This cracked me up.

[hoveringsombrero]

I've ordered things from jlist.com before
and consequently got on the mailing list.
Which has been THE most entertaining and interesting malling list ever.

The guy who runs the site will tell little stories and facts before the whole:
"and here's the new products this week!!" bit.

For example, this is from the most recent newsletter:

It's hard to keep up with anime trends in Japan, since they're always in motion. The newest boom in otaku culture seems to be "tsundere" (TSOON-deh-reh), a word that describes girls who are cranky and quick to anger (in Japanese, tsun-tsun) on the surface, yet loving and vulnerable when it suits them (known as "dere-dere," pronounced deh-reh deh-reh). A staple in anime and PC dating-sim games, some famous tsundere characters include Asuka from Evangelion, Akane from Ranma 1/2, Sanae from The Sagara Family (who has a tendency to punch the main character violently at any provocation), and if you ponder it long enough, Princess Leia from Empire. Like cat girls, waitress uniforms and French Maid costumes, tsundere is closely tied to the Cult of Akihabara and "moe" (mo-EH) culture that has become such a big part of modern Japanese life.

Now instead of passively watching your favorite rough-around- the-edges character in anime, you can experience her in the flesh at a new "Tsun-Cafe" which features beautiful waitresses who insult customers, acting frustrated when they take too long to order and yelling things like, "Here's your coffee. Drink it quickly and get out of here, will you?" But when it's time to leave, the girls look sad, and say, "Oniichan, I'm sorry I said those awful things to you. You will come again, right?"

Comments

i wanna work there!

[edanya.livejournal.com]

if it tells you where to order those black circle contact lenses, let me know.

Re: i wanna work there!

[edanya.livejournal.com]

(theyre supposed to make your eyes look bigger)

[edanya.livejournal.com]

if you know apriljoy shes got a recent example. yes, i asked her. ignoredignored.

[eris.livejournal.com]

I dun think jlist has 'em.
And I could have sworn that April mentioned in an entry where she got them.
But I haven't bothered to go look yet.
I keep thinking I know where, and then get bored with the thought before I manage to look.

Heh. You're likely to find them before I get around to looking.

[edanya.livejournal.com]

yeah i found a few places but i dont know if theyre any good since i can see them, thats why i figured id ask since she went through a crappy pair.