TRANSFORMERS!!

TIME WARP TO 1985!

I admit that I was steered away with Yuu's blogs of Michael Bay's Transformers (we had to be reminded 3 times in the credits that it was done by some self proclaimed genius dude called MICHAEL BAY).

As I was influenced by the internetz, T was always the voice of reason who reminded me that Bay was the director behind the great THE ROCK.

This movie rocked! : ) I think anyone under 22 years old probably didn't know what the fuck was going on and that I was going to cry tears.

I LOVED the fact that they got Optimus' voice SPOT ON!
I was probably the only one in the crowd who CHEERED when Optimus said..
"ONE SHALL STAND, ONE SHALL FALL!"


I guess I should have been there opening night.

My Hero loses in 07.04.07

On the 4th of July, Wednesday, 12:00 noon NY time... my slow walking pace halted just outside a sports bar in the Oakland International Airport. Despite the urgency of my flight it seemed like the right thing to do.

...at this time.

As I stood in the aisle way looming over a father and mother of two young boys, I could not help but stop and look up at a blonde haired man. Before anyone told me, I knew in my heart that it was [him], it was Takeru Kobayashi. Hotdog eating champion on screen - hero of every small asian boy who could outeat any barbarian.

It seemed appropriate that time stood still for me, people all around regarding the scene on screen as some preposterous barbaric act. Maybe because it was not accepted as proper culture in this day and age... but to me it seemed like eternity and even if no one understood my folly, time stood still, and I screamed with all my might even if words did not escape my lips.

Two old men at the bar yelled "YOU CAN DO IT JOEY!"

I whispered to myself... "ASIAJIN NAMERUNA! MAKENAIZO..KOBAYASHIIII!"

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I will see you... on July 4th 2008... if you want to get there.
IF you want to get there.