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If you’re tired of teaching songs by the Beatles and Carpenters to kids who want to learn what 50’s really saying, then consult this dictionary. It’s about time that Japanese students understand the music that they are listening to, instead of music that they’re not interested in.

I’m just back from a trip to Nagano with memories of zipping through powder, off to meet a request by my new employer who unexpectedly asked me to immediately start work today. I will post new entries when I can, but I don’t expect to be able to regularly add new entries until I get … Continue reading »

Football is kinda like sumo.

Knighting is a practice that involves dominance and calculated risk. Being knighted by QE would not be very frightening, but I wonder if there was a time being knighted was a frightening experience. I imagine that there have been times when kings have had to knight people who they didn’t particularly like or want around. … Continue reading »

Right now I’m in Nagano with Taro, staying at the lodge where he used to work in seasons long ago. The snow is superior to any I have so far encountered in Japan, but this is not surprising. Taro and his friends are good skiers, but something crazy happened yesterday. Tori-san, a very skilled skier, … Continue reading »

This past weekend, Justin, Taro, and I embarked on a weekend trip, excited to finally have the opportunity to snowboard/ski this season. We were hoping to get an early start on snowboarding in Shiga prefecture, but rain on the coast did not translate into snow in the mountains. High winds prevented us from any other … Continue reading »

On the Submarine Channels’s Pause Online you can see the videos on Spike Jonze’s and Michel Gondry’s Director’s Label DVDs, as well as other noteworthy works. Works like the Beastie Boy’s Sabotage, a few Daft Punk vids, and many of Fat Boy Slim’s music videos are here. The only catch is that the videos are … Continue reading »

Gary has an awesome link about the strange behavior of roommates here. The guy reminds me of how Mark gets down at the Sanctuary and now defunct Sharp, except there is no spiking of disco balls and no ass slapping.

One day, I will have children who will ask me “What was college like?”, and if I choose to answer honestly I will reply “For young men, college is mostly about destroying things, refining procrastinating technique and bullshitting skills, but mostly it?s drinking cheap beer and peeing on things while at the same time trying … Continue reading »