Tag Archive for 'New York'

July 4th Weekend

Published on July 6, 2010 in Life. 15 Comments
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This weekend a friend came to NYC (Friday July 2nd to Monday July 5th), and so we had adventures in the city. Here are some of the photos I took. Locations include: Times Square, Toys R’ Us, arcade, Nintendo World, Kinokuniya bookstore, ramen restaurant, Coney Island (hot dog eating competition, arcade, beach), Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and some random street where we watched fireworks. Versions of the images with slightly more detailed descriptions can be found on Twitpic. Also here’s a video of the Macy’s July 4th danmaku with a random building blocking part of it.

Busking

Published on September 4, 2009 in Daily flash, Life and Touhou. 43 Comments
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Busking, according to dictionary.com, means “to play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money,” and is not intentionally related to being the king of a bus. Before today, I didn’t even know there was a word for it, and I sorta just called it “performing in a public place for money”, so I have learned something new today! Anyhow, yeah, it’s always awkward when someone comes into a subway car to perform or just beg for money and nobody wants to give money to them. You can’t make eye contact with them or reach into your pocket to get something, because that’d just give them false hope. And that’s bad.

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Eye Contact

Published on June 9, 2009 in Daily flash and Life. 47 Comments
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I don’t know how interesting this is going to be to most people considering the fact that it’s basically a wall of text (or multiple walls), but if my theory is correct, Unnamed Character’s thought process in this daily flash should resemble the thought processes of most people that take the subway when something like this happens, and this will be incredibly relatable for those people. Most of the subway ride will consist of staring at the floor or at some other inanimate object such as an advertisement, a pole, someone’s shoes or socks, a newspaper/book, or at the door.

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Tourists

Published on November 13, 2008 in Daily flash. 36 Comments
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One time I saw a tourist taking pictures of some signs on buildings that said they were closed down by the police department. And tourists are always just standing on street corners, not crossing the street, or walking really slowly. And they’re all over the place, especially around places that sell fake handbags, bootlegged DVDs, and overpriced gift shop merchandise. Tourists… yeah. I guess I’d probably be like that too, if I went to some interesting new place.

Emergency Brakes

Published on November 11, 2008 in Daily flash and Touhou. 80 Comments
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