Dear JapanSoc community, I am currently a student attempting to learn Japanese. It has become evident that I am falling behind my class. Starting this week I am going to write a short post each week in Japanese with the intended English meaning. As part of this community I am asking for help in correcting my [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2010
So I went to Japan for the first time this year to observe to New Year. I experienced Quite a ton, much too much to talk about in one post. I have selected some things I found to be relevant and interesting and will just continue to write about them. Here is me in front [...]
Continue reading...27. December 2009
So, Monday I leave for Japan. I will be there for two weeks. It seems I have everything I need for the trip. My last post about my trip got quite a bit of negative feed back, which I expected because I exaggerated the numbers a bit. It turns out I will probably complete my [...]
Continue reading...20. December 2009
Three A.M. on a fall night. Location: irrelevant. No wind, no clouds, no noise. The highway is even absent of vehicles at this hour. Pure bliss. Maybe there is a distant sound of some power plant or a lone car in a neighborhood street but still silence. The temperature is cold but not freezing and [...]
Continue reading...18. December 2009
Phasers set to kill and goals set to achievable. In this ultimate quest called life I have chosen to just keep moving. There is no time and no blog worthy of writing that can encompass my life’s philosophy but the short story is that I have the will to change, thus, change. I am going [...]
Continue reading...14. December 2009
Preparing a trip to Japan on a student budget is harder than I expected. There is a story to be told about my decision to visit Japan first. My roommate and I decided, spur of the moment, we were going to go to Japan. We are both studying Japanese at university and were simply browsing [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
College is supposed to be the best time of some one’s life. Unfortunately its a lie. The experience is full of reality checks and full of becoming part of the real world. I am at a point in my life where I cannot let my dream escape me for the sake of my mental health. [...]
Continue reading...7. December 2009
Imagine a time when those plastic covers on electrical sockets did not exist, a time before car seats, a time when a sling shot was considered a safe plaything, a time when secondhand smoke was still a myth, and a time when bell bottom jeans and John Travolta defined the world. I know this all [...]
Continue reading...5. December 2009
… Received: Everything is good! I’m stressing on finals a bit? How about you???! Sent: bord at work…hows that boy…and his job…lol? Received: He’s good haha and this job is always the best! I miss you tho Sent: yeh?…rly?…why Received: I dunno bc I liked you and I thought you were really cool Sent: awesome…i gues i am…when u gonna come [...]
Continue reading...2. December 2009
Received: Dec 2, 10:00 pm: dads leaving…dont fucking call mom or dad…he keeps on saying im going im going Sent: yeh apperently he says that alot…hes just freekin shit…dnt worry Received: Dec 2, 10:03 pm: no hes packing right now. he was crying Sent: fuck my life….its wutever …he’ll b bak Received: Dec 2, 10:04 pm: i know Received: Dec [...]
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10. February 2010
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