Natto, Fermented Beans in a Styrofoam Box Video

by Jason Surguine on March 11, 2010

People were curious about what nattou (納豆) really looks like when I posted about it awhile back. So I made a video of me dissecting a container of it.

Natto is a staple food for many in Japan, especially in the Kanto region. It’s made from fermented soybeans using the bacteria called Bacillus subtilis. It’s also well known for it’s overpowering (some say gross) smell and it’s sticky, spiderweb, mushy-like texture.

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Music Archive Review: Anthelion 2 Title

by Jason Surguine on March 8, 2010

While going through my Music Archive, I decided to add some descriptions for each song, how it came about, what the style is, and the overall composition. But geez, there’s a lot of them. Like over 130 songs. So that would take a crap-load of time.

I figure if I do a post about a song every week or so, it will be complete in 2 years. So I’ll start from there :)

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Down But Not Out

by Jason Surguine on March 5, 2010

I had to go to the hospital yesterday (okay, two days ago) for intense back/abdominal pain.The above pic was the only one I could snap before I finally passed out. It’s from the bandage from the IV drip they put me on.

During the experience, I had a nice chat with the local police box, a fun ride in an ambulance, and a lovely time in a local hospital.

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The Ones You Care About Will Hurt You the Most

by Jason Surguine on March 3, 2010

Perhaps it is just me being a over-sensitive artist. But I can’t think straight if my brain is full of emotions and thoughts. So, like blowing your nose when you have a cold, I’d like to blow my brains onto this blog (got the visual? good :) )

A really good friend of mine recently said some not-so-nice things to me and so I’m whining about it on my blog. Pretty sad, right?

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I’m currently working with an artist on character designs and the main title screen for Arvale: Treasure of Memories, Episode II. While kicking around ideas and describing a few pictures in my head, we thought it would be a good idea for me to sketch out what I was thinking.

I’m wanting to do something with the new and old characters involved in the game try to portray their personalities and how they fit into the story, while maintaining a decent balance of picture (which everyone should have learned in any Art 101 class).

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For the record…

February 26, 2010

This arrived in the mail today. I think I mentioned the JLPT 2009 about 24 days ago
This is the test result from that thing I took back at the beginning of December. Back when I interviewed Arthur Humphrey. Feels like ages ago already. Ah, Technology.

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Paradigm Shifts with Gamepads, Dressers, and Language

February 24, 2010

Yeah, where else are you gonna find a title like that? I thought so.
The term Paradigm Shift was originally coined by some smart scientist guy and it meant a revolution or replacement of scientificky stuff, like when quantum physics came out and messed up classical physics.

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For the Love of Food and Japanese

February 22, 2010

Over the past year I’ve realized two important things:
One, people really like looking at food. Just as much as eating it, perhaps more.

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Every Title You Write Doesn’t Need to Be Clever

February 18, 2010

And this post is proof of it
It’s Friday and my brain is a bit fried since I caught a cold on Monday, but still managed wake up at 6AM to attend class everyday… Even if I disagree with the teachers on a daily basis and I’m against the entire idea of sitting in [...]

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Random Japanese Stuff and Fake Beer

February 16, 2010

Hello Kitty earplugs. Because the character on your earplug case totally matters.
Pretty busy these days, so I’m copping out and just posting a few funny pictures of stuff I found over the past few days

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