Japanese Shopping in SOHO

So my lady and I traveled South of Houston this past weekend to rock some Japanese shopping in NYC! I walked away only with items purchased at a couple Japanese powerhouses that have migrated to the US. What better place to start than the hip shopping mecca...

UNI
QLO
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/
I got socks, a pink t-shirt, and...drum roll...a black velvet blazer for under $80. Poppin'!

MUJI
http://www.muji.com/
The new kid on the block. This store just opened in mid-November and is the first in the US. We waited in line to go in - ridiculous. I got some odds and ends (Christmas gifts, stationary, and a calender with Japanese holidays on it for Crew) - and would have been more impressed if there weren't WAY too many people in the store.

...if only I could have afforded...

Yohji Yamamoto
http://www.yohjiyamamoto.co.jp/english.html
Amazing (mostly black) clothes. Wicked pricey, wicked cool. The guy behind the Adidas commissioned line Y-3. He had some skeleton gloves last year I'd love to find...

Christmas List...from Mr. Impossible

So I decided to have some fun and compose a Christmas list...mostly because everyone always says that I'm impossible to gift to. Let's see if this works...not that I'm really worried if I get anything for Christmas or not.
Ho Ho Ho...


My Amazon Wishlist
I've taken a few moments to priorizite it...Amazon is definitely amazing by the way. https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/37XKADNCOV8OG/

Sigg Curves 1 Ltr Sustainable Aluminum Waterbottle
So I'm copying this from a guy at work, but these bottles murder the Nalgene products.
http://www.rootedtonature.com/product/sigg_8063.50/1LiterCurves.aspx?link=image

Bigelow Mentha Exfoliating Soap with Ceramic Dish
My new favorite soap!
http://www.bigelowchemists.com/product_info.php/cPath/356_504/products_id/4777

Marvis Classic Mint Toothpaste
Great tasting toothpaste with a nice minty flavor.
http://www.bigelowchemists.com/product_info.php/products_id/408

J.Crew Red Tartan Scarf
I'm in need of a colorful scarf...
http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod73155271&catId=cat240102

Jack Black Beard Lube
Great shaving products...I blow through this stuff.
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P12569&categoryId=S5600&shouldPaginate=true

American Apparel Boxer Briefs (3pk)
Green/Gold/Navy or Cranberry/Mint/Brown
H&M b-briefs are just too flimsy...
http://store.americanapparel.net/4443pac.html#i

American Apparel Deep V-Neck Shirts (3pk)
My new choice in undershirts...has to be classic white.
http://store.americanapparel.net/6456pac.html#i

That's all I can think of right now...I'd say I'll stumble over or remember a few more things in the near future...

Vote!

Now this is my kind of voting:

http://www.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2007/ballot_reg.jsp

Jose Reyes for president? Senator Chase Utley? Joe Mauer definitely deserves a seat in the house!

In all reality, I would hope that fans don't continue their perverse trend of voting players into the MLB mid-season classic based simply on their names or their prior accomplishments on the diamond. If someone like Ian Kinsler doesn't play in this game instead of some washed up old man who's hey-day was 15 years ago, something is sorely wrong!

Get Some Nuts!

The venerable Mr. T is at it again fools!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPXGuRIXsA

I caught this video on Digg this evening...definitely a good laugh before bed. Those zany ad-makers - what will they think of next? Christopher Walken in a flying DeLorean rapping...or...not...

So, I'm finding that web development isn't really my strong point; or else technologies have become just a bit departed from my previous experiences.

The online world has moved to open source and advanced tech. In trying to experiment with some new technologies, I'm encountering some lovely PHP development in the grasps of Drupal. This open source project seems like it has tons of potential as the infrastructure of a site...but takes quite a bit of reading to set up.

More to come as the 'party' continues...

A little jibba-jabba...

Since the name for my blog was created in homage to an unmistakable 80's character, I think I should give him some props and present to you some of his greatest quotes...

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mr._T