Things I learned during my flight:

-Golf courses look awesome from above
-The Olympic stadium will probably need a lick of paint before West Ham start half-filling it
-The people of Hong Kong probably don't know what colour the sky is
-If airline food is awful, I'm going to eat at some proper Japanese dumps and still love it
-Korean Air is apparently sponsored by Pepsi.

Help Dave stay boredom-free.

I am making a long-ass (arse?) journey to Japan on Tuesday, upon whence I will probably not have an Xbox or proper internet access for at least a couple of weeks. I shall need to be entertained. Feel free to leave suggestions and I'll add them to the list.

What should I have pre-downloaded/installed/purchased before I go?

DS
Professor Layton
Pokemon Black
Rhythm Paradise/Heaven

Android phone
Words with Friends (spaceindaver), Wordfeud
The Adventures of Simon Pegg graphic novel

iPod Classic
Lots and lots of Futurama
Friday Night Lights Season One
Firefly

Books/magazines
Peter F. Hamilton - Pandora’s Star
Edge Magazine
GamesTM
Preacher TPB 1

Laptop
Puzzle Agent
Plants vs. Zombies
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
Shatter
BIT.TRIP.BEAT
Torchlight
Osmos

Hello World

Evening (this post is designed to be read in the evening),

My name's Dave, and this is my world domination plan:

1. Move to Japan under the guise of an Assistant Language Teacher
2. Spend my evenings fighting crime ("crime" in this case denotes a lack of pies for sale)
3. Befriend a member of the catering staff at Capcom
4. Sleep my way to the top
5. Use photos of my exploits to blackmail-wangle a job as a translator/English language community manager
6. Demand that Capcom open a Vancouver office and move my job there
7. ???
8. Profit!

So yes, this blog will be targeted at; people considering being a beardy white man in Japan, people studying TEFL or TESOL and want to read the experiences of an idiot living their dream, people who know me and wish I hadn't left, people who have an unhealthy obsession with Japanese culture. Although at no point will I pose with a pair of cat ears on my head, you filthy scallywags.

I will be posting words, photos, videos and perhaps the occasional bit of audio. To begin with, let's get all web 2.0-y and use Google's fancy maps, shall we? I shall be going here:

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While I already have a Tumblr page and a Twitter account, I will try to keep this page on-topic in terms of Japan and my experiences, but it may occasionally become a repository for my nonsense, a place to crowd-source information, a shoulder to cry on, or just a place where I post pictures of cats being hilarious.

Feel free to post questions in the comments or @ me on Twitter if you have any suggestions for the site or want me to investigate anything in particular.