1

Ow, my brain.

2 I found that in the "related videos" after hitting "The Wedding Ring" link you put in Steven's comments.

3

Oh, no, I won't let you lay the blame at my feet.

4 Well the music certainly got my kids running to the computer, but I had to make them go away because I was unsure of the content. My kids are out of luck because I can't go thru 6 minutes of that to see if it's safe for them.

5 There's a little inuendo here and there, but otherwise nothing you can't explain away in kid logic.

6 Ha, well that's good. I spend a lot of time in kid logic land.

7 The fact that PattyAnn recognized Lucky Star when she saw it speaks to a deeper geekiness than she lets on.

8 *sniff* Well I had a crush on Speedracer when I was a kid, does that count?

9 No, because, while Speed Racer has been around in the US since the 60's (and there's a live-action movie coming out that I will not be seeing), Lucky Star hasn't been (legally) released in the US yet.  That kind if knowledge requires a bit more than a passing acquaintance with anime (or associating with people like me).

10

Damn, *sigh* I guess I'll just go back to my kind of geekdom and go lvl my night elf priest. *walks away with my head down*

11

Ok, I take it all back. You are definitely a geek, because for all the hobbies I have that qualify as "geek", I just can't bring myself to play any kind of MMORPG.

12 I couldn't get anymore off topic when I ask this question, but uh, what's the location of your header if you know? Arizona? Southern Utah? Mt. Baker, Washington?

13 All of the banner pics are from the Red Rocks area around Sedona, AZ. It's a neat place to visit.

14 Will, I have an advantage. My aunt's husband goes to Japan at least 3 times a year and he always brings stuff back to me. I've been watching all of it I can since the early 80s. Lucky Star was new to me. Speed Racer was a crush for me, too, PJ. *sigh*

15

Lucky you. I've wanted to go over there for quite some time. I applied for JET right after graduation, but regardless of what they may say, they're more interested in hiring Japanese majors than engineering majors.

Given a few years, I'm sure I'll have the cash reserves for a trip. It just sucks having to wait.

16 You know you're a lifer when you see the girls' "alternate costumes" at 1:39 and instantly recognize them as Shana from Shakugan no Shana, Rin from Fate/stay night, Mikuru from the Haruhi Suzumiya series, and Akari from To Heart.

17

Speed Racer was a crush for me, too, PJ. *sigh*

PattyAnn has good taste.

them as Shana from Shakugan no Shana

My name is Shauna and that's close enough. See I knew I was geek with or without WoW.

 

18

And if your hair turns red and starts emitting burning embers when you're ready to kick some ass, you're one step closer.

19 Well, when she gets mad her ass starts burning and emitting embers, so I'd say she's almost there. Will, I've never been to Japan, and I'd guess my uncle's been 30 times and he says going there will never get old. I hope we both get to visit someday.

20

Well, when she gets mad her ass starts burning and emitting embers, so I'd say she's almost there.

Don't they make a cream for that?

My dad was stationed in Okinawa long before he met my mom. Many years later, he picked up this book somewhere, and I found it in the bookcase when I was very young. Growing up in the Sonoran Desert, seeing amazing pictures of ancient shrines and cultivated gardens really gave me the itch to get over there and see some of those things with my own eyes. I easily see myself spending my time over there scouring the rural contryside looking for out-of-the-way shirines and everything but the craziness of urban Japan.

21 PA, knows me too well.

22

Don't they make a cream for that?

When I read that sentence it makes me say, there's a visine for that.

23

Gives a new meaning to "Gets the red out."

Oh, crap. I didn't just go there on my own blog did I? And here I was trying to keep the place respectable.

24

And here I was trying to keep the place respectable.

Sorry, that's what happens when The Hostages come over for a visit. We drink all the beer eat all the food and basically wreck the joint.