A Brief History of Medicine

Stolen directly from baranoneko:
A Brief History of Medicine:
2000 B.C.: Here, take this root.
1000 A.D.: That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 A.D.: That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1940 A.D.: That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D.: That pill is not effective. Here, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D.: That antibiotic is artificial. Here, take this root.

One of the guys in this podcast really bores me... 50% of the words that come out of his mouth are "yeah", "yup", and "yep". It's actually pretty annoying, although not so annoying that I want to stab him or anything.

The trailer for the new Speed Racer movie is out:

That looks horrible... And I hate the mix of modern/retro live-action/cheap digital animation they have going on. Makes me wonder how bad the Dragon Ball Z movie will be.
I'm just glad I never became a fan of either so I won't feel obligated to go to these.

Confirmed tracks for the upcoming Hikki album, according to Wiki

1. "Boku wa Kuma"
2. "Flavor of Life" (Original Version)
3. "Flavor of Life" (Ballad Version)
4. "Beautiful World"
5. "Kiss & Cry"
6. "Stay Gold"
7. "HEART STATION"

(I don't believe these numbers have anything to do with the actual track numbers.)
Somehow I find it amusing that "Boku wa Kuma" is going to be on the CD. I mean, I like the song a lot, but it's still very much a children's song.
I'm also not sure I like the idea of having both versions of Flavor of Life on one album.
I'm too lazy to verify this myself, but it also says that she's working on a new English album. Now, as I've said in the past, there were a number of songs on EXODUS that I really liked, most notably "Kremlin Dusk" and "Exodus '04", and I quickly got used to the rest of the tracks, but in the end, I'm just rather skeptical of this new album. Again, I firmly believe that she both has the right to and shoud record whatever style of music she wants to - in a lot of ways music is ultimately for the sake of the singer, not of the singer's fans - but as for what I want, I'd like something closer to her Japanese work, and a bit less sexual.

And I still can't tell the difference between the old and new mixes of "Fly Me To The Moon". ^^;

*laughs* From Hikki's blog:
目指せ！メガネが似合う女性有名人トップ５入り！

メガネっこビーーーーム！

(Aim for it! Entering the top 5 famous women who look good in glasses!

Meganekko beeeeaaaaam!)

Seriously, though, she looks wonderful in glasses. More people should wear glasses. *nods*