Monthly Archives: June 2008

Kochi Ramblings

Posted on June 17, 2008 by baudattitude

Kochi reminds me a lot of Eugene, the town I grew up in. In certain aspects, anyway. Both are on the small side, but large enough that the outside world knows about them – while you don’t have access to … Continue reading →

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Castles and Trains

Posted on June 16, 2008 by baudattitude

Happy to report that I started the morning without a yelp of surprise. There’s something about the mattress in a capsule hotel that makes it quite impossible to think you’re waking up anywhere else. It seemed perfectly comfortable when I … Continue reading →

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Sacred places and weird food

Posted on June 16, 2008 by baudattitude

it’s kind of annoying that I don’t feel up to the task of pretending that I can’t read the notice on the inside of my capsule here; the one that says “no food or drink”, in Kanji of course. I … Continue reading →

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What flavor IS maid?

Posted on June 14, 2008 by baudattitude

Important milestones in language learning: Realizing, while purchasing the following, that I can ask, in Japanese, “What flavor is maid?” The second important milestone was that I successfully resisted the urge to do so; Japan doesn’t need my bad jokes. … Continue reading →

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What a way to wake up…

Posted on June 14, 2008 by baudattitude

Waking up in a strange bed is a pretty unsettling moment. Waking up in a strange bed in Tokyo when you’re not expecting it is really quite terrifying. My morning started like that, with a bit of sheer “where the … Continue reading →

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Life, Love, and the Acquisition of new hardware.

Posted on June 5, 2008 by baudattitude

My wife’s monitor died in explosive fashion, and as the wonderful person she is, she decided that she would take MY old monitor and allow me free reign to purchase a new one for myself. This display of generosity came … Continue reading →

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Two weeks with Izuna

Posted on June 2, 2008 by baudattitude

Obviously I didn’t update the site much in May, for a few reasons. 1) With the term coming to an end, work at a bit of a high point, and a trip to Japan coming up later this month, “crazy … Continue reading →

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A weird little memorium.

Posted on June 2, 2008 by baudattitude

A weird little memorium today. Back in the early 90s, there was no such thing as cheap public internet access. If you were a student, or worked at one of a very few large corporations, you could get access, otherwise … Continue reading →

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