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In which Roy accounts his athletic decline.
Tuesday I stopped by my physician's office and had him look at my left knee.
On Thanksgiving I ran in the Atlanta Marathon, my first race of such a distance, and though I completed with the respectable time of 3H38M, it was well short of the 3H20M I had been training for. Around the 13.1 mile mark (ie, "The Half") my left hip acted up, as if it had ( Read more... ) -
Cincinnati Half Marathon, DC Trip.
That's what it feels like, at least ( Read more... ) -
Visit to DC
I think I will visit Washington the weekend of May 17th. That same weekend is the Capitol Hill 10K Classic, in which I will participate.
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In Kentucky
I am still trapped in a Kentucky hotel ( Read more... ) -
Onward to South Carolina
Over the course of this primary campaign, I have had many a conversation with folks detailing how my vote for the eventual Democratic nominee was unquestioned. Even in the heat volunteering in the cold New Hampshire snows, surrounded by idealists clucking in disapproval, I accented my lack of moral compuction in hitting the pavement for a Clinton ( Read more... ) -
Campaigning for Obama
Between 27 Dec and 8 Jan I made Hanover, NH, my home and volunteered my time and efforts for Sen. Obama’s campaign for President. Despite my contributions, we lost -- as you may have noticed ( Read more... ) -
Mondo Grosso @ ageHa
Osawa Shin'ichi performed at Japan's largest club, ageHa, Friday night. I went.
Most of the evening I danced while thinking of Murakami Haruki's Kafka on the Shore. I read the Japanese version while simultaneously growing addicted to much of Osawa's latest remix album, UDON. As certain beats were played in the live performance, I recalled ( Read more... ) -
New Blog, Friends Only
Finally making proper use of my domain, I've set up a Wordpress function at www.royharrison.com/wordpress. Its focus will be largely - surprise, surprise - Japan and other impersonal subjects. For those who care, the RSS feed is hereI'll likely still use Livejournal from time to time to quench my need for spreading gossip. As such, I've made this ( Read more... ) -
More on Hentai; History of Japanese Gay Slang
My thoughts on the term hentai continue their progression. From an article linked to by Matt here:Such a linguistic arrangement may correspond to what has been called "the currently canonical trinity of 'heterosexuality,' 'homosexuality,' and bisexuality.' " but such simplicities as these cannot account for the varied aspects of sexual experience. ( Read more... )
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