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“Weak minded fool! He’s using Jedi Mind Tricks on you!” -JTH Being asked to be on a panel discussion for the Japan American Business Association with UCLA, along with Tofu records Yaz, dude from Tokyopop (they do kick ass), and Ko who’s working in film and does the Chanoma film festival, I didn’t know what to expect. Tech difficulties, and running behind schedule, what are you gonna do, but roll with it. The event went on, I explained what I could to some -maybe- skeptical folks who just needed more information and clarification, I think it went decent. But that’s just one part. Going downstairs to the reception which I expected cheese and crackers, there was dinner! It was school catered, but not terrible. Rice, salmon, spring rolls, cookies, dessert, drinks, and the big thing was I picked the raffle ticket for the trip to Japan! I had no idea that was going on, and the winner was a member of the UCLA Japanese Anime Club! She gets to go to Japan! She was trembling and has never won a thing in her life. A good deed JABA!
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The more you walk around and look, the more you notice how society has changed the way they do things to prevent people from skateboarding. A person wearing soft pants (if they’re about to go to a strip club), a skirt, or Dolphin shorts, might rip their ass crack if they sat and moved on this public seat. If you look elsewhere, there’s bumps or vertical metal bars… I’ve seen a video of some people making spots skateable, I’d love to see them come here with a gigantic file.
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I’ll be on a panel at UCLA tomorrow evening. JABA – Japan America Business Association. The website isn’t pretty, but you can download a pdf if you want! Yaz from Tofu records is on the panel! See you there? I dare you.
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Deep Sea Frill Shark surfaces in Japan. I can’t believe something like this exists. It actually looks like Alien 4, but nicer. It was sick and died shortly after, which actually makes me sad. Spill some out for this shark.
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Just cut this video today. It’s Albert Reyes doing his spit art on the sidewalk in front of GR2 on saturday night at Phodoborito!
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