Throwback Thursday

A friend showed up last night with his kid and grandkid in tow. We got exceedingly hammered and ate yummy food (not necessarily in that order.) 

We went to a chicken restaurant.

Here are some of the dishes:

Truth be told, I had no idea what half the dishes were. Only that they tasted good. 

Below is 秋刀魚 (sanma) or Pacific Saury about that. Lots of tiny bones and manganese aplenty.  

Oden!

Some breaded chicken fingers.

And does anyone care to hazard a guess as to what this is?*

*Answer at the end of this entry.

Here are the kids in question. I've known the one in the pink shirt (Kai)  since he was around three and he recently became a father.

 

We also sampled about a half dozen glasses of sake (October 1st is World Sake Day, for goodness sake) from all around Miyagi prefecture.

 Next stop was Dragon Diner and we met up with some pals of Stefan left, owner Suu center and me).

 

I convinced him to open up a bottle of Ultraman Sake and/or Shochu, and Kai and I polished have the bottle! (The sake had soured. Don't let it sit on the shelf for six years!)

 

 

Here are a couple of Suu's original pieces of artwork, just to give this post a somewhat Halloween flair.

Even Ratfink got into the spirit by donning some Oni masks. A good time was had by all and I finally got out of bed around 2pm. today.

Speaking of Oni, this red fellow is Shuten Doji, human by day, demon by night and is always indulging in Sake! 

 Here's another pic showing his demise. You can read all about it in this article.

 

Something I had intended on doing and forgot about was the inclusion of a comic cover. I discovered a box deep in my closet full of comics from about 12 years ago. Here's an example.

See what I did there? It's by ONI Press.

The only show I had energy to watch today was the latest episode of Peacemaker. NOT this guy:

 

 

I should get around to reading those, they look cool!

 

NO UFO or Gatcha today, rather here is a wooden post card whose photo I snapped when I went to the Museum last week.

 

That's it for this entry, if I get ambitious, I'll do another entry around midnight to play catch-up. Meanwhile, for a different Halloween blog, go check out Deadpan Flook.

 

 

*Here's the answer to the picture I posted earlier. It is fish sperm. It's an acquired taste. 

Beerzilla!

Yesterday, I watched Rodan* and didn't do much else. It was a pj-day.

*dubbed version, so I didn't call it Radon.

Today, I just finished watching Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. and if you click that, there's a blurb about some dioramas from that movie. I also watched Godzilla Raids Again with my favourite Kaiju, Anguirus!

I have a busy week so I won't be able to indulge in my purchase, but I scored some cooler than cool cooler bags at the supermarket. They cost me about twenty bucks each, but they came with two free six-packs of beer!

The Yellow bag contains some premium Malts from Suntory. Not my favourite brand of brew but the designs are sweet.

Next up are some Premium ales.

Finally, the red bag contains a slightly cheaper beverage. I've never had it so I hope it tastes okay. (If not, it's a present for my poker buddies.)

Last year, I was lucky enough to score a tote bag for Minus 1. When I went back a few days later, they were all sold out.

Not bad, the tote is now selling for $33 US and that's WITHOUT the beer!

Boss Coffee has a really cool video they made for the 70th!

I think I'll try and track down this sake. Looks yummy. I hope I don't have to travel all the way to Nagano to get it.

 

That's it, I have an early day tomorrow...

Scream and Scream Again Again!

 Although I'd like to comment on the classic Price/Lee/Cushing movie...

(Aside: I just did a Mytwoyenworth check and I've used the "Scream and Scream Again" title twice already! Therefore this blogpost title has been altered. 

ps. This is one of the rare occasions in recent history whereupon I have been blogging under the influence. So base any incoherence accordingly.) 

...I am instead commenting on the latest movie in the SCREAM franchise. I am unable to ascertain when its Japanese release date is so therefore, I have been forced to succumb to less than legitimate sources to watch this classic.

I have been unable to ascertain what its release date here is. Maybe it was released weeks ago or maybe it will be released three months from now. 

Heh, no matter. Here's a trailer.

Regardless, I had a free evening and a few beers, so I decided to watch Scream VI even though I don't think I've seen a Scream since Part II, maybe III.

And this is the best song in the entire franchise.

What follows is me spamming my friends as I watch the movie. Consider it the equivalent of Twitter without a Twitter account.

At this point I had run out of brew (Only 4 in 1 hour. Cue many pee breaks.) Therefore I had to break out the big guns...I opened my GODZILLA SAKE!

Okay, my ability to copy screen caps of my conversations went awry. The next entry reads:

"I gotta say. This is a well done movie. The sake ain't very tasty though."
The next entry:

Damn, I meant to crop out my friends' names but I'm too pissed and lazy to go back and do it again.

Okay, ultimately I didn't understand the ending. Or for that matter the entirety of the last few minutes. Then again, like I said I have missed a few movies. Hopefully aficionados of the Screamers will get it.

Was it worth watching? Yes. Will I watch it again when it shows up in theaters here? Maybe. IF I take the time to view Scream III,IV,&V. Perhaps. I had a lot of fun getting drunk and watching it and spamming my friends and drinking more and blogging about it!

Follow up...Here are a few more pictures of the Sake I consumed after the beers disappeared.

Inevitably I had munchies and the only snackable item I had available was this set of Onibaba Cookies I happened to have lying around.

It hit the spot. But alas, No one else will be able to sample them. They all got consumed.

Consensus. Scream VI Okay. Ending confusing. Worth watching? Yes. Wednesday Addams gal* cuteness factor? Off the charts.

*Jenna Ortega