Hello, World!
Labels: go there now, links, no new tale to tell
Labels: bookstore haul, go there now
Labels: bookstore haul, go there now
Labels: go there now, lotd
Labels: go there now, lotd, surfing
Labels: animated, go there now, lotd, palindrome
Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "Homie the Clown"
Labels: go there now, qotd
Labels: get me out of here, get off your butt, go there now, lotd
Labels: anime, go there now, lotd
Labels: go there now, music break
Get your kawaii on! Visit Suntory Japan and get your Nozomi wallpapers.
Labels: go there now, NewsRadio quote, Nozomi Sasaki, unfinished drafts
Labels: go there now, I love this, lotd, time sink
Today's link takes you to a maid café in Tokyo. It's a detailed description of the shenanigans that occur as a guest in a maid café. I laughed at some of this, and I cried at some of this. A great point was made that the clients are also being exploited for their need of love and affection. She pointed out that visiting a café is akin to visiting a strip club, but where the latter feeds off your sex drive, a maid café taps into your need for flirty, kawaii (cute) affection.
Now would I visit a maid café if I ever went to Japan? I do sometimes crave some kawaii affection, but like going into a strip club here, I don't think I would enter one. It's just not my cup of tea. I'd be too embarrassed to admit my need for kawaii affection, and the need to spend money on it. Although, I just did.
Anyway, the writer's experience fascinates and scares me. I always wondered what goes down in a maid café. Finding out what happens is the scary part. Does it make me want to go or to stay away?
http://io9.com/5713121/i-paid-a-woman-to-be-my-friend-at-a-tokyo-maid-cafe
Labels: go there now, lotd, meta
Labels: get me out of here, get off your butt, go there now, lotd
Labels: Bakuman, go there now, manga
Labels: baseball, Cross Game, go there now, manga
Labels: anime, go there now, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, tsundere goodness
Labels: go there now, lotd, mmm
