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Ise Roadtrip Adventure!
October 6th and 7th was a road trip weekend. As expected when Aussie Jen and I pile into a tiny car and head out with nothing but a vague plan, several boxes of Jagarico, and some clean towels, the whole ordeal was craziness. I’ll try to sum it up as best I can.
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The most unread books of our time...
These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
yes is a pleasant country
if's wintry
(my lovely)
let's open the year
both is the very weather
(not either)
my treasure,
when violets appear.
~ee cummings
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HP: So excited!
I have had the new Harry Potter book for over 24 hours and have yet to start reading. Well, besides a hurried glimpse at the first 2 pages. I couldn't help myself ( Read more... ) -
Things I like about Japan...
* Culturally attuned to the inherent comedy of cross dressing
* Nomihodai
* Disregard for the notion that alcohol is a vice and mass acceptance of public drunkenness
and...
* All Toilet paper dispensers are created for the roll to be loaded OVER (not under)
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Typhoon!
Greetings ladies and gents! For the first time in months I’m not working to the bone or stumbling about in an alcoholic daze. So here I am, alive (if not a wee bit hung-over). The reason I have time to spare this evening is because I was SUPPOSED to be hiking Mt. Fuji this evening. Had the trip all booked and my hiking gear all packed up only to ( Read more... ) -
やった！！
I have had one of the most fabulous weekends of my life! Spring is officially here and I feel refreshed and ready to face the world. We had a 3 day weekend and on Friday night Aussie Jen and I decided to head up to Tokyo and Kamakura for the weekend. Saturday I stayed around Tokuyama and got some Spring Cleaning done. Also, all the new baby tea ( Read more... ) -
Japan: the new "Emerald Isle"???
Ok, I'm sorry for all the YouTube posts but dammit, I'm addicted. I'm Posting this as a present to Beano who seems a bit down lately. Nothing like a Japanese Irish Punk band to boost your spirits ( Read more... ) -
RIP Kurt Vonnegut 1922 - 2007
Good bye Mr. Rosewater. The world is a little more empty without people like you. Mr. Vonnegut, you will be missed.
