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1. Shoe shopping really is a tough exercise for Sarah. Years of shunning girlyness really comes back to haunt you when presented with those ridiculously small sandal buckles., 2. While waiting for the train Sarah broke into toe stretches to get ready for the day of walking barefoot. My pedometer averaged 8 miles plus per day. My feet hurt just typing that., 3. Sarah contemplates the questionable choices she’s made in life: investing in rare comic book posters instead of the market, eating that truck stop vending machine egg salad sandwich, dating a guy who takes pictures during dinner…, 4. The look I get each time I innocently joke that I may have traded our convention passes for tickets to Six Flags. Sarah has NO sense of humor about those things., 5. "Uh yeah hi, is my stylist in? Great, could you ask her if ‘mango cherry breeze’ or ‘island mist essence’ would be better for my hair?", 6. So easy to use, even a bodiless pair of shins and feet can do it! You could save 15 hours or more with Roomba., 7. Sarah swinging at her old elementary school. She suddenly stopped when she realized she chased down and beat-up her kindergarten crush in that grass and dirt. I wish I could say times have changed…, 8. Sales people on Wednesday night: "Welcome to ‘Shirts ‘R Us! How can I help you?!?" Sunday night: "No we don’t have that in small. Ask me again and I’ll strangle you with this metal hanger.",

9. I give Sarah the camera, thinking maybe she’ll take picture of me. Nope, one picture of her feet on the dashboard then hits the power button. Flickr would be a much different place if Sarah was contagious!, 10. Note that the "Heavenly glow" is not an out of focus, over exposure, over processing on my old camera’s part, rather a metaphysical expression of Sarah’s joy at finding the self she needs to expand her Transformer’s collection., 11. Wrapping Christmas presents is a serious operation. This is generally as close as I want to get to the action. Not because I’m lazy. But because one wrong move and I could find myself under the tree with a bow on my head…., 12. To throw her enemies off her track, Sarah often changes her hair color with a mere thought., 13. "The dress looks sexy Hon. Shall I go ahead and clear out some room in my pockets for your keys and wallet?", 14. Ok… you have GOT to hear the story of why my Girlfriend is dancing. I can’t give it up here, she’s too shy for me to say it. So you’ll have to click on the! picture and read the full description for the story. But it involves Sarah,…, 15. Dating Tip #37: When your girlfriend comes into your office, kicks off her flip-flop, puts her foot up on your lapboard, and randomly says "So, what’s up?" There is a pretty good chance she isn’t just making conversation., 16. There is no case of my sore feet that Sarah can’t help out by making me take 4 flights of stairs. I know, she walked around the convention for the whole week barefoot and I’m complaining… but hey… it is just what I do!,

17. NOW IN 3D! "The last thing Sarah's punching bag sees before it is kicked to the ground" Playing in selected cities this summer., 18. I know what this looks like, but Sarah is not in fact physically repelled by kitchenware., 19. This is either the most boring game of Chicken known to dog or the most improbable "staring game" ever played., 20. "What do you mean you want to hang something on the walls?!? You never mentioned that when we first met! You should have said something before now!", 21. They really shouldn’t put those mini power polls so close to a swing set. When people like my girlfriend swing barefoot splinter danger is at an all-time high. She finally learned her lesson though.=), 22. Bottle opening continues. Does this look like a road construction crew to anyone?, 23. A date w/ a geek 03: In my continuing series of observations on the opposite sex I have to point out the "Winter on the top, summer with t! he feet" approach to Sarah’s attire. You think THIS is weird, try laying under a blanket with her!, 24. I think the secret is out… She wore her 80s TMNT hoodie to my parent’s house. My family knows I’m dating a geek.=),

25. "Welcome back to Wheel of Fortune. The category is ‘Before and After.’" "Pat, I’d like to solve the puzzle: ‘Bare Foot Ball’", 26. The start of a "small" water change. A big one before the hurricane was more like 30 buckets. It is a wonder Sarah and I didn’t look like He-Man action figures just from lugging buckets., 27. You might want to sit down for this. I have several pictures of Sarah wearing both a skirt AND pantyhose! Still no purse, bra, or makeup… but she gets girl points for that right?=), 28. More evidence for why I should have been kept away from Aperture Priority and different F stops before I got a DSLR., 29. Frustrated with English, Sarah breaks into a mime routine to remind me to take out the trash., 30. My girlfriend uses her super powers to mess with my camera more than fight for truth, justice, and the American way. In this case she chose to phase in right by me as I took this shot., 31. So it costs 5 bucks for a large bottle of water at a football game in a town with a dramatic EXCESS of water at least once a year. By that standard, how much would stadium water cost in a desert?, 32. Sarah frowns when she realizes all the really GOOD toys are on the top shelf. Oh the joys of being three and a half feet tall. I guess going barefoot all the time doesn’t help either…,

33. Are 1980s brown loafers REALLY back in style now? Wow… you learn so much from visiting a college campus. I am NOT getting my Members Only Jacket back out of storage. NO! BAD FASHION DESIGNERS!, 34. "Hey Chuck… this broad wants a super hero shirt… do we have any of those in the back?", 35. She's lost in thought; I'm lost on the map!, 36. Rare footage of a geek/tom boy at the Houston Galleria parking garage. Her species is usually repelled by girl things like shopping. This is indeed a truly rare capture!, 37. *SIGH* Sarah sure spends a lot of time getting pedicures. Something tells me mud and gook are part of the cause for that!, 38. Sarah calmly explains the details of Oan Power Batteries and the Green Lantern Corps. I don't think anyone at these parties knows she is a geek. I mean… how would they know? Really?, 39. Sarah getting Rock Band ready to go. She would have been much quicker with this, but she was! a bit thrown off by the pinkish Wii-mote cover. Pink is her kryptonite., 40. Walking down the sidewalk on our way home from getting the pizza.,

41. As usual the dogs go to Sarah for comfort and relief from their costumes. Is this the same phenomena as hostages bonding with their captors? One more question for dog psychologists to tackle., 42. You know you are officially a couple when your girlfriend comes over to help you move into a new apartment…. not to be nice or to help out, but to make sure you leave enough room on your shelves for her stuff!, 43. A date w/ a geek 02: When you are going out on a date with a geek, you can’t leave for a night out without checking email. SEXY! Geek girlfriend…=), 44. A shot of Sarah I and leaving to run some errands, her begrudgingly allowing a photo, while I fumble for my car keys. We live a complicated life, particularly in terms of sentence structure., 45. Hm… three dogs are sitting in a row as commanded… must be pancake time., 46. Even with her mom walking right beside her, Sarah callously steps on a crack and breaks her mother’s back. She is SOOO inconsiderate!, 47. I thought I might have to reboot her. She just kept staring at herself in those sandals. Guess she’s not used to being tall. The air IS thinner up here., 48. Known for her patience with frustrating tasks, Sarah is often put on bottle opening duty. That went well!,

49. How many girlfriends would let all these model kit parts, paint, and tools stay on the kitchen table like this? Uh… maybe this one since it is HERS! I think I should get to move more of my bachelor pad stuff in from the garage., 50. And so it beings anew… The mad rush to collect all 5 covers of the 1983 special edition Batman comic., 51. Sarah putting on a brave face during last minute Christmas shopping a few years ago. Really… she did great. Only two people died and JC Penny finally lifted the ban on her concealed sword. Life is good., 52. Girls are weird. This was shot last November (probably pretty cold out). Sarah is wearing like 5 layers of shirts on top, but she has on shorts and is barefoot. How is it that much warmer below her hips?!?, 53. Sarah doing her impression of a hood ornament. It is either that or the scene in Titanic at the front of the ship. Either way, she’s doing her majestic posing best!, 54. Khaos is pretty sure the leash wants to eat her. Meanwhile, for the first time, Pokey discovers Sarah paints her toe nails. Getting ready for a walk is complic! ated when you are a dog., 55. She got a flat tire., 56. Not shockingly the geek crowd doesn’t really make use of the smoking porches. But they do make a good place for a quieter phone call spot.,

57. Still annoyed from our football team’s performance the day before, Sarah started randomly demonstrating the proper procedure for signaling a "fair catch.", 58. Legend has it that Elvis Presley wrote "Blue suede shoes" because men would notice they were standing next to him at urinals in public bathrooms. They would turn to say something and forget what they were doing…, 59. Sarah might be able to survive on cherries and cold cereal alone., 60. "Hon, I know your glasses make you look nerdy, but you're not even CLOSE to that pin!", 61. As with the busses, on certain Saturdays in College Station, all crowds point to one destination. Well, assuming those crowds are dressed somewhat the same way as us., 62. This is a game!, 63. When your tastes lean toward comic books and other "boy" things, you have to get creative when shopping for shirts. But rather than learning to sew and screen-print, Sarah spends a l! ot of time in the boy’s section of the store., 64. Dirty feet are an obvious outcome of going barefoot all day. A surprising outcome: how much Sarah likes to terrorize me by randomly touching me with her feet. My girlfriend is an odd bird…,

65. Restaurant tables really should come with camera tri-pods installed. This self portrait sort of looks like I’m trying to get someone else into the picture., 66. "This is going to be one of those weeks at work… do you think people would be able to smell tequila through this lid?", 67. Sarah before an Aggie football game. She’s a non-conformist. See? She’s NOT wearing maroon pants!, 68. It is a long walk to the nosebleed section of Kyle Field. We only made it because we traded for a bottle of oxygen at the first base camp (located just below the first deck ramp)., 69. "Hey Charlie, what is that up there?" "No idea Zoe, but I want it." "Me too, now how do we get it?" "Not sure, it’s pretty high. Let’s give the humans puppy dog eyes." "WHAT? No way, KITTEN eyes!" "Puppy dog eyes!", 70. The boot-up cycle for this model of girlfriend is quite slow. There is a full minute of silent blinking. That is followed by 4 or 5 minutes of aimless walking around/bumping into things., 71. "Measure twice, cut onc… wait, MEASURE?!?" Yeah… Sarah is more of a "wing it" kind of girl., 72. It really doesn’t matter what position they are in, or what they are doing. A Cavalier is always willing to look up and pose. Now… how do I train Sarah to do that…

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98 Random things about the Mad African…


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Sunshine inspired me on this…

1. skyblue was my favorite color, now any shade of blue
2. the brand of my socks must match my shoes, if it is even slightly visible.
3. I enjoy anime, both movies and TV shows
4. I used to call some people by their last names, including girls
5. I can come out wearing nothing but Old Navy
6. I can do the same with Adidas
7. I used to open electronics when I got bored
8. I’ve heard so many commercials, but never seen them cause my TV is on, but I’m always looking at the computer
9. I named my car Sakura, and its on my rear windshield
10. I have 3 partial languages in my head: Igbo, Japanese & Spanish (in that order)
11. I can randomly get the answer (or reply) something we talked about days or weeks ago
12. I didnt start actively drinking till i turned 25…just because I said I could wait that long
13. I usually wear green and white to represent Nigeria
14. From 6th grade I have never been in a school for longer than 2 years
15. Donuts- Krispy Kreme
16. In 8th grade I lost the schoolwide spelling bee to a girl who ended up going to the regionals.
17. I used to hold grudges, almost eternally
18. I like girls with multi-colored, and even multi-toed socks
19. I have gained many aliases/nicknames over the years
20. Rum, my liquor of preference
21. Pineapples are now my favorite fruit
22. I believe lesbians are attracted to me
23. I am a gamer and I love racing
24. I’d choose a good woman over gaming, but I’d choose a game over a not so good woman
25. I used to think my 2nd grade teacher had 3 boobs
26. Some people think I smoke weed…naa, I just have a natural high!
27. I get bored with my hair, and change it up every few months
28. I say random lines from movies or video games
29. I hate the ford focus (cant dignify it with capital letters)
30. I love Honda/Acura and want a BMW. I want an NSX and a Skyline R-34.
31. I’ve dated girls/women from all over the world except from the Caribbean and from the mid-East.
32. The Concept of arranged marriages scares me, and I wont do it
33. I like watching the History channel
34. I almost got stabbed in highschool on the one day I decided to go to they gym for 2nd half of lunch, and from that I had an utter disbelief in how news is reported
35. I cant stand it when I’m watching something in surround and some speaker isnt working properly
36. Rechargeable batteries rule!
37. I prefer little or no make-up and natural breasts
38. Women are beautiful creatures
39. at this height of about 5’9", I have weighed from 155 – 210 lbs, currently about 175
40. I have a horrible diet, I eat any and everything, but run miles later
41. I never had sex on the balcony..but I should have
42. I’m willing to try almost anything atleast once!
43. Contrary to popular belief, I check out a woman’s eyes
44. I have braces now, finally
45. I dont consider myself a "normie"
46. I have never cheated on an exam or a woman
47. I used to breakdance when I was 7
48. I have a passion for running- track & field, cross country, 10ks, etc
49. 7 is my favorite number, so I do things in multiples of 7. some of you may remember my TA page. i was gonna stop my list here…but I had so many random thoughts, lol
50. I stopped drinking soda cause of a girl I was dating in ’04 was only drinking water. I was intruiged and compelled by it
51. I used to be able to draw people’s faces
52. My brothers and I can recite lines from Gladiator, Ten Commandments and The Matrices
53. My former roommates and I did the dance-off from Starsky & Hutch
54. I am a twister champion, welcoming all challengers
55. I understand the Matrix
56. I cant bring myself to sup-ing up my car cause she’s an automatic :\
57. I can watch movies with subtitles
58. Just as I change my hair, I change my catch phrases- currently "solid" and "Ain’t no thang but a chikin’ wang" sometimes flappin my arm
59. I blog sparatically
60. It took me some time to figure out why Bill and Ted’s favorite number was 69 dudes!
61. I tend to space out in lectures
62. I declined getting transitions cause i wanted to have prescription sunglasses I could take off at the opportune moment
63. In fact I dont really like wearing my glasses unless I have to read something far away, or make out a face from a distance
64. Making a pitcher of Adios-Motherfucker’s was brilliant…making a cooler of A.M.F. was on the verge of madness, but still fun, granted this was technically outside city limits
64. My HTML skills have been stagnant since the turn of the millenium
65. I like the "Real men of Genius" commercials and the Geico commercials
66. My inner circle consists of the "Navy Seals eXtreme Team"
67. I love Aaliyah, R.I.P.
68. I am a diehard Redskins fan
69. I choose open-wheel racing over stock car racing
70. I will not choose you pikachu, not even for a woman
71. I want to learrn Ball-room dancing
72. Asses are fine (of women only)
73. I constantly think of money-making schemes
74. I like tennis more than basketball
75. Janet is my favorite on Three’s Company, hands down
76. 1978 is the year of the horse
77. I have a great desire to travel, and it will happen
78. I wanted to go to the Olympics as a competitor
79. Once, I drank till I cant remember what happened for a few hours…it will never happen again.
80. Massages are seductive
81. Programming pisses me off..yet I still do it
82. My best friend is a girl, which some people cant really understand it
83. I am emotional
84. I dont have commitment phobias
85. Trust is important
86. I keep all my promises, so I dont make too many of them
87. Taurus- stubborn am I, strongwilled? yet nonchalant
88. I am Christian, but I’m not religious
89. I wear yellow, I wear pink
90. I hate unplugging and replugging things. I’d rather get a selector
91. I love kids
92. I sometimes remember random and irreverent details about people
93. I dont like close-talkers, unless youre a girl I like and youre gonna kiss me
94. I am also attracted to women with accents
95. I almost allowed a girl to color my hair red
96. I’m highly optimistic
97. My 2nd substitute teacher in 6th grade introduced me to photography. I’ve loved it ever since.
98. I will drive any vehicle in the snow/ice or in the mud

Culture Japan Season 1 on Crunchy Roll


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After the Japan broadcast on Tokyo MX TV and the Asia broadcast on Animax Asia, Culture Japan is now available to the rest of za warudo on Crunchyloll.

For folks who are not beknowist, Culture Japan is a TV show that I direct and present on that introduces Japanese Pop Culture and the more traditional Japan. Filming Season 2 as we speak and will be on air on Tokyo MX TV and Animax Asia this October.

You can check out the Culture Japan Channel or jump to each episode below.
Episode 1 – Shiori Mikami, Wonder Festival and Japanese Festivals

The very first episode of Culture Japan, featuring Shiori Mikami as a guest in studio. This episode brings us to one of the biggest figure events in the world – the Summer Wonder Festival. We also take a look at how exactly figures are made in the Good Smile Company figure factory in China, and finally take a visit to a Japanese Festival.

Episode 2 – Ninja Shenanigans in Edo Wonderland

The lovely Shiori Mikami joins us once again as an in studio guest as we take look at Edo Wonderland in Nikko, where one can experience life just as it was in the Edo Period of Japan, as well as experience life as a ninja! We also take a look at otaku rooms from all over the world.

Episode 3 – The Milky Holmes Girls

This episode’s guests are the wonderful Milky Holmes girls, who give us a look into the world of Milky Holmes and explain what it’s like to be an anime voice actress. We’ll also take a look at the festivities that went on at the Tokyo Game Show 2010.

Episode 4 – Cultural Festival at Tokyo Metropolitan High School

Asanon, the P.R Manager of Good Smile Company, joins us as a guest in this episode. We take a look at a Japanese cultural festival taking place at Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School – there are loads of games to play, a ton of food to enjoy, and even some performances to watch!

Episode 5 – Akihabara Tour

In this episode we head out to Akihabara, the holy land of otaku. First we visit a ‘clone factory’, which prints out 3D clones. Next we head out to Hobby Station – a huge trading card store – where we take a look at what sort of goods they have on sale. We’ve also got coverage of the Volks store in there too.

Episode 6 – Ita-G Festival

In this episode we take part in the 2010 Ita-G Festival – an event filled with ‘itasha’, which are cars covered with cute anime characters – but there are also bicycles and even motorbikes that also look just as great! We even take a look at how these itasha are made, from start to finish. Afterwards we take a look at Japan’s underground bicycle storage systems, and how they are improving space problems around Japan.

Episode 7 – Fujisawa High School

In this episode we visit Fujisawa High School and take a look at everything that goes on during a typical Japanese school day – from the various classes, break time, cleaning up the classroom and even afterschool activities, it’s just like spending a day at a Japanese school for the day! Afterwards we take a look at a Japanese shopping street, where you can find all sorts of goodies, from food to 100 yen stores.

Episode 8 – Japanese Archery and Pachinko

In this episode we visit Yashio High School where we take a close look at ‘Kyudo’, or Japanese archery. We then head to the headquarters of Sammy, a company who create pachinko machines and are also the creators of the popular Twin Angel anime series. After learning a little about pachinko we then head out to a real pachinko parlor with the adorable Sammy girls and give it a go!

Episode 9 – AFAX Special

This week we visit Singapore and take a look at the 2010 Anime Festival Asia, which featured a number of famous Japanese music artists and voice actors, figures, cosplay competitions, trading card competitions and much more!

Episode 10 – Shibuya Tour

In this episode we are joined by the beautiful Eri Otoguro as we take a look all over Shibuya. We have a look at all sorts of places you can do some shopping – from the famous ’109′ building which is filled with all the most current fashions down to the popular otaku store ‘Mandarake’. We even take at some of the wonders you can find in the Shibuya electronic stores.

Episode 11 – Anime & Manga

In this episode we make a visit to Production I.G. where we take a look at how anime is made – from the frame drawing to the coloring. We then visit Yuko Azami-sensei, an illustrator responsible for creating Danny’s mascot character Mirai-chan! Finally we pay a visit to ‘Web Technology’, who are the developers of the software ‘Comipo’, which helps anyone make manga quickly and easily!

Episode 12 – Food Samples, Dolls and Ryokan

In this episode we take a look at how the various food samples displayed all over Japan are made. After that we head down to the headquarters of Obitsu, a company responsible for making absolutely lovely dolls, and they take us through the process used to make dolls. Finally we also head to a traditional Japanese inn or ‘ryokan’, where we take a look at how one should spend their day when staying in one of these traditional rooms.

Episode 13 + 14 will be uploaded at a later date. The first 6 or 7 episodes have my profile at the beginning which become tedious after a while but my producer insisted that we put them in for the Japanese audience – will make sure they are not there for the second season!

Each show runs ads at the beginning which I cant do anything about – I’ve turned them off for my YouTube channel but Crunchy does need to make a wee bit O cash to run the service so hope this is fine with you.

Trailer for the first season below.

And a 1 hour digest below which includes some of episode 14.

View more at www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26109/Culture+Japan+Season+1+on…

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