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James Jean was candid and fun to talk to with a live audience. This is at the Tateuchi Forum which is a nice amphitheater. It’s part of JANM and is a great place for something like this. James started off with a presentation and then I just had a fun and hopefully revealing conversation with him. It went for over an hour and a half and I have to give James credit for doing a great job and basically being honest. He left it all out there for whoever came to check us out. (above photo by Thomas Nakanishi) Color Ink Book! James signed some goodies later and had a new print.
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Anyone play Chuzzle on the iPhone? I'm just starting it. It's a Popcap game, and guess what? I got these goodies from them. They're Chuzzles which sort of look like Puyo Puyo characters. The game is different, and this isn't a review, but this post is a giveaway via Twitter. "giantroboteric" I'll tweet a trivia question at around 3pm PST. Answer it first and I'll send these to you free.
Anyone play Chuzzle on the iPhone? I’m just starting it. It’s a Popcap game, and guess what? I got these goodies from them. They’re Chuzzles which sort of look like Puyo Puyo characters. The game is different, and this isn’t a review, but this post is a giveaway via Twitter. “giantroboteric” I’ll tweet a trivia question at around 3pm PST. Answer it first and I’ll send these to you free.
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See this dessert? I liked this one a lot. Tasty, creamy with that fruity middle. I’m guessing the cookie was part of the top and bottom. I was a Judge in this contest where students from culinary schools created desserts using fortune cookies. Why was it happening? It was part of a screening and DVD release event for the film Killing of a Chinese Cookie where I have a tiny appearance. Here’s the site.Also here’s the trailer. I’m in this for just an instant. For my meager efforts, I got beer, fortune cookies, a weird small book, and these three items. Which wins? This woman made a pudding like dessert with fortune cookies sprinkled on top. I can’t say it was the best, but it was good. This woman was a fill in. She has nice thumbs. I can’t tell if it’s a gang sign or something. This one was apples with fortune cookies at the bottom. The apples were good, but this one was least creative. Bread pudding… Oh yeah, this one was good. Heavy, rich, but good. A couple of pics below, you can see the rush for them. They were popular. That’s the pudding version. Looks nice too.
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