New tool eyed to find foreigners staying illegally
04/07/2006
The Asahi Shimbun

( same sh*t, different country )

Christmas has lost its luster in the Owens family. When my dad was unemployed, just before the incident, he remodeled my granddad's house. Now they only use the front two rooms and the space isn't big enough for a large family gathering. They're sterile, wallpapered and mauve anyway. Nothing like the earthy, planked floor and wood burning stove ( Read more... )

Becuase the Japan Times takes these off the web fairly quickly, I give you:
( The Phenomenon of Hard Gay )

Ok, Japan friends, a big favor to ask:

Caroline Pover's Being a Broad in Japan is currently being reprinted and so the publisher cannot send me a copy. I've also searched all the used book stores online and there are NONE for sale. The woman at the publishing house said that there may be copies left on the shelves of Japanese bookstores (or Tower ( Read more... )

my friends collage--how i love looking at you all ( Read more... )

Fw: FW/CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Growing Up Girl: An Anthology

CALL FOR
SUBMISSION

The GirlChild
Press Project
presents:
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After much uncertainty, my piece from last year was finally accepted by the publishers. Because it was being published by a small Canadian press that is supported by national endowment money, a certain percentage of the contributors had to be Canadian. Some of the originally accepted pieces had to be cut but I made it through. Reading the list of ( Read more... )

I parked my car as usual. Not in the first spot I saw, down the road a bit, but in a central location, two doors down from the Wit's End. I was right in front of Persimmon, the upscale restaurant, and I wondered what they had on their menu. Step out of the car, walk around and lean over to look at the menu--entrees for $17. I could afford that. ( Read more... )

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"I got squash coming out of the ying yang and my creepers are takin' over the garden. This rain makes everything grow too fast."

My mom called me again while she was drunk. I got long rundowns on the state of her garden and the vagaries of the weather, the impending hurricane season and the poor state of the roads. ( Read more... )