! The title of this post refers to me! The other day I finished watching all 72 episodes of the animated series Futurama, which I own on DVD. It's a nerd-tastic achievement. The show, which ran from 1999-2003, was suddenly dropped by the FOX network in 2003 when the network expressed their dislike for the show, which was often shown sporadically and out of sequential order. Good news is (or at least the rumor is) that Comedy Central bought 13 more episodes which should come out next year. In case you didn't know, the series is created by Matt Groening, of The Simpsons. It's an intelligent, hilarious, and thoughtful look at a group of characters working for a delivery company 1,000 years in the future in New New York City. The main character is Phillip Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who is accidentally cryogenically frozen on New Year's Eve, 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Day, 3000. The show wittingly spoofs countless sci-fi books, movies, and tv shows. Beautifully drawn and colored, it incorporates a lot of computer drawn objects and backdrops. Simpsons is a classic show, but now I definitely like Futurama more. 'Nuff said!