kyoto-ben.livejournal.com I think

I'm reading Hokkaido Highway Blues, about a fellow who hitchhikes Japan from its southernmost point to its northernmost. That is an interesting enough story on its own, but like any travelogue he takes it upon himself to craft a social commentary as he goes. So far, he's been spot-on with all of his comments. His writing is refreshing and stays ( Read more... )

http://culturebully.blogspot.com/2005/12/culturebullys-10-favorite-mash-ups.html

Eh? Eh?

http://www2.gol.com/users/andrew/mentalhealthnews.html is a great site about mental health in Japan and the Japanese media. Clean format, scads of interesting material archived; highly recommended for fellow Nipponophiles.

"
tonight the city is full of morgues
and all the toilets are overflowing
there's shopping malls coming out of the walls
as we walk out among the manure

that's why
I pay no mind
I pay no mind
I pay no mind

give the finger to the rock 'n' roll singer
as he's dancing upon your paycheck
the sales climb high through the garbage-pail sky ( Read more... )

Man I haven't posted in a long time, so instead of talking about all the wonderful beer I've been making or my increasing disenfranchisement with school or the motherfucking HUGE mushrooms I grew, I'm just going to post some random shit:


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The concept of the "friends list" on this thing is mis-named. One takes and adds not based on friendship, whatever that may mean, but because it hurts so much to read ( Read more... )

this is it: http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Today was my last day at my summer job furthering capitalism and the down-trodding of third-world countries via the (painfully ironic) mass export of handicrafts so that overweight Americans can decorate their enormous homes. Awesome! At least the people were nice to work with.

Coming next summer: a job with a purpose. (Ha! Yeah right. I'll ( Read more... )

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