Anime Conji 2013 Review

Have you ever noticed the best moments of your life are with other people? How rare is it that the best moments of our lives are when we are alone. Sure, we have epiphanies that we remember in our lives, but when it comes to moments of celebration or of laughter or of happiness…I’m pretty…

Anime Conji 2013: Too sugoi to live, too kawaii to die!

Anime Conji 2013 is over and done with, and we’re all still in one piece.  Except for my voice.  That hasn’t come back fully.  Before anything else, I’ve got a few shoutouts that I gotta make. Team SSB – We did work at our panel, I’m proud of you guys. Dai-Conji Dan Staff: Alissa, Jared,…

I <3 SCANDAL

I’m a huge fan of K-On.  So naturally, I started gravitating back to J-pop once I really started getting into the series.  Along the way I heard about this group called SCANDAL.  Apparently, they got together in high school and started jamming out.  Then they started playing in clubs, and they…quite simply blew up.  You…

To Be Loved

Another song on my Songza played that was the inspiration for this post. Jackie Wilson‘s “To Be Loved” as heard by Eddie Murphy, aka Akeem, in the classic movie Coming To America. Please tell me you all know this movie. I can’t classify myself as an anime geek just yet, but I can classify myself as a movie…

Super Street Kineda II

Had a chance to check out Kineda’s SF Hyper Collection yet? It’s signature Kineda art, plus you’re favorite Street Fighter II characters. The only thing that can top that is if they made more tee’s with SF4 characters… *cough, cough CODY…ahem. I’m not big on graphic tee’s anymore, not since 05/06 or so but, Looking…

Love Is …

Since the first anime I will watch is Love Hina, I thought it would be fitting to post a little “food for thought” about love. A song popped up on my Songza today called “Trouble” by Ray LaMontaigne, which my stream of consciousness brought me to a commercial that I remember watching and always found…

Inside Looking Outside

Perspective can sometimes be a mindf*ck. When you learn to view things at different angles, you slowly but surely come to form well-rounded stances on things. Take for instance anime. Before joining the Strawberry Scented Burnout crew, the only thought I had about anime was that it was a cartoon. A cartoon filled with exaggerated…

Be inspired. (Yeah, I know that’s Fairtex’s line. I rock that brand too.)

I was talkin’ with my boy Andrew earlier tonight, and he’s totally into his new training regimen at “The Boxing Club”.  He was telling me about the classes he’s gonna be taking, workouts he’s planning, and the diet he’s currently on.  It sounds like I lit a fire under his butt.  It’s a good thing….