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Another American father denied access to his child
I know a lot of people have heard about the Savoie story lately, the American father who went to Japan and "kidnapped" his own children after his Japanese wife took off with them. Now whether you agree with Savoie or not (I have my own reservations about the man, especially as new details come out), but I think most of us can admit that this is a ( Read more... ) -
Another option
Grad school in Sweden. I am considering this. Anyone have any opinions or experiences here? Looking at Lund University's Asian Studies program or Uppsala's History program. Each program is just one to two years (depending on which Masters degree I choose to get), which is a much more manageable commitment than seven years for a PhD. That's not ( Read more... ) -
Anyone with a New York Times subscription?
Does anyone here have a home delivery subscription to the New York Times they are willing to share with me? The NYTimes website requires a subscription in order to access archived articles from 1922-1986, else you have to pay $3.95 per article. Seeing as I don't want to pay for preliminary research, home subscribers get 100 free articles per ( Read more... ) -
Totally not what I was expecting
Project Runway this week: WHUT. No, seriously, I cannot BELIEVE this elimination. I think they totally got it wrong. >:-[ -
Y-con 2009?
Randomly, is anyone on my flist going to Yaoi-con this year? -
Another question for the knitters
Hey all you knitting fends! I want to make a baby winter set for the baby I'm looking after now, but I want a pattern this time, as my "just go for it!" attitude made my last hat pretty difficult. Basically, I'd like to make a baby hat, mittens, scarf, and booties if I can. However, I have absolutely NO idea how to do anything with curves in it ( Read more... ) -
Got a favorite commercial?
Hey guys! I should have asked this earlier, but dumbass me was being emo over my pension book (which I found in a crevice behind the bookshelf, lucky ( Read more... ) -
Random FMA/KH/PW talk
Randomly, next week's episode of Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood will be the Hughes episode. You know, that one. I suppose it'll be just like episode 25 in the last series, but damn, isn't this new series quick? Now Brotherhood ep.10 = FMA ep.25. Were all of those other episodes just fillers? Props to the original writers for that, because I ( Read more... ) -
Job-searching woes
So um, I'm having a hard time with this "finding a job" thing. At this point, I'm 55% sure I'll go back home to America, but that's mainly because I can't think of anything else to do. One of the interesting things about applying to JET right out of college is that I don't have much life experience. I know how to find a summer job, but a real ( Read more... ) -
Thailand, OMG WHAT
Going to Thailand, BRB.
But dudes, the World Baseball Classic? America is playing Japan on the 22nd. I've been praying for this situation for weeks and now I'll be in Thailand when it happens. The Fates, they do not like me... :(
Pray I have a safe trip!