Jdrama review: Koizora

I haven't sat down to watch any Jdramas lately, but I think I may have just started one worth completing, Koizora

"Tahara Mika is an ordinary high school girl. One day, out of the blue, one of her classmates kisses her. His name is Sakurai Hiroki also known as Hiro. Hiro stands out because of his bleached hair and piercing. Apparently he is also dating someone. Mika is shocked and hurt that her first kiss had to happen this way. She desperately tries to forget about it. Then, her friend tells her that she should find somebody else and suggests Tatsuya, another boy in their class. However, before she even realizes it, Mika is already in love... --TBS"

So far I've finished 2 episodes (out of 6) and definitely see myself knocking the rest out over the weekend.   I already know that there's going to be somebody dying by the end of the series because the internal dialog at the opening of episode 1 gives it away.  Also, any drama that opens with internal dialog is bound to have some tragedy by the midway point.  I'll give a full review when I'm done with the series.

Koizora aired August - September 2008 on TBS. 
Official site
This series was fansubbed by SARS fansubs and is available via IRC and the d-addicts tracker.

Site find: People of WalMart

The finest examples of American society on display at peopleofwalmart.com.

I've always wanted to do a site like this, but based on the losers I see on BART every day. Then I figured it wasn't worth the risk of catching hepatitis so I quit taking BART. Still, would be interesting to see.

I'll just leave this right here..

Site find: The definitive guide to Asian poses

asianposes.com

The only upside to traveling for work

Behold, the Toys R Us in Kennewick, WA.



I prefer the old school look. The new stores are laid out pretty terribly. Check out the rafters!



Here's a couple shots of their "R Zone". I miss the cases with the consoles behind glass. Bonus shot of the pick up window where you go to retrieve your games.







I picked up the C3P0 and Lando Mighty Muggs at this TRU...and I got a Spider-Man and Vader from Target in Yakima, WA...Tomorrow when I ship the server I'm decommissioning back to the Bay Area, I'll just pack these bad boys in so that I don't have to travel with them.

The second literal video by DustFilms

Thank you Freefall for posting the first one. The follow up had me...Head over heels?

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

So I'm starting to unpack my toys...

Man, I got a ton of Kubricks.

This is the Santa Inoue "Hasheem" Be@rbrick from Series 4. It's fairly rare with a seed rate of 4.16% This gem didn't really get much hype since there was a KAWS one in this set too.

I've got a reason to play with my Wii again

Cho Aniki is coming to the Wii Virtual Console!

I love side scrolling shooters! I'm ashamed to admit that I've never played this classic on any other systems, but now I'll have my chance.

Dance beyotches, dance like the wind...and sing too

You're doing it wrong

Desktop - wonton edition

Me tossing some dude out of a Warthog mid grenade flip. Man I love the ability to take screen shots in Halo 3.

Dance Spidey, dance like the wind!!