Hisashi-motherfucking-buri.

Well, as per my typical M.O., this is my first post in roughly 5 months despite the lofty ambitions I purported in my last few posts. Oops.

A lot has happened (no shit) since my last post, and I have absolutely no intention of catching you up on all of it. What a pity huh? Instead, I'll give you the key points. So, without further ado...

-Japan (and my plans to move there)-
As anyone who knows me...uh...knows, I've been planning on moving to Japan for quite some time now, post-graduation. Well, those plans are coming to fruition as we speak. Nova (English teaching company) has offered me a job, and I interview with Aeon on Thursday. I think I performed quite well at the Nova interview, so I'm optimistic about the Aeon one. I'm requesting to be placed in Chiba (near Tokyo) since that's the area I'm familiar with, but I'm also seriously considering Osaka (due in no small part to Jun's prodding). Whatever. Either one would be great, and they'll be paying me more than enough to survive just to speak my native language while I search for a more, shall we say, career-oriented job (oriented towards my career at least). Anthony had the good idea of looking for freelance journalism work while over there, using our bilingualism as an advantage to cover stuff that might require some English skill. This kind of leads to our next topic...

-E3-

Yup, Anthony, Pat, Kyle, and I went to E3 in LA earlier this month to, uh, "cover" it for IUSTV. It was fucking incredible. We got to see the latest and greatest the video game industry has to offer, including the PS3 and Wii (though only Anthony and Kyle got in to actually see/play it). I'm extremely excited about the Wii, the DS Lite, and the plethora of awesome titles coming out for PSP. I, as I think many people were, was thrown by the price tag Sony is currently whispering for the PS3 (somewhere in the neighborhood of 500-600 bucks); that's fucking ri-goddamn-diculous. I honestly think the Wii is going to restore Nintendo to the head of the industry (and good god did they need it), despite the shitty name, especially considering they're shooting for under $200. I won't go into the sweet controller(s) or anything since I 1) didn't actually play it and 2) you can find all kinds of crap about them online in much greater detail than I would ever bother going into. However, I do encourage you to explore. Beyond that, we got to hang out at CCP's sweet ass two-story booth and drink free booze. Huzzah for being an esteemed member of the press. There were also a ton of hot booth girls there promoting various games. The best ones by far, in my opinion, were the SiN Episodes girls. Not only were they gorgeous, but they looked exactly like the characters in the game. Uncanny. My favorite was Cindy Synnett (portraying Jessica Cannon from SiN); she was amazing. On a side note, she writes a blog about gadgets, technology, and whatnot, which of course makes her even more amazing. Check out her blog if you are so inclined...and speak French. Yeah, it's in French. Babblefish of course butchers it (this is not to say it does not perform admirably however), but it will get the point across. I haven't studied/spoken/read/written French in like 8 years, but coincidentally I've been thinking of picking it up again. Well, I've sufficiently digressed from this topic...NEXT

-Boris and other sounds-

Zach, my official music hook-up, has been giving me some fantastic music to listen to lately. He introduced me to this Japanese stoner/drone metal band called Boris, and they have become a fucking obsession for me. Hopefully I'll be going to Cincinnati this summer to see them live. Also, another recent obsession of mine, recently indie-turned-big-label Bloomington band Murder By Death just put out a new CD, and it does not disappoint. Hopefully I'll get to see them one last time before I leave the country.

-The near future and other crap (because I'm tired of making headings)-

I'll be in Bloomington until the end of July when my lease runs out. After that, I guess it's up to Indy for a month or two while I wait to ship out to the land of the rising sun. In the meantime, I'll be fucking around, maybe trying to make some money, maybe posting more often (you have no idea how bored I am), maybe picking up the guitar, French, and photography again...then again maybe I'll just sit on my futon watching TV all day. Eh. Oh, it has come to my attention that I am horribly out of shape (read: fat). This of course means that I'll probably bitch and whine about it, but I am making an effort to get back in shape. Also, after looking at the E3 pictures, I realize that I really need to shave more often cause I look like a douche when I let the beard go.

What else....I guess that's about it for now.