A New Look

Since winter is over and spring has supposedly sprung (though you'd never know it around here!), I am giving the site a new look. I kinda like this one but I'm not sure I love it. Of course, this means there may be a few different looks before I settle on one. Feel free to give me your opinions on this theme. If you think you've found a better one, put the link in a comment. I'll be sure to check it out!

JDorama review: Manhattan Love Story

Title: Manhattan Love Story Broadcast dates: 10/9/03 - 12/18/03 Number of episodes: 11 Genre: Romantic Comedy Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro, Koizumi Kyoko, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Morishita Aiko, Matsuo Suzuki, Sakai Wakana, Funakoshi Eiichiro, Tsukamoto Takashi Plot: A rag-tag group of customers that frequent a cafe called Manhattan fall in and out of love with each other. What is good: Matsuoka can be hysterical as Tencho, the owner of Manhattan. What is bad: The show doesn't really get good until about episode 4. Letter rating: C

This show both annoyed and amused me. Parts of it were absolutely awesome. Unfortunately, most of the beginning episodes are terrible. Also, the show could have ended at episode 7 with no problems. Instead, they dragged it on for another four episodes. The ending was still surprising and funny but it seemed tacked on. Would I watch it again? No. But I'm definitely going to try to track down more of Matsuoka's dramas!

The boring part of work

There are few things worse than a conference call. I keep getting stuck in these calls about some new computer software that the company is thinking about purchasing. As if conference calls weren't bad enough by themselves, these are extremely boring and usually most of the conversation doesn't relate to my job. We'll hit on one or two topics that pertain to me then the rest of the conversation is about something completely different. I will be so glad when the higher ups finally make a decision so I can get back to working.

A new jdorama review on Monday!

I will be watching the final episode of Manhattan Love Story today. (I'm glad I remembered my media player. Now I don't have to sit through commercials telling me to buy term life insurance for someone over 60.) A full review will be posted sometime Monday. If I'm not too busy, it'll be up first thing Monday morning. Now I have to figure out what to watch next. I'm not sure I have anything ready! Eep!

Favorite Friday

Yes, it's Friday. Here is a very terrible song with "Friday" as the title. The song is so bad that it will inevitably show up as hold music or ambient music in some franchise soon. I just know it. I'll be standing there, waiting for my french fries when suddenly....."It's Fryday, Fryday." Hey wait....that might be cool. (And yes, her overprocessed voice makes Friday sound like Fryday. There's just a little too much emphasis on the 'i' sound.) Here you go. You tell me what you think:

Collectibles generally aren't worth much

I don't understand why people would buy silver bullion bars or those "collector's" coins you see on TV. You know, the [booming voice]Obama Gold Coin[/booming voice] or whatnot. These things aren't going to go up in value. If they do, they still won't be worth very much because the companies tend to mass produce them. They are a lot like Beanie Babies. (I bought Beanie Babies but I bought them because they were cute, not because I thought I'd make a fortune off them.) I just imagine these people showing up on Hoarders with piles and piles of collectible plates. At least you can snuggle a Beanie Baby!

Dating Site Taglines

I frequently joke with my husband about visiting free online dating websites. With taglines like "It's OK to look," it's just asking for married couples to try to cheat. Though, when I say "Hey Honey! It's OK to look! I'm logging on!"...he replies by tickling me. Ah, I hate being tickled! At least we get some fun out of it. But those sites really should come up with a different tagline. "Using an online dating site doesn't make you a loser!" :)

Acid?

As I was starting off yet another annoying day at work, I came across a link for Acid cigars. I chuckled to myself. Why would a cigar company want to name themselves Acid? Doesn't it sound like something that will kill you? Well, OK, smoking will kill you anyway but acid would kill you quicker if you ingested it! I suppose it's supposed to be edgy and hip. It just comes off as weird. Then again, I'm not into cigar culture. Maybe it's extremely popular and people love them. I just would have picked a different name.