Hurgle gurgle two more days to finish everything and skip town ( Read more... )

Cleaning out the documents folder, I found this old thing which I was almost considering developing out, in a longer and more sober fashion, for my pop culture class.

( not saying it's not plenty long already )

Opened the door to the bathroom this evening and heard this weird hissing sound. My first thought was that the house had developed more plumbing troubles, but it turned out my can of shaving cream had sprung a tiny, tiny leak and gushed blue foam all over itself and most of the sink. I cleaned up the mess around half an hour ago but it's still ( Read more... )

I blame ghoumschloqie.

Back in Philly, reading books and making long trips to the library and staring at my computer screen again. It was fun to have an excuse to relax and visit people over the Thanksgiving weekend, but also good to get back to dealing with all the stuff I have to bang out before the next holiday ( Read more... )

I've been doing karate for two weeks now. I don't think it counts as "cross-training" until you do jiu-jitsu or kickboxing, but I do guess it counts as cheating or straying from the path or something. I still do aikido exercises in the morning (I now have a "morning routine", which makes me feel pretty damn old) but I haven't thrown anybody or ( Read more... )

IF YOU PICK ONLY ONE THEORY OF FREUD'S TO ACKNOWLEDGE, MAKING IT HIS THEORY OF MELANCHOLIA ( Read more... )

I am always grateful for work but sometimes I wish it gave me more than a days' notice. Also, sometimes I wish it didn't rely on my being at my computer during a specific hour time window. But whatever--success moves at the speed of excellence! You don't get to board the success train at a time of your choosing, and you can't find the stops on ( Read more... )

Not really, but he is my favoritest Japanologist in the whole wide world. Check out his summary of postwar Japanese economic policies:

"In the maw of defeat, confronted by a staggering postwar crisis, it seemed logical to most Japanese to maintain [prewar] arrangements; and with the good grace of their American overlords, that is essentially what ( Read more... )

Went to see Boris tonight. I had honestly just about forgotten the show was tonight, and I have a bunch of crap to do this week that made me seriously consider blowing it off. As much sleep as I am about to lose this week, though, I'm really glad I didn't ( Read more... )