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| entering the gridlock that is the bay bridge toll plaza. |
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| previously: sony's urban entertainment experiment. now: consumed by the westfield empire.
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| and here we have wondercon 2007, a gathering place for comic collectors, cosplay geeks, and the like. |
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| なるとだってばよ! |
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| why? i don't even want to think about
what is going on here. also, who is obi-wan talking to on that cell phone? |
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| mmm, classics. i see five copies of x-men #94 there. |
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| one of an multitude of comic vendor booths. |
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| while seeing one of the emperor's royal guards on the street would normally be a highlight, i think that creepy werewolf-like person in the background is probably even better. |
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| daniel logan (aka young boba fett from episode ii), known for such classic lines including
"get 'em dad!" and "yuup!". |
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| family portrait. |
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| exuding a clearly
un-hollywood like aura,
peter mayhew, the 7'3" giant who played chewbacca.
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| sandy and two imperial stormtroopers. it's probably a good thing those masks stayed on. |
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| err ... |
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| hm, where's the slime? |
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| hm.. |
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| parking lot, here we come! |
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| boom! block-er! chinese new year parade. |
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| of course, i have absolutely no idea what these girls were chanting. unlike the people standing directly next to me, at least i'm aware that china, korea, and japan are different countries!! |
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| more. |
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| more. |
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| like most attractions in this year's parade, this is probably yet another southwest airlines production! |
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| more. |
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| more. |
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| after standing on a ledge pressed up against a store display window for a long enough period of time, dragon/lion/drums/bands/etc. fatigue starts to set in. |
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| escape time. |
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| something eerily reminiscent of something from the game! |
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| how to pass through this parade!? |
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| mm ... |
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| rumbling through the crowd. |
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| random san francisco people. |
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| survivor winner, yul kwon. of course, 99.9% of the crowd probably thinks he's chinese. of course he is; this is, after all, a chinese new year parade! |
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| realizing that retreating to the sutter/stockton parking garage was an impossibility, we opted for ponzu. |
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| what's changed? no dj, no prix fixe menu. |
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| gulp. |
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| fried rice, of some sort. |
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| naan. |
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| (un)spicy ahi tuna tartare. |
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| roasted half chicken. |
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| done! |
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| following the taxi train through san francisco chinatown in a quest to find an uncongested freeway entrance. hm, my car could probably use a wash ... |
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| yep. |
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