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OtakuGeneration (Show #181) For Tax Reasons

 

NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community.

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With For Tax Reasons, recorded live November 24th, 2008.

This week finally had the honor to chat with the guys from For Tax Reasons. We talked about their animations, production process, anime and a lot more! Plus, we have the usual segments and such. Don't be the only one missing out. Join us this week and download another installment of our otakutainment.

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OG "guess the character in the envelope" Contest
Bryce once and a while has a great idea for a contest... long ago... this was something we used to do. Now it's back!

We picked an anime character for the new-run of the contest... we wrote it down on a piece of paper, and sealed it up in an envelope. You the listener must figure out who the "character in the envelope" is...

The prize will be a pack of goodies, and maybe something more *hint*hint*cough*...

What are the rules? They're pretty simple. First off, we will only accept one guess per email, once a week. If you put more than one guess, in an email, we will only take the first guess.

You cannot enter more than once an week, and not more than once per email. Please pay attention to the use of the word "character", it could be a person, animal, car, mech, jefferson, matt, a tree, a rock (assuming they are portrayed as "character" some how), almost anything.

Each week will reveal a little more about the "character in the envelope" in an anime, until someone guesses it right, and wins.

As usual listen to the show for more details, and email your guesses to: contests@otakugeneration.com, and use the subject line of: OG CHARACTER IN THE ENVELOPE CONTEST

We insist at least 10 people give their guesses, before we give another clue.

Have and enjoy!

Kyle's Cartoon Corner (1.0) by TV's Kyle :: (toons@otakugeneration.net)
Kyle educates, enlightens us about cartoons!

AwesomeStuff

• TVsKyleBand.com
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Send us or Kyle names of the cartoons you always wanted to know more about but were fraid to ask!
...and he'll answer your questions only the way TV's Kyle can!

Promos / Break

• Little Toy Gun :: by HoneyHoney
• Vantastic Eastern Canadian Road Trip Blues :: by The Superfantastics

Jefferson's Weird News (1.0) by Jefferson
This week Jefferson brings us some news that interests him...

• Godzilla Tree Terrorizes Neighborhood
• Japanese Prime Minister Told to Shut Up
• A Sausage Fest of Infinite Proportions
• Lingerie Popular Sell for Japanese Men

Weekly DVD Releases (1.0) by Albert :: (releases@otakugeneration.net)

2008-11-25
• Ah! My Goddess - Season 2: Complete Collection
• Area 88 OVA
• Beast King GoLion Vol. #3
• Case Closed: Season 3 Collection
• Darker than Black Vol. #1+Artbox
• Guy: Double Target
• Karin Vol. #6
• Naruto(Edited) Vol. #30
• Night Shift Nurses: Ren Nanase
• Phoenix Collection
• Pumpkin Scissors: Complete Collection Part 1
• Pumpkin Scissors: Complete Collection Part 2
• Sasami: Season 2 Collection
• Shonen Onmyouji Vol. #4
• Tales of Phantasia
• Toward the Terra Movie

Fanboy Forecast (1.0) by Bryce :: (fanboyforecast@otakugeneration.net)

• (anime) :: Kaleido Star

Nickname ME! by Alan :: (nickname@otakugeneration.net)
One this week! You want one, just admit it! Don't be shy! Email us and tell us something about you! Then you'll be uniquely identifiable among the other OG listners!

Check out the most recent nickname logo-mashups!

Eight Equals Capital D / Ryo-Ohki Money Bags

And some other nickname logo-mashups we did! Email us for your nickname and you'll get one as well!

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It's November! SO carve your TURKEYS in our likeness!!!! ...and if you can't do that than give us your votes or we will photoshop pictures of Matt petting Bryce in a Hamster outfit with Bunny ears and a bow tie! [insert OG-bribes here... it's always late ((>.<)) ...] We appreciate the votes, donations, and comments even if we don't read them on the show... and iTunes reviews... even here: www.PodcastAlley.com. Word-of-mouth advertising is also appreaciated. Thanks for the support, and the people who have been voting for us! Z4H VOOOT3Z...they melt in your podcast, not in your vote!!
Eggs Benedict and Bottomless Mimosas? Heaven!

A City Desk blog entry that caught my eye a few weeks ago seemed more like an audition piece for why.i.hate.dc. It was on the subject of brunch in D.C.:

I must admit I don’t get brunch. In fact, I loathe it. Whenever I am asked if I would like to go to brunch in D.C. on a Sunday I say no thank you, but what I am thinking is: Fuck no.

The rest of the entry is much along the same lines–the writer doesn’t care for D.C. Brunch Culture. I recall thinking that I disagree, but that the concept of brunch in D.C. is a little flawed. During a very fun blogger meet-up last night–more about that later–the topic of where to find a good breakfast/brunch in D.C. came up and I recall thinking that a lot of places in town get the concept of brunch very wrong. Some people automatically think that breakfast + weekend = brunch and that’s not really how I see it. Breakfast to me is only a long meal when I’m staying in with family and friends, where brunch is the same thing just moved outside and closer to late morning/early afternoon, often with booze.

I admit that I prefer going out to breakfast on the weekends. I typically get up early and am ready to get my day going. Most weekend mornings I could cook something, but it will usually be something small, but other times I like grabbing a book, heading out to a nice place and settling into a large breakfast–that someone else brings me. Breakfast is something I’m fine sharing with others or not, it’s not big deal. It’s a significantly different meal to me than brunch. And since I’m usually going between 8 and 10am, there’s rarely a line, few other people and very little noise. That, for me, is one of the best ways to enjoy a little coffee, some food, and something to read while you get set for your day.

Brunch, as I said, is completely different. It’s something that I enjoy having with other people, a little later in the day, perhaps after you’ve slept in or slept off your drinking. Sadly, because of the standard “later hour” for brunch, you’re going to run into crowds. Partly because everyone likes to sleep in, but mostly it seems, because people don’t cook. There are times that I wonder if they even know how to feed themselves if it isn’t brought to them. That might explain why they’re willing to stand in long lines, clearly hungry all the while, to sit down and then wait long times for table service. Not that say that all restaurants are slow at brunch, but most of them simply don’t have enough staff on the floor or in the kitchen to keep up with the massive crowds.

Brunch is also easier to get people to rouse themselves up for. Trying to get together earlier in the day is going to get a lot of “running late” calls and a massive amount of disinterest. But even with the later time of day there’s still no pressure to look great, sweats are acceptable, bedhead is fine, hangovers welcome! And as everyone knows, the gays love their brunch. For me, brunch with a bunch of guys feels like a catered picnic in the warmer seasons. You get to sit outside and chat and laugh for a while, and usually you get a great floor show of cute guys walking past. Even if your food doesn’t arrive quickly, your drink is always refilled and it’s a great time. In the colder months, eating inside is like the Bizarro-dinner party. The sun is up, no one’s dressed up, no one had to bring anything or do any work, and the conversation is usually anything but witty and yet it’s still a great time.

Not everyone is keen on brunch, and I accept that. What’s hardest to accept is that one of my goddesses in the pantheon of Domestic Divas doesn’t like brunch! Amy Sedaris has strong feelings about it that she covered in her recent book:

Download audio file (sedaris_brunch.mp3)

Out to Brunch

I don’t like brunch. Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch. I could never date somebody who was into brunch, that’s a deal breaker. I don’t like the ceremony attached to brunch. Brunch requires me to gather in the early afternoon or late morning with other people so we can talk while we eat a big meal and then when it’s over, what? I’m stuffed, I’m talked out, I’m tired and lazy as if all my bones left my body and it’s not even one o’clock in the afternoon. I like looking forward to dinner, and a lunchtime breakfast burrito or a heaping helping of huevos rancheros robs me of that. People who normally like to drink during the day love brunch because they can drink and not hide it. With brunch, they don’t have to be embarrassed about being soused in the middle of the afternoon.

Ah well, I still enjoy brunch, though I think I might start investing in some sweatpants. The main thing that keeps me inside cooking on weekend mornings/afternoons is that I don’t need to wear pants.