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by Pockets
Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Another American actor doing a Japanese tv commercial
Replies: 5
Views: 7235

Another American actor doing a Japanese tv commercial

http://www.japanprobe.com/march06/boss/boss.jpg Tommy Lee Jones is doing a series of Japanese Boss Coffee tv commercial as an alien... which made me think of Bob's Suntory commercial. I wonder if TLJ thought of LiT as he did these... 1. The two Japanese guys are eating and talking about how there a...
by Pockets
Sun May 27, 2007 11:27 am
Forum: Forum and Site Administrivia
Topic: Life is like a box of chocolates...
Replies: 22
Views: 15803

I had hoped that when I came back, we could just put this behind us. We obviously have a gap in our communications, since my initial and subsequent posts on this thread were not made to incite, yet you see them that way. As for this Disagree with them if you wish, but please disagree with the opini...
by Pockets
Sat May 26, 2007 7:38 pm
Forum: Forum and Site Administrivia
Topic: Life is like a box of chocolates...
Replies: 22
Views: 15803

And I thought that my suggestion to PM me first if you disagree with my posts was a good one. And if I can't explain to you in private why I should have made that post, then go ahead and disagree with my publicly. Why mess up this lovely board with this sort of petty crap? Why make every disagreemen...
by Pockets
Sat May 26, 2007 7:18 pm
Forum: Forum and Site Administrivia
Topic: Life is like a box of chocolates...
Replies: 22
Views: 15803

Same old Ith... You're the one that bumped up this thread from the dead and accused me of lashing out at you. And just to refresh your memory, you're the one that struck out at me first in that other thread. I wasn't the instigator of that mess. Now how about we stay out of each other's threads and ...
by Pockets
Sat May 26, 2007 2:26 pm
Forum: Forum and Site Administrivia
Topic: Life is like a box of chocolates...
Replies: 22
Views: 15803

And Ith, if any of my posts rub you the wrong way, please PM me first and let's try to resolve it in private. With that thread on Asian women, there was no way for you to know my background and that I'd already exchanged a number of PM's with Pitman on that subject.
by Pockets
Sat May 26, 2007 10:59 am
Forum: Forum and Site Administrivia
Topic: Life is like a box of chocolates...
Replies: 22
Views: 15803

Welcome back Ith. I don't consider this thread to have been created to "lash out at you in the heat of the moment." I didn't want to sully your vent thread and just wanted to state my thoughts on the subject of interacting with others on an internet message board. At the time, you were the only with...
by Pockets
Mon May 21, 2007 9:55 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Your life as you know it is gone. . .
Replies: 9
Views: 5744

Congrats! And they do grow up all too fast. I have two nieces.
by Pockets
Sun May 20, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: Japan & Japanese/Asian Culture
Topic: Kimono retailers go on the internet
Replies: 0
Views: 7060

Kimono retailers go on the internet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070519/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc;_ylt=Ao0fr9_2Jjid9IaylyQDvtYjtBAF Kimono retailers go digital By Mayumi Negishi - Column Sat May 19, 6:00 PM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese are getting reacquainted with the kimono, helped by a host of Web sites that are succeeding where p...
by Pockets
Sat May 19, 2007 1:36 pm
Forum: Film, TV, and Online Media
Topic: What was the last movie you saw?
Replies: 68
Views: 73624

An Unfinished Life (2005) Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Manheim.

Very very good. Highly recommended.
by Pockets
Fri May 18, 2007 12:04 am
Forum: Japan & Japanese/Asian Culture
Topic: More Japanese seek stress compensation
Replies: 1
Views: 6578

Although maybe not enough. samwright8380's pictures of Japan are really beautiful, but there is a dark side to their culture. :? Japanese working to death more than ever Thu May 17, 1:33 AM ET TOKYO (AFP) - A record number of Japanese people literally worked themselves to death last year despite a g...
by Pockets
Thu May 17, 2007 11:59 pm
Forum: Japan & Japanese/Asian Culture
Topic: More Japanese seek stress compensation
Replies: 1
Views: 6578

More Japanese seek stress compensation

I think that this is a good trend. More Japanese seek stress compensation By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Thu May 17, 8:38 PM ET TOKYO - More Japanese workers than ever claimed and received compensation for mental-health problems caused by workplace stress last year and a similar trend was...
by Pockets
Tue May 15, 2007 10:10 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Tokyo photos
Replies: 14
Views: 7387

So... have you bought an owl yet? When is the next time you get to go over there?
by Pockets
Tue May 15, 2007 12:08 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Japanese DVD and Soundtrack
Replies: 32
Views: 26589

What's a chirashi poster? Don't you use google? A chirashi poster is a special Japanese movie program. The LiT one on this site is 4 pages and on sale for only $3.00 and shipping is $9.00 airmail to anywhere in the world. http://www.jmshop.net/ http://jmshop.net/premium/drama5.html http://jmshop.ne...
by Pockets
Tue May 15, 2007 10:12 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: the Introduce Yourself thread
Replies: 144
Views: 51059

Hi Chris and welcome! I've never heard of the Adult Children of Alcoholics syndrome before. I'm familiar with the teen group for that situation. My boyfriend's dad was an abusive alcoholic parent up until the point where his mom divorced him. My mom is verbally abusive when she drinks. Both don't th...
by Pockets
Mon May 14, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Tokyo photos
Replies: 14
Views: 7387

Gorgeous pictures!!!
by Pockets
Mon May 14, 2007 4:11 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Japanese DVD and Soundtrack
Replies: 32
Views: 26589

Uh-oh...does this mean I'm turning into a LIT memorabilia geek? :shock: Tom xx Only if you buy TWO copies of the Japanese versions to keep one set in permanently in cellophane for your LiT shrine. You would also need one of those Monseuil Owls and a framed LiT poster signed by both Bill and Scarlet...
by Pockets
Sat May 12, 2007 12:24 pm
Forum: Appearances
Topic: Scarlett Johansson sings backup for Jesus and Mary Chain !
Replies: 19
Views: 25066

I'll bet that Scarlett knows a lot of musicians being who she is, so it must have been in part due to the LiT connection. Again, given what she sang and the venue, it's not surprising that her singing sounded like crap. Outdoor venues are very hard to have good sound quality at, plus consider the eq...
by Pockets
Sat May 12, 2007 10:29 am
Forum: Appearances
Topic: Scarlett Johansson sings backup for Jesus and Mary Chain !
Replies: 19
Views: 25066

In a way, it's too bad for all of our fancy electronic gadgets (digital cameras and phone that can take vids) and youtube. Had we not be able to see that clip, our imaginations would have created a better performance for us.
by Pockets
Fri May 11, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: Appearances
Topic: Scarlett Johansson sings backup for Jesus and Mary Chain !
Replies: 19
Views: 25066

Thanks for the link! I hate that outfit even more now. lol. Anyway, it takes time to develop a good onstage presence and she wasn't given much to work with just singing 'honey' at the end. I also know from being a frustrated rock musician that sometimes the monitors on stage can be lacking in terms ...
by Pockets
Fri May 11, 2007 3:26 pm
Forum: Film, TV, and Online Media
Topic: What was the last movie you saw?
Replies: 68
Views: 73624

I watched Foxes (1980) last night (there weren't a lot of choices on tv). I was pleasantly surprised to like it a lot. Definitely a period 80's movie and it made me very grateful to have grown up in the Boston suburbs and not in LA. I really like Jodie Foster as an actress. The movie did make me fee...