{"id":2772,"date":"2016-01-01T18:39:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T02:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2016-01-01T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T02:39:39","slug":"things-i-learnt-on-the-first-day-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/things-i-learnt-on-the-first-day-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I learnt on the first day of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A cap of whiskey dunked into a smoothie adds a subtle flavor\u00a0to it that is hard to pinpoint and makes it super interesting. For reference, the other ingredients in the smoothie were 3 kiwi fruits, 1 banana, a slice of peeled ginger, coconut water as the base, chia seeds and a smidgen of honey.<\/li>\n<li>Waking up to a long, heart-warming email on January 1 could be the best thing to wake up to on the first day of the year.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If you are in a shopping mall and see a massage chair, go sit on it for 5 minutes. Er, don&#8217;t just sit on it, I mean, insert that money to switch it on.\u00a0Totes worth it.<\/li>\n<li>In a choice between udon and ramen lunch, the place with the lowest waiting line wins. Also, you win, regardless of the line.<\/li>\n<li>This is important: there are three books on Shunga, or Japanese erotic art, that I have been aware of. I had always set my eyes on Ofer Shagan&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Japanese-Erotic-Art-Ofer-Shagan\/dp\/0500291179\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese Erotic Art<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as the definitive one, thanks to reviews and also because of the price\/value ratio. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shunga-Erotic-Japan-Rosina-Buckland\/dp\/1468306987\" target=\"_blank\">Rosina Buckland&#8217;s book<\/a> is a hardcover and\u00a0comes in a lower price point, but 176 pages seems far less definitive. Timothy Clark&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shunga-Sex-Pleasure-Japanese-Art\/dp\/9004263268\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art<\/a><\/em> does seem more well-rounded in terms of content, but the 99$ price point is excessive. Today, however, I found out about a fourth book that does not turn up in any of the lists. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0714849960\/\" target=\"_blank\">Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories by Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and Other Artists of the Floating World<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a mouthful of a title,\u00a0and it&#8217;s out-of-print, but used copies are available for 20$ or thereabouts. Gian Carlo Calza, the writer knows exactly when to let the pictures do the talking and when to interject with commentary. This one&#8217;s probably coming into the bookshelf pretty soon.<\/li>\n<li>Little Tokyo in Downtown LA has a gallery called Q2, which features indie artists&#8217; work on the walls for sale and display. I nearly pooped my pants at an original Kagan McLeod watercolor of Gordon Liu, and some wonderful work by Alina Chau and a bunch of other names I don&#8217;t remember. Definitely worth going back.<\/li>\n<li>People in the UK have already watched\u00a0<em>Sherlock: The Abominable Bride<\/em>, which makes me grit my teeth. In my defense, I am holding off to watch it on Tuesday, where it plays in the theater opposite my workplace, single-screening only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ah, fuck it, I will just go watch it tonight first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cap of whiskey dunked into a smoothie adds a subtle flavor\u00a0to it that is hard to pinpoint and makes it super interesting. For reference, the other ingredients in the smoothie were 3 kiwi fruits, 1 banana, a slice of peeled ginger, coconut water as the base, chia seeds and a smidgen of honey. 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