Surprisingly, it's not really all that dangerous. I have one. When I first heard of it I thought "That sounds really dangerous and how do you not burn yourself on it?" but when I sat in one I was like "Ohhh okay that's how it works."

Me too. I want a penguin!

It's the same with the Japanese broadcast. I wanted to hear the actual service but the commentators kept butting in talking about the history of Westminster Abbey and other stuff. They would not shut up.

Youtubed it and whoaaa I think I've heard this before! No idea where though..maybe a restaurant.

The only one of these that I see all the time are the face rollers. They're in the pharmacies, they come for free in magazines they're all over the place. I have no idea if they actually work though.

I would totally get it too. I'm already kind of fidgiting around when I watch tv anyway, why not fidgit and (maybe) exercise?

Aw they look so sad.

Just curious (and probably a stupid question) but do people in Paris not really wear jeans? I've never been and when I do eventually I go I kind of worry that people will recognize me for being the fat uncultured American I am heh.

Ooooh my friend really likes Castle. I should check that out. I've seen Dr. Horrible and I'm waiting on my friend to come back from his trip so I can borrow the movie.

Not yet! My friend has the DVD but he's a on a trip right now. I'll borrow it from him when he gets back. But...I got kind of spoiled and was told that ________ dies :(

I just finished Firefly. So sad that it's gone, it was too short. Now what?

If he had been smart he would have said that all the pictures were taken in the big Koreatown in Shin Okubo. But if he had been smart he wouldn't have pulled this in the first place.

My host sister (with 2 kids) explained to me that it was because people looked at it as being kind of unnecessary. How the pain was a part of childbirth and that most women didn't want to be "out of it" when it happened.

I have trouble finding it too. I just search for groupthink and click on it when I find it.

My friend in Sendai is okay. I'm really worried about my friend in Fukushima, I haven't been able to contact him through the messaging service or text.

@barelylethal: Yeah that happened to me twice. :/

@kitty in the city: For some reason my reply got lost..

I'm doing it right now. I live in semi-rural Japan. I found the job on a site specifically for foreigners looking for jobs in Japan. I work through a private company, not JET. The downsides when applying (from outside Japan) are that you generally don't know where you'll be going until you're hired. I think my…

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@Ex Parrot Machina: Going to Comiket too?