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NeverEnding Nostalgia
I took shelter from the cold rain, in an old, dark room, full of books with yellowed pages and a jumble of artifacts and well-worn work items. Scant light fell as running streaks on to the warped linoleum, I contemplated as I breathed in warm, stale air. On the walk to the room, my Hawaiian … Continue reading
The Bunghole: It is nothing to be ashamed of!
For such a shitty cartoon, Beavis and Butthead was pretty entertaining.
What does Pinky think of tidepooling?
Surprisingly, this little dog is able to go boulder hopping if you direct her along a clean, reasonable line. Though she can climb up steep rocks and plows along like a little bulldozer, she doesn’t necessarily like going off the path. The yawn indicates that she’s had enough, clearly not interested in checking out the … Continue reading
What is Beef?
Is it Nas vs. Jay-Z? Tupac and Biggie? Ice Cube talking smack on Common?
Cubicle Warfare
Look around the cubicles at my workplace and you won’t notice anything out of the ordinary. There is a war going on, and not everybody even notices it. Once you do notice it, you start to see things and to hear things that shouldn’t be there. There is an infestation of plastic army men, civil … Continue reading
Old Bones
Forgotten side roads, hidden deep in the green hills of Kyushu, are where I spent many epic afternoons driving around in my trusty ’89 Civic. Often, I would encounter fallen trees or boulders blocking the road that I would skirt around, nudge out of the way, or get out of my car and physically move … Continue reading
Dusting off the cobwebs
Why is it that things that I like to do seem like such a pain in the ass until I end up doing them? I’ll give you a few examples of what I’m talking about: I like to cook, but I haven’t cooked more than a handful of times this year. I like to exercise, … Continue reading
Tonkotsu-gram
Tonkotsu ramen is my favorite noodle soup by far, and unfortunately, there are no places to get really good tonkotsu in Monterey. I had gone so long without tonkotsu that Shinsengumi was the place where I wanted to eat the most on my last trip to Southern California. If only I could get Tonkotsu up … Continue reading
Green peeks through
About this time of year, when the days are slowly getting longer, I used to look forward to the plum blossoms coming into bloom. During this season, snow still falls in the mountains, we’d eat nabe under the kotatsu table, and the plum blossoms appearance would encourage us that in a few months hanami and … Continue reading