tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post3482334733644528144..comments2023-08-09T12:06:22.082+02:00Comments on Welcome to Tokyo, Mr Bond: It was the best of times, it was the blurst of timesTokyo Tintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-27677102010253310542007-04-22T01:42:00.000+02:002007-04-22T01:42:00.000+02:00Well unless he was deported nothing was stopping h...Well unless he was deported nothing was stopping him from going right back there.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437690303902175703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-26636969859395059252007-04-21T07:05:00.000+02:002007-04-21T07:05:00.000+02:00jenni, i would be a jerk too if i came from this a...jenni, i would be a jerk too if i came from this amazingly beautiful city and wound up stuck in las vegas surrounded by swarms of drunk americans assholes.Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-12189111956730193712007-04-20T20:19:00.000+02:002007-04-20T20:19:00.000+02:00Dan-boy,I met a rude Frenchman, in Vegas. After I ...Dan-boy,<BR/>I met a rude Frenchman, in Vegas. After I got back from Paris, I thought the same thing, I expected rudeness and got nothing but unending hospitality and friendliness, people leaving their shops to show us how to get where we were going, impromptu French lessons from people who clearly thought it was adorable that I was asking how to say things in French. <BR/>But then in Vegas, I met this guy who was both rude and critical. I even asked him where in France he was from on the off chance that there is a rude region in France that I could avoid, but he was from Paris. So I'm working on the theory that either the rude people where deported, or they get rude because everywhere else sucks in comparison.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437690303902175703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-78729480268064624372007-04-16T14:32:00.000+02:002007-04-16T14:32:00.000+02:00YAY!!!!-MatthewYAY!!!!<BR/><BR/>-MatthewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-11843203601163744222007-04-13T17:22:00.000+02:002007-04-13T17:22:00.000+02:00couldn't agree more re: good airline food. it IS p...couldn't agree more re: good airline food. it IS possible, just not on air canada. i was actually lucky enough to get upgraded to first class for my osaka-vancouver flight - and even though i ordered from a menu and got fancy food, it was still not great at all. i've had ok food on continental i think.<BR/><BR/>any permanent brain damage or sexy scars we should know about?davidcareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521705897765005784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-53289136966253780222007-04-13T16:00:00.000+02:002007-04-13T16:00:00.000+02:00o dan-chan it sounds like it was one adventure aft...o dan-chan it sounds like it was one adventure after the other~ i hope your head is okay and cant wait to see you this weekend !!jolie-chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173702859886781588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-63854833422242949192007-04-13T14:52:00.000+02:002007-04-13T14:52:00.000+02:00Darling, it was so good spending quality time with...Darling, it was so good spending quality time with you, rocking the European scene! My fingers are crossed that we will be drinking Kir Royals by the Seine in the fall! <BR/><BR/>[Ash: do you remember the Boy George concert? Do you remember me showing you the text he sent the next morning? That guy.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-35352507957764245052007-04-12T23:23:00.000+02:002007-04-12T23:23:00.000+02:00what makes me say so:- the tone is optimistic and ...what makes me say so:<BR/><BR/>- the tone is optimistic and inspired, not bitchy. bitchy rants are really hard to pull off. a sense of optimism wins the loyalty of your readers.<BR/><BR/>- the humour is restrained and spread throughout a mix of one-liners ("Harry Potter’s magic wand")and more sophisticated, long-form jokes.<BR/><BR/>- it's not overwritten. when you find something that works (like "manfriend") you work it, rather than trying to reinvent it for every sentence. it shows confidence.<BR/><BR/>- a good use of detail (nouns) and a sparring use of empty descriptors (adjectives). For example, we get this picture of excess: "he ordered a drink that came in a fishbowl and a steak that was bigger than his head."<BR/><BR/>- your punctuation and grammar are clean, which keeps the reader from giving up, since it's rather a long post, as blogs go.<BR/><BR/>- good use of typography where appropriate: 4£<BR/><BR/>- "compelling" is a garbage word, a near-dead cliche. i'm glad you didn't know how to translate it.<BR/><BR/>- sentences are short. sentences should be short.<BR/><BR/>- i was smiling when I came to the end.<BR/><BR/>That's why.<BR/><BR/>IanIan Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727310049818117273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-81929259062599113032007-04-12T17:39:00.000+02:002007-04-12T17:39:00.000+02:00Fingers are crossed for purely selfish reasons, I ...Fingers are crossed for purely selfish reasons, I too adore Paris and would love to visit mon ami whilst sipping wine along the Seine. <BR/><BR/>Which manfriend does Sly have now??? There were a few on the go when I was there :)Miss Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861518303557037012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-31952278214157998012007-04-12T13:22:00.000+02:002007-04-12T13:22:00.000+02:00Awww, gee thanks.What makes you say so?Awww, gee thanks.<BR/><BR/>What makes you say so?Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-66698029425041202982007-04-12T04:54:00.000+02:002007-04-12T04:54:00.000+02:00hey dan,this the best blog post you've ever writte...hey dan,<BR/><BR/>this the best blog post you've ever written. <BR/><BR/>nice job.<BR/><BR/>ianIan Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727310049818117273noreply@blogger.com