Archive for November, 2004
Film Review: Dawn of the Dead
Saturday night, I leave my favorite eatery and make my way over to my video store. What a loser. I remain there for only the briefest period of time, say, about as long as it would take an Iraqi mortar team to launch some rounds at U.S. troops. It was hell on earth inside the store. Teenagers rampaged through the CD racks, high velocity rounds cracked over our heads and that funny looking foreign guy with the long hair wandered aimlessly. Cheney was there too, with tones of Halliburton cash, so somehow that was supposed to make it better for us whiteys. There was a good reason for my quick departure, and it wasn’t the heavy artillery fire or a pack of furtive gophers (again). I found the Premium Edition Director’s Cut of Dawn of the Dead, released in Japan only seven days previously, on sale.
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Saga Prefectural Space and Science Museum
Feel like there’s nothing to do on a rainy afternoon in Saga? Have your science needs suffered upon arrival in Japan? Are you looking for hot destination to impress your date?
Well, two out of three isn’t bad. Look no further than the Space and Science Museum south of Takeo.
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Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
In Japan, simply stepping out of your house could be considered a cultural experience, and, therefore, baseball in Japan would qualify as a cultural experience. So, taking a trip to the Fukuoka Dome to watch the 2003 Japan League Champion Fukuoka Daiei Hawks is a highly recommended destination. If you are at all familiar with baseball, (which is certainly not a prerequisite), it is more like going to a minor league baseball game in the States that has been taken over by the owner of a circus. Expect anything from excessive organized cheering, tons of garish plastic noise-makers, balloons and mascots to scantily-clad female cheerleaders, fireworks and retina-burning, neon-wearing beer venders. In short, expect a ton of fun.
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