You Jelly?

Did you know you can eat jellyfish? If you don’t know, now you know, sucka. Well, neither did I until it became one of my favorite things at this one Izakaya in SD. In Japanese it’s called Chuka Kurage. I love eating and MAKING foods of all different cultures/countries. I’m also the health freak over…

Ar Tonelico – my love, my feels, and all of my money!

I can’t explain why I love the Ar Tonelico series.  On paper, it shouldn’t work.  There’s nothing about the story, the battle system, or even the art that hasn’t been done already by a traditional Japanese RPG, or even a Visual Novel.  When you look at the box art above for all three games, what…

Negatron and his Engrish students

So a couple of years ago I had a job tutoring Grammar to Japanese-American 8th&9th graders. Most of them spoke decent English but had a hard time adjusting since the Japanese language does not contain many sounds that you find in English. I would assign speeches on topics of their choice for them to read in front of our…