Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
There's another meeting of the team. Dinner after the game at Johnnie's pastrami wasn't enough, so now, it's a meeting at Cinehous to watch game tape. Is it about watching tape, or is it about hanging out one last time? Yes, it's been talked about that some members of the team are leaving, and no one really wants to go "home". So, maybe one more last meeting will happen with the team tonight. Then...
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Sawtelle week story. GR lost in the first round of the playoff tournament. 17-15. Tough times all around here. We’ll be back for winter ball. There wasn’t much we could do but let the game take us. We started down a few runs, then went up a few runs, then it see sawed until they went ahead on last time. We had a chance for a last at bat, but went down 1-2-3. Not the best way to end a 9-3 season, but it could have been worse. There’s nothing to celebrate, even though we still get a trophy for a second place finish. I think this will be our 5th GR trophy for 2nd place.
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Sawtelle week story. GR lost in the first round of the playoff tournament. 17-15. Tough times all around here. We'll be back for winter ball. There wasn't much we could do but let the game take us. We started down a few runs, then went up a few runs, then it see sawed until they went ahead on last time. We had a chance for a last at bat, but went down 1-2-3. Not the best way to end a 9-3 season,...
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I guess it’s Sawtelle week here. Instead of just responding to each comment consecutively, which I don’t think I can do in Blogger, I figure why not, these comments are nice. I’ll post them up as a regular blog entry. Thanks for reading and commenting. Today, the shop really is closed. Although they’re in there cleaning, I saw people walk by and peer through the windows to see what was going on. One day too late… Meanwhile, look for something to come out in the Rafu Shimpo paper written by Japanese school friend and writer there, Audrey Shiomi. That’s Henry and Jack helping someone take something away. My camera adjusted for the background light, so it’s a bit dark, but on the other hand, you can almost see through the woman’s skirt. Bad camera… eric wang said…that’s sad – yamaguchi was certainly a fixture for me everytime i walked down sawtelle. i had no idea it was closing, but that is as it’s meant to be, i guess. it’ll be missed. i’ve got to find my “year of the cock” t-shirt. eric – keep up the observations about sawtelle. it’s interesting to see the wikipedia entry on sawtelle as well. also, what the hell happened to the invader that was hanging outside of GR? Yes, it’s definitely a fixture! Yes, for some, everyday is “year of the cock.” But really, they did have the old school “year of the boar” shirts and stuff in there until the last day. The Space Invader placed Invader as part of his Invasion outside of GR was taken down by the same someone who’s been removing them around LA. This person has gone around and basically broken them off. I doubt he/she is able to remove them without breaking them into pieces! -en 10:56 PMPirikara said…I have to admit, very few Yamaguchi items remain at home. But that’s only cause I ate ‘em all. =P As you move onto the adult world you tend to forget those childhood institutions that made life fun. It’s only when it disappears when you realize how much it affects you. *sniff* True. Which candy did you like best? I got into the jolly rancher sticks they always stocked. They also had flavored candy canes. But not canes… they were sticks with that old school swirl design. What were those called? -en 11:17 AMlej said…Oh My God! I could cry too.I’ve been there a couple of times to buy a rice cooker and Japanese gifts.I hope it is replaced some a nice and Japanesey! Quick survey .. what do you think Sawtelle could use? Me..hmm Japanese style arcade with lots of puri club machines!!!! I’m not sure what’s going in there, but I’ve heard that it might be already sold to some non Japanese person. I’ve heard Persian, but that’s only a rumor. I have no idea. Sawtelle? I have a lot ideas. How about a movie theater although the Nuart is up the street, they could use a...
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I guess it's Sawtelle week here. Instead of just responding to each comment consecutively, which I don't think I can do in Blogger, I figure why not, these comments are nice. I'll post them up as a regular blog entry. Thanks for reading and commenting. Today, the shop really is closed. Although they're in there cleaning, I saw people walk by and peer through the windows to see what was going on....
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