http://asian-invasion.today.com Asian (mainly Japanese) entertainment and culture coming to the USA before you can say, \"Konnichi wa\"... Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:50:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps I'll pick this thing up again.  I know these posts should have a minimum number of words to them but I doubt anyone will read this anyway.  I'm probably not getting paid for anything I'll do with this blog (a word I can't seem to like the sound of) ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2009/01/16/i-thought-i-was-deleted/ I really do want very badly to be better about keeping up with this blog.  Only my psychologist could explain why I don't or can't. And this is exactly what I don't want this to become: nothing more than a string of self-loathing in relation to my struggles with keeping to ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/09/19/havent-we-covered-this/ I know I owe my three or so readers the report on Otakon Sunday, even though the convention was over a month ago.  I swear I'm not blowing my blog off.  I really would like to keep up with it much more than I do.  I just have issues. One problem ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/09/16/such-is-the-mind-of-an-aspie/ It must be nice to have a job that allows workers this day off and still collect a full eight hours of "time and a half" pay.  I would settle for anything in my unemployed status that puts me to work in spite of the federal holiday. As far as I ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/09/01/labor-day-rant/ I had the story of everything noteworthy that happened during this day but the computer ate it. Lost. Gone. Two hours of writing disappeared. I'll now attempt to tell the tale with photos. Saturdays at our hotel meant breakfast with their mascot, Mr. Bite. Of course ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/29/otakon-saturday/ I've written before about wanting to write to this blog at least every other day but not finding the time or motivation in spite of the topic. There's another reason I discovered today about why that happens which also affects my ability to get things done in the "real ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/22/we-interrupt-this-program/ It was the official beginning of Otakon. After a whole two hours of sleep the night before, I was prepared to drag myself everywhere for the next 16 or so hours. I usually find some kind of second and third wind to get me through. The day began with ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/19/otakon-friday/ I'll spare the details of the boring six-hour bus trip from Norfolk, VA to Baltimore. We arrived at around 2:30pm and found a cab to our hotel (Brookshire Suites) almost without delay. After a driver trying to stiff me for ten dollars two years before on a trip ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/18/otakon-thursday/ ...they have been slightly exaggerated. Thursday August 7, I departed from Virginia Beach, VA due north for Baltimore, MD to attend the grandest anime / Japanese culture event of the year for the eastern half of this continent: Otakon. Greyhound was the only option in terms of transportation (not that ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/14/rumors-of-my-demise/ I'm always ready to check out a new anime title when it's released to the US in English-dubbed format. Subtitles are a distraction for me. I would rather gain the entire experience of a show rather than having to switch back and forth from watching to reading. ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/06/gurren-lagann-a-brief-review/ It's not that I don't want or haven't tried to keep better consistency with posting to this thing. I might have two or three different things to write about each day but I lack motivation and (sometimes) incentive. There may be a few people who read what I post here ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/05/bad-blogger/ Okay, maybe some of the things I encounter within my daily routines which I attribute to ADD or Aspergers may have nothing to do with either.  In this case, I may also have to wonder how to categorize the ease with which the slightest change in topic, no matter how ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/08/01/does-this-look-okay-lemme-recheck-again/ I'm making a concentrated effort to not allow this blog to go for more than two days with nothing new to show. It's not easy when I'm given to being so easily distracted. It also happens that I begin a task, remember something else I need to do ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/30/is-it-really-procrastination/ I had begun this blog with the intent of exposing you, the English-speaking world, to Japanese entertainment and culture. I still will, although I have recently decided that it can't be the main focus...because I can't focus. I have an entry which is only started and, in spite ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/27/this-is-an-alert/ When you see the word "Hide" written by itself, you would immediately think of concealment and pronounce it as one syllable. Anyone initiated with the most rudimentary basics of the Japanese language, however, will see something completely different. In Japan, "hide" is the revered name of the late, ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/18/japanese-pronunciation-for-dummies/ There are some genres of modern music with which the Japanese have completely set themselves apart from the rest of the world. The only reason more English-speaking audiences haven't embraced the musical superiority from the East has to be the inability to ignore the language barrier. The Japanese, ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/16/the-underneath/ Why is the anime industry in the US not as large as it could be? In an age of overpaid actors who only ask for more money to work a once popular TV show which is now in the winter of its existence, the networks could learn a thing ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/13/anime-should-be-bigger/ Welcome. You are about to embark on a journey of sorts. If you've never heard of anime or have wondered what people are referring to when speaking of "J-rock" or "J-pop," here is where you will find the answers you seek. You'll find out about Pocky, Pucca, and Polysics. ... http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/12/join-me-for-an-adventure/ Welcome to Today.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://asian-invasion.today.com/2008/07/11/hello-world/