DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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Arcade Fire Concert
I went to see Arcade Fire play Studio Coast in Shin-Kiba on Monday evening. It was my first time seeing Arcade Fire, and I didn’t realize that they were such a large band. There were ten members up on stage: two horns, two strings (like, violins), three guitar-like objects (bass, guitar, banjo, etc.), one or […]
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The Asian Olympic Handball Controversy (and Doctor Who)
For the past few weeks when I check out the news I’ve been hearing about the Handball Controversy. First off, I didn’t know that handball was an olympic sport. I know there are lots of olympic sports that I don’t know much about, but I have never seen anything about handball in the US. That […]
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I lost my watermelon
I sometimes have conversations that go like this: D: It’s really cold tonight, so after dinner why don’t we take the train home instead of walking? R: Yeah, it’s really cold today. That’s a good idea. Oh but wait, hey hey, I lost my watermelon! D: You lost your watermelon? R: Yeah, I had it […]
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Happy Bags
Muji Happy Bag Muji Wool Jacket Two pairs of boxers One Indian Linen Bag Scarf and socks Every new year in Japan, retailers put together bags, call them Lucky Bags, Happy Bags, Grab Bags, what-have-you, but essentially they are a collection of goodies for a good price. I bought the 2008 Muji Happy Bag, and […]
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The Seven Gods of Happiness New Year Temple Tour
Seven Lucky Gods Stamps Fukurokujyu Ebisu, God of Wealth Bishtyamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Benzaiten Shinagawa Temple The Tokai Seven: like Ocean’s Eleven, but much older. And less criminal. They are both pretty lucky though. The Seven Gods of Happiness represent different types of good fortune, and for some reason in Shinagawa there are seven temples, each […]
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Osechi Ryori
Toshikoshi Soba Sukiyaki Sukiyaki with meat Ocean Food Mountain Food Mochi Soup Roast Beef for Dinner I feel obliged to say that the next few posts on my blog will be about the New Year in Japan. None of them will really have interesting observations that haven’t been made before, many times, by foreigners in […]
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Primer
Over the holiday break, I watched the movie Primer. This is a 2004 sci-fi film that I hadn’t heard of, but found ranked pretty high up on Rotten Tomatoes’ List of top 100 Sci-fi movies so I decided to check it out. While my career is in computer science, I did also pick up a […]
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Installing Fedora 8 on a Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H motherboard with 2x 500GB SATA drives, onboard GMA 3100 video into an Antec Fusion (Black) case
This entry is a little bit different than the others I’ve made: I’ll be updating it as I continue working on the box. Surprisingly, this was the first system I’ve ever put together myself. The first computer I ever used was an Apple //e that my father bought. I was probably about eleven years old. […]
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A delicious Christmas Dinner
Christmas Dinner at New York Grill Scampi Tails with Marinated Vegetables, Caviar Vinaigrette Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Candied Hazelnuts Roasted John Dory, Wild Mushroom Sauté, Black Truffles and Verjuice Grilled Sendai Sirloin with Salsify, Palm Hearts and Cauliflower Chocolate Fondant with Bourbon Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Shinjuku Government Office Ever since I saw Lost in […]
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The Hollywood Writer’s Strike
I have to admit that the Hollywood Writer’s Strike has had almost zero impact on me, seeing as how I live in Japan and don’t have access to American TV. There has been one thing that I miss though: new episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report (with Steven Colbert?) […]
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A pro (sometimes) basketball player that is funny, writes well, and has great taste in music?
I’ve enjoyed Paul Shirley’s blog entries written for ESPN, and now he has written a “Best albums of 2007” entry. This isn’t really something you would expect from a pro basketball player, but I think he’s got some real gems in that list. Color me impressed. I also highly recommend reading Paul Shirely’s stuff if […]
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The Enemy Concert in Ebisu’s Liquid Room
My girlfriend likes the the UK Band The Enemy, whom she saw at Summer Sonic (I was off seeing other bands at the time.) She picked up a pair of tickets to their show on Monday the 10th at Ebisu’s Liquid Room and we went together. I have their album “We’ll live and die in […]
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