Loco in Yokohama

I’m reading “Fight Club” now, Chuck Palahniuk’s satirical debut novel on which the film was based. The book is dangerous…especially when read in my present state of mind.  Words and images conspire to taint your thinking in a most satisfying way. Little rebellious thoughts pop into the head at the most convenient times….at those times when, usually, nothing or strictly reactive thoughts would appear leaving you, after the moment has passed, wishing [more]

Tonight marks the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. As a candidate for this office, I pledged to end this war responsibly. And, as President, that is what I am doing. Since I became Commander-in-Chief, we’ve brought home nearly 100,000 U.S. troops. We’ve closed or turned over to Iraq hundreds of our bases. As Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, our commitment to a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq continues. [more]

Click here for pt. 1 “They are not a moral people,” Patrick said. “At least not moral as we see it.” “As we see it?” I asked, incredulously. I couldn’t imagine he and I saw anything similarly but I didn’t say so. I just wanted to know how  he’d become the most notorious Charisma man in Tokyo…at least as far as Nova was concerned. His exploits were whispered far and wide. His “charismatic” [more]

Click here for pt. 1 I have a confession to make. In addition to being a  loathsome racist piece of shit. And on top of  my tendency to guzzle Haterade by the keg until I’m greener than a goblin with envy… I am also, I must confess, one of those detestable Charisma men, in the flesh. At least I was…Am? Was? Am? Was? That’s a tricky one. I mean, I’m pretty average [more]

I like this campaign ad! Makes me homesick and proud at the same time. Good luck Kevin! Share Loco with your pals:

Hisashiburi desu ne (Long time no see!) My summer project (Hi! My name is Loco…and I am a racist!) has essentially taken over Loco in Yokohama since the beginning of my summer vacation. I hope you all have been enjoying reading it and getting as much out of it as I have in the writing of it. It’s been a sojourn into the deep recesses of my soul, and it hasn’t been pretty, [more]

click here for pt 1 It’s true! Not to suggest that white guys weren’t doing the same thing. Of course they were. And, having a much easier go of it, at that (due to that White Worship thing I discussed previously which transformed almost every white guy into Charisma Men!) . They’d share their exploits with me from time to time. Some with a bit of shame attached to it, like they [more]

click here for pt 1 Yep, I was still a hater. But, lucky for me, I went home to Joe and Greg, (the Aussie and Kiwi I wrote about earlier this year in my Black and White in Japan series) and often I’d find them hammered, sprawled out on the sofa or floor, living-room littered with beer and liquor bottles…or they’d be preparing to tie one on and just waiting for me [more]

click here for pt 1 Yep, I was a hater. But, the environment I worked in wasn’t very conducive to hatin’. While Nova was a kind of incubator for the “us” versus “WE” mentality, it didn’t nurture envy much. At times it seemed to even be structured in such a way as to kill envy on spot. I mean, there we were, a bunch of foreigners, mostly Australian, British and Americans, and some [more]

click here for pt 1 So, what exactly was it about the Japanese I was so envious of anyway, you’re probably wondering. Envy, simply put, is when one resents that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it, like John Doe did to David in the above clip from a film (I love) called “Seven”. So, (at the risk of overstating the [more]