Archive for December, 2006

on Doritos in Japan

December 10, 2006

I’m afraid there was no way I could avoid experiencing Kani-Mayo Pizza-La Doritos. That is to say, Doritos that are flavoured like Pizza from the pizza place called “Pizza-La”. “Kani-Mayo” mean that the pizza is crab and mayonnaise for toppings. So in essense the Doritos are crab and mayonnaise pizza flavoured. I didn’t throw up, they wer actually pretty good. Here’s some pictures as proof.

Altar

December 6, 2006

So, I ordered the Japan release of the Boris/SunnO)) album Altar, and it was an ADVENTURE. It went like This:
1st of all, the reasoning behind buying an album that I had already downloaded: 1. It’s an awesome album. 2. It has a bonus version of The Sinking Belle, which is a great song. 3. It has a bonus disc that’s a 28-minute song by Boris, SunnO)) and the guitarist from Earth. 4. The release is limited to 1000 copies

The method:
I went to the record label page and attempted to buy it in English, since I’m fairly good at reading that language. They only take paypal, ok, sing up for paypal…Maybe not so much. Paypal needs your address and credit card info to be in the same country, no using a Canadian credit card and living in Japan (good thing I don’t know anyone doing that) 2 days elapse…
It occurs to me that perhaps the method of ordering it in JAPANESE might be different, spoiler: IT IS!
On the Japanese site they allow you to do a Post Office account transfer! GENIUS! It works thusly; I order the item online, give my address, conveniently it’s the same as the one on my Post office bank account. After ordering the CD I’m given the companies account number, I go to an ATM, and move money directly from my account to theirs. 5 days elapse…I get the DS in the mail, no shipping charged.

This CD is awesome! I’m not posting pictures: