What I Do for Fun
Check it – OmokageDevTV released the video we made last Saturday in the YouTube green room. It has English subs if you can’t hang with my super-pithy and on-point nihongo.
A question I get a lot since giving up alcohol, meat, and spending any money outside the Ginza Farmers Market, is what do I do for fun? Part of me feels that I gave up fun, at least in the modern-day socially accepted sense, to do my life’s work. But then that goes against my other belief that we should emulate children, who have boundless energy and imagination. Even though there is great work to be done here, it is important to let go and play – I do that occasionally, on the dance floor, the stage, and in videos like the above. The latter was particularly nice since Omokage did all the hard work with editing and adding those sweet light sabers. Reward his effort with a like on the above and cheeky subscriber, hey?! Ah, screw that I need subscribers more than he does – throw me a bone too!
So, it was a decently productive week. If you missed it I put an article on Ashtanga out. It may be a niche subject, but I am putting this info out there because I genuinely believe the world would be a better place if more people practiced yoga, and Ashtanga is the most effective method I have found for that practice.
I also went on a scouting mission with Isom (subscribe!) to the Ginza Farmers Market for potential video. We want to spread the word about that fantastic location and make it a part of more people’s lives in this city.
Finally “My Little Flipper Girl” is back on track. Joe did an awesome job with the mix, and we are just putting on some final touches before matching it to the video and releasing it to the world.
Sunday, Nov 16: simple kale itame with ginger and sesame, served over Aki’s Shinmai (Japanese new white rice), Vegetarian Minestrone from “Pressure Cooking”, lovely
Monday, Nov 17:
Tuesday, Nov 18: bento from my one and only – salad with boiled egg, avocado, and green lentils, roasted almonds, anno imo and minestrone over basmati – it was a lot but I got it down me
Wednesday, Nov 19: roasted beer and lime cauliflower tacos with cilantro cole slaw from Thug Kitchen (recipe)
Thursday, Nov 20: awesome avocado egg sandwich by my one and only for lunch (inspiration from here), decadent pepper garlic knots and tomato sauce for dinner (recipe adapted from here)
Friday, Nov 21:
Saturday, Nov 22: creamy vegan butternut squash spaghetti from Cookie and Kate (recipe), sweetness.
On tap for this week: paneer masala, Thanksgiviiing
Personal production: final stages of “My Little Flipper Girl”, started planning a video on the Ginza Farmers Market, put “Stir to Sleep” on hold to work on other projects.
YouTube inspiration: Why Poverty – Welcome to the World, Can We Auto-Correct Humanity
Music inspiration: “Imagine” by John Lennon – I heard this playing at the meat store no less (I was buying vegetables :). I had never listened to the lyrics – has anyone else? This is as strong a message as ever, and everything he says is true – all we need is imagination to realize it.
Current listening: TP’s June playlist
Podcasts: What On Earth is Happening #44-45 (The Tarot, other Occult topics)
During the course of every practice I thank someone or something in my life. Here is a selection from this week’s yogic prayers of gratitude:
Thank you Higurashi-san, for your work in putting on the Ginza Farmers Market, for providing a venue to obtain the healthiest foods in this city, for spreading good in this world. May we do our part to likewise spread the good we can. Namaste.
Book: Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution
Suggested article: “How quitting my corporate job for my startup dream f*cked my life up”
Presentation: Lessons From My 20s by Ryan Allis
No time for the market this week. While I was away from the price screen, looks as though my stock short and long yen position are taking some time to “warm up”. Other than that, I’ll convert some of my USD to yielding commodities like BPT and PCL.

