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a digital version of Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society ( New York: Harper & Row, 1971), with indicated pagination corresponding to the original publication. Copyright (c) 1970, 1971 by Ivan Illich and Valentine Burremans, has an excellent first chapter. (It was nominated for my best first chapter of 2010, lets see how it does by Decemberage ( Read more... ) -
thoughts
Plants for a Future by Ken Fern (I am completely unsure if that is a pen name) looks like a good book, in that I would want to read it, but it looks like a hard book to read. I would have to be more actively involved with more plants than I am now to get what I want from it ( Read more... ) -
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I've been in this country for 366 days, blast it. I'm not in the mood to post anything here, but I haven't been in the mood for far too long. I will bear the pain as I type. I do this because I love you ( Read more... ) -
What I like
Today I have a small task from the middle school, which I will share.
- Please write the journal "What I like" to tell something about your favorite things.
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Learnin Japanese
When Japanese people ask me what I do in my free time, I tell them I study, and sometimes I throw in that I watch TV or read. Luckily, watching TV and reading kind of ARE studying, since I do most of that stuff in Japanese. Also, I have written a program for the DS that bounces a
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I have enough, glorious enough.
I FEEL like I have enough. I feel personal sufficiency in all material things. But I won't go into that now, because I have bug gland juice all over my left hand. More than enough bug gland juice all over my left hand. I couldn't ask for more, no. When I woke up this morning, a brown stink bug was under the covers with me. When I blindly threw the ( Read more... ) -
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I really like the Dead Kennedys. I like a lot of other music too. I wonder if I choose my favorite artists too casually. People ask who my favorite musicians are, and sometimes I can't name a one. More likely, I can think of favorite bands that dont have like, a lead singer, like Ratatat. I like them too. but don't ask me who my favorite musician ( Read more... ) -
Takoyaki pan
I am having roasted garlic and mashed potatoes tonight. While I was roasting the garlic, the bread man came. We don't have a convenience store in this town, but what could be more convenient than a dude showing up in your neighborhood playing a catchy bread jingle every monday night? I got a noodle sandwich to have with my potatoes, a fruit ( Read more... ) -
thoughts on study
I let slip to one of the teachers I assist that I want to learn the Joyo Kanji by the end of the year. These are a subset of 1945 common ideograms used in Japanese writing, mastery of which is required prior to entry into high school. She gave an 'eeehhhhh' of disbelief and told me that it would be very hard and she wished me good luck. I ( Read more... ) -
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It's been a good weekend. I took 8 forms of public transportation yesterday, that is, if you count the taxi. The Japanese Language Proficiency Test application form is only sold in two bookstores in the entire prefecture, you see. It happened that the store my pal from NZ and I spent half-a-day travelling to was sold out. So the store gave me the ( Read more... )