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Keitai Photodiary 10/24/05
Last Friday was a company holiday, so on Thursday night we had an enkai (drink-up) for the new guy at work. We went to a smoky yakiniku joint which was…
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A nice Sunday
Yesterday Nam and I set out in the morning for a day in Osaka. My little brother has been studying capoeira with a group that practices in Shinsaibashi, and they…
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Osaka Stories (Part 2 of ???)
It is three in the morning, and the port of Osaka is alive with the sound of street races. The crowd is sparse for a Saturday night, perhaps because of…
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Danjiri Photostream
Well, the Danjiri lived up to its reputation and was, in a word, exhilarating. In my free time, I’m looking through the hundreds of photos I took and will post…
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Day Before Danjiri
Tomorrow morning, Nam and I will ride the hydrofoil from Sumoto to Kansai Airport. From there we will ride the train a couple stops and step into the semi-controlled chaos…
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In search of the perfect tax haven
My homeboy T is blogging it up during his month-long visit to Uzbekistan. Is Tashkent the ultimate escape destination after a painful life decision? FIND OUT HERE: JOMON NEWS
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Illustrator Revisited
Just thought I’d show how low the demand for my mad graphic design skillz has fallen. I insisted on making a No Trespassing sign for our department, because it gave…
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Missing Drummer
It seems Big Dave and his wife are currently living one of my greatest nightmares, stranded in Formosa: “michiko and i are stuck in taiwan thanks to the typhoon. should…
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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. //…
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Osaka Taxi
Just remembered this from Sunday: Four of us got in a cab and headed toward the Hankyu department store to grab a bite on one of the upper floors, before…
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Club Sazae Umeda
Through a fiendish twist of events involving Air France stewardesses and fresh squeezed lemon chu-hi, I found myself at a club in Umeda on Saturday night, actually their opening weekend.…
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Luc Besson is a fucking sell out
I mean, is the guy hard up for cash, or what? I sure as hell couldn’t forgive him back in 1994 for whoring Nikita out to Hollywood for an effortlessly…