Last night I got to see how severe the gentrification of Koenji really is.
Aside from the glossy aestheticālike under the tracks trying to look like Ebisu or somethingāthe vibe is totally different.
Every little bar/restaurant we passed, the staff called to us "Yo, man!" like we were regulars or old friends. So fake. š¤®
It's like a lame tourist version of the Koenji I lived in and loved.
There are still glimmersārelicsāof the past, but The Life is gone.
/rant
Drammatico e vergognoso soprattutto quello che dice #JDVance : praticamente ODIA noi europei e il nostro continente, chissĆ come mai...
Lui che aveva scritto l'apologia (fascistoide) degli #hillibilly alla fine ĆØ piĆ¹ #snob di tanta sinistra
Semplicemente scandaloso e inquietante
Get to know you #57: Cartoon characters, snobbiness & smart people
Get to know a little bit more about me and who Iād be if I were a cartoon, am I snobby and whoās the smartest person I know?
https://fedorapancakes.com/2025/03/16/get-to-know-you-57-cartoon-characters-snobbiness-smart-people/
Ik voel een vreemd soort geruststelling bij films van Andrei Tarkovski. Een realisatie dat een boel problemen en mooiigheden horen bij het "mens zijn", ongeacht de tijd. En dan die beelden, die realiteit en dromen verweven. Ook dat is, wat mij betreft, diepmenselijk. Vandaag ervoer ik iets soortgelijks, bij ALS DE KRAANVOGELS OVERVLIEGEN (Kalatozov, 1957). Ik zag het op groot scherm en... Wat is dat toch met Russische regisseurs? (Ssst, ik wil het niet weten.)
I did something I rarely do. I let myself sleep late on a work day. Not too late, but later than usual.
The last few nights I have had the worst sleep. Barely five hours on Sunday and Monday nights. Less than five hours on Tuesday night. I was practically in a coma for much of the day yesterday. I needed sleep so badly.
Last night? Almost seven hours. Still not enough sleep, but so much more than Iāve been getting. Bliss. I usually set an alarm on my watch for 5:00am. Jen has an alarm set for a half an hour after that, but I am usually down cellar exercising before her alarm goes off.
Today? I slept until a little after 6:00. It meant I was running behind throughout my entire morning routine, but it was worth it. Iāll still probably be asleep on my feet by around 7:00pm tonight, but for now? I feel a little better.
Okay then, part two of this post is going to deal with Star Wars: The Acolyte and it is ABSOLUTELY SPOILER FILLED. If you havenāt watched the show, bail out now. I have two stupid comments that are burning a hole in my tiny little brain and I have to get them out and THEY ARE SPOILERS so you have been warned.
Seriouslyā¦ if you want to watch the show and you havenāt yet, get out now.
You have been warnedā¦ againā¦
Last warningā¦
Okay. So this is the same comment made twice. Once is me being a snob, the other is me getting mine.
Before the show aired, people online were over the moon about Carrie-Anne Moss playing Jedi Master Indara. People whoāve read the High Republic books and/or comics were all excited about what a bad ass warrior Indara is and how viewers were going to be over the moon at how awesome she is. Alsoā¦ itās freakinā Carrie-Anne Moss. People were foaming at the mouth over having such an awesome actor in the cast.
Episode oneā¦ the first sceneā¦ Carrie-Anne Moss as Jedi Master Indara in a lightsaber fight. This is it! Here it comesā¦ ohā¦ sheās deadā¦ oh.
I laughed out loud knowing that the internet would be turned on its ear over that scene. People were going to be pissed and it made me happy. Screw your expectations! Take that, know it all book readers! I was just tickled.
Fast forward to episode five. The episode was awesome. They saved up a whole seasonās worth of action scenes and threw them all in our face at once. Just fight after fight after fight. It was fantastic. When Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon started fighting our dark side bad guy, the action was incredible. I was watching on my laptop and I thought to myself, if they want to do a spin off show where this kid just fights everyone, I will be totally, 100% on boardā¦ ohā¦ sheās deadā¦ ohā¦ I guess thatās what I get for laughing at the Indara fansā¦ Okayā¦ I totally got what was coming to me. Serves me right for being snobby about people being snobby. Lesson learned, Acolyte. Lesson learned.
Okay, the spoilers have ended. You may go on with the rest of your day now. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. I appreciate your patience.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/27/sleep-and-spoilers/
#Disney #Disney_ #health #karma #payBack #retrobution #review #Sleep #snob #snobbery #snobby #snobish #spoilers #StarWars #starWarsTheAcolyte #starWarsTheAcolyte #Television #theAcolyte #TV
I hate to be a #snob. But coach air #travel has become so miserable, that I have to use all means neccessary to get into comfortable legroom. I can't take any more legroom #shrinkage.
Iām a nerd. I am an extra nerdy nerd when it comes to shaving. My father never used shaving cream from a can or a bottle. He used a brush with shaving soap in a mug. Old schoolā¦ is that the proper term? I started out with an electric razor but lost it somewhere and had to borrow his mug/soap/brush kit once and ever since then I have been a mug/soap/brush user too. Maybe the best way to describe it is a mug/soap/brush snob. Yeah, that works.
Years agoā¦ I canāt remember whenā¦ 2008? 2010? Jen and I were on a weekend getaway in Manhattan and we stumbled across this super fancy, high end, shaving supply store. We went in because Jen wanted to feed my shaving snobbery because she loves me. We left with this super fancy brush and a super fancy razor handle and a groovy stand that held them both. The razor handle just used Gillette Mach 3 blades, which I was using at the time anyway. The last time I changed the blade the connection piece of the handle broke. I managed to piece it back together but I couldnāt take the blade off anymore. Today I needed a shaveā¦ badlyā¦ and I also needed a new blade. I tried to figure out how to get the blade off so I could change it, but as I feared the whole thing is broken in such a way that I cannot fix it anymore.
Iāve been a shaving snob with this snooty razor for all of these years. 10 years? 12 years? Something like that. I just ordered a less fancy, less snobby, but still kinda snobby new Mach 3 razor handle online. I am sad. Likeā¦ why am I sad? Because I am a snob, and also because Jen and I bought that razor together on a really great weekend trip to New York and that made it extra special.
The new razor is going to be fine. I think it will fit on my snooty, snobby razor and brush stand. Itāll be fine. It wonāt, however, be the same. I am a sad snooty snob.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/05/09/rest-in-peace-razor/
#Family #fancyShavingKit #grooming #razor #shaving #shavingBrush #shavingKit #shavingSoap #skincare #snob #snobby #snooty
Ricordo ancora oggi quando comprai questo #CD (stava su #Yesterdays una raccolta con due inediti) da #Ricordi su #ViadelCorso a #Roma (non esiste piĆ¹)
Ero andato con un amico che di #Prog non gli fregava nulla, anzi lui si sentiva i #Ramones, e io ai suoi occhi (e orecchie) ero solo noioso e pure #snob
=> Ebbene: quando sentii per la prima volta nel #discman con la cuffia questa canzone con #Anderson che canta fisso col #leslie sulla voce, pensavo fosse rotto! š¤£
frau setzt sich im bus mir gegenĆ¼ber. frĆ¼her hƤtte ich gedacht: "ihh, die riecht nach tabakrauch". heute: "ihh, billiger virginiatabak #snob
TFW a band you enjoy releases an album with a cover you absolutely haaaaaaate! š¤®
Likeā¦ffs! Come on! This is your chance to show off some art. This should be your thesis statement! (Iām a snob. Fine. I can accept that.)
Just disappointing.
@Enema_Cowboy What, not fancy enough for ya? #snob
Not me getting mad at how awful "pops" orchestra renditions of classical compositions can be. Woke with a need for "Rhapsody in Blue," but my only #vinyl was a hand-me-down Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops rendition with a glorious cover and a terrible interpretation. Quickly moved back to my digital copy of Katia and Marielle Labeque's fabulous two-piano version.
In the '80s we played this nearly every Sunday morning.
E' il video piĆ¹ condiviso su #Wcrap (e purtroppo pure su #telegram ) quest'anno.
Personalmente, devo dire la veritĆ , lo trovo di cattivo gusto (e pure violento, roba che viene direttamente d'oltre oceano dove le armi da fuoco si trovano pure dentro le patatine), ma non voglio fare lo #snob e quindi š¤” š¤ š
Planschbecken fĆ¼r den armen Pƶbel... Kann sich der feine Herr kein Meer leisten? Pfff
#Snob
It's sad when one's #SpecialCharacters aren't special enough. I usually want pronounceable #passwords, so I use a site that produces stuff like "Habedibox*10" and "Todumiwoy$90". I then take parts of those to produce, for example, "haBed[19]miWoy", always with the number in the middle. The site for which I had to make a #password today told me that my password failed. Apparently brackets aren't special enough for it. #snob
"Arrogance and snobbism live in adjoining rooms and use a common currency."" ā Morley Safer ā ā ā #MorleySafer #quote #quotes #arrogance #arrogant #snob #snobbism #snobbish #character
