the grime and the glory

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:36:51 +0900

On Sunday I got two unexpected opportunities to take pictures of my hotel that are normally unobtainable. One place is pretty, and the other is decidedly not so. However, both are interesting and uniq

for the sake of indelibility

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:54:26 +0900

After work today I was invited to go out to dinner with my coworkers. I enjoy going to Japanese restaurants with Japanese people—it’s actually quite a different experience from what I’ve known in the

what is it with me and this country?

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:48:08 +0900

Am I a different person when I’m in the United States? Does using Japanese all day long cause my brain to fire in unfamiliar patterns, increasing the chance that some of those mental sparks might esca

time for change

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:46:24 +0900

This blaug of mine is headed in a bad direction. The way that I’ve been updating it and the lifestyle that I’m living do not match, and that discrepancy has been threatening to send this thing to the

could be better, could be a lot worse

Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:20:18 +0900

When I woke up this morning, my head wasn’t aching with the usual, cold cloud of mist that confuses my senses, forcing me to grope around helplessly for some reason as to why all five of them were jus