Radioactive Dose #2

I don't think I got any super powers today. Does blowing my nose and shooting my boogers through a 2-ply tissue count? I think I need a 2nd dose of radioactive AKB48 stuff :) And it just happens that I got another package in the mail today from Japan.

This package included:
Not Yet: Shuumatsu Not Yet CDs (Type B and C with 2 Yuko Photos!!!),
No Sleeves: Answer CDs (Type A and B with cards),
a manga magazine (featuring Sasshi),
AKB48 Red Photobook (with Kana Photo (not shown)),
AKB48 Blue Photobook (with Kasai Photo!!! (not shown)).


^ AKB48 Stuff 2.

Dinner today -> Steak with King Oyster Mushrooms.
The last of the steak and mushrooms. Maybe I'll get some more king oyster mushrooms from T&T if they're still on sale.


^ Steak with King Oyster Mushrooms.

Useless Transformers News:
Leonard Nimoy will voice in Transformers 3. Article here.

Happy April Fools Day!!!

I'm Getting Radioactive Super Powers?

Spent a long day at CMC MTL today. I had a grand and merry feast with the SQA crew (we got Chinese food for lunch), and I whipped my project minions into obeying my commands (3 of my QAIs were completed) >:) Excellent...

When I got home, I had a package waiting for me at my door. It was full of radioactive AKB48 goodies ;) from CDJapan.
I got: AKB49 Manga (Ltd Ed with Team A Bookmarks),
Not Yet: Shuumatsu Not Yet CD (Type A with Not Yet photo), and
No Sleeves: Answer CD (Ltd Type C and Normal Ver with cards).
The remaining CD versions from HMV Japan should be showing up soon :)


^ AKB48 Stuff.
After opening all this radioactive stuff, maybe I'll get super powers! Hopefully no lame powers :(

Idiot

If you don't see me around work or get any email replies on Wednesday, it's because I'm in MTL without computer access.

I added a counter to the bottom of the blog. Is the hit count correct!?!? That's way more hits than I thought!

Dinner today -> Steak with King Oyster Mushrooms.
I got some huge King Oyster Mushrooms from T&T.


^ King Oyster Mushrooms.
I sliced up the mushrooms and cooked them in garlic butter. They are so good.


^ Steak with King Oyster Mushrooms and mini Hoogie Bun.

Useless Idiot News:
So Ben was stuck in Oshawa or Toronto or Kitchener or where-ever this weekend because of the rail accident between Ottawa and Toronto, so he rescheduled for me to pick him up on Tuesday at 9:50pm. OK, I can do that. Not his fault.
Tuesday rolls around, and I'm driving to the train station. Ben texts me 10mins before picking him up to tell me to NOT to pick him up, and to get him Sunday at 11:30pm instead. WTH!!! He had all day to tell me this and he waits til I'm almost at the station to text me! He wasted my time and gas!
I'm not picking him up on Sunday. He's used up all his favors with me, and I'm tired of driving him back and forth, with nothing in return. Sorry Jane, but your delicious cookies don't cut it anymore. I want $$$. OR Ben can just start paying the parking fee at the Park and Ride.
If anyone wants to pick Ben up at 11:30pm at Fallowfield Station on Sunday, can do so. I already told him to find his own way home.

Vacation Monday II

Another Monday off, and 2 more to go :)

I slept weird last night and I awoke up this morning with a sore upper-left back. It feels like I need to crack it to feel better. I was able to crack down the middle of my back, but I couldn't get the left side. Hopefully it'll fix itself for tomorrow.

Anyways, I went out for some shopping today. I hit Comic Book Shoppe, Toys R Us, T&T, Sportsmart, Canadian Tire, and Farm Boy. I got some comics, groceries, and new shoes.


^ New Shoes.

Dinner today -> Fried Rice with Cream of Chicken Soup.
I picked up some Fried Rice at T&T. Boiled a can of Cream of Chicken soup and poured it over the rice. Good stuff.


^ Fried Rice with Cream of Chicken Soup.

Useless Japan News:
NHK was going to show the "Earthquake Charity Concert" on TV tonight at 10:30pm (still free on Rogers CH829). It looked like they were going to chop up the concert into 5 half-hour segments over 5 nights? Abit wierd, but OK... But after the 1st song tonight, NHK they interrupted the concert with normal news. Too bad, as I was planning to watch the concert too.
Anyways, here is AKB48's part of the concert.


^ AKB48 at Earthquake Charity Concert.

Useless Idol News:
Hey, Gavin. While catching up on some AKB48 TV shows today, I found a better shot of the "Oshiri" Sisters doing their "Oshiri" gang sign. LOL


^ Oshiri Sisters w/ gang sign.
The "w" with the hands is suppose to represent butt cheeks. You should teach Yuto.

Weekend Report: Rideau Overload

Some of my relatives were visiting this weekend to see my cousin's new house and my sister's new house.
My cousin has a piece of new furniture that I want: a Queen-sized Murphy Bed!


^ Faux-Closet tranforms into Queen-sized Murphy Bed.

They also have this neat old-style clock.


^ Clock.

Food this weekend ->
We had home made Chinese Pastries and Rideau take-out for lunch.


^ Rideau Take-out, Eggrolls, and Chicken Wings.


^ Homemade Chinese Pastries.

A few hours later, we had Rideau for dinner! This is Rideau overload!


^ Steamed Chicken, Chinese Greens, Fried Fish with Broccoli, and Fried Stuffed Tofu.


^ Sweet & Sour Porkchop, Salt & Pepper Squid, Rice Noodles with Beef & Pineapple, and Sweet & Sour Tender Steak.


^ Salt & Pepper Shrimp, and Seafood with Greens.

We also had a ton of cakes, cheese cakes, and fruits; but I forgot to take pics of those.

Happy Birthday Gavin!!!

HAPPY (early) BIRTHDAY GAVIN!!!

March 26 is also AKB48's Watanabe Mayu's Birthday too. Will she be your oshimen?


^ Birthday Wishes from the "Oshiri Sisters" ("Butt Sisters" aka Yuko and Mayuyu).
^_^

Lotsa Chow Mein

Dinner today -> Beef and Nappa on Chow Mein.
I made a big batch of chow mein for dinner today. 2 giant plates full. I stuffed myself with 1 plate :)
The meal was pretty good. Could have been better if I fried the noodles longer in the pan to be more crispy.


^ Beef and Nappa on Chow Mein.

Free Meat Guy Appears Again

Marc and Jes got a visit by the door to door, free meat guy that dropped by my place last week. They got some free Limousin Ground Beef, after a sales pitch. I don't want to sit through the pitch, so I'm kind of glad they didn't show up.

I didn't get much sleep Tuesday night. I couldn't fall asleep til 3:30am, I think? I know I was still awake when "Corner Gas" came on TV at 2:30am.


^ This Chart is so True!

You may have noticed yesterday that I didn't put the title "Useless Idol News:" before the AKB stuff. That’s because some people say they stop reading when they hit that point. So sometimes I'll put it in, and sometimes I won't :P suckers.

Useless Idol News:
Not Yet (AKB48 sub-group consisting of Yuko, Sasshi, Rie, and Yui) is #1 on the charts this week with "Shuumatsu Not Yet" ("Not Yet the Weekend"). Haven't got my CDs yet, but they are on their way. Maybe they'll be the 1st press "radioactive" versions! LOL


^ Not Yet - "Shuumatsu Not Yet".

Back to Work

1st day back after a vacation, and as I expected, I had a ton of stuff waiting for me to work on. Why is it always like this? I guess lots of work is better than no work.

Snacked on some AKB Puccho today. I'm kind of getting sick of it... and I still have alot of packs left.


^ AKB Puccho Candy.

Speaking of Puccho, the new Puccho x AKB48 Campaign has started too. I wonder if they well sell more AKBcho phone straps this year?
Commercial videos, making of video, and AKBcho videos here.


^ Puccho x AKB48 2011 CM (Version A).

Dinner today -> Leftover 2 Treasure Sauce Fried Rice and Salt & Pepper Squid.


^ Leftover 2 Treasure Sauce Fried Rice and Salt & Pepper Squid.

Torchlight til 4:30am

Took a vacation day on Monday, so I stayed up til 4:30am Sunday night playing "Torchlight" on XBox360. It's a Diablo clone made by the creators of Diablo, and ported to the 360. I bought some Microsoft points and unlocked the full game too.

I woke up at 7am to take the garbage, the blue box, and the green bin out to the curb. Then went back to sleep til 1pm :) I noticed when I brought my green bin back in, they didn't pick up the stuff. Was this week a green bin week?

Food today -> Leftover Rideau.


^ Beef Chow Mein and Salt & Pepper Squid with Rice.

Rideau Drought has Ended.

Happy Birthday Mallory!!!

Drove to Montreal on Friday. 4hrs of driving back and forth + traffic is pretty draining. But to help kill the time, I got a good 4hr AKB48 marathon to listen to :) I also listened to my Super Mario All-Stars Soundtrack CD. Too bad there is no "Starman" theme music on it :)

Some gaming this weekend with Gordon, Judy, and Ben.


^ Cartagena II and Magic.


^ Pandemic.
Pandemic is an awesome game. I really want to try out the expansion.
We also played a few rounds of Saboteur, Forbidden Island, and For Sale, but I kept forgetting to take a pics of them.

Did people notice the "Super Moon" on Saturday night? The super moon is a full moon when the moon is the closest to the Earth in 18 years. The moon was huge! The only shot I got was with my iPhone. It's pretty bad.


^ Superman? Sailormoon? No, it's Super Moon!

Food this weekend ->
Saturday Breakfast.



^ 3 Eggs, Mock Chicken, and Toast.

Sunday Breakfast.


^ Eggos topped with Peanutbutter, Strawberries, and Syrup.
Almost looks like a professional plating. I was only lacking some Cool Whip and coco powder.

I haven't had Rideau food in maybe 2 months. I ended my Rideau drought this weekend with a bang! I got 4 dishes: Beef Chow Mein, Dry Fried Rice Noodles with Beef, 2 Treasure Sauce Rice, and Salt & Pepper Squid.


^ Rideau Restaurant Takeout.
I was full after that 1 giant bowl of food. I think my eyes were more hungry than my stomach.
I was disappointed with the beef chow mein. I think they forgot to season it. The treasure sauce rice was the best dish.

Useless Transformers News:
On the way home from Montreal on Friday, I hit some toy/game stores. I picked up TF: Generations Blurr. I haven't opened it yet. I don't remember if I ordered the Japanese version or not...


^ TF: Generations Blurr.

Picked up some TF: Legends from Walmart in Barrhaven: Megatron, Prowl, and Trailbreaker.


^ TF: Legends: Trailbreaker, Megatron, and Prowl.

Nuked Chicken

Dinner today -> Nuked Leftover Chicken.
Quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger from Twins, "Mmm... I like nuked food."


^ Leftover Nuked Chicken and Mushroom Sauce on Rice.

BTW: Steve also agrees with me that the CMC Cafeteria makes really good Egg Salad Sandwiches/Wraps. He was partially inspired by my post last week to try it out today :)

Useless Transformers Info:
Picked up a few more Transformers from Walmart today. 3 of 4 Transformer: Legends. Starscream, Goldbug, and Prime. I'm just missing Megatron.


^ TF: Legends Starscream, Goldbug, and Optimus Prime.
I also saw TF: Generations Perceptor at Walmart too. It looks nowhere as good as the Japanese version. The paint is really dull and slightly off colour.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Perceptor, Kup, and Wreck-gar

Got a package from HLJ in the mail today. Japanese versions of Transformers: Generations Perceptor, Kup, and Wreck-gar.


^ Perceptor, Kup, and Wreck-gar.

I was waiting for my free organic meat sample delivery, but it never showed up today. This better not be some kind of scam. Maybe it'll show up tomorrow.

Dinner today -> Chicken Thighs with Garlic Mushroom Soup on Rice.
Pan seared the chicken thighs. Added salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper powder. Finished with a can of garlic mushroom soup + 1/2 can of milk. BAM! Done.


^ Chicken Thighs with Garlic Mushroom Soup on Rice.

Extreme Neon Green Soba

Some guy was going door to door, saying he was representing farmers that don't use drugs on their animals. He was taking orders for free samples that will be delivered Wednesday. Score! Free meat :)

Dinner today -> Spinach Soba and Korean Short Ribs.
Cooked the last of the short ribs. 4 days of marinating and they were awesome.
I also made some cold spinach soba noodles. After cooking them, they were an extreme neon green colour. I'm not sure if that's a good sign of quality...


^ Spinach Soba and Korean Short Ribs.

Useless Idol News:
I read that the AKB48 family/organization donated 500,000,000 Yen today (about $5 Million US).

The "AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011 LIVE at SHIBUYA-AX" DVD Box-set is suppose to be released this week, but I'm not sure if it will be postponed like all the other AKB activities/merchandise.


^ AKB48 - Sakura no Ki ni Narou (from AX Request 2011)

Japanese Childcare Teachers

I found this article about the Japan earthquake disaster very interesting. It's mostly translated comments from Chinese people admiring the Japanese people's order and calmness during this time.
If you don't want to read the comments, just be sure to read the 2nd part of the article about the "childcare center teachers". This is the cool part of the article.

Dinner today -> Leftovers.
Just leftovers today. Chinese greens, trout, and rice.


^ Leftovers.

Weekend Report: Korean Short Ribs

I've been watching alot of NHK and CNN news coverage of Japan's disaster this weekend. It's so horrible. The earthquake has been upgraded to 9.0. It physically moved the island of Japan 8 feet closer to North America.
NHK (TV Japan) is free this weekend/week. Rogers Ch829. You may need to reset your Rogers box to get it.

Food this weekend ->


^ Soba with Korea Short Ribs.


^ Cheese and Garlic Bread made with fresh Paris Bread.


^ Garlic Butter Trout with Rice.


^ Korean Short Ribs and Chinese Greens with Rice.
Still got a few short ribs marinating for cooking sometime this week :P


^ Strawberries.
I got a big container full of Strawberries for only $2.50 at the SuperStore.

Useless Gaming News:
I downloaded the free trial of Lego StarWars III on XBox360. It's pretty fun. I think I'll pick it up when it comes out on March 22. I just have to decide if I want to play in on XBox360 or on Nintendo DS.

I finally got myself a couple copies of the Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Super Mario All-Stars on the Wii. 1 for me, and 1 for Gavin :)
It was released just before Christmas and sold out really fast. It was selling for about $100 on ebay. I paid regular price.


^ 25th Anniversary Super Mario All-Stars

Useless Idol News:
One of the album covers of the new AKB48 album was released. I'm not sure why there is a circus theme.


^ AKB48 Album Circus Cover.