Robots In Love

Here’s a sneak peak at some LEGOing Marc and I flanagled together for, well, just cuz we want Space Planetary Base: Awesome LEGOS!!!

So I found a killer in-depth recipe for cold zaru soba noodles a ways back. A couple months ago I picked up the supplies at Nijiya Market in Japan Town. It’s been a lovely summer’s day (and end to my amazing hermit staycation) and what a better day to execute my first attempt at cooking soba at home. I had the green onions, seaweed, soba tsuyu, some ice cold Sapporo, and a bunch of different kind of soba, all ranging from the cheap stuff to the expensive, 100% buckwheat noodle. I strategically chose the cheap stuff, seeing as this was my first attempt.

It came out OK. Not bad but a little too al dente (probably because I’m an al dente snob when it comes to Italian pasta – does not translate well to soba). And the tsuyu sauce was off balance. Gonna try a few things different next time but I will not stop making it til I make it perfect! All my favorite noodle joints are too far away!

It’s been a good, long while since the Robots In Love Blog was active. I am pleased to announce that this forum will once again rock the ages with insight, art, and updates from the wacky realms of my brain. :)

REJOICE!!! (and stay tuned) …

-Aaron

…meh

There. I blogged about it.

…that Carl Sagan is slowly convincing me that the human race has some purpose in the universe. As a first-class misanthrope I’m really having a hard time with this.

“We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself…”

*sniff*

See, it all started when I got the XBox 360. Now I can stream Netflix straight to my TV. Right around this time I added the Cosmos series to my instant queue. It’s fantastic.

I love this. Not my usual “asthetic” when it comes to robots but, well, it’s just adorable…

Robotack!

So, for Marc’s birthday this year we all took the day off and drove down to Malibu Grand Prix to race cars, play arcade games, get soaked in bumper boats, slaughter each other at mini-golf, and even take some swings in the batting cages. If that doesn’t sound like a perfect enough day, throw in lunch at In & Out Burger, and an all-out shopping spree at… you guessed it: ToysRUs and Target.

Hours of fun. See how much of the song you can string together.

Get on my horse.

After acquiring the CY Girl / Cool Girl lot from James (see last post) I am on yet ANOTHER kick. Some of these figures are… amazing. Particularly this one.

No matter the cost, I will have her:

They’ve taken a few cues from the SaturnBit suit from Z.A.C. which is alright by me. They’ll display nicely together… or do I put her with RoboCop. I know. They’ll switch off every week, Mon, Wed, Fri, she hangs with Robo, Tues, Thurs, Sat, with Saturn-B, with alternating Sundays. Yeah… that’s how it’ll be.

I recently went on a toy spree with Marc. It all started innocently enough. A couple weeks ago James Sime told me he had some 1/6 scale figures he’d like to give to me. Not long after I got a text from STORM saying that they were at the shop. Our plan was to divvy up the loot and have an action figure hootenanny. I figured I’d better get a zipcar cuz I might be hauling a big box of dolls home with me afterwards. I called Marc and told him I was driving down to Isotope to pick up my toys. Any time I mention to Marc that I have a car, or ANYONE for that matter mentions to Marc they have a car, a trip to Toys’R'Us or Target, (or both) is immediately in the works. So, I get to the shop and me and STORM immediately go at it. We got 12 inch figures lining all the counter space. We whiddle them down to our favorites and a few get left in the dust.

Marc and I head off to the San Mateo TRU where THIS happens:

More stuff gets added to the cart, some things are taken away (like SS Cake) and we get out of there by the skins of our wallets. Oh but wait! Target’s right next door! Another $35 later…

After a harrowing race with time and a Zipcar (Millbrae to 6th Street SF in 14 minutes on a Saturday night on 101. I should win a fucking award) I get the bags in my room and like any good kid on Xmas morning I set up the loot in a dazzling display (the pics don’t do it justice. There was way more).

Just a sampling from James’ relinquished (to me and STORM) collection:

5 amazing looking CY Girls.

My 2 faves:

and

Now, I had been telling Petrina how much I miss my LEGOs (particularly my space LEGOs from childhood) and I resisted falling back into that trap for fear of spending even MORE money than I already do on toys.

I’m fucked.

When I first started at Kink, all us photographers got together and did a calendar. I got to be October (cuz that’s my month, yo) and I chose to don my old Starscream costume with my new Decepticon underwear! Anyways… bask in the glory:

Taken by the lovely, the talented Tristan Crane

Last week I got my Ravage USB thumb drive. He comes with me everywhere.

So, yeah, I’m like… Soundwave… kinda…

ED-209 is looking kinda surprised that Ravage is up on my speaker. He may just be “illegally parked on private property.” :D

Yesterday, thanks to my friend and DAPDX cohort, Star, I was liberated from AT&T and the iPhone.

It all happened so fast.

I was talking to Star at Above Paradise on Friday night and she mentioned that her iPhone was stolen or lost or something. Before I realized what I was doing, I blurted out, “You can buy mine!” So, Saturday morning I went down to the AT&T store on 16th and Potrero to meet Star and release myself from the iPhone forever. She was elated and grateful (and handed me cash). And I… was in shock. Like, the kinda shock you might feel when a police officer safely leads you from a hostage situation. I immediately got on my bike and rode to the closest Sprint store. Got a super simple phone that I love, for FREE!! … and a plan that allows me two simple things: phone calls and text messages… ahhhhhhhhhh *sinks into chair with grin*

So, I’m still in the midst of finishing off my room, aka phase 1 of ‘Project: Cloud City’. I need cash to get my door hung and to pay for my dope-ass glass shelves to which all my little darlings will proudly stand (standing is awesome). I have all this stuff I’ve been putting aside to sell on eBay and it’s all finally hitting the virtual shelves. A little at a time…

Go check it out. There’s some cool stuff.

And speaking of ‘Project: Cloud City‘ I’m going to be posting pics of the progress from before the beginning to present day. Think: ‘Clean Sweep‘ meets Lando Calrissian. It’s gonna be so dope when it’s done.

I’ve recently joined a group of cool cats for a weekly podcast that appears on my favorite toy robot geek-fest of a website CollectionDX. It covers mostly anime, some robot movies, and any wacky thing that these crazy kids feeling like viewing. My first experience with them had me engaged in a heavily analytical pow-wow for the film Blade Runner, of all things. It’s still being edited but in the meantime we reviewed (and analyzed) a cool old anime called ‘Aim For The Ace’. A coming of age piece about a girl who’s ambition lies in the world of Tennis. Doesn’t sound like something I’d like but it was really beautifully done. It reminded me more of the kinds of short, underground animtion I’d see at the old film festivals like Tournee or Zagreb.

Anywayz, my first podcast is HERE

This is my first blog EVAR! OMG!! I’m so totally excitied. OMFG! I’m totally gonna start blogging. LOL!