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• 00:10 Ok, y'all, just trust me when I say I'd rather watch LAND OF THE FREAKING LOST twice than watch Transformers 2 even once! That's a movie??? #
• 00:12 OK and the twin robots voiced by SPONGEBOB himself? WTF?! It was JarJar Binks x 2! BTW - they sounded like this: bit.ly/orlycrows #
• 00:23 Sorry! Bad movies make me angry! But best things about today: Paul Madonna @ SF MainLibrary Gallery / Junot Diaz & Dave Eggers talk @ Glide! #
• 00:28 After Junot Diaz talk, Mark says to me "I don't think I've heard someone cuss that much in a CHURCH before." LOL. #

• 00:03 Tired and hating the world but after this, feeling just a little better: bit.ly/ohshia - begrudingly, I'll see you on IMAX tomorrow. #

• 22:25 KTVU played clip of Jackson 5's I'll Be There & now I can't stop crying. Remembering days of long car rides with MJ on auto reverse forever. #

• 00:45 I think I OD'd on NERD: Reading concurrently Marvel's Runaways, Vaughn's Ex Machina, Umezu's Drifting Classroom & another Kelly Link book. #
• 13:23 Want to do a backyard movie night - how to project image on side of building? HALP! #

• 13:18 Ok, I guess it's not helping my mood that I listened to Morrissey all during lunch. My Life summed = the song, "Do Your Best & Don't Worry." #

• 15:00 This job is high school all over again. Watching from the outside in. #

Oh fer Christ's sake, LJ! UGH!

Thanks for not saving my witty & wordy analysis of VIZ Media's rebranded Jpop Center, newly reborn as NEW PEOPLE.
It's too late now to retype (ok, so I'm lazy!) but long story short - Viz changed up game plans and basically decided that they wanted the following for their new retail venture in SF's Japantown:

LESS OF THIS (not that it doesn't make the OKANE $$$)





AND MORE OF THIS INSTEAD:






I don't blame Viz one bit - you can only sell so much Naruto and Bleach figures, right? ;)

And check it - if you've ever been to Tokyo, you'll recognize the format of the new multi-use retail space on Post Street.
(BTW, for old Jtown peeps, it used to be the Hokubei Mainichi building.)




It's styled like a mini version of Parco or LaForet, malls with branches in Shibuya or Harajuku respectively. NP's floor plan includes an art gallery, mini movie theatre, depaato type food service, a gift shop full of kawaii and zakka. And smack dab in the middle, name brand Japanese street fashion boutiques right out off the pages of magazines like Cutie, Kera, or the Gothic Lolita Bible (linked/pictured above).

Come opening day on 8/15/09, if you've ever wanted to wanted to dress like the main character of Kamikaze Girls, replete in her all time favorite fashion of "Baby The Stars Shine Bright", you can walk into New People and try the shit on. Of course, you've gotta be in the SF Bay Area, though. And LJ friends, I think there are some of you who should check out the Store manager position they're still hiring for as well!


SOUSOU, one of my favorite shoe brands will be selling their tabi sneakers at NP too. Dammit.



My days as the lone Ninja Turtle in SF are numbered...

For more reading about Jtown's new addition, go here, here, and here.

But the real topic of interest, not even scratching the surface here, what does this mean for the Jtown community as a whole? Bueller? Anyone?

• 01:21 Photo: Japantown SF. 1996. Ex BFFs. Ex BF. Me. tumblr.com/xzd23ve4s #
• 01:27 Photo: Same Place. Just 1997. Meow. tumblr.com/xzd23vfi7 #
• 01:33 Photo: 1997 or 1998? Izone Polaroid. Does anyone remember that camera? Probably not. I don’t remember how... tumblr.com/xzd23vgsx #

• 19:35 Last night = meh. I am now caught in the endless loop of playing "What I Could Have Said To Make Me Seem Wittier, Smarter, Awesomer, ETC." #
• 23:49 SASUKE (AKA Ninja Warrior) marathon on G4, Shia LeBeouf & Triumph the Insult dog on Conan - ok, I feel a little better. Just a little bit. #

• 17:32 Heading to Page Library to see/stalk Tomine & SETH. Will I see any of the usual suspects? Holla! #

• 14:26 Happened upon a sunbathing Corgi laying out on his belly. Corgi butt and little feets = warm fuzzies. #

• 23:51 Mark's reading X-Men for the 1st time, also possibly his last if he keeps asking me questions: "Can Wolverine's claws cut through Colossus?" #
• 23:58 "Who's Bobby Drake? Who's this Emma Frost? What's with Marvel Girl?" - OMG! Yes, my name rhymes with BING but I am NOT A SEARCH ENGINE! #
• 08:46 What he said, before bed last night: "I have HULK hair - just because I'm not green, doesn't mean I can't get angry!" #
• 14:31 My Job = the movie ADVENTURELAND. When do I get to run away to NYC? #

• 23:59 Saw the original ROCKY for 1st time this weekend - didn't expect dude to be so endearing! Sadly, I watched this after bit.ly/oMCCw #
• 00:14 Should I watch the other Rocky movies or will they ruin the soft spot I now have for the original? I mean, Part 3 has MR. T for chrissakes! #

• 00:39 Video: “Dreamed we were still going out. Had that one a few times now. Woke up to find we were not. It’s good... tumblr.com/xzd213ukg #
• 00:44 @james_gunn Director Lynne Ramsay is under appreciated. Do watch Morvern Callar if you get a chance as well. #
• 01:21 Video: リンダリンダ Linda Linda by The Blue Hearts. Any legit Japanese Karaoke place will have this on hand - one... tumblr.com/xzd2145qo #