Sometimes, Asian people can be really cool as in the case of Bruce Lee, Chad Hugo, and Japanese people under the age of 25. Most of the time though, they are embarrassing as fuck. And this is only the first video in their love story… Find out how Zoe & Raymond met here.

Everyone loves girls on bikes. Well, that’s if you’re into bikes. If you’re not, insert what ever your hobby is under or on top of the girl and you’re probably stoked. Cars, motorcycles, Kaiju, whatever. The female presence gives your objects a new sense of sexiness. Knowing this, I decided to hit up Jess Versus and see if she wanted to shoot some photos on her new Gran Royale Lurker. She asked what she should wear and I said “what ever you normally wear when you ride”, i.e. not a bikini and heels.

The photos came out great and were well-received by both men and women. Head on over to my blog and check the rest out!

Braces on my fangs… Prolly’d? Yes? No? Either way, read more about it here.

P.S. I don’t care what the newscaster says, being a wannabe werewolf is still being Goth in my book.

I’m not sure how heavy the rotation has been on M.I.A.’s newest video ‘Born Free’ but I just saw it for the first time yesterday and it’s worth the watch for conversation’s sake at the very least. It’s directed by Romain Gavras who is the same guy who made the most literal video interpretation of Justice’s ‘Stress‘ next to maybe, La Haine.

This video is steadily being flagged and removed all across the internet for its graphic content. M.I.A. is so punk. Am I the last person to see this?

Asher Roth – I Love College

Gym Class Heroes: Cupid’s Chokehold

Flobots – Handlebars

Down With Webster – Rich Girl$

Yelawolf – Pop The Trunk

I almost promised myself I wouldn’t post this but it’s early in the morning right now and I’m making poor choices. The newest leak from Cam and DJ Drama’s upcoming mixtape Boss Of All Bosses 2.5 is a tribute to everybody’s transit beat down meme. Listen:

If there is some strange reason you want to keep this song forever then download it here.

*BONUS* Feel free to vote for my first and last LOLCAT.

I know a good chunk of you follow Pee-wee Herman on Twitter, but I doubt many of you realize Elvira has a Twitter. I of course do, because I love Elvira. A few days ago she tweeted the above pic of her and Paul Reubens back stage from one of his Pee Wee performances. I thought this was a pretty adorable picture and was happy that two of my childhood faves are still in touch…

“Still in Touch?” Oh you never realized that the Mistress of the Dark was in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure? Skip forward to 2:08 mark of the famous Tequila scene and you’ll find Cassandra Peterson in a rare cameo sans her usual Elvira get-up. I think she still looks great at almost 60.

No, not those kinds of Cathouses! These are cafes in Tokyo were patrons can spend some time enjoying the company of cats! I know this sounds ridiculously odd, but it’s Japan Ok? How is this any odder than this? It’s actually infinitely way more sane if you ask me. Just look at the guy up above just waiting to me you!

The concept behind these is very similar to Japanese hostess bars where you can select from a wide range of girls in a variety of outfits ranging from maids, school girls, gothic lolita to just your favorite anime characters and enjoy some drinks or even some video games in their company. Above is the “menu” of all the lovely cats you can select to spend your time with for ¥900 (about $10) an hour.

Coilhouse recently took a visit inside one of these Tokyo Cat Cafes and has a great rundown of this very surreal experience that was filled with highly trained cats and I’m sure some pretty creeped out Japanese patrons. I mean who wants the presence of a weird westerner as you try and get your cuddle on with some sweet, sweet kitties.

As with any good cathouse, there are some rules of conduct patrons must adhere to. Above is said rules of the house… just like with strippers, you must also be gentleman with these saucy felines. Why Cat Cafe’s you say? Most people unfortunately just do not have the space in their Tokyo apartments to house a cat, let alone deal with it’s litter box. Plus the work environment in Japan can be very, very stressful and who wouldn’t want to relieve some of that stress by stroking one of those guys for a little while?

Best believe I’m hitting one of these up in a week or so! Just don’t tell my girlfriend… I’m just kidding she’s coming with me. We actually visited something sort of similar to this in Amsterdam, De Poezenboot!

A Journey to delicious and beyond. FRISKIES wet cat food unlocks a magical world of sensory stimulation for your cat.

Friskies, the gateway drug to “Adventureland”. I wish I could visit Adventureland, frealz.

Maru played with a stick of the inside.
Therefore I corked it.
He is desperate to take out a stick of the inside again.

Mrs. Hateball and I have been following the antics of Maru, the adorable internet cat for a couple months now. the last time I posted cute cat shit to this blog (would link but cannot find! Doh!), I got completely and totally flamed, but, well, that was about a year ago, so I figured I’d try again. The true irony is that I am absolutely NOT a cat person, but for some reason, when someone documents the lives of their pet(s) on the internet for (what at least seems to be) their own happiness and no other reason (even though I think this person put out a book or something?) it just sort of makes me smile.

To boot, I am in the land of Maru at the moment: chilly Tokyo. I was going to take the week off of all things internet, but, sadly, I am sitting in my crackerbox (pun intended) of a hotel room waiting for my bank to call be back…my cards have been frozen because I have obviously stolen them and am attempting to run up fraudulent charges at Snoopy Town and Secret Base. Duh.

Still: sitting here, watching Sumo wrestling and drinking Asahi is pretty relaxing. I have to admit it. Even though I’m staring into this goddamned device, I can’t help but smile: after this is more Infoquake (started it on the plane), and then I’ll wake my lovely bride up and we’ll either go get noodles at Hanamaru (the cheapest date I’ll ever have) or try to venture into some fine dining. Either way, we’ll follow it with single-serving Hagen Dasz from AM/PM and come back to the room with a few tallboys. Here we are, big and ridiculous in Japan. Again.

I’ll hopefully have some awesome photos to post next week. I’ve already spotted the most offensively amazing (and hot) poster I’ve ever seen in my life, and it’s just my first day. Gozaimas.