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The paperwork begins
For those of you who are easily impressed, the following was typed out entirely on my keitai on the long bus ride home. I think I was slightly feverish. // I’ve been away since last Friday, when Nam and I went to the US Consulate General and the Thai Embassy, both located in Osaka. Our purpose was to get Certificates of Competency to Marry (The fact that one must swear on their “competency to marry” on paper really bothers me for some reason, but it’s not really worth going into. Suffice to say that it’s stupid in concept, and completely meaningless in reality.), and I took the day off so…
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The Golden Three
These long, dreary trips out to factories way out in the country – I will not miss them. When you leave the concrete landscapes of urban sprawl and start seeing more trees than cars, you know you have left the embrace of modern Japan. Strange things start occuring to you in the sweltering heat of an uncontrolled climate, as the lush green of summer passes by. Perhaps the majority of Japanese will die never having peed in the woods. Most have never camped outside for free, or without being in close proximity of the car they came in. Surely, none would know how to wage a guerilla war from the…
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From the journal of an early explorer
It makes perfect sense that true vampire bats are neither: A. (exclusively) frugiverous, or B. (exclusively) insectivorous That is all. // Note: An alternative title to this post is, “Why I love the Discovery Channel,” but I really am reading a journal of an early explorer: Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure (Thanks to Y0j1mb0 for the link)
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“Paintings of Murdoc as Wolverine”
And here’s a WIRED interview with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of the Gorillaz: Keeping It (Un)real
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“Vietnamese fish-ball soup or an incredible peach cobbler”
Be sure to check out this interview of Chowhound.com co-founder Jim Leff: LINK
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Remote Damage Report
Because today did not start off so well (I almost got in TWO accidents on the way to work, where I was promptly chastised for not buttoning down the button-down collars on my new pink shirt – how could I make something like that up?), I was happy to read my mom’s commentary on the party they had at home. Apparently, we in the Land of the Big Red Rising Riceball missed out on: – Hot Dogs – Barbecued Kalbi – Silver Queen corn – Homegrown zucchini, eggplant, Maui onions, and bell peppers – My Auntie Betty’s potato salad, fresh-baked cookies, and a “crusty, crunchy coffee toffee cake” – 20…
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Misery loves (my) company: A Friday haiku by J. Yoshida, Esq.
Awash in pink sea, Workers in new uniform, Banzai off a cliff. // Explanation: Today the Nihon Keizai Shimbun leaked that my company is laying off 10,000 employees! Can’t help but wonder how many could have been saved, say by not changing the uniforms for the entire workforce. And I’m sure that the 10,000 that get the axe will be thrilled to have learned their fate from a newspaper!
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New Uniform Photo
There are times when you just have to throw caution to the wind (and hope it doesn’t fly right back in your face). I’ve decided to give in and let you see the design abortion/uniform we will be wearing to work today…
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Tomorrow in Pink
And so it shall be. Tomorrow, July 1st, is the beginning of my end. Yes, tomorrow I will be wearing light bluish-gray trousers with elastic waistband, and a short-sleeve pink button down shirt w/red accents. It is unfathomably bad. Yet I know you are all with me in spirit, yes? Apparently so, for I have heard requests for pictures of the new duds from around the world! You are all bad people, and will burn in hell for teasing me. And yet, it somehow seems fitting (the hell part). The thing is, I have never actually revealed my company on this blog – you may find it interesting that I…
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Unintentional Harakiri
This is a pretty amusing video someone sent me. You should look at the tiny on-screen details the second time around in order to appreciate it fully. And now, in the immortal words of Hiro Protagonist, we present: REDNECK KATANA!
