turning japanese...

i actually discovered this video before i went away, who knows what else i'll have witnessed on my travels

those clever japanese, so far advanced with their technology and its capabilities, which means that when someone realised that blowing on an iphone's touch screen could be registered, they decided to produce this app for it....



keep an eye out for my own pics from japan soon....

out of context

its another out of context comic book panel

credit where it's due:

i found it here via Bam Kapow

I am an Indie Scenester (?)

not being the type that likes to be fitted with a label i took a quiz which does so as a bit of fun, Find Your Tribe is a website that asks you questions about your tastes, habits and brand preferences before deciding which 'youth tribe' you belong to

but the dissection of youth culture into 'tribes' has been conducted quite seriosly, with the original project in 2006 polling over 70,000 people and last year a second survey questioned a further 80,000 + to keep the results up to date and relavant in identifying 26 different tribes with differing tastes and traits

and according to my results...

'You are an Indie Scenester! You are at the forefront on the indie scene – you know all the major players. You’re always ahead of the game – moving on to the next thing once everyone joins in. You like to look good and your icons go beyond the centrefold of the NME – your current look is James Dean meets Grace Jones. Just wait – everyone will be wearing it in a year’s time.'



26 different videos have been produced to further explain each tribe, i don't think that the Indie Scenester description is entirely me but there are definite parts of the description i agree are completely me

another couple of suggestions based on my results said i could possibly also be a trendie or a club kid, and if you mix them all together i'd say thats almost a fair representation of me

tho i definetly would never describe myself as a trendie indie club kid

let me know how you got on with your results!

http://www.findyourtribe.co.uk/

oh hell yeah....

is it lunch time yet?



i've scheduled a couple of posts to pop up so this blog doesn't become completely void of fun and nonsense

and you've just had two of them, keep checking for more

credit where it's due:

found this and afew others over on fun vampires

getting hungry...

wikipedia entry for Bento:

Bentō (弁当 or べんとう?) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento is readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops (弁当屋, bentō-ya?), train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend considerable time and energy producing an appealing boxed lunch.

and what could be more appealing than crafting a bento into some tasty edible star wars artwork

yummy....




credit where its due:

ok, i forget where i first saw these, but it was most likely greatwhitesnark or topless robot

i don't understand

huh?

i never usualy leave it this long between posts...

i've just been busy ok


here, have something geeky to look at and bear with the possibility of sparseness over the next couple of weeks

cos i'm gonna be busy ok




credit where it's due:

i found it here via Bam Kapow

The Manhattan Fantasy (excerpt)

the following is part of a longer poem that seemed to fracture itself, so that the end seemed to sit uneasily with what had gone before it

i may work on a tail to suit the head, but in the meantime i thought i'd post up the original conclusion



The Manhattan Fantasy (excerpt)



dreams slipped 'tween cracks
sigh a mournfull moan
for the passing of the past

an irrelevant future
when you have outlived your fantasies





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