Lunamania

After being robbed of victory in their game against the U.S., Japan comes back to win it all against Cuba!!! Probably not the turn of events Bud Selig hoped for. I was able to catch the last inning at my favorite ramen shop in J-Town. Although I did not eat a single noodle, I did enjoy a classic starch on starch on starch dinner--potato croquettes, rice and potato salad. My dad called me on my cellphone then again at home to share his glee and my grandma reports that her church-lady friends stayed late to watch the game with her. Ahh...to call two baseball obsessed countries home...

If it weren't for the film above, Eddie and I would have been kickin' it w/some beers and snacks to watch this historical baseball moment. Instead, we watched Gaijin 2, an epic diasporia movie about 4 generations of Japanese Brazilians. Just thinking about all those years makes me tired. It was good though, checkkkkked it out.

And last night, in addition to being privy to the Q Strings' film debut (see post below), I got to stalk--I mean talk to--Lisa Asagi about her chicken hatchery book. She assured me that it is almost complete. I then realized I should probably not be harassing writers I've barely met about their projected timelines for completion. No, really...I'm not a stalker.