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Great Day In Kobe! (Heh, that rhymes.)
July 23rd, 2006 by jp received No Comments »First of all… GO FLOYD LANDIS! American domination of Le Tour is a good thing. Especially when this domination comes from iron men like Lance (The one-balled wonder) and Floyd (Mr. Arthritic Bum Hip) Landis. 0:29″ lead going into Paris, including a single stage that may be the greatest comeback in Le Tour history. Landis really deserves this one, and I can’t wait to see pictures of Lance and Landis living it up around all the French who hate every second of an American winner.
So today, Mai and I decided to go to Kobe. It was awesome, but I blew way too much money (almost $200 USD). It started out by grabbing a Banana Mocha frap at Starbucks and heading to Kobe, where we hit up Toys R Us and I almost bought a Noble Pink DS lite for ebay, but a check of prices made me happy that I didn’t. I did pick up some new board shorts and a tshirt at another shop in the same mall. Then we walked around Mosaic (an outdoor promenade) and I noticed there is a brazilian churrassco place in Kobe now, but it isn’t near the quality of Eterna in Shinsaibashi. Afterwards we walked around discussing the neccessity of diamond engagement rings and the sheer idiocy of DeBeers global monopoly on the diamond trade. Really, that should be ended immediately. But DeBeers is DeBeers and getting married won’t get any cheaper. We hit up the foreign bookstore and they were selling Moleskine but at insane prices, so I took a pass, even though I want one. Next up was a walk to Guild, a rocking American comic book store in Kobe, and they were having a sale on toys. Their american toy selection is much better than Toys R Us (THEY HAD THE COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE LEON S. KENNEDY IN STARS FIGURE!!! for 3200 yen 
!!!) and I had to partake. I picked up a Buddy Christ bobblehead for my desk, along with a Scarface figure and a Jay figure from Dogma. I also picked up the first two issue of Udon’s Rival Schools comic (for 997 yen an issue… ouch!) and they don’t look very promising, but I figure my one man army can bring the series back to prominence. Next up was a stop by the huge Junkodo bookstore where this geeky dude in the English section kept staring at Mai and mumbling to himself, prompting me to make a hasty retreat with Mai in tow. Then we went downstairs to HMV, who was also having a killer sale… I scored a couple of cds. One was Nick Warren Global Underground Budapest. The second was Musique Vol. 1 by everyone’s favorite mask wearing dance act, Daft Punk. I also picked up the lastest issue of DJ Mag featuring an interview with Ferry and two DVDs, Team America and Almost Famous/Untitled 2 DVD pack. Untitled (the directors cut) is really pricey in the states, and I traded my copy in back in the day, so I was happy to pick it up again for 1890 yen. After our shopping extravaganza, we went to Star Child’s, the best burger place in Kansai, and had burgers… Excellent as always, and particularly tasty after a long day of walking/shopping when washed down with a true pint of Heinneken. After that, we hightailed it home.
On a less fun note, I bought TDK’s Kanji game last week. It sucks hardcore. I’m trading it in for Mario Basketball when I go to pick up Digidrive next week. Such a disappointment.
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