Life in Tokyo: Vlog #45 Final Days in the Middle of Nowhere

[coldboltx]

what's the name of the first song????

[Aquarius12490]

OMG...I seriously thought I was the only person in the world who put Ketchup on their Mac'n Cheese...I also put some sliced up ham in it too...and don't make fun youtubers. When you have no money and your in college...it's the best.

[Caliguy387]

lol random dogsled at 5:50.... hahahaha priceless

[baddogonline]

This video made me laugh out loud! :D

[Wuzzles2]

DOOOOOOOOG is CUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!

[Ickyarkman]

what are the apartment rates like in japan relative to here in america? Averages are fine.

[komodo3000]

I know this is quite late, but Al's French Fries (in Vermont) is around the corner from where I grew up. I've been there many many times in my life.

[TheLordEspada]

Is cable the american version of sky?

[MrSevenCostanza]

Al's French Frys is the SHIT.

You've obviously sampled their excellent fare- next time you go 'home', try a 'Rise and Shiner" sandwich at Kountry Kart Deli. On the same road, downtown, right next to the Flynn. If you haven't already, that is.

[OurLives2010]

was that a dog sled team in the background? O.o

[JapanSato00]

-10? i liva in Latvia now its -25 thats some shity cold

[NoOne3234]

Remember, the US uses Fahrenheit. That's about -23 C.

[Choice777]

omg you got a website :d

[lilstu20]

2:47 He Looks Like Richard Hammond (From BBCs Top Gear).

[Pitoucc]

LOL, I love the fact that there's a dog sled passing by in the background when you are talking about life passing by.

[chronicleone]

2:53 one day I am going to screw that fine ass Estelle Getty.

[MarijuanaActivist]

STARBUCKS CUP!!! 7:05

[narutowatcher54]

When you put chips ketchup and pepper on mac and cheese I think about putting corn on mac and cheese.

[TislamTheGreat]

Peace,

That looks like pot head food. Some thing you make when your high.

PEACE

[AnimeFreak4372]

GOLDEN GIRLS! XD

[NextNate03]

Take me with u! My mom thinks that they will KILL ME if i go (WW2 bombs). WTF is she thinking, its 2009. It has been over 60 years since WW2.

If anybody have any suggestions on about moving there PLEASE let me know. I am 24, and no college degree, and can't read or speak Japan. I know how to speak about 3 words. PLEASE HELP ME!

[TokyoWhiteBoi]

Well if you want to learn the language really quick (or at least a lot of vocab) look into the computer application called Rosetta Stone. it's pretty expensive for one lesson but you learn REALLY fast and easy. I don't know about getting an apartment tho my dad had that all covered.

[cangriman0101]

Why did he move to Tokyo?

I'm not saying it's a bad place, is just that is not that common to see some1 move to the other side of the world without any reason!

[na6drifter]

i think because of his job hes a comic or something but even if he wasnt tokyo is still an awesome place 2 live

[iFukuyama]

haha, mario!=P

[ekaykay9953]

Bahahahaha! XD

a Video with:

Ice Bubbles + Golden Girls = Good Stuff

lol

[Shro0m]

Lol never knew about ice bubbles thats awesome

[bluesheeft]

Good soulful stuff. Never seen an ice bubble before.. pretty cool. Pun intended.

[angelhug]

tokyocooney, when you are sitting on the frozen lake I half expect for you to start singing you are beautiful by james blunt!!!!!

[vin22kevin]

ahh.. i was hoping more fotage of ur mom. :D

[polkafever]

lol I live in Quebec and I have -35 mornings

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

That ice bubble thing was amazing O_O

Its nice to see him back home for some reason he looks different at home. His hair is different...

[StringsCrusader]

It's because he's in his natural environment. Well maybe not his NATURAL natural environment.. but.. America I mean. I guess when he's in Japan, he looks more.. foreign for obvious reasons :P

[GaelicElf]

XD XD XD

Golden Girls!

[dableutyef]

When the ice bubble broke I laughed.

[Nar2211]

The prehistoric starbucks cup is said to be 4 billion years old....as far as scientists can see^_^!!!!

[salforce19900710]

brilliant!!!

[blueravenfire]

prehistoric Starbucks cup lol XD

[foodnoodle]

im curious why u like japan cooney, u dont seem that interested in that culture, why live there when its like the same as when ur home?

[Hinoiteam10]

Because it's away from his parents in another country with good food! lol

[dableutyef]

Like noodles! :D

[iAmTubeSocks]

haha golden girls! how awesome!

[NaiNosnibor]

Oh, and i know how wonderful it is to go back to the states after being abroad for a year or more...

[Relatharr]

Golden Girls? Bwahahahahah!

[cloddiehoppers]

It's nice to see a 30-year old kid doing stuff like snow sledding, eating ice cream, blowing bubbles, etc.

I'm gonna be like that! :D

[NaiNosnibor]

I loved the starbucks frozen for a century bit, and the microwave my ass bit XD

[SilverApe1428]

U got a dog? How old is he/she and are the laws for dogs in Japan different from those in the US?

[Rocafile]

o shit its james blunt

[cloudydaze27]

lol I just thought that!

[KitsuneJey]

Eating at Ben & Jerry's after you've eaten at Ice Cream City... That's what I call "to-come-full-circle" XD.

[CoRnJuLiOx]

I've got a question, who did/does your camera work in this video? How do you film from so many different angles without actually moving the camera? And how in the world do you pick your insert and background music?

[tokyocooney]

Everything is done with a tripod amazingly enough or my own really long arms. The audio is picked by going through my itunes and picknig stuff I like, edited in using Final Cut Pro

[FatesWishes]

"im going to have to microwave my ass" LMAO!!!

Cherry garcia is my FAV!

[ironsaviorguy99]

here are some nice Ben and jerrys seafood icecream ideas

half baked mollusk

Cherry garcia Featuring a suprise Crustation flavor

and french vanilla with snake and cookiedough

[tarabiru]

haha a really old star bucks cup!

[fullmetalfunk]

ketchup on macaroni and cheese?

[coughsnif]

holy shit the bubble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[hungrymunster]

hahaha so much preparation for your microwaveable mac n cheese. but yea the things you said are right, when i go back home to someplace i think of all these things i wanna do but when i get there i just sit around and watch tv...and ofcourse eat fast food.

[6663000]

I can sympathize with the cold weather, i live in Atlantic Canada all year round.

I've never tried freezing a soap bubble though. And ive never been in a macdonalds with a fireplace. haha

lol is there somebody dogsledding in the background at 5:52?

[CHUNKYBOWSER]

Yea they are. XD I loved the Golden Girls part.

Good job! Keep it up! :D

[Areweonfiya]

wheres vlog 44?

[xpo147]

What's snow again?? 

ur vids rock!

-San Francisco, CA

[blulaguna18]

never tasted ben and jerry. is it that good. looks good. i didnt even notice the dog sled in the back.

ZOMG the bubble froze hehe.

haha a prehistoric starbucks cup lol.

microwave my ass

[sanbuena3]

taco bell is nasty is not real mexican food!!!!!!!!! is an embarrasment to mexican food!!! gosh

That is all i have to say cheers

[OhMySavy]

I wish it snowed in Texas.

...I wish bubbles froze in Texas.

[aamulinna]

MAN you rock!

[Daycomb]

5:37 Someone is walking their dog on the ice ._.

Wtf??

[xfredx]

I THINK HAS THEM ON A DOG SLED, HAHA. gotta love new york, yo cooney next time you come back we should hit up a taco bell

[goku178]

lol the bubble froze.

[MASTERmw100]

prehistoric Starbucks cup!! omg

[betonce]

love your videos!!! Thanks for posting

[egodeosum]

I know what you mean, when I lived in India I missed sitting toilets and the ability to drink from the tap, oh and not eating curry every day.

[KanamezGirl]

You really are jesus--- walking on water, lol XD Love your videos! Thanks for posting! :]

[itsrichardperkins]

Does anyone know what the awesome song at the beginning is?

[psprapper]

omg look atthe sled dogs

[itsrichardperkins]

having fun?

[Fonzi79]

wow fireplaces in Mcdonalds gee guest upstate new york is way more upgrade from south jersey or anywhere cause I've never seen that lol

[Fonzi79]

wow thats the thing I would miss the most would be American cable! How long  have you lived in Tokyo?

[zackari]

what kind of dog is that

[kdimouni]

nice haircut cooney

[aaronranmafan]

They have a bell in the airport! BUY IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN! GET THE BELL!

[gameeater1]

A fireplace in a Mcdonalds!? I feel as if I live in the slums now, for I became excited when the Mcdonalds remodeled and cleaned up for once.

Oh, and for the Ben and Jerry's thing, I'm sure it tastes better. Much better.

[GabrielPryn]

I saw you put the chips & ketchup on the mac & cheese & thought "Hmmm, I should try that."

Experimentation is good.

[lon21]

woah woah woah... they don't have ben and jerry's ice cream in japan?? ok seriously reconsidering going there...

[SamFluX]

We have -40 mornings here and our mcdonalds' don't have fireplaces ;~; tear

[sirt8669]

I seen Al French Frys in there. Thats where I grew up in Vermont. I guess you must of gone there cause I don't think they have Als in New York. I miss there vinegar frys, mmm.

[zidanedart]

you look like the guitarist from fall out boy

[crunkjunk010]

Golden Girls Rocks!!!

[laundrybox]

You might be wrong: I believe there's a fireplace at the McDonald's in Asakusa.

It's located on a pedestrian street near Asakusa station (a tricky station, because it consists of two halves that are separated by several blocks).

If you find this mythical McD's, the fireplace is on the second floor. Vlog it, yo!

[peacefrog247]

Saratoga?

[ILKalot]

stop stop your making me throw my dream away of going and living in tokyo ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[lttlsnowbunny]

LMAO Golden Girls! XDDD You're so silly.

[Winters517]

ketchup of macaroni?

[trupnai640]

yeah your right. all the things that seem like nothing are the things that we'd miss most. as i recently did a high school exchange program in japan there were things that japan didnt have and america had and stuff that america didnt have and japan did. you explained it perfectly man!! gosh i miss japan.

and now i'm off to bed.

cioa.

[CousinLissa]

Holy cats! Was that a DOGSLED in back of you?? What I want to know is if you managed to get a really great slice of pizza while you were home. Darn I miss real New York style pizza. The pizza line is somewhere in Virginia - about where you start getting really great sweet tea....

[AshiriKagee]

I'm kinda jealous, it only gets cold enough here to make you have to wear 3jackets and a scarf, but we never get any snow. Not good, playing in snow at least. Anyways it looks fun where you are, if damn cold. ^^; Keep up the good vlogging. Gasp, a new verb. O.o

[covermeinapathy]

You hair looks really good in this video, Kevin haha.

I am sick of cold weather here in Michigan too! I want to drive with my windows down again and force the people around me to listen to my music! I want to store my winter jacket away for months! Alas.

[mikezx2]

I have been doing just that for the last 4 months since I graduated..oh god, I need to leave home..I just wanna go to Tokyo! :)

[Sincrol]

dude... i love what ur doing! showing us some cool stuff about japan..

i just want to thank you.

[Xtian913]

Golden Girls is the perfect thing to watch while relaxing :)

[alejose8]

more ....(sniff snifffffffffff) videos...............(snifffff­ffff)......PLEASE!!

damn ran out of cooney-crak. DAMN U YOUTUBE. ps keep up the sweet vids

[StudioNiten]

We want more!

[Jerusalaim]

I hate coldness too (^_^ )

[SwtMsT]

This is my life pretty much every winter vacation...cold weather, mac&cheese, golden girls and my dog passed out underneath my feet.

[shenlon2]

Its always nice to go back home. and was that a husky sled going by at about 5.40? love the vids :)

[NoemieArmstrong]

The dog pulling stuffing out. Cute. Any pets in Tokyo besides fish to film?

[mv2123]

LOL , Lay off the babelfish!

[VirtualRazorBlades]

Kevin the Gourmet chef you kept that one to yourself.

[thewhitebarrywhite]

you have an appreciation for life in the moment and the art of doing nothing (or very, very little). btw, do you know a comedian in Tokyo, a balkan-japanese-american named "stefanko" and his "wakananai tour"??

[ClearReception]

shOMG! Golden Girls and MacNcheese, that's America right there, baby! I love it. The filth, I love it.

[supra16]

go back to tokyo!! i want to see more of your vids!

[torpedofish]

You are AWESOME.

[capnrojos]

what's the song at the intro?

Kind of sounds like Solesides... a little.

[jemerb18]

I like my ass warm too. Hmmm!

[blazor32]

dude awesome vid and jamkid you are a faget i hpoe you die3

[jamkidaruen]

srry students visa

[jamkidaruen]

great vid man i dont now if now tho i talked to you about moving there i am finly here in kyoto on sa avisa you told me to takie some japanese class so i did and now im here on students vias it is butiful her i do miss freinds and family from time to time but i dont care

[DevylArmy]

hey kev you inspired me to make my Vlog, is not big deal but at last i decided to do it, thanks man i hope you like it

[Vinniebearinpa]

Great vlog as usual! I was just begining to wonder what happened to you! My dog rips the stuffing out of her toys too! She goes after the squeeker part. I have to try the frozen bubble that looks cool (lierally!) You watch Golden Girls! lol! If you like Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream you really have to visit their factor store in VT Its great!

[gregsdaone]

You know everytime I came home to visit when I lived in various places like Orlando or Boston, I always was depressed when I went back after visiting home. I always ended up coming back for a little of that hometown feeling. Looks like you had a great time. Now get back to Tokyo and make us laugh some more.

[quintonjames123]

mack and chees looks good

[pf91rodman]

Banquet is just like the food they serve for lunch in school all the time.Lunch ladies are just to lazy to cook these days.

[RyokoHametsu]

no taco bell???

lol another long time of want and longing for the taste of taco bell hahaha.

[FoxLady2]

Marry me? D:

[divix13]

Glad to hear your coming back soon ^_^ Tokyo misses you too! And it's still above freezing here...

[Randdroid]

Haha...I eat Banquet brand macaroni & cheese all the time! I mean, it's only a freakin' dollar! Can't get much more ghetto American food than that!

If only there was Banquet brand Sushi! (Randy throws up in his mouth)

[tokyocooney]

Banquet... Its not the best, but it is the cheapest.

[chimera15]

don't fall through

[LonelyKevin2003]

have a safe flight back to japan

[UbiquitousGeek]

lmfao @ Golden Girls

Have a safe flight.

[RyRyVids]

True, so true. It's the small things that one misses back in the states. It's things like Taco Bell, In & Out, Pizza Hut, Chile's, Denny's, etc. It's the mom and pop places too, but your right life is exciting when your a foreigner in Japan. This was a good video. I always enjoy them, and can empathize with you... keep em coming Cooney.

[tokyocooney]

Good to know Im not the only one who feels that way.

[robadho]

Another brilliant video. Thanks! It was very honest. Who else would admit to eating microwaved mac and cheese with crushed potato chips and ketchup?

[nolove0000]

haha, "microwave my ass"

[abstractpetal]

Am I allowed to say that you look rather cute with your hair is slightly disheveled and shaggy?

[Smashingblue]

Wow, that got a little existential towards the end there.

I've always wondered if I would like to move so far away that I can only see my family once or twice a year. It has it's various pros and cons that's for sure.

Good luck in your trip back to Japan!

[tokyocooney]

Yes it was.  I was trying not to get too drippy.

[sbeaman]

Very cool video. There is a reason that they call all of the crap "comfort food." It is nothing else if not consistent. Anyway, happy trails back to Tokyo.

[TheTonberries]

sup coonster long times no sees. rock on wit cho bad self brother.

[tokyocooney]

You are the one who rocks. I dig the tunes.

[kyounotemawa]

Wow, what a great video! The music, edits, transitions....your stuff has really come together nice since the first videos. The GG clip in the middle was surreal, but spoke volumes of what it like to REALLY be on vacation. We're going to Tokyo for the first time in July and we have no schedule...we're just going to hang with our Japanese friends, and take it day by day...we'll get a side trip to Nagano in there somewhere....anyway, nice stuff!! Keep it up!

[tokyocooney]

Thanks, Im really glad to know Im getting better at this. That means alot!

[mini7donkey]

I miss home even more now! Golden Girls is not bad cable teleV. Good video again!!!

[BeautifulCaius]

You sir are weird, and that is why we love you.

[Altered3]

Mac+Cheese and TV? In all honesty, sounds like you had a blast.

[AzNxBuddha]

glad you had fun

[TheCJModule]

But Dad you didnt come and visit me yet...

*Crys*

IT's NOT FAIR!!!

[tokyocooney]

Sorry :(

[crazynolan]

Golden Girls, with a plate of mack&cheese

[macdaddy343]

Taco bell is the shit azn takumi!!!! Too bad you missed out on all the mexican/american greatness... more american than anything, but yeah. Gotta get you some of that at the airport or something. Safe travels back to the J land.

-john

[GSeattle69]

Widescreen too!!! :)

[ShaderZ]

Good to see you still doing your thing man! Nice video :P

[SaraSohma7]

golden girls XDD yay your back!

[ilikethingsfromjapan]

whayhay hes back! my life just got a little less  crapper!

[tokyocooney]

Glad I could help.

[prasise]

YEAH!!! YOUR BACK!!

[rld009]

thank god your back I was going though tokyocooney video withdraws! this was one of your best video. thanks for coming back! From Ronnie

[bluA7]

lol @ the musher in the background!

[dobrovitsky]

How dare you.......................

Make me wait so long for one of your vlogs.

I too love ketchup on my macNcheese. I will try the chips next time.

[tokyocooney]

Im really getting guilty feelings everytime I take a break! :) But otherwise, Id break too long.

[dpjef]

Can't wait for the next Tokyo vlog !

[AznTakumi]

Lol, TacoBell is the shit.

[smoggydoggy]

Great video, keep up the good work. Well don't eat too much junk food, wouldn't want you to become another fat degenerate like TkyoSam.

[kingofthekrill]

TokyoCooney a lardass? LOL. Dude, from the looks of it, Cooney has pretty decent metabolism.

Another entertaining vid BTW.

[rinikioi]

I have to admit I envy you. I would love to be in a winter wonderland. Being from the south the most I get is a flurry >.> ok just a few flakes. I guess no one is ever truly satisfied with where they are. Enjoy your time home can't wait to see more vids in tokyo.

[tokyocooney]

The snow does lose its charm after about ohh... lets say one month.

[FuturesCEO]

LOL at the starbucks cup at the end :P

[JetXspitfireX]

it sucks that u couldn't eat TacoBell

[tokyocooney]

There is still hope they will have it at the airport.

[Kiel9382]

Guess it just goes to show home is where the heart is, and for you it seems to be Japan. Good Luck with the flight and looking forward to your next Vlog

[tokyocooney]

I think Ive got two chambers of my heart in each place.

[dorfmeister86]

oi man!! good luck on your journey back. hope you enjoyed your family time cause now its time explore again. hope you started thinking of new material to use in your vlogs. if you can make more frequent posts and of focused subjects that will be great. Ur #1 African (ZA) fan.

[tokyocooney]

Im actually pretty eager to get back. Lots of ideas are cooking.

[leonasenshi]

dude!! I thought u died and when to kansas :P

any ways, it's good ur having a nice time, btw when u were sitting on the lake i could hear ice breaking, I literally thought u would fall throe it @_@

hope to see more vids once u get back to tokyo.

[Kamirykun]

you´re such a child but that was cool too sliding down the hill, that´s why you´re not fat or loosing your hair, wich is amazing with all the crap you eat