...hm...I walked up to an escalator yesterday...I thought it was turned off but it was just acting...it was powered down until someone came along to awaken it...it was alive! Yeah it was pretty neat hoppin' on a smart escalator.
I still can't see why dad liked sunny side up eggs...they're kinda gross...slimy...
On with the show!
Today I went exploring Akihabara again and man is it huge!!! I think I got it down finally, though. First I walked up and down the main street then the smaller main streets and so on until I was no longer in recognizable country. I found a cafe underground (I know what I said about basements) and it turned out to be a internet cafe...but it didn't make any sense. I asked, "How do you use this place? There are computers so isn't it bad to eat around here?" She says, "You order a seat and you go in and you enjoy the use of the computers..." But why? That's what I wanted to know. Don't these guys have computers at home?! Then I thought about where I was, a basement in Akihabara...there might be porn involved...so I left it at that. So today I thought I might get somethings done! First locate some Gundams, second find a maid cafe, then find the source of that god awful smell! There are (like I said) several of the same shop in very close proximity which doesn't help a newbie find his way around but I did find several places that sold models and toys but there aren't that many of the latter. Also, I find it very annoying when I'm looking for a gift for someone, find a display for something perfect, ask about the price, and find out it hasn't even come out! What up wit dat?! After the first couple stores I realized I forgot something...the Anime Center! That's right a place devoted to anime in the anime hub of the world! Well I found it and it turns out it's just one (fair sized) room on one floor of one of the two more recognisable buildings in the area. I stood around listening to jokes I didn't really understand from voice actors I didn't really know, then headed out again.
It turns out that smell is just the sewage...no big deal...except it's everywhere!
In the same building, around the corner, I found a 3D workshop...there was a pen/mouse thing...you can use it to draw in 3D! I know right! I didn't get to use it though...aaaanyway, I found a robot hobby joint on an off street. It was kind of cool, like a play ground. The owner told me about a large tournament going on this Sunday at the Civic Center...I think I'm going. You know I don't think I'm particularly scary or surprising to the Japanese people around here but I am memorable (I'm not sure if I talked about the people at Fuji who remembered me for wearing a red t shirt on my head for warmth and eating koppepan bread). This morning I told this lady I was sorry for not giving to her organization and she flagged me down again this afternoon to tell me she remembered me and wanted to invite me to a show in the next town...she seemed really excited...I was really sorry but I couldn't go...kinda like those cute maid girls standing around givin out stuff...really a shame.
I had some apple tea today...and the stuff tasted like a fresh apple...no really...it hurt my teeth and gums a little...
Oh yeeaaaah I went to the SEGA building...and I gotta say, anybody reading this who happen to be into trading card games...give it up 'cause you can't do anything with those chunks of cardboard. I walked in this joint...saw some ufo catchers (prize grabs) got upstairs...and got blown away. In America, we get trading card games from Japan and we're left imagining these creatures exist, fighting each other...in Japan they have these trading card games where you put the cards on a table and you've set up your players in a formation on a soccer field! There was a game where you quickly move your cards to move important units in a war game. There was one card game where you play an RPG with your cards and while moving them, you have to issue other commands via the touch screen...the guy I saw was wicked fast justa tappin' anda slidin'. It was very kewl. And I'm sorry to say someone got dad's idea already. It seems the Japanese are training for a Gundam future already. There are these egg shaped cockpits, you climb in, stick in your pilot card, and go into battle! I asked someone and he said yes, indeed I did need a pilot card to play...aw man. They also had trading card horse racing...weird huh.
In Japan...the soap...just isnt. It's all...thin...not frothy like the soap I know and love. But in general...I don't even get soap...just cold water faucets...or a nice hot towel...ah well.
There toy stores are completely unorganized...besides by series. You could be looking at a display case for some pretty sweet figures then you see the rather expensive figures for you to buy...but then...right next to them or under them...there are some action figures that are cheap as all get out! The prices were 4,992 yen then 1,200 yen then 12,900 yen then like 580 yen then all of the sudden 3,450 yen! I was like, can you keep like priced toys together?!
I tried to stick my hands in the train doors today to let a lady who was in a rush but still kinda late on...it didnt work...oh well...she looked happy I tried.
Walkin back I was startled by a voice saying, "A car is coming, be careful!" in Japanese and I was proud of myself that I didn't take the extra cycle to translate that sentence in my head and good thing, too...I didn't want to get hit, man! But it's cool that certain words invoke, instead of an English meaning, a feeling...a memory...an emotion...a thought...a warning...a...ooh look dinner! Gotta go! Did I mention the girls are cute here? See ya!
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DaDaDamDaAmmmmmm! Smart escalators!
So that's Akiba, huh? Sounds black!
So that's the Anime center, huh? Sounds bishmade! One floor! shiii Anime USA could prolly put the Anime center to shame. You said it was "fair-sized", but it was only one floor in a bigazz folking building! I've seen that thing and it's huginomous, but apparently its not all devoted to anime. The technology sciencey part of the building sounded "kewl" and the TCG area sounded really black! What was the Pokemon TCG portion like? Was it black as the rest of the RPGs, TGCs, and blackjapaneseshiii we don't have acronyms for because it hasn't be released in America yet.
Dad will prolly want to hear all about the space pads, but you didn't get in 'em dija?
Don't worry too too much about the gundam/zoid/badazz mech because apparently the japanese are blacker than black people, more chinese than the chinee, and more Arabian than the Arabs when it comes to running shops. As long as you get me something preferably a kimono, goban with stones and bowls, or BAPES I'll be happy. Shiii I would be happy with a picture of some "FAPES" ("don't take that literally folks")!
Speaking of pictures- prends beaucoup des photos (take alot alot of photos)! I want you home with atleast 100!
Don't worry I'll get to your blog even if no one else will, just keep 'em coming. "I am loving this" (thanks Kronk, yeah that dunce's name from the emporer new groove is spelled that way )
And tell me dis! Tell me why I overwrote Android 00U (lv. 91 with 42 hours of gameplay) with a duplicate of Monk (lv. 7 with 1.5 hours of gameplay)! I should have took ALOT better care, but why would they not place your cursor on the previous saved file that character used instead of the first save file on the list like ALL RPGS!!! I'm actually kinda glad because I took a disgusting interest in PSU and I synthesized every A rank weapon (even the canes and rods that I couldn't use because my mental strength levelwas my level, 91, and lots more was required to equip a A rank cane/rod). But let me tell you "I have seen the super computer!"...kinda! The A ranked weapons looked soooooooooo sooooooooo badazz (especially since I gave then good complementary colored photons)!!! Really you have little idea! I would show you when you get back, but I have now nothing to show for it and I don't feel like blowing 40 more hours... it looks like you just have to get us online if you wanna see :D! And to show how disgusting an interest I have, now Im writing bios for my characters and their important family members. What's you character's height, weight, and age?
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