Channel [V] kicks MTV's ass

Who plays more music? [V]. [V] wins hands down.

MTV has this annoying 5 sec. clip of some wanna-be rapper that they play over and over and over. Ugh. Can't they make more interesting content?

Is Kylie Minogue big in Asia? She's on all the music channels. I haven't really heard much from her, but I wonder if her proximity to Asia helps her popularity here. I don't think she's that big in Japan or the U.S. but I could be wrong.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish everyone the best.

Although evil people should remove themselves from society if they can't stop being evil.

the awesomest sleeping cat photo ever

See Baobao here. The other photos are fantastic too.

people who cannot cook

really ought to know better than to hazard mixing random ingredients in the hope of making something appetizing. Unless it's tried-and-true combinations like chocolate and fruit, or yogurt and fruit, or something similar, it's doomed to failure.

Doomed.

Yet I persist, lately. I'm not sure why.

California Proposition 8

An impassioned column by Keith Olbermann.

Tracy Chapman

I'm listening to Mutya Buena covering Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car." Great song. The cover is lovely, but I guess I've heard Chapman sing it too often; I crave her deeper voice on it.

How timely! Her new album comes out in mid November, and she's going on tour! Sadly not coming to Japan yet though. Poo. You can listen to her new single "Sing for You," available for download via mp3 at Amazon. I'm listening to it at the moment; it's lovely.

Beijing

Still here. Just really busy. The weather has cooled down nicely in Tokyo, although it has been rather rainy lately. I've noticed a sweet, nostalgic smell in the air the past few days. It reminds me of Taiwan for some reason. I wonder if it's a local plant.

Anyway, a picture from August: the parking lot of a shopping area/condo complex in a suburb of Beijing.