The Futureheads - Hounds of Love remains my most wanted karaoke tune. Will never appear. Would train my family to do the harmonies.
Matt
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Video Games & life in Japan, mostly. Also NBA (Phoenix Suns), good music, Premier League (Nottingham Forest), and pictures of something I cooked. 日本語OK. Blogging like it’s 2009: http://www.toomanywires.co.uk/
Living the outlaw life (eating shop-bought onigiri at karaoke)
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Tip for doing that Final Fantasy Tier list: put the first one you played at the top and the most recent entry you played at the bottom. Use opinions to order the rest
Finished up GTA IV Lost & Damned and then looked up Johnny’s eventual fate. Wish I hadn’t done that….
Back home from our Karuizawa trip. Several hours delayed because we smashed into a wild boar on the way back! Everyone is fine but made a mess of our bumper. The boar immediately bolted; hope it survives. Honestly, the fucking size of that lad
Drinking a coffee next to a tree. Already had two family arguments about where to park. On holiday!
Driving to Karuizawa. Not at this very second, obviously. Service area stop. Starbucks is closed
I wrote something! The games of Wii Shop Wednesday, Mega Turrican, failed ideas and plenty more
ActRaiser Blazing Lazers Bases Loaded Mega Turrican
I played Mega Turrican the other day. I had twenty minutes to spare, there was no football on, and I fancied trying something new. New to m...
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I know it shouldn’t, but the “that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl J…” part of that viral post really winds me up. Very effective
New Chad Hugo! Song’s good but deeply disappointed that someone as creative & talented as him would be OK putting out an AI-generated music video. It’s piss poor
Power went out in the thunderstorm. My PS5 is going to be so mad
I wrote something! The games of Wii Shop Wednesday, Mega Turrican, failed ideas and plenty more
ActRaiser Blazing Lazers Bases Loaded Mega Turrican
I played Mega Turrican the other day. I had twenty minutes to spare, there was no football on, and I fancied trying something new. New to m...
toomanywires.co.uk
Used to live between Kuramae & Asakusa, Sumida side, close to the river. Had the best house parties for the Sumidagawa firework display. Wii Sports, cocktails, Wii Sports. All the good stuff
IKEA then back home & straight into the kitchen (tandoori chicken, bombay potatoes and a green salad). One of the top dads on out street
Booked a trip to Karuizawa. I bet the Hard Offs are well fancy
Under strict instructions from my daughter, I’m checking the Am*zon app every 10mins to see if Splatoon Raiders is out for delivery yet
These are the copies of The Iliad & The Odyssey that I read as a teenager. They smell amazing - a mix of old paper & vanilla. I’m going to re-read them this summer, in between smelling sessions
Might not look like a sauna but it fucking felt like one (10pm, 31°c, 80% humidity, vile)
Balamb harbour peaking through the ファミ通 lettering. A thing of rare beauty
