January 2010
62 posts
Making good choices. Clearly.
Classic Salinger shorts via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2010/01/postscript-j-d-salinger.html
I asked, “How are you?” He smiled, pointed, and replied, “Breasts!” #makingadifference
J.D. Salinger is dead: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_salinger
Thanks to @Uniqlo_Japan, I am no longer sure of the dividing line between pants and leggings. #fashion #beenheretoolong
You know you live in Japan when the paint jobs on people’s cars are customized with both your town’s famous anime and moe themes. Ridiculous
Howard Zinn, the Michael Moore of historians, is dead. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html?scp=1&sq=howard%20zinn&st=cse
Writing on the wall: HOW TO SEX! BIG! JUICY!? #Shibuya
RT @DiscoverMag: Brainless slime mold builds a replica Tokyo subway http://bit.ly/4VByXF But can it keep the 6 train from squealing in U …
After the Grape Incident →
Devendra followed me to Japan: http://www.tokyogigguide.com/gigs/details/2130-devendra-banhart #freakfolkfollowing
The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam is back! http://www.ustream.tv/SFShiba #electricboogaloo
Just to clarify: “Saizeriya” and “scientist” are different words.
The Grape Incident →
Featuring both Adrian Tomine and Weezer, @almeda has managed to find the best postcard in the galaxy.
Was given Eikaiwa propaganda at the station. Hurray for equal treatment?
Five emotions you never knew you had: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527431.300-five-emotions-you-never-knew-you-had.html?page=1
The mameshiba plant has doubled in size since this morning. Maybe it is a magical beanstalk?
“Smart phone” is an oxymoron. @illkurok
FU Unicorn is my favorite: http://www.fupenguin.com/2009/03/at-least-i-exist-pretty-boy.html
“We do what we cab.”
Raw sea creatures recently consumed: squid, sea urchin, tuna, salmon, jellyfish, oyster. The ocean is teeming with entrees.
Did a Bad, Bad Thing →
New DORK BLOG: “Did a Bad, Bad Thing” http://wp.me/p13qk-4f
Sometimes I think I kind of like that.
Was asked to share differences between US and JP Christmas celebrations. All I could think about was the “Christmas in Japan” meme. #youtube
It’s official: Everyone you have ever met will add you as a friend on Facebook.
RT @The_Rumpus: The Rumpus Interview with an anonymous Facebook employee http://bit.ly/7O2Yqf
I have a PhD in Making Good Choices and a MA in Orbology. #graduatestudies
Anyway, this cake is great. It’s so delicious and moist. Look at me still tweeting when there’s science to be done. AKA: Still alive. #joco
They Might Be Giants’s song “Experimental Film” is essentially a plot summary of Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, New York” (2008).
Real Smooth Moves! Strong Sad & The Cheat’s music video for “Experimental Film”: http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html #tmbg #nostalgia
Laissez faire, morbleu! Laissez faire!!
“THIS IS WATER
First thing you taught me
Was to keep digging inside
...”
– Cold War Kids (via Above the Fold)
Jeffrey Brown’s Haruki Murakami Story - http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/jeffrey-browns-haruki-murakami-story/2009/11/04/
“Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don’t Go” by Thomas H. Benton: http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the-Huma/44846/
Shogi is awesome.
New DORK BLOG: What Lies Beyond the Honeymoon? http://wp.me/p13qk-4c #effluvium
Finite and all right.
What Lies Beyond the Honeymoon? →
Laundry
Grocery shopping
Eating cereal
Running out of milk to put in the cereal
Damn, it is cold
It is really, really cold
Ze coffee–it does nozzing!
It is so early
Did you know they…
Earthquake, earning a living. Bluh fuh. It is too cold for this.
New DORK BLOG: State of the Blogging http://wp.me/p13qk-49
State of the Blogging →
In the upcoming months look for:
Actual updates
The final wrap-up of 2009
Photography
Recounts of adventures
Videos
More b.s. fiction (probably)
And eventually there will be new …