Scar.lett

Scarlett Johansson tops a lovely list of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World," in a poll of readers by FHM magazine.

"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy," the 21-year-old actress, star of "Match Point" and "Lost in Translation," said in a statement. "I'd like to thank FHM's readers for the huge compliment."

Angelina Jolie is No. 2 on the list, followed by Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Keira Knightley, Halle Berry, Jenny McCarthy, Maria Sharapova, Carmen Electra and Teri Hatcher.

Johansson ranked ninth on last year's list. Jolie was No. 1.

"It's remarkable how Scarlett Johansson has caught the attention of our readers," said Scott Gramling, the magazine's U.S. editor in chief, in a statement. "Her sultry voice and striking beauty certainly have a lot to do with that, but so does the confidence she exudes."

"She seems to be one of those women who would be equally at ease on the red carpet as she would just hanging out with the guys."

The magazine's May issue goes on sale April 4. (source)

About freaking time! If I ever cared much for the idea of a religion, I'd have started one for this goddess. Glamour does her career good but underneath all that glitter lies a less pretty yet more attractive nymph.

less is more

Recently I keep hearing sleeping less is good for you. If that's ture I might be among the healthiest.

My car, company-owned, has put me through iron tests of patience. Mechanical failures, flat, dead battery, worn-out tires and gears, funny smell and noises, and countless little mishaps. I'm just glad being in an area this rural the problems are much more approachable. Common sense might indicate otherwise, but folks around here help me out a great deal.

I started swiftly jogging down thoughts that come to mind when I am occupied with something else. I hope it helps me remember more of the few original ideas that often die a premature death.

March 2006 marks the beginning of a fourth year in Iraq and myself in Japan. The day the U.S. declared a full blown war was a day I remember with disturbing clarity being in a Bensonhurst laundromat one last time dragging damp clothes from the dryer complaining how they had gotten more expensive and at the same time hitting on that East European chick who worked there part-time. Miraculously we still keep loosely in touch but her no longer there and me no longer articulate through, thigh, and three with that on again off again Brooklyn accent. Maybe I never really had it down but my buddies from yesteryears in Kings seem to disagree. I loathe those streets as much as they're missed, with intensity.

political compass

This is mine:

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

Get your own political compass here.

multiverse in your mind?

Do nearly exact copies of you exist in other universes? If one or more of the multiverse hypotheses is correct, then quite possibly they do. In the above computer-enhanced illustration, independent universes are shown as independent circles or spheres. Spheres may be causally disconnected from all other spheres, meaning no communications can pass between them. Some spheres may contain different realizations of our universe, while others may have different physical laws. An entire set of parallel universes is called a multiverse. The human eye might represent the possibility that realizations of some multiverse hypotheses might only exist in the human mind. One criticism of multiverse hypotheses is that they are frequently difficult to test. Some multiverse hypotheses may therefore be great fun to think about but not practically falsifiable and therefore have no predictive scientific value.

...for now (source)

Ikkoku Kan (一刻館)

Just now I'd spent over 40 hours to conclude a feeling left hanging more than 15 years ago. I rushed through the entire series of 96 half-hour episodes of Maison Ikkoku (めぞん一刻) in a week. First aired on Fuji TV in 1986, MI is one of those animes that the protagonist is a guy you root for from the get-go all the while wanting to punch in the neck*, especially when a story is as long as this one (spanning seven years).

I've waited since 1989 for Kyoko Otonashi (音無 響子) and Yusaku Godai (五代 裕作) to finally be together. (yume ja... nai...)


Some fans are crazy enough to come up with the floor plans for the house. And here are some pics of possible real locations illustrated in MI.


*such found in Kimagure Orange Road (きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード) 1987-88, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空要塞マクロス) 1982-83, etc.

universal truth

British male drivers waste nearly six million hours a year lost on the road because they are reluctant to ask for directions. read

Classic!

one of those days

Three in a row. It's like a girl who cries too much. You begin to not notice it, "oh yeah, did you?" Getting too used to things that leave a striking first impression? Numbly so?

Fukuoka Auto Salon '06

This site has got the best pics I've found:
The cars 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
The girls 1 2 3 4 5 "best"

Tokyo Auto Salon '06

I found these nice pics of the less scantily clad booth girls. Not that they offend me in anyway but I thought these girls look classier. TAS's eye candy is almost always more impressive than the actual show. (more)

Auto Salon 2006 Japan is:

Jan 13-15 in Tokyo (actually Chiba)
Feb 17-19 in Fukuoka
May 27-28 in Sapporo

What was worth a look:

from Nissan

Fairlady Z version ST Type G; Fairlady Z RS Concept


XANAVI NISMO Z; Fairlady Z S-tune

from Subaru

IMPREZA WRX STI spec C Gr-N 2006; WRX STI spec C V-Limited 2005 Tuned by ARAI


IMPREZA WRC2006 Prototype; BTZ－601R （ゼロスポーツ）

As you may or may not know Auto Salon is about the tuners, not really manufacturers. And they hand out the awards for the best tuned vehicles. Here is a list: click.

Tuners of note: RE 雨宮; BLITZ; Top Secret, etc. (full list)

Official site: Auto Salon

As my hands get tired from posting the pictures which are harder to find cars than booth babes I'll link you to these awesome pics instead: 1, 2, 3. To be honest I think the TAS has got a few too many wagons/vans, not exactly my cup of tea.