I never do this, but here goes...I think I only have four (and I'm resisting the urge to call them "resolutions"):

1)  Pass JLPT Level 4.  If I do nothing else this year but this, I'll be a happy man.  I've been getting a lot of advice from friends who have managed to pull off a passing grade on Level 4 and above.  Of course, they all LIVE IN JAPAN ( Read more... )

I'm still feeling the holidays, so there. A few friends are coming over tonight for a "caucus party". The plan is to order some My Pie and to watch and comment on the results "analysis" as it comes in. Very excited...

In other news...Emma Clarke, voice of the Tube, was fired the other day by the London Underground for her statements that riding ( Read more... )

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Happy New Year, everyone...  (^_^)  NYE in Paris was pretty excellent...even though there were no fireworks!  WTF?!  :P  We rang in the new year in Montmartre and then joined everyone on the Champs-Élysées, which was pretty crazy (for now, I'd have to say it was exciting to watch the riot police "handle" the thugs, though when I've had a chance to ( Read more... )

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I'm on a seemingly never-ending quest to find the perfect pair of headphones.  I've wasted a lot of money over the past two years on headphones and earbuds and I always seem to come back to my trusty (and cheap!) Phillips SHE5910. In March, I bought a pair of pricey Sony earbuds from the Ginza Sony store and promptly gave them away when we ( Read more... )