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Quick Notes

- We have a month-long advertising campaign starting soon that'll change the site's design a little bit, hope you all don't mind it too much (and hope you like the color yellow)

- I've become obsessed with butterflies recently and will figure out a way to put them on this site (kind of like we did with cupcakes

- Considering whether to launch iPhone Wallpapers earlier than 1,000. Hm...

- We might shelve or change the fan art collaboration feature. I'll keep it around a while longer just in case but it hasn't been used as much as I hoped - not even close. Being a Bossman isn't for the faint of heart. You have to spend a long time making something and be willing to drop it without getting too attached. Otherwise the site becomes overgrown. The idea is to raise 10 butterflies and hope that 1 manages to survive.

- Saw this awesome play, it reminded me a lot of Tarantino! My goal is to see a few plays a month, a perk of being in NYC.

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Otaku Memes

Don't forget to say 'hi' to lunastarz next time she visits chat:

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The Johnny Yong Bosch and Eyeshine Appearance Earlier Today

I am...

Happy.

Japan-Themed Day + This Coming Week

Today was a Japan-themed day.

I saw the off-broadway play Tokio Confidential, which was a solid story about an American woman who falls in love with a Japanese tattoo artist. The villain was evil.

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I topped it off with a FANTASTIC Japanese hotdog from this place called JAPADOG. They're originally from Vancouver but opened a store in NYC (wonder if SomeGuy has had it)

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I'm excited about this coming week. Johnny Yong Bosch + the biggest and most important site-wide challenge we've ever done.

...The Heck Is This?

I went to make this blog post and saw something really weird on the "Add a Post" page. I refreshed and it was gone.

Here's a screen shot I took: