Yann Tierson’s music from Amelie

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
— Karl Marx

In the event of a dropped call, REGARDLESS of the cause, it is the responsibility of the person who initiated the call to call the other party back.

I just spent the last week in Okinawa, visiting family. My cousin works in the tourist industry, and occassionally, she gets to spend a night in a fancy hotel/resort in order to “review” it for potential clients. Because of this, we got to stayhere for free, and put everything on the company tab. It was pretty sweet, Im not gonna lie. I got a full body massage (no happy ending) and got to drink kir royale (one of my favorite drinks) for free!

A few things really caught my attention while I was wandering around the premise:

1. Rich people look like regular people

2. Resorts are weird because they have beaches AND swimming pools.

3. I wasn’t allowed to partake in the swimming pool because the resort has a strict policy concerning people with tattoos (I think it’s the second one down):

Additionally, a pamphlet we received upon check-in also asked guests with tattoos to refrain from wearing any clothing that exposed them. I have a rather noticeable tattoo on my back, and I happened to be wearing a shirt that was exposing them. So, I had to change.

In case anyone wonders why this policy exists, it’s essentially to prevent Yakuza from using certain facilities. I’ve heard similar policies exist for sports clubs. I decided to read up on the Yakuza, and to my surprise, the organization is still going strong. And they are responsible for the majority of crystal meth found in Hawaii.

Seriously, I guess you learn something new everyday.

On the other hand, the Yakuza have some amazing tattoos. According to the wiki, these tattoos are generally done by hand, without the use of electric tools, and they take years to complete. The idea just makes me cringe, but these tattoos are far superior to any tattoos I’ve ever seen. The details are amazing, and the color is really vibrant.

And what happened to the travelblog tag?

Currently visiting boston, a couple I know here has been raving about a “new” form of non-hormonal birth control called Centchroman. It’s a selective estrogen receptor modulator. First off, it’s super cheap and second it only has to be taken once a week.

a study:

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0890623898000094
a forum:
http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=4

an online store:
http://www.alldaychemist.com/common_generic/Centchroman.html

apparently, it’s very popular in india….

anyone heard of this? or had experience that they feel like sharing?

not related, but cool

Got into Boston late last night and I’m still a little confused by the accent. tEp is still freaking awesome and it’s good to see old friends and troublemakers. Peddie installed a black light in the bathroom, jury is still out on if that’s a good thing (can see where to clean) or a bad thing (can see what needs to be cleaned).

last night my housemates were standing in line at Pack N’Save buying brownie mix, sugar and crackers when the guys behind them took notice and shared a few words.  They were two guys buying 25 beef enchilada “Hungry Man” TV dinners, and soda in 2-liter plastic bottles.  They took one look at my friends’ purchase and said two words: “Pot brownies.”

Hours later I sat with them after imbibing in these freshly made warm sugary gifts, thinking, “Hey, it’s 11:50pm, i’ll be asleep soon.” I hate being stoned.  But soon enough it was 1 am and we were laughing our asses off over our theories as to the origins of the ingenuity of this particular advertisement we had recently located and placed on a cupboard in our kitchen.

What really impressed me was hearing about a movie I’m not surprised I wasn’t aware of, that being last year’s Snakes On A Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson, whose classic line, “I am sick of these mutha’fucking snakes on this mutha’fucking plane!” became a trademarked hit in campy ironic humor scenes to this very day.  It made so much sense, the movie, the line, the story, the hit of it.  I told them about a movie I was forced to endure last month on a bus ride in Baja California, Mexico, called Snake Man, which was a little less accepted but just as cheesy and reckless as anything, and it had snakes, to boot.

We were still too stoned and scared to put on my freshly-made Brain Machine at the end of the night.  Pot can be fun.

The collection of the entire print ad campaign of “Discovering the power of protien in the land of beef” can be found here.  

Also H. Gatling said the same thing, more or less, after he saw the brutal mayhem that his Gatling-brand rotating barrelled machine gun had created, back in the 19th century.  He was a dentist.

:: via USnews via email (thanks the meerkat!) ::

Rich people: Democracy suxxorz!!! We want SUPER democracy!!
Rove: Mwah hahahhahaha

but seriously, if superdelegates just follow the popular vote, what’s the point of having them?

From Marginal Revolution:

:: post
via shared google reader (Thanks AB!!!) ::

Baby incentives are a stupid policy especially given the number of people who are dying in developing countries. It would be far easier to just let enterprising people from Africa, Asia, and the Americas immigrate.

Seriously.

It appears nearly impossible to have both interesting friends and a reasonable sleeping schedule.

I don’t really play video games because I always feel like i’m wasting my life afterwards but occasionally one comes along that overpowers the feelings of slothiness. ben forwarded this flash game Box Head Zombie Wars that’s basically some guy running around slaughtering zombies made by kid robot. It’s extremely simple but somehow very exciting.

My current high score is 982,000,000ish which after you play for a bit should indicate how much of my life has been wasted killing zombies.

controls::

-arrows move around
-spacebar fires
-z and x toggle weapons

:: boxheadzombiewars ::

also this is a funny picture that has nothing to do with my boxheadzombie habit.

I frequently wonder how many relationships have been destroyed by Online Halo and World of Warcraft.
Mediocre Sex > Box Head Zombie Wars

I whipped this up after lunch with Tarik.

I’m concerned that the major networks will quiet all criticism of China’s blatant human rights violations because they want to make a buck on the olympics.

:: via AfterdowningStreet.org ::

Dear Sushi Restaurants,

Please discontinue the cucumber roll. Unless you are in the top 5% of sushi-ists it is horribly lame and boring.

Thank YOU,
TD

Salvador Dalí and Man Ray in Paris, on June 16, 1934 making “wild eyes” for photographer Carl Van Vechten