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wild
sexy
fun
japan
what
the
other
guys
won't
show
you...in
bite-size
bits,
like
sushi.™ |
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"Really!?!...you
blog!?
OMG,
that
is
so
sexy!"
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Yes,
ladies,
it's
true...japandemic
now
brogs!
To
a
business
card
already
crowded
to
bursting
with
"Shirker,
Writer,
Scholar,
Misser-of-Opportunities,
Bon
Vivant,
Genius,
Goldbricker,
Quasi-Grammarian,
Snapshotter,
Timewaster,
Flake,
Poetaster,
Dilettante, Little
White
Liar,
Slow
Learner,
Rakehell,
Around-the-Bush-Beater,
Mid-Functioning
Alcoholic,
Skirt-Chaser",
I
now
add
"Blogger".
Look
for
the
cad
on
the
train
clicking
away
on
his
little
netbook...or
the
cat
asking
the
girl
at
Starbuck's
if
she
needs
any
help
with
that
English
homework
of
hers.
(Wish
Me
Ruck!)
(Writing
so
nice,
I
used
it
twice...you'll
see.)
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Packs
of
foreigners
hassling
the
snow
monkeys
(Japanese
macaques)
as
they
try
to
relax
in
the
open
air
hot
spring.
These
little
guys
are
cute!
(monkeys,
not
foreigners)
and
scrappy
(some
foreigners
this
applies).
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I'll
use
this
blog
component
to
give
some
BG
on
certain
photos,
stories,
events
and
so
on.
Or
highlight
some
of
the
items
that
have
generated
interest.
(Like
maybe
show
some
more
on
the
snow
monkey
extravaganza)
Also
a
flexible
way
to
provide
more
useful
information
about
places
to
go,
things
to
do
(and
not)...getting
more
and
more
of
those
type
requests.
Mostly,
I'd
like
that
user-friendly
WP
blog
format
*
to
be
a
way
to
let
readers,
who
I
am
getting
know,
get
to
know
and
interact
with
each
other,
and
post
comments.
Dig
in!
(*
Dickens,
of
Chapter
the
First
fame,
got
paid
by
the
word;
I
get
paid
by
the
link.
So
please
excuse
the
bad
form
of
like
29
links
all
to
the
same
sparse
blog
packed
into
about
30
seconds
of
your
time.)
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2
girls,
one
munching
on
takenoko
choco-covered
bamboo
shoot
cookies*,
both
thinking
about
something
pithy
they
just
read
on
the
japandemic
blog.
(This
shot
from
my
nascent
People
Close
Across
From
Me
photo
essay.)
*
(it
really
is
a
different
place
over
here)
Did
I
mention
I
blog?
(O
_<)
(please
come
back
from
this
one...some
day)
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(blank
note-jotting
space
provided
free
of
charge
courtesy
japandemic.
User
assumes
all
risks
and
responsibilities
for
dreams
dashed,
unrequited
requests,
failed
ambitions
and
pain
associated
with
never
getting
this
girl's
name
or
number.)
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invasion
of
your
privacy...you
damn'd
dirty
apes.
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I
would
like
to
exist
in
the
negative
space
directly
above.
(but
the
time
for
Christmas
Wishes
is
well
past,
and
one
must
move
on)
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We
are
getting
more
requests
lately
for
information
about
Osaka...a
great,
lively
and
wild
city.
The
main
action
happens
off
the
Midosuji
Subway
Line;
try
getting
off
at
Shinsaibashi
and
walking
along
the
main
street
to
Namba,
the
next
station
and
den
of
iniquity.
In
a
good
way.
Always
lots
going
on
all
around.
japandemic,
in
a
karmic-repair
attempt
to
be
of
more
benefit
to
some
small
segment
of
humanity,
will
be
composing
and
posting
more
travel
suggestions...what
to
do
(and
not
do),
where
to
go,
stay,
and
so
on.
stay
tuned,
and
keep
sending
in
your
requests.
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Osaka
anyone!?!
Try:
osakinsider
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Look
at
the
monkey
poop!
Take
a
picture
of
the
monkey
poop!
Quick,
someone
point
at
the
monkey
poop!
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Turn
back!
Nothing
more
to
see
here
for
now,
just
some
half-assed
WIP.
Time
would
be
better
spent
clicking
the
surprise
link
up
above
and
checking
out
the
nice...
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Zen
Buddhist
monks
wait,
patiently,
for
their
train.
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Scene
from
a
Morality
Play:
Sc.
1.
Boy
pedals
bike
past
Hospital
bus
stop
on
way
to
work.
The
benches
are
filled
with
very
old
people,
most
of
whom
look
sick,
all
of
whom
look
worried.
Sc.
2
Boy
leaving
work,
back
on
bike,
pedaling
back
towards
same
way
he
came.
See
he
is
heading
back
in
front
of
benches
at
Hospital
bus
stop...but
attention
jerked
away
by
thin
nurse
walking
out
of
bldg
and
heading
across
opposite
side
of
park
lot.
Boy
stutters,
strains,
finally
veers
off
course
to
get
a
closer
look
at
the
nurse.
In
his
head
he
is
hearing:
"Stay
on
track.
Stay
on
track."
but
he
ignores
this
and
goes
more
towards
the
nurse
and
hence
away
from
the
hospital
bus
stop.
The
nurse
gets
into
a
car
driven
by
a
man,
and
as
he
looks
over
he
notices
that
the
bus
stop
bench
this
time
is
empty,
save
for
3
nursing
students,
looking
in
his
general
direction
and
giggling
a
bit.*
Had
he
stayed
on
the
original
track
he'd
have
passed
right
in
front
of
the
bench,
naturally...there
is
just
the
one
bricked
path
to
ride/walk
on,
and
had
close
immediate
natural
contact
with
the
3
lovelies...
Moral:
Listen
to
The
Voice
Within.
It
Knows.
*as
an
American
guy
told
me
not
long
after
I
get
to
Japan,
if
you
are
around,
and
some
Japanese
girls
are
giggling,
it
is
at/with/for/because
of
/has
something
to
do
with...you
don't
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"14:30!?
You
sound
like
a
fag."
Yes,
my
American
friends
back
home
cant
get
their
non-metric
system
learning
head
around
the
24
hour
clock.
military
time.
but
it
is
so
much
more
clear
than
the
a.m.
/
p.m.
"at
night
or
morning?"
qualification
system.
Apart
from
our
quasi-godlike
(small
'g',
but
still)
status
here,
the
best
aspect
of
being
a
gaijin
in
Japan
is
that
there
are
two
systems
for
everything.
You
can
choose
the
superior
one
and
use
that.
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look
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"K-chan
is
a
cool
girl.
She
has
opinions,
she
wants
to
know
what
I
think
about
things.
She'll call
and
tell
me
about
something
she
did
or
saw
and
that
she
wants
to
talk
about
it
next
time
we
meet.
She
plans
ahead...she's
the
kind
of
chick
I'd
hang
out
with
even
if
she
weren't
screwing
me."
Girls
may
or
may
not
now
that
this
is
about
the
highest
compliment
many
a
guy
can
pay
them.
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down!
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manga
mania!!!
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be
a
lamp
unto
thyself
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mono
no
aware...remember?
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i
fucking
hate
judgmental
people.
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She
then
bowed
deeply
once
to
each
of
the
4
corners
of
the
train
car,
4
slow
full
elegant
pretty
bows,
saying
not
one
word
to
one
person,
and
sat
down
in
a
nearby
fold-down
auxiliary
seat.
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"That
is
One
Crazy
Site
You've
Got
There!"
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Lived
on
the
Inside.
Seen
from
the
Outside.™
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fellow
readers:
if
you
like
this
site
please
spread
the
word
like
human
manure
over
an
Edo
Period
rice
field.
doumo
arigatou!
posting
a
link
to
this
site
also
much
appreciated
and
good
karma
for
you.
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