Posted by: elephantdreams on: October 20, 2009
I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can’t really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, ‘If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: July 15, 2009
Tonight at Awa Odori practice, I wore my geta for the first time.
Remember when you buy a new pair or a poorly made pair of sandals, and the bit that goes between your big and second toe chafes from here to Dixie?
Yes, well it’s like that, except you are putting all our weight on [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 5, 2009
Currently Rocking the Heck Out To: Gavin DeGraw
Current Activity: Cleaning up after houseguests/1 am apple fritters/midnight hilarity
Yesterday I was correcting papers, and I saw this sentence:
“I think “mottainai” is down charbache important”.
I looked at it. My JTE looked at it. We scratched our heads. I wrote a question mark (What the heck are you trying [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: April 25, 2009
This weekend, come hell or high water (or in Tokushima’s case, wind and rain) we have Hana Haru Festa. It’s a matsuri, with a grade of a C or a B- in my book. It’s got all the things, such as singing and dancing and takoyaki, but there is a lack of festival spirit and [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: January 29, 2009
A few things from the past week:
Simone and I rode the train home from Ishii after the Burn’s Poetry Supper. Getting into Tokushima, Simone had to switch trains, so we listened to the train announcements as we were pulling into the station, and were able to figure out which platform she had to run to [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: July 27, 2008
Shinjuku is where our Hotel is. That would be the crazy neon part of Tokyo, as I understand it. How many panchinko shops can you fit on one block? Quite a number, apparently….
Last night after we checked in, I did the normal things… checked my email, ironed my clothes for the next day. Then I [...]
