Nothing new really, We've all known this for a while now.

To prepare for Japan, I bought a Sony miniDV camera today. I plan to use it to take video and pictures while out in the field. You'll never know where robot and ninja sightings might happen so it's best to be prepared with a small camera. We will have a bunch of fancier, bigger cameras for GS live but having a small personal one will make it easier for me to infiltrate the Dojos and Robot Academies.

Today is my day to pack. I need to get all packed and ready so that I dont have to worry about anything come Monday night. I am leaving with the second wave of the GameSpot crew on Tuesday.

Though there are some ninjas and robots that come from other parts of the world, everybody knows that robots and ninjas are originally from Japan. So it's safe to assume that the war must have started there. I am going to Japan on Tuesday to find out more about the whole war. I am really going there to help cover TGS for GameSpot but I'll use my free time hanging out at dojos (ninja colleges) and robot academys. I will try my best to keep you all posted from there.

Wish me luck, I will be at ground zero of the war. This may get bloody.

for more information please join the Robots Vs. Ninjas Union

A couple of months back, I was in Burger King at least twice a week to collect the Star Wars toy. I completed the 31 toy set and they are now proudly displayed in my office work station. After a few weeks of this ritual, my body was starting to feel the strain of eating all that greasy food. I think I would have died if not for the nice lady in the BK on 9th and Howard. She sold me the coveted Darth Vader toy that was so hard to find.

I had a bit of time to recoup and my weight is back to normal. But it seems like it's time to go back to BK though. I just read on the Star Wars website that they are releasing new toys. Oh no, here we go again!

So it's an oxymoron of sorts... Robots Versus Ninjas Union. I just thought we can all band together and collectively unravel the mystery of the conflit between the two factions.

You're probably starting to wonder where the Ninjas fit into this story.

Well here's where...

As the Pirates swarmed closer to my vehicle, a portal opened right by the front right bumper of my car. A Ninja materialized out of the portal. For a second there, I thought, "Wow! teleporting Ninjas are cooler than invisible Ninjas or Ninjas with lasers!"

Then I noticed the Ninja was wearing an ipod around his waist (where a laser would usually be holstered). This is when I realized that he must have been listening to David Bowie's "Space Oditty". That's the oly way he ended up in the same spot as me. Bowie's music does crazy s**t to Ninjas too.

The Ninja stepped out of the portal fighting. He started slashing away at the Pirates. This created enough of a distraction and I was able to speed away to the road leading back to San Francisco. I felt bad for the Ninja because there were at least a 100 cranky Pirates in Treasure Island. I hope he survived.

I decided to drive straight to the office and skip out on going to the bank.

I decided to drive to work today because I had a couple errands to run that required me to have the car today. The first being to go to the bank before work and the other was so I could head straight from work to piNoisepop tonight to set up for the show.

I'm not really sure if it was the fact that they were playing Space Oddity by Bowie on the radio or just the fact that I'm stupid at 8 am in the morning; I somehow ended up on a one way street that had a time-space dimensional rift that led straight to the Bay Bridge. It must have been Space Oddity. Weird things happen when I hear that song. I'll talk more about that some other time.

Cruising down the bridge I realized the only way I could go back to the city without paying toll was to take the Treasure Island exit and loop back.

As everybody knows Treasure Island is not a safe place to be in at 8:30 in the morning. This is around the time when the Pirates are all out preparing for a day of pillaging and mayhem, Pirates are especially cranky before breakfast.

I decided to risk the quick u-turn through Treasure Island because I did not have cash for the toll back. (I never got to the bank, remember)

As I drove through the exit, I was thinking to myself “Oh no, the Pirates will feed me to their pet sharks, Oh no, I’m gonna die!” I went as fast as I could through the winding road within the speed limit. (If there’s anything worse than Pirates at 8:30 in the morning, it’s Pirate Traffic Cops!) I drove cautiously down at 30 mph.

Upon entering the Island, I saw 8 massive galleons prepping to set sail. Pirates were everywhere doing their piratey work. I tried to be stealthy, but that’s not very easy when you drive an SUV. One of the Pirates notices me and shouts “Arrrrrrh!” This alerted all the other cranky Pirates, and they all broke out into a collective “Arrrrhh!!!!” as they all started to march towards my Rav.

After being gone for over a month, I am finally back in the office. It's good to be back. I am very excited to get back to the projects I left dangling while I was gone.

While I was away, I had a chance to follow that robot that takes the 9 San Bruno. He (I am assuming he's a he) walks all the way from Market to Bryant when he gets off the bus. He stops for coffee at some cafe on some days. Ultimately he goes to Kinko's. I think he works in the back.

I'm not quite sure what he does though. Maybe he's a photocopy machine repair guy.

I donno what it is but I seem to have lost half the people in my friends list. It's either I somehow pissed them off collectively or the robots hijacked my account. Did anybody else lose their friends?

I'm sure the ninjas had nothing to do with this though. They don't care for the internet.

I was watching Carnivale last night and finally figured out who the midget in the show looks like.
It's as if they spliced Anthony Daniels' and Kenny Baker's DNA to get this guy.