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Re: Dragonball Evolution Review: This Movie Sucks Dragon-What?

Egmont — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:21:03 -0000

I believe I have your next campy remake target right here:

http://www.firstshowing.net...

Keanu Reeves as Spike in the upcoming Cowboy Bebop live action film.

Even still, I get the feeling that, by necessity, it'll be much, much better than this Dragonball movie. I mean, can you even get worse? Is it possible?

Re: Stereographic Sakura

Egmont — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:50:41 -0000

I couldn't help myself and put it on Japansoc: http://www.japansoc.com/Pho...

Very beautiful photos. It's been raining here in the US Northeast for about a week straight, and the trees are all still bare, so seeing sunshine AND flowers... well, it was very comforting.

I particularly liked 4, but they were all very cool.

Re: The Idea of an “Open Credit” System

Egmont — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:11:11 -0000

I think a good way to get it started would be to market it like a home-school style approach to higher education, since the ideas are pretty similar; but, of course, to point out the differences. I think that it has a lot of potential, but the hard part will be getting its reputation to the point where people will benefit "officially" from going through a class. That is to say, getting companies or what have you to recognize that "open credits" aren't just a bunch of nonsense.

As for how to select teachers, I would have them do any number of sample classes/sample lectures, and the attendees (be they students or teachers) could decide. And, at any point in their career, if their rating drops low enough, they lose their accreditation, which would provide constant incentive to improve. Those with higher ratings would be more popular, etc. etc. You could eventually have a sort of teacher-celebrity thing going on.

But, like I said, it'll be difficult as all hell getting it up and running, getting students and teachers to join, and, most of all, getting people (companies' hiring departments, school admission offices, etc) to open their minds and really understand what it means to have "open credits."

Very interesting, and I agree that it has a lot of potential. But it absolutely must get off on the right foot.

Re: Oshima Closing Ceremony

Egmont — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:33:48 -0000

Ah, the situation is kind of similar to my hometown... how far of a commute is it to Imabari City? Is it like a ferry or a bridge?

Re: Oshima Closing Ceremony

Egmont — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:55:22 -0000

Hm, but why did it close? It became unnecessary?

Re: Small Victory

Egmont — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:17:07 -0000

Yeah, you and everyone else who's studying Japanese, (including Japanese people :P ).

I actually quit Japanese after graduating high-school after 5 years of studying it because of the damn Kanji, and I'm just now getting back into it. Not surprisingly, I had forgotten almost all my kanji, and even some of my katakana/hiragana.

But it comes back pretty quickly!

Re: Social Weather Forecasts

Egmont — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:08:43 -0000

My question is, if you already know what the weather is where you are, what on earth would entice you to go through the trouble of finding your way to a website and reporting it? Just a general altruistic sense of benevolence, a deep-seated and unquenchable concern for your fellow human-beings? Call me a cynic, but I dunno if it's best to rely only on that for such a service..

In the beginning I guess the novelty will draw participation, but after? I wonder. It'll be interesting, at least. If you find yourself using it regularly, Deas, you should do a follow-up post and let us know how it's going.

Re: ハッピー・バレンタイン・デー！（送ったカード）

Egmont — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:31:14 -0000

あのさ、アメリカでホワイトデーがないのです。バレンタインデーの時、女性はプレセントを上げなくてもいいと思います。男性の責任ですが、今ではもっと女性もプレセントを上げますね。

アメリカの大人の世界で、自分の好きな人以外にプレゼントをあまりあげないと思います。ロマンチックのようなことでしょう。

Re: 箸を使えるアメリカ人

Egmont — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:50:09 -0000

ハワイにしばしば箸を使いますね。例えば、私の父はMarylandで生まれた白人のに、箸でサーラドを食べますね。面白いです。