clearly she owns an air fryer

incredibly good mail day

for any writers and editors that cover japanese media: it's redundant to say "obi strip." obi means belt or sash; it's already describing the shape and function of the object!

cutest album covers I've seen in a while.... this delightful pair of EPs by Trooper Salute

scrolling the feed of an oomf you think is cool but you've yet to make contact with is terrifying. if I accidentally hit like on a two month old post I'm gonna look insane

they made kamiina botan hit the nyoro~n. anime of the season

I need to administer my cat antibiotics for a week and she hates me so much right now. she doesn't know it's for her own good......

this is an album that sounds exactly like the cover looks. you will probably not be able to guess what it sounds like, but once you hear it you will agree. just two guys causing mischief and having a cheeky grin about it

if I ever manage to find a good deal on this subahibi lighter I will start smoking cigarettes

Oh, and here's every album I mentioned in this piece or listened to while putting it together. It all sort of informs, in one way or another, YMO's relationship to video game music.

"psyllium husk" is way too cool a name for a fiber supplement. it sounds more like something that should increase your magic stat

Hey, did you know Haruomi Hosono scored a soundtrack for an obscure rail shooter for the PlayStation? And that the audio is fully playable if you put the game disc in your CD player? Here's the story of a hidden gem by one third Yellow Magic Orchestra. 🚀 www.shy.center/p/lattice-20...

I felt compelled to make a chart of some '70s Japanese folk albums I really like, so please have this.

obsessed with this "Access Endodontics" sign that has discolored and peeled so much over the years that it looks like a FromSoftware PS2 game logo

when I lived in a small town there was a corner store I would go to almost every day. the lady that worked there was so friendly with me that she started bringing her daughter because she thought I was cute and wanted to set us up. I was so embarrassed I stopped going 😭

I used to think "The Girl is Mine" was the one blemish on Michael Jackson's Thriller, but my opinion has evolved. An album can't be perfect unless one song kind of sucks.

found an original Radiata Stories promo poster from 2005 and I'm basically the happiest girl in the world about it

got to see a delightful manzai comedy duo

daily bog butter with nonessential oils, minerals, and sediments. extremely harmful for sensitive skin; it's mud, bro.

she's so dumb. she thinks it says UTAU

made an inuyasha reference in front of a young hoe and she called me a hag

problematic rhythm game skill gap relationship

new letterboxd top 4 contender

I think this might be my favorite album cover of all time. such a delightful and inscrutable scene that reminds me so much of those classic Dragon Ball manga covers. drawn by Takami Akai, the Princess Maker artist!

government office has had me on hold for about thirty minutes so now I'm spitefully recording the hold music on my Tascam DR-05 to recoup some of my wasted time

hey. do y'all mind if I gently gesture at my newsletter, www.shy.center, which I will be making a new post on very soon. and ko-fi.com/mewcaroon, where you can make a cute little donation if you'd like to support it. okay thanks!

they say never trust how you feel about your life after 9pm but like. what if I'm right

happy easter. I have to lay 843 eggs for each of my followers

was wondering what happened to make my most recent blog post my most viewed article by a significant amount, and am learning that I was shouted out in The Guardian and Critical Distance. what the heck 😭

person I was emailing thought I was using "shy" as, like, an adjective and started calling me by my middle name as if it was my first name. that's new lol

really embarrassing to be asked how you're doing when the answer is anything but positive

forgot to check on my girlfriend for thirteen years and she was very upset

my funny april fool's idea was to tease an obviously fake vtuber debut and then end up doing a real stream but I couldn't get the stuff together in time lol

Happy birthday, Kasane Teto. 🎉♥️🥖

you can really get away with a lot of social awkwardness if you're kind of cute. I love using this to my advantage

going into the pillows folder. y'all need anything?

nothing like the imminent threat of losing your healthcare that will make you take 45 seconds to file a document you've been procrastinating on for months. maybe I need ADHD treatment lol

So here's a funny thing. Because I downloaded it ages ago off Limewire with a low quality thumbnail, I didn't realize for quite some time the art for the "another morning, another pillows" compilation was the band in drag parodying an older cover. They're kinda cute, right? (Sato is on the right)

RIP Shinichiro Sato, the drummer for The Pillows. Most people know them for their contributions to FLCL, but they were one of the most consistent rock bands in history. 20 studio albums over 30+ years, not one of them bad. Here's four of my favorites. Living Field especially is an all-timer.

my ability to charm record store clerks is unmatched. they immediately fall in love with me

bus driver gave me free fare because I looked so cute and pathetic trying and falling to scan my bus pass

The huge disparity between the Japanese and English speaking internet responses to Tsuge's death really goes to show the importance of good and timely localization. If we had been getting his work in English decades ago there wouldn't be this information vacuum about such an important artist.

Sad to learn that Yoshiharu Tsuge, the greatest manga artist of all time, has passed away. He was on the vanguard of the gekiga movement in the 60s, writing stories of grisly and uncomfortable realism that advanced the artfulness of the medium. He probably influenced most of your favorite artists.

my lovely little sister made a video game. you should play it!!

secured a dream interview and I'm freaking out over it. gonna do my best to make sure it's good.....

hey does anybody need a DS flashcart

first day in a long time that it's actually been warm enough that I can wear something cute outside. I feel my spirit returning

One of my favorite quirks of the Visual Novel Database is that the mascot character is from a real game, Angelic Serenade. Despite her being the face of the English speaking world's largest VN resource, most people don't know about AS and the demand to have it translated is practically nonexistent.

Really sad news. VNDB is the one website I check almost every single day. Really important resource that's been a pillar holding up western otaku culture for decades. RIP.

Love this drawing @williamleonard.net did for my newest piece depicting one of Prince's "cloud" guitars. The body of the instrument was adapted from a design by New York luthier Jeff Levin. He had about a dozen of them custom made in different colors. The first one appeared in the Purple Rain movie.