I bought the old Fiona Apple cd, Tidal, in our last port. I don't care what anybody says, that cd is as cool to me now at the age of 22 as it was when I was 15, listening to it in my bedroom on rainy days reading Batman comic books. Back then I was so dedicated to the idea of leaving town when I turned 18 and settling into New York and relistening ( Read more... )

Hong Kong is terrific. So much better than Tokyo in that this city has a genuine feel for its traditional roots, mixed nicely with the urban, "pursuit-of-the-dollar" look of a great international cities. Coming into the area surrounding the harbor, with its green islands and sandy cliffs, I can only imagine the thoughts running through the mind of ( Read more... )

"Jeez, Fox. It seems like all of your common sense only seems to kick in when it stands to benefit you."

"Isn't that why it's called common sense?"

Oita is not the greatest Japanese city. It is set on a bay on the southern island of Japan and it is not as warm as I thought it would be here. It is however, kind of a winter get away for Russians and last night my friends and I stayed out until all hours stumbling through there broken English and our nonexistant Russian. I learned many Russian ( Read more... )

I am back on the boat. We got down to the port around four last night and unpacked everything then a group of my friends all went walking around off base to all the harbor bars in Yokosuka, running into all of our friends from other boats. We had a good time. I was asleep when we set sail this morning and now we are well under way towards a ( Read more... )

It is great when one of my friends sends me an e-mail saying she wacthed the Indiana Jones trilogy and it reminded her of me ( Read more... )

Oh, it has been tremulous ( Read more... )

Going here this weekend.
> http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resortdetail.php?resid=45

I got a new camera two weeks ago but I haven't had time to go out and use it. It's not digital but it's pretty nice. A Cannon Rebel EOS TS, I think is it's name. My Mom has a similar one. Work has had me so busy that I haven't gone in to Tokyo or Yokohama or anywhere since New Years. We have started working 12 hours a day, six days a week trying to ( Read more... )

www.indymedia.org
This website.

Earthquake and Tsunami Tragedy: How many lives could've been saved?
This headline.

Looks like I'm going to go down there and help out in early February.