Another night in the big Mikan

So I went to the Hancock premiere last week. As premieres go I kind of looked forward to this one (Charlize Theron!!!!!). I was able to steal a few minutes of her time, and she was quite cool about it. I won't go into the details about what we talked about since it is all pretty boring stuff, but she acted interested and seemed sincere throughout the conversation. I have to give mucho credit for that...

After the premiere and all the excitement, I went to some party held in Marunouchi. A friend invited me so I went and we were able to hang out in the VIP area. Not much fun was to be had there, as there were boatloads of people, none too pretty and mostly boring. The cool thing was that they basically transformed the entire lobby of a big building (Maru-Biru) into a big party area so it was kinda cool. Much like a party at the Met or Museum of Natural History. You get to hang out and drink in areas that one normally would not The bad was that the sound system sucked and the music could not be heard throughout the venue. I guess this was to keep the neighboring establishments happy.

Then it was off to the Century Court for late night drinks. Some of the riff-raff from the party came as well, since it was the nijikai, but spent most of the time talking to an old friend. Century Court is a half regular bar half members club. It is not expensive, and it is cool enough. I did not like most of the people that came over though, so I was in the cigar divan for the entirety.

So much for last Thursday.

Utada's Exodus

What a crock. What is up with the song Easy Breezy? "You're easy breezy and I'm Japanesy..." WTF? I take offense to this. Not just as a Japanese, but also as a speaker of the English language. Does this actually mean anything? You are easy (slutty), and breezy (whimsical) and I am Japanese. What is the juxtaposition here? Anyway, Japanesy is not even a real word, it almost qualifies as slang, but spoken only by a handful of Jap-Ams. The song makes me nauseous; and I hear it all the time!!!!! That stupid Nintendo commercial should be cut off the airwaves!

I hope her husband beats some sense into her. The rest of the album is chock full of crap. You need to send it to a sewage treatment plant and see what comes out... a blank CD?

Too bad, she is just another piece of musicall trash in the growing heap of crap that is coming out of corporate America now.

BTW. I voted for Bush.

Underappreciated babes

In Japan, the land of TV full of the untalented, there are still two babes who we haven't seen in a while. Jun Matsuda, who is a little hottie. She's got a cute face and body, but that is really about it. But hey, the rest of the boobs on the boob-tube are as useless. Put her back on!

Yuko Aoki, a hottie and a musician. I have to admit I have seen her live and she wasn't bad. Bring her back to regular TV too....

On another note: Shinsuke Shimada needs to get his ass sued. Taking some time off as punishment does not help the role of women at work. (I know I usually sound like a male chauvenist, but hey hot is hot, and I mean no disrespect, but hot is hot.) I believe that a man has a right to say a chickie is hot, at least outside of work, but the same man should not disrespect a woman physically, or emotionally.

More on this later and if I feel like it.