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Żarciki

2011-11-01T02:56:00.000-07:00

O smiesznych żartach zdaje sie jest teraz dyskurs u inteligencji blogujacej, i tu jeszcze, i tu tez o, no i tak mi sie przypomniala ta koszulka co mi ja Michal zrobil wlasnymi rekami kilka lat temu, ale dowcip, jak sie okazalo, nie byl odpowiedni w kazdej sytuacji. (dygresja: i znowu na sluzbowej maszynie nie mam polfontow i nie bede mial nigdy, long story). (quasi-dygresja: druga koszulka od

legnie w gruzach budowana usilnie zakupem sofii na statoilu romantyczna atmosfera randki detektywa krzysztofa rutkowskiego

2011-10-27T02:25:00.001-07:00

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Faye and the Kappa

2011-10-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

In 1994 Christopher Doyle shot the best movie of all times, the one and only Chungking Express.Chungking was about love, ordinariness and apartment cleaning; it was stylish and captivating, emotional and symbolic; it had young and perky Faye Wong, and Tony Leung was stern as he always is.In 2011 Christopher Doyle shot Underwater Love, a piece about a middle-aged lady who falls in love with a

Kultura jako całość

2011-10-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

Fajną notkę miałem o artykule Joanny Bator i co? I myślałem że jest napisana, wyrzuciłem czasopismo z artukułem do którego się krytycznie odnosiłem, a teraz patrzę w wordzie przesłanym sobie z Polski dwa miesiące temu, że właściwie to napisałem byłem tylko początek. I co? Co, zamieszczę. Czytelnicy uwierzą na słowo że to nie był dobry artykuł.-----Jestem trochę na urlopie w kraju, i nadrabiam.

crying with ultraman

2011-03-15T22:49:00.000-07:00

Yes, this all does not look too good.But before taking an alarmist tone, please check your sources and read/listen carefully.On another note, some lighter and random stuff from the past few days.(1) Int'l Anime Fair cancelled, various song/movie/disaster game releases cancelled.Donations are in motion -- but still much more needed.Still, nice to see members of AKB48 donate 100 million yen.(2)

Japan, morning.

2011-03-11T15:13:00.000-08:00

Impossible to go to sleep when Japan is just waking up after the worst night in decades.You know it's bad when a Japanese person tells you to take your shoes inside, says Matt Alt, author and translator.Sendai, Miyagi, my home for the last two years is being flooded and destroyed.We hope the reactor news will not get worse and we keep watching.Joining in the marathon of madness, the spectacle of

To the Good Times

2010-12-05T18:43:00.000-08:00

A throwaway trivia, a meaningless scoop,Is that all that’s left from a once-epic group?I’m not sure I like it, in that I’ll be fair –Kusumi Koharu has altered her hair.Just four years ago this would be some news,Today it attracts but a handful of views.I checked it again before going to bed –Kusumi Koharu is definitely red.The flows of nostalgia, emotional cheer,I’m browsing through songs while

Akiakane and akiakane

2010-11-16T04:42:00.000-08:00

The Internet was wrong so here I am to fix it.Apparently, there was some misunderstanding. On the one hand we have akiakane, the active singer/illustrator in the nico nico douga community, known for drawing her own music videos to the covers she sings. Which both are pretty awesome.On the other hand we have Akiakane the now-disbanded (well, for now they only put their gig activities on hold) punk

If you are to watch just one movie next year

2010-11-13T14:59:00.000-08:00

..the choice is an obvious one, really.Makoto Shinkai is the best director there is and if you think otherwise I will fight you.Which is somewhat problematic because Shinkai himself would surely object to such a claim. But his incredible modesty only adds to the awesomeness.And I will still fight you.#shinkaimakoto #shinkai #makotoshinkai #hoshiokodomo #hoshi-o-kodomo

Good Morning NHK

2010-11-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

A good friend, during his first months in Japan, did mostly two things: buy idol dvds and watch NHK Education.Indeed, of all j-popculture, I will probably miss morning kids educational stuff most. Especially Shaki-n, a rare gift to Japanese television - a show that is not only smart, heartwarming and genuinely funny, but has the unique quality of making you want to wake you up at 7 am to watch it

All Hallows and Birth Screams

2010-10-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

I was looking for thisbut found something much better.And costume ideas? You can never go wrong with plastic pedophile beard and giant eyebrows.

DAMMIT!!!

2010-10-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

With some ambivalence I approach the topic of "24". Not because I hate to spoil the plot to my sincere readers. The series ended quite a while ago, and really there is not much to spoil anyway, but for eight days worth of shooting and torturing. My mixed feeling are caused rather by the sudden realization that I watched most of the 8th seasons of "24" quite disengaged from the medium, reading a

SM Mondays: serial Tv drama

2010-10-25T12:38:00.000-07:00

It was raining, I was bored, the chorus was catchy and I had 500 yen to spare.That's all the rationale behind the purchase of serial tv drama single, "Maebure" (prelude, sign) in HMV two years ago. Very indie it was, both the cheap cd envelope and the generic guitar song composition. But the melody was nice, and the boys' voices were not terrible so I gave it a try. The lyrics proved pleasant,

Confessions

2010-10-20T15:59:00.001-07:00

Dear Brazilian Ju-jitsu class,I have lied to you.Remember when during yesterday's training I said I pulled a muscle?We were sparring on the ground, and suddenly I said I need to take a break, so I went outside to rest for a while.Yeah, so I didn't really pull a muscle.I went to the bathroom and puked like a cat.I threw up my late breakfast.I threw up my lunch.I threw up the apple and coffee I had

SM Mondays: Abe Mao

2010-10-18T08:16:00.000-07:00

First time I heard of Mao Abe when SSTV was promoting her break single, Itsu No Hi Mo - a cute ballad with even cuter, yet elegant, not too sweet, lyrics. The song was big for a week, but then the nation forgot about it, as did I, until one night, in a drunken stupor of a cheap karaoke place at 5 am, after spending good half an hour looking for the song on the list, I sang it, I danced it (sort

Entries Will Be Longer After I Hand In My Thesis

2009-11-30T22:49:00.000-08:00

thanks Isra for the link

Hitler? Really?

2009-11-19T21:22:00.001-08:00

Kevin Zjadl Ale Ja Sie Nie Zdobylem

2009-10-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Dzis ostatni dzien tego fantastycznego smakolyku. 2000 kalorii, 777 jenow - taniocha, tylko trzeba sie ustawic wczesniej, za te cene jest tylko pierwszych trzydziesci a potem razy dwa.

Glimpses from TIFF (2)

2009-10-21T06:50:00.001-07:00

This woman from Tokyo comes back to a smaller city and start to present her friends with awfully big sums of money, one by one. But troubles occur. How will it end? .../me not sold. But that was one of the few movies on the festival with tickets still available, and I needed a break from my writings. Still, when director Morita came on stage with two male lead characters, I started to regret

Glimpses from the Tokyo Film Festival (1)

2009-10-20T12:33:00.000-07:00

No bitching, no whining, no spitting, no complaining. Just love. Pure love. That was the manner in which director Smarzowski ("Wesele") approached the subject of Poland on the press conference during the Tokyo International Film festival. When the reporter who was born in 1982, asked about the current situation in Poland, Director Smarzowski answered, “The order has returned to the country or

Asian Robot Police

2009-10-15T02:01:00.000-07:00

Films I will not be watching during the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. Well one of them anyway.

Da Bu Di, Da Bu Da

2009-09-30T00:13:00.000-07:00

As a student and a freelancer, one of the few truly Japanese things I rarely have a chance to experience is the morning rush. The pain, sweat and stress it causes is nevertheless perfectly understandable even without a direct experience - my friends and my media describe it too me vividly enough. It gets even worse when the trains are late. And they are quite often, for there is always someone

Foreign Tourists Have Trained You Well, Young Bear

2009-09-02T23:36:00.000-07:00

So in the Sapporo Beer Museum, there is a bear. A mascot. Of course there is - in Japan every city, every company, every social campaign has a mascot. A Smiling Tiger (on a poster) to remind you that you should stand up from your seat only AFTER the bus stops. Mr. Panda With a Microphone, the patron of karaoke. And millions others. These modern kami look usually friendly and more often than not

jokes, jokes

2009-08-18T23:29:00.000-07:00

It's this time of year again, and I'm coming home for a couple of weeks soon. No immediate terrorist scare, no news of faulty airplane parts, no big flu panic. Too good to be true. Speaking of flu panic, people on Paris airport a few months back, did not find my mask funny at all: while I still think it's amusing. Is it just the French? Their hats would suggest that, but perhaps not. I tend

Czyja to raczka?

2009-08-14T02:13:00.000-07:00

--- Catering to the needs of the readers, starting from today all entries are bilingual. That means all entries in Polish will have a short English summary /at the bottom/. Similarly, English entries will have one in Polish. Odpowiadajac na zapotrzebowania i prosby czytelnikow, od dzis kazdy wpis jest dwujezyczny, w sensie ze do polskiej notki jest krotkie jej streszczenie po ang /na samym dole/.

Dobra.

2009-08-11T02:48:00.000-07:00

Dzialo sie, ale jest z powrotem. Miedzyczas w pigulce: nowy Evangelion mial premiere ktora zyskala poklask wplywowych krytykow, w domu pojawil sie telewizor hd na ktorym nawet agrowiadomosci wygladaja pieknie,dwa trzesienia ziemi i tajfun numer 9 w ciagu trzech dni - a do tego zblizajace sie wybory gdzie zanosi sie na historyczna kleske LDP. takze no, dzieje sie, to trzeba pisac. recznik

Bill is Dead.

2009-06-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

Kung Fu Lives On Forever.Thanks, David.

, taki skandal.

2009-04-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

Kusanagi, supergwiazdor kwintetu SMAP, upil sie i ganial goly po parku krzyczac zeby go szczypnac i pytajac retorycznie o to, "co zlego jest w byciu nagim".　　　　　 ,,..‐-- ..,, 　　　　　,,-''"　　　　　　"'‐､　　 .／　,,. .ノ''ﾉ "''ノ"''ノ,,.. ヽ　　 / ノ　　　　　　　　　　ノヽ　　 ,' )　　　　　　　　　　　　ノ､　　 |. 　iiillllllii　　　 iilllllliii 　　ヽノ　　| 　-=・=- ヽ　/ -=・=- 　 | |＾i 　　 | 　　￣　　ｌ　　￣　｀ |ﾉ / 　　＼　　　　　ｌ　　　　　　し' 　　　 |

what a day

2009-04-26T15:37:00.000-07:00

My friend Michal made a neat game.(click)My friend Kevin found a neat game.(click)What a day.

A juz prawie zapomnialem

2009-04-22T12:03:00.000-07:00

Minelo troche czasu, ochlonalem i gdyby nie najnowszy numer programu telewizyjnego Terebi Navi, predko bym sobie nie przypomnial. Ale stalo sie. TV Navi rozdal swoje doroczne nagrody za najlepsze seriale telewizyjne, no i oczywiscie musial mnie trafic szlag, bo za role drugoplanowe nagrody otrzymali Ueno Juri i Eita.Juri i Eita to nie jest zla para aktorow jak na japonskie telewizyjne standardy,

Swieta, swieta

2009-04-08T14:39:00.001-07:00

Kanamara Matsuri, Swieto Wielkiego Rozowego Stalowego Fallusa.Potocznie Festiwal Penisa (choc oficjalna nazwa to Festiwal Plodnosci).Ogolnie impreza byla lekkim rozczarowaniem, bo na zdjeciach z poprzednich lat wygladalo to fajniej.Byla parada z noszeniem Rozowego przez miasto, bylo rzezbienie w warzywach (rzezbic w warzywach, to tez dobre), bylo dosiadanie drewnianych fallusow, byly lizaki w

Yes I laughed, Joss, but where do we go now?

2009-04-01T12:47:00.002-07:00

You only did it for this episode. I know.The whole concept, the carefully selected cast, the innovative idea (?) , months of hype and promotion.It was all for this episode.You had the delivery in mind, you just had to tease it a bit. That's why the first episodes sucked.They weren't episodes. They were a tease. The delivery tease. The "getting to know how the characters normally act so that we

Za darmo, to wzialem

2009-03-30T10:19:00.001-07:00

YOU WATCH?W sklepie muzycznym w Ichiban-chou bylo, na scianie, z 30 takich, z napisem zeby brac, jak ktos chce.Chetnych malo, bo wiadomo - fajny smajlej, tylko czyms czerwonym upackany.Wzialem dla siebie, Masaki i Wisniewskich, tylko cztery bo w koncu kultura europejska zobowiazuje (zlote zasady bontonu, na szwedzkim stole dobieramy czesto a malo, nie sikamy na basenie bo czasem taki barwnik

Jesus Body!

2009-03-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Kaori Manabe is hot. And I know what I'm talking about.My 2008 calendar was a Kaori Manabe calendar.I've seen Kaori Manabe on various TV shows, anti-acne cosmetics commercials and her sporadic wrestling show appearances.I thought I know Kaori Manabe quite well.I didn't.The fact that Kaori Manabe possesses a Jesus Body caught me by surprise.How should I feel about that?I mean, we all knew it's

Great Moments Of Television (3)

2009-03-18T07:52:00.001-07:00

Great Moments Of Television (2)

2009-03-18T07:51:00.000-07:00

Great Moments Of Television (1)

2009-03-17T08:16:00.000-07:00

Goodbye, Bird. There's a 51% chance I wouldn't have killed you.

tokage

2009-03-09T10:19:00.000-07:00

Oritate, Sendai. I need camera with better macro..

No Ram Jam Tonight

2009-02-22T22:07:00.000-08:00

"It looks like the Academy couldn’t get past the pro wrestling subject matter and opted instead for a more ‘politically correct’ winner. No disrespect to Penn–who is a solid actor, if somewhat of a loon–but his performance didn’t touch Rourke’s..."(From SAV Sci)

Joss Whedon You Better Start Impressing Me

2009-02-21T23:08:00.000-08:00

I really really like this one TV show. You know, the one about a girl in a secret organization. Where the organization seemingly helps people, but it does so in a morally dubious way. And the girl doesn't really want to cooperate at first, yet they make her do so, using some stuff from her past against her. So after she gets brainwashed, trained and equipped with newest technology, she starts

12 miesiecy narzekania. Roku w popkulturze czesc druga.

2009-02-08T07:57:00.000-08:00

O obsciskajacych sie mezczyznach bedzie. To byl niezly rok dla wrestlingu i mma, tak sie przynajmniej wydaje we wspomnieniach - bo jakby sobie na powaznie starac przypomniec niektore babole z pierwszych szesciu miesiecy 2008, zwlaszcza w WWE, to nie byloby juz to takie rozowe szkielko fantazji. Ale we wspomnieniach jest pieknie, a w pamieci pozostaja dwa zwlaszcza:1.) Ric Flair konczy

Dobre do czytania bo duzo obrazkow

2009-01-27T03:22:00.000-08:00

W przerwie pomiedzy pierwsza a druga czescia podsumowania roku w popkulturze, pozwole sobie polecic magazyn PSX Extreme, w ktorym to mam comiesieczna kolumne opisujaca growe epizody mlodej Japonki. Szukajcie na stronie "Ohayo Nippon", gdzies na poczatku.Niemniej w aktualnym numerze czasopisma pofolgowalem sobie dodatkowo dwiema stronami (80-81) materialem o zjawiskowym tytule...Polecam.Polecam

12 months of complaining aka 2008 in popculture

2009-01-22T22:03:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is a relative term. But I'm here nevertheless.A few things happened and it finally feels like new year in entertainment has begun. So let me deal with those things one by one and complain about 2008 while I'am at it.1. (American) TVLost is back......and I've been wanting to comment on its quality in 2008 but WAS IS EVEN ON IN 2008? Wiki says yes but it certainly doesn't feel that way.

Academic Street Cred

2008-12-28T13:06:00.000-08:00

Writing reviews is easier than writing books.Bearing that in mind, I read this:And wrote a piece that perhaps won't make Roland happy, but I warned him beforehand and assured him I actually love both him and the book.Saying that, here's my first one.From tomorrow - the year in review. A series of installments with short-term nostalgia and loads of popcultural whining. Do come.

90s sucked

2008-12-13T12:06:00.000-08:00

watch.

Dziadzius Hitler

2008-12-08T11:44:00.000-08:00

Program telewizyjny z dziewczynkami z zespolu Cute. Kazda z nich przedstawia po kolei jedna ze znanych, wielkich postaci historycznych. Po Napoleonie i Kolumbie nadchodzi czas na......Poczciwego Dziadka Hitlera.Dziadzius Hitler charakteryzowal sie umiejetnosciami krasomowczymi, dowiadujemy sie, a mesmeryzujacy rytm jego przemowien oczarowywal tlumy. Mial tez, poczciwina, kompleks niskiego wzrostu

motto ii eiga wo misero

2008-12-06T11:40:00.000-08:00

Watching SatoEri in lingerie is always good; having to watch through 90 minutes of a mediocre Japanese movie is never."Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai o misero" has some good spots, the casting is great (see Nagasaku Hiromi in an unusual role of a clueless, comically battered wife), but is overall more boring than not. The ending was predictable around 40 minutes into the film, so predictable and

Iza i Masaki

2008-11-29T04:36:00.001-08:00

I to bylo tak, ze najpierw zajrzalem do Michala, tam podazylem za linkiem do es-se i we wczesniejszym wpisie dowiedzialem sie ze Iza Lach, mloda piosenkarka, to mala dziewczynka ktora wygrala kiedys Od Przedszkola Do Opola.I przypomnialo mi sie ze Iza Lach to takze pierwsza polska wokalistka, ktorą pokochala pewna mloda Japonka spedzajaca tegoroczne wakacje w Szczecinie.Otoz pewnego dnia, Japonka

grobowo troche jakos

2008-11-25T22:01:00.000-08:00

Polskie radio powiedzialo mi o tym ze grzebia u generala (i od razu onet.pl zareagowal z klasa adekwatnym materialem w temacie) .Ale czy oni nie wiedza tego co wiedzial anonimowy tworca Haiku na Smierc Gen. Sikorskiego, courtesy of kamienica na rynku w Poznaniu?A Christe wczoraj z kolei pogrzebali, i refleksja taka ze troche smutno a nie mam nawet jak Kajka poczytac do Gwiazdki, lelum.

Are You Hangry?!

2008-11-22T09:14:00.000-08:00

Hitomi Yoshizawa i Rika Ishikawa. Yossi i Rika. Kolezanki i rywalki z czwartego przesluchania do zespolu Morning Musume. Spiewaly, tanczyly, graly w futsal, wystepowaly w filmach i programach tv. Zna i pamieta je cala Japonia. Poki co.Morning Musume powoli i nieublagalnie konczy sie. Masowe zwolnienia w Hello!Project zapowiadaja to co bylo wiadomo co najmniej od kilku lat - dobre czasy sie

Samuraj i Cheerleaderka

2008-11-17T07:43:00.000-08:00

Napisalem w esensji o tym ze japonskie kino akcji ssie czesciej niz nie, i generalnie przemysl filmowy Nipponu nie idzie we wlasciwa strone. Oprocz "Dzieciecego Samuraja" Fukasaku Kenty.Jest jedna rzecz w ktorej filmowcy japonscy sa lepsi niz reszta swiata i sa to reklamy. Nie tylko pomysl, ale i kamera, montaz, caly flow spotu - nikt nie robi takich fajnych reklam. Nowa kampania Pocky nie jest

Co To Jest Manga

2008-11-10T20:58:00.000-08:00

Michal u siebie produkuje czesto ladne i przejrzyste wywody na temat znaczenia slowa "manga" w Polsce (zlinkowalbym ale znalezc cos w 500+ notkach to robota dla mniejszosci etnicznych jest). A w Japonii? No, ktos powiedzialby, co to za problem. Manga to slowo japonskie wiec w Japonii nie ma problemu.A jednak.Istnieje na przyklad podobno teoria ze Japonczycy nie mowia na mange "manga" tylko "

Wahrheit und Kawaii

2008-11-01T15:15:00.000-07:00

Almost ten years ago, wise philosopher Tsunku shared something very important with us.He said, that no matter how deep the recession is, love is inflation.(1:32 or take my word for it)Ten years have passed, we have a new recession and what are we doing? Going back to Tsunku's teachings to find ancient wisdom and salvation? No, sadly.The old songs are being forgotten. The old masters aren't

heartwarming

2008-10-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

(International Herald Tribune, Japan Edition, 22.05.2008, p.3)

O Tym Dlaczego You Should Care

2008-10-28T06:55:00.000-07:00

Raport o mandze w Polsce ktory zamiescilem w poprzednim notce spotyka sie z apatia badz fochami, tymi ostatnimi skierowanymi nie do autora raportu lecz do mnie, ze z niczego nadzwyczajnego probuje robic skandal. Jakoby.Gdy Michal Radomil Wisniewski w u siebie na blogu skomentowal uchybienia w raporcie (bledne dane o Kawaii, autorska koncepcja mentalnosci polskich fanow, problemy z obiektywnoscia

Dlaczego Pan Waneko Cie Nienawidzi

2008-10-27T12:48:00.000-07:00