Random Thread ~Usagi-Chan ☮ Tūsurī~

[TotallyUncool]

That makes perfect sense to me. I have plenty of contemporaries who seem to be very happy sticking with the music that they (and I) grew up with - which is all very good stuff. But I think I always had a dread of being left behind in the past in terms of my pop-culture interests - it just seemed to me to be very sad, and not what I wanted to do.

I'm staying away from Western pop culture now largely for personal/psycological (i.e., utterly irrational even to me) reasons, but if I weren't, I would be continually on the lookout for new stuff - as it is, when I do go to an event and hear a new / recent local (SGV and by extension, the entire L.A. area) band, I frequently like what I hear, which makes me happy. And within the context of Asian pop music, I'm continually on the lookout for new (and old, but new to me) performers to listen to obsessively - it's really the only way that I could do it.

Maybe the bottom line is that personal taste by its nature has to be personal, and that the best thing to do is simply to trust your own taste, whether it makes sense to anyone else (or even to you).

[Moh]

I just go by the philosophy of "If it sounds good to me, I'm gonna listen to it."

[Celedam]

I've heard about an interesting store through one of the stationery blogs that I follow…

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They sell a lot of stuff in their online store, but only by the case in order to make it worthwhile. That works great for some things, not so much for others.

(h/t Notebook Stories)

[TotallyUncool]

I just go by the philosophy of "If it sounds good to me, I'm gonna listen to it."

That's always the best philosophy!

[Amped]

is the random thread going to remain as "The Duck Saga" still?

[erilaz]

I've heard about an interesting store through one of the stationery blogs that I follow…

I go to Daiso fairly often. There's one about half a mile from my home, and another less than a block from where I work. I occasionally go to two of their San Francisco stores (Japantown and Market Street), as well. I've been to Daiso stores in Japan, too. I bought the comb that's in my pocket right now at a Daiso in Osaka, when I was there four years ago.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

is the random thread going to remain as "The Duck Saga" still?

I do miss those ducks.

[Zunu]

Amped, I tried changing it back before and got collectively overruled, so I'm pretty much all out of ducks to give at this point.

[rikkikow]

Had my car in the auto shop to replace my car's HVAC Blower motor and resistor. Picked it up today and since the dogs weren't around, I was able to photo the neighbor's duck for the saga. Enjoy. They are very expensive photos.

[TotallyUncool]

But... a very well-fed and happy-looking duck!