OTANJOUBI OMEDETOU LA CARMINA BLOG! MERCURY RETROGRADE ASTROLOGY BS RANT, TOKYO WEIRD THEME RESTAURANTS BOOKS ARRIVE.
I won the Sleep Olympics today — 12 hours of continuous snoozing! My justification: it’s my blog’s birthday and I can ZZZ if I want to. You would ZZZ too if you spent the past two years blogging near-daily…
I spent a good chunk of the last four months in Tokyo. The Gackt concert in Saitama rocked my socks off (and the screaming girls nearly destroyed my eardrums!). I photographed teen Lolitas outside the stadium, marveled at the Gackt-o cosplayers and merchandise, and filmed a hilarious concert review with Sebastien while dressed in a skimpy maid outfit. What a trip.
A week later, I went to worship at the altar of Mana-sama at Moi dix Moi’s concert in Ebisu. The cosplayers were magnificent, and props to all the girls who wore full EGL outfits in the sweltering heat. Once again, we shot a doki-doki movie that sums up the live experience.
Where are we now? My new book, Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo is now out! Ten copies arrived at my door and the quality is phenomenal. If you’re a picky design addict like me, you won’t be disappointed at the photo, layout and printing. Those interested in ordering, click here.
Finally, I need to rant from time to time. Apologies, but all this Mercury Retrograde astro-vision BS makes me want to stab myself. I’m talking about the astrological concept that communications go haywire four times a year (including right now) because Mercury’s rotations are slowing down. Recently, I’ve noticed lots of people Twatting about how they are missing calls or having computer problems because of oh-so-scary Retrograde.
Think about it: an optical illusion makes Mercury seem like it’s going backward BUT it isn’t. And it only looks this way from our Earth perspective. No study has ever noted an increase in screw-ups during Retrograde periods. Yet all of a sudden, people are warning each other in Doomsday tones. Come on.
To be fair, I think astrology can help us pause and reflect on what we’re doing in our lives. And I do think that as distanced from nature as we are today, we’re still affected by moon cycles, tides and the rest, to at least a minimal extent.
But I come from the Dale Carnegie action-jackson school. You make your OWN life good or bad, not the motion of planets. My advice: don’t turn into a baa-baa sheep or eek-eek mouse just because the new buzzword is Mercury Retrograde.
Okay, I’m done. What gets your goat? For me, it’s people who swallow ideas without ruminating and cookie cutter white weddings (see this rant).
Song of the Day #199: Members of Alice Nine singing happy birthday to Nao-san
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