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Our voicemail number expired!!! The number we say in the show is totally wrong! Call this instead: 206-338-3790
OP: “Nrrd Grrl” by MC Chris
ED: Bookins Theme Song by Jared Nissim
News:
Erin has a new job!
We moved into a new apartment!
It is now more true than ever that Erin might be a hipster. Can you be a hipster and an otaku at the same time? Patrick Macias
might be evidence of this.
We are getting married!
Promo: R5 Central Podcast with Ninjaconsultants guest hosting.
Erin absolutely refuses to go into David’s Bridal because of the heart shaped apostrophe.
Noah won’t set foot in a commercial jewlery store, because it turns out diamond engagement rings are a giant scam!
Here is a Wired Magazine article about the archaeological dig in Turkey that Noah mentions.
Noah later opted not to steal a ring from the dig, because he’s seen Midnight Express
Engagement ring facts at Wikipedia
Article on the Byzantine Empire
Erin now works at 4Kids, home of the American dub release of Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece.
We’ll be going to Anime Boston and New York Comic-Con
We have coverage from New York ANime Festival and Anime Weekend Atlanta
Review: Crystal Triangle — it’s not that crazy.
Conspiracy tropes from the 1980s:
Lovecraft Mythos (owing at least partially to the publication of the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, popularized by the game Illuminati
by Steve Jackson Games.
The
Nemesis star (or comet) which proposed a wandering celestial body whose near contact with earth would destroy it (known to Erin from the Silver Nemesis episode of Dr. Who)
The Dark Moon (or counter-moon), supposedly the second, unseeable (and therefore arcanely powerful) moon of the Earth.
Erin on CBS news
Erin’s stickk.com profile.
Action Items:
Request my books on Bookins
Buy my manga on amazon.com
Want some free things? We have free things you may want:
Random Maison Ikkoku leaflet comicsClaimed!Random promotional anime DVDsClaimed!Hello Kitty ocarinaClaimed!108 piece “One Piece” jigsaw puzzleClaimed!
Noah talks about the Japan Society of New York film series: Dawn of Japanese Animation
He attended the Action and Adventure day. There was even a Benshi
There will be a DVD released of this stuff, but it isn’t out yet, so no link.
FAQ: We know about Shawnimals Ninja Consultant
Noah opines that he cares more for Ninja Poo than the horrible Korean movie Doggie Poo.
One more Action Item:
Anime and Manga Podcast Omnibus!
Congrats you two!
What voicemail service do you use?
k7.net. What service should we use?
Uh… k7.net?
I dunno, I was just curious. I don’t have any suggestions.
k7 is free… that’s the appeal.
What’s the catch? I signed up, but I’m still convinced there’s a catch…somehow. A free phone number all my own? Too good to be true.
You have to use it at least once a month, or your number is re-assigned without warning. It’s harder than it seems to keep up!
Sometimes new numbers you get are someone else’s old number so you’ll get a lot of calls for someone selling a car or a house.
Hey, hey… that was my idea. I suggested a Legend of the Galactic Heroes wedding (see Comments on Show #56). Again, Congrats! -James Leung.
I disagree about the Erin Family Joke Curse. Your Brother’s damn hilarious.
You’re engaged! Congrats!
Ya! Thats Super news! It’s about time.;) Hey, what theme wedding are you gonna have? I realy want a FFXII+LOTR style wedding the day I tie the knot. Hey, thanks for being so awesome all the time! I Love u two!
Puppys!
Space themed wedding!!
According to …something I found on Fark, 90% of all the humans that have ever lived is currently alive today.
Have fun in Boston.
I’m waaaaay too old and published to be a hipster. The ones around here in SF all say they are working on a book, but are just sitting around in the cafe all day futzing around on AIM or playing with iTunes.
So if you get published, you’re exempt?! What if, theoretically, a hipster author published a book about hipsters – either fiction or non-fiction – would they no longer be a hipster?
Whatever, dude.
I’m sorry – I totally judged you by your clothes. I don’t think I’m a hipster either, but I do wear a lot of threadless.com shirts.
I prefer to be called a “chick” rather than a “dude”. (Noah rarely responds to comments.)
I don’t have any ironic T-shirts. Sorry.
When I wear this shirt, it is in no way ironic.
Hipsters are nothing but nerds who can’t admit to being nerds, so I think it’s entirely possible to be a hipster and an otaku. That said, Erin’s earnestness regarding her interests are what preclude her from being a hipster despite her neighborhood, while her social skills preclude her from being an otaku. And since she can’t be Hasidic, I therefore determine, through the infallible scientific method outlined above, that she is Hispanic.
-Keith
Lemme guess, you’re down in North Side?
From the Field Notes of Daryl Surat (Podcaster, Historian):
Persons denying the insanity of Crystal Triangle because “they’ve heard of these conspiracy theories before” may be insane themselves, and not in the “quirky” indie film romantic-comedy sort of way. Familiarity does not imply normalcy, especially not when dealing with Conspiracy Theory Grand Unification.
Craig Baldwin’s Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America–which incidentally is your next viewing assignment–is the ultimate 45-minute proof of this.
Hooray
Congratulations, y’all, but seriously — 6 years? Please. I have my ten year in July, and we’re still swingin’. Livin’ in sin, baby! Livin’ in sin!
And I agree totally about diamonds. Yawn. Emeralds, however…
Re: Hooray
That was me. I forgotted to sign my names.
-Keith
Big time congratulations to you two.
Naturally you’re inviting every anime fan in the new york area right?
Only if we charge admission! Can’t afford an open bar for everyone…
mmmm
You could afford an all night open bar if you stock it solely with Yellowstone brand bourbon. You can buy gallon jugs for like four bucks.
-Keith
Re: mmmm
The only downsides I can see are:
– Gallons of leftover bourbon in apartment
– Guests blind from alcohol poisoning
Re: mmmm
I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Moonshine.
Re: mmmm
That was me. I forgotted to sign my names.
-Kei… I mean James Leung.
I’m late! (From Soar [rz podcast])
10 points for Gryffindor.
Congrats for getting engaged!
Congratulations!
And my husband and I also have similar views on the whole wedding ring sort of thing. Though we weren’t quite as cool and selected silver rings decorated with a celtic knot pattern. Kudos for you guys being so inventive, and the ring is very cool!
*hugs*