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Checking
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naughty
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Happy
Happy
Holidays
2010!!!
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Crappy
Holidays!
the
number
of
people
jumping
in front
of
trains
to
a
grimy
death
skyrockets
during
the
Holidays.
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Try
to
focus
on
the
Good,
people.
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Like,
how
about
a
Free
Hug!?
(I've
had
worse
offers
this
week.)
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Say,
I'll
take
one
of
those!
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What
would
Bruce
Lee
do?
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Partial
lunar
eclipse.
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Cheers!
and
Kampai!!!
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Happy
Autumnal
Equinox
ShuBun
no
Hi
to
you
all
!!!*
(which
is
actually
a
paid
National
Holiday
here
in
Japan;
as
is
Green
Day,
Sports
Day,
Respect
for
the
Aged
Day,
Marine
Day,
and
last
but
not
least,
the
Birthday
of
the
current
Heisei
Emperor.
No
Buddha's
Birthday,
though.)
This
inclusion
of
the
cycle
of
Nature
into
the
calendar,
along
with
the
importance
of
seasonal
foods,
speaks
to
the
connection--after
all
this
technology
and
enclosing
of
private
spaces--with
the
pulse
of
the
Universal
One.
I
like.
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Eye
on
the
ball
there,
slugger.
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(*apologies
for
the
anachronism
here,
but
Christmas
just
has
to
get
top
billing.)
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xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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Through
the
tinted
bifocals
of
Culture.
The
fish
bone
at
the
Dinner
Party:
*by
this
point
in
the
night
I
was
too
sauced,
and
the
wait
staff
too
keen,
to
snap
a
picture
of
my
actual
plate
(which
btw
looked
much
more
authentic
and
less
Euro-designy.
My
bad.)
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Kimono
wanna
leiya...so
don't
shoot
me
there
Miss
Kana
Hoshino!
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"I
don't
even
know
how
to
talk
to
white
girls
anymore."
--a
guitar-toting,
English-slinging
nice
guy
of
a
Canadian
Lothario...who
seems
to
have
not
much
trouble
talking
to the
J-girls.
...as
with
all
muscle
groups
and
skill
sets,
that
which
isn't
used
or
needed
tends
to
atrophy.
(cf
Ch.
Darwin)
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A
few
good
ideas,
sparkle
...and
fade.
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33
minutes
of
winter.
Nagano,
Japan.
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I
don't
think
that
the
rules
don't
apply...I
know
that
they
don't.
The
question
is,
how
do
you
use
that
towards
some
sort
of
Good?
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Took
a
bit
of
a
trip
Within
recently...almost
forgot
to
use
that
return
ticket.
...so
just
ramping
back
up
here.
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you
can
have
it
all...but
how
much
do
you
want
it?
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File
Under:
Fuck
Multitasking
"To
do
two
things
at
once
is
to
do
neither."
---Publilius
Syrus
(Word
and
Amen...now
let
me
do
what
I
be
doing.)
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card
courtesy
SparkleDusted
Free
Cards
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Congratulations.
You've
just
perfected
the
Scroll-Leer.
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WARNING:
this
page
currently
under
heavy
construction,
and
operator
under
heavy
sedation.
Use
at
own
risk.
No
indemnity
stated
or
implied.
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"These
people
are
so
fcking
picky
we
ought
to
just
make
them
plastic
wood."
I
worked
a
7-day
temp
job
in
a
sawmill
north
of
Seattle
("OK,
pay
attention
here.
That's
the
buckle
grabbing
machine
so
no
leaning
in.
That
there's
the
finger
chopper,
this
here's
the
hand-detacher.")
My
partner
team
leader
sorting
the
'Export'
grade
wood,
which
meant
going
to
Japan
to
become
the
unseen
framing
for
houses.
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pOW
!!!
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"Avoid
taking
the
elevator;
climb
the
stairs
instead."
--Bruce
Lee,
Tao
of
Jeet
Kune
Do,
p.
27
Bruce
Lee
says
take
the
stairs,
I'm
taking
the
stairs.
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(+_<)
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File
Under:
Formative
Phrases "Got
tits-up
and
drunk
for
two
weeks." New
England,
USA.
A
guy
who
worked
at
the
local
paper
mill,
Backtender
on
Machine
4,
describing
with
great
glee
the
highlight
of
his
year,
summer
vacation.
Said
he'd
sent
his
Old
Lady
back
to
her
parents
house
with
the
kids.
This
was
my
high
school
summer
job,
and
provided
the
final
push
to
my
first
steps
West,
which
has
led
me
so
far
I
am
now
East.
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(
O
.
O)
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this
too
shall
pass.
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if
ever
you're
feeling
misunderstood
and
alone,
remember,
you've
always
got
Rollins...
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pray
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ocha
steaming
from
a
chipped
cup.
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Should
you
ever
find
yourself
on
another
planet,
like
Korea,
and
wish
to
give
the
best
possible
condensed
overview
of
the
history
and
thought
evolution
of
your
culture,
bring
this: ph:
Asimov
Guide
to
Shakespeare. Bonus:
it's
great
fun
to
read!
I
kid
you
not.
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Telling
It
Like
It
Is.
Some
forced-fact-facing
hit
me
via
the
mail
box
the
other
day...(the
brother
has
got
a
point,
although
adoring
might
be
a
bit
grand.)
OK-
every
morning
I
turn
on
the
puter,
pee,
make
a
coffee,
select
Japandemic
from
favourites-
and
once
again
the
site
is
as
it
was
yesterday.
You
have
a
responsibility
to
your
adoring
public.
We
need
our
fix.
So
update
your
site
you
slack
bastard!
Yours
affectionately,
JayInAustralia.
It
takes
a
true
friend
to
point
out
unpleasant
truths.
I
appreciate
your
concern
and
am
back
on
the
block,
so
to
speak.
Happy
Holidays!
...and
Thanks.
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P.S.
I
want
to
add
that
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
good
mail
from
you...many
good
readers...It's
all
read
and
all
appreciated.
My
goal
is
to
start
writing
back,
getting
and
sending
you
shirts,
stickers,
magnets...and
so
on,
in
2011.
Peace.
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stay
free
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1000
cranes...may
all
your
wishes
come
true.
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Hmmm...now
where's
all
that
vice?
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p
cute
cheerful
and
helpful
in
a
time
of
need.
3
young
hairstylists
on
their
way
to
the
bike
shop.
it's
the
little
things...
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Never
underestimate
the
power
of
pink.
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Gone
Daddy,
Gone...
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fellow
readers:
if
you
like
this
site
please
spread
the
word
like
human
manure
over
an
Edo
Period
rice
field.
thanks.
doumo
arigatou!
posting
a
link
to
this
site
also
much
appreciated
and
good
karma
for
you.
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Don't
Ask
Don't
Tell
Don't
Know.
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