Sex Machine Barbeque

Engrish cracks me up… I know it shouldn’t, and I shouldn’t enjoy laughing at other people’s stupidity. Wait, yeah, actually I should. Because it’s damn funny.

Today I saw an Osaka fashion queen girl wearing a shirt that said: Eating Brains Starts Here.

A few other gems I found:

An Advertisement for a club called…

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Things I like about Japan, Reason #1: People Are Afraid Of Me

Japanese people are scared of me. On the subway, no one will sit even remotely close to me. People will rather stand up or move to a different car, than sit next to me. Maybe they’re scared I might ask them a question that will test their ten years of elementary and high school English, when all they can remember is “I have a pencil.”

I also love watching the guys and girls that pass out little coupons for new bars/restaurants/etc. because they’re ruthless and unflinching in trying to give them to everyone that passes. Until they notice me walking toward them, about 15 feet away, at which time they calmly turn their heads the other way and pretend they were doing something else. Sometimes they even whistle a little tune like in the cartoons.

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Hitchhiking Canada, Age 20. Part 3: Friday The 13th In Manitoba

I was staying at a youth hostel in Regina, Saskatchewan when I met her for the first time. It was October and apparently the off-season for tourists in Saskatchewan as she and I were the only guests that day. She said her name was “Hanna” but it was spelled Chana.

She arrived late evening, as I was making my dinner in the basement kitchen. She was was dressed kind of ‘hippie’ and was pretty, which was accentuated by a positive energy about her. I guessed her age at about 28.

She also had a guitar with her. This fact might not seem like a big deal, but I’m always mysteriously more attracted to women who have some musical talent.

I was, at the time, trying to hitchhike my way back to Halifax after having my money stolen from me in Vancouver and working a week as a laborer in Calgary. I had experienced a lot in the month I was gone, but I was ready to head home.

I told her my story and without giving it a thought she offered me a ride to Toronto, a whole three days away. She had all of her things from her home in Boulder, Colorado in the back of her station wagon for her big move to Toronto. “Are you sure? I mean, that’s a long time to be in a car with someone you don’t know…” I said, being hesitant to put her in a situation where she felt obligated to drive me.

We eventually agreed that she would drive me to Winnipeg, drop me off somewhere for the night, and whether she wanted to pick me up again the next morning was up to her, no hard feelings.

That night we went out and explored the bustling city of Regina and found… nothing. No live music, no night life, just good conversation and a quiet beer together back in the kitchen at the hostel. Chana played a song she wrote on her guitar – the chords were simple, but the lyrics suggested she had experienced more than her youthful face showed.

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Josh’s Four Hour Workweek

I’ve recommended the book The Four Hour Workweek to pretty much everyone I’ve talked to in the past few weeks, not because I think that everyone should go the route of starting their own internet business, but because there are so many useful lifestyle changes that anyone can take from it.

My good friend Josh wrote me about the changes he’s making since starting his Four Hour Workweek:

Mike,

It’s monday and I’m checking my email, one of the two times that I’ve been checking my email. I haven’t watched tv today. I’m opening my spanish txt book tonight and starting to learn. I want to be fluent for Cuba. I called the guy that runs www.camerasforhealing.com and he’s interested in taking me to Sierra Leone. I cleaned out my RSS feeds, I’ve stopped visiting forums, going on facebook more than once a day to check for msgs and business related issues. I got all of my processing done as well as paper work in only 2 hours. I’ve read about 2/3 of the book, officially starting it on Saturday and most of the reading on Sunday, it’s had a major impact already. I’ve made notes throughout it as well as written ideas in the front cover. I have a few good ideas for businesses.

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