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An Oh! wow Moment

5. December 2009

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… 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 [...]

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Great Life, Great Birthday, Great Sin, Great Uncertainty

2. December 2009

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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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The Soloist on the Roof

24. November 2009

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Preface: For anyone who reads my blog now is time to speak up. This is sincere post and I assure you it is not a fish for comments. This preface only serves as an opportunity for people to make themselves known to me due to the serious matter of this post. I offer a public service. [...]

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The Girl

10. November 2009

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Be crazy, be fun, be outgoing, be enlightened, be alive, be attractive in your own way, make tea, be weird, be gentle, be confrontational, be explicit, be beautiful, be health conscious but still eat like crap, be intelligent, make decisions, make mistakes, be biased but only in your favor, be sarcastic, laugh when someone falls [...]

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College Case Study: An Untouchable

10. November 2009

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It starts very early on in school and they speculate that it falls off the map once students hit college. Whoever they are, they are wrong. I’m talking about social cliques. The fluidity between social cliques is impossible, even in college. This case study is about a specific person in one of my classes. She [...]

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To I***** G******: an anonymous assesment

5. November 2009

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My life as a single middle aged teen aged man is a wild combination of downtime and obsession. When I am no obsessing over something I am actually pretty boring. The crux of my obsession right now is a girl, as usual. It is really hard to explain how I can just spontaneously become obsessed [...]

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Life and its Confusingness

29. October 2009

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What is this? That’s a dumb question. I know what it is. It is nothing. Well, something, yet nothing. It is like that piece of bone you find in your can of tuna, or the wrinkle you missed while ironing your sweater, a small pebble in your shoes, or maybe even  that one lick of [...]

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Back to the Winter

11. October 2009

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“I still can’t find a job. It has gotten to the point where my degree doesn’t matter and I’ve resorted to looking for work at the mall.” “Yeah I understand. This economy is really pulling us all down.” “On top of that I just don’t know what to do about these two guys.” “I’ve heard this story a [...]

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Oshogatsu!(お書が津) Here I Come!

7. October 2009

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From December 28th through January 12th I will going to Japan for the first time! I hear wonderful things about Japanese New Year’s celebrations so I thought the time was fitting, not to mention I have winter break from school. Too bad I’ll be missing the Emperor’s birthday. I thought it would be more than [...]

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The Image of Japan

5. October 2009

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Recently, never having been to Japan, I have been questioning how I perceive it. I mentioned in my last article what I really like about Japan and what initially drew me to study the culture and language. It is fairly easy to see I care quite a bit about what Japan looks like to me. Over [...]

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