Brooklyn is America
I like this campaign ad! Makes me homesick and proud at the same time. Good luck Kevin!
Loco: The unintentionally abridged unauthorized autobiography
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I was born in Brooklyn, New York more than three and less than six decades ago, today June 27. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen: It’s Loco Day in Yokohama!Go Loco Go Loco, it’s your birthday, it’s your birthday! Unfortunately, the parade got rained out…Yabai! (Rain date 6/27/2011. Mark it on your calender.) I was born [...]
Loco in Yokohama, the movie: Scene 4: It’s fucking genius!
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FADE IN INT. TOMOMI AND JUNICHIRO’S APARTMENT – NIGHT We see a closeup of the same screen shot we faded out from: Can you be more Japanese? Loco’s latest post. We can hear a male voice reading the post aloud and laughing. We pull back, to reveal it’s Junichiro reading aloud from Loco’s blog. JUNICHIRO (Alternating respectively between a high- pitched [...]
loco in yokohama, the movie: Scene 1- We’re gonna need another chikan!
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Click here for all English version . . . LOCO IN YOKOHAMA by Loco FIRST DRAFT FADE IN TITLE We’re gonna need another chikan! FADE OUT FADE IN INT. SUBWAY CAR-DAY We move through a crowded subway car, every seat filled, every inch of standing room occupied (though not sardine-like), every face: Asian. This [...]
Loco in Yokohama, the movie – Scene 1 (eng): We’re gonna need another chikan!
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. 日 本語は、ここをクリックしてください。 . . LOCO IN YOKOHAMA by Loco FIRST DRAFT FADE IN TITLE We’re gonna need another chikan! FADE OUT FADE IN INT. SUBWAY CAR-DAY We move through a crowded subway car, every seat filled, every inch of standing room occupied (though not sardine-like), every face: Asian. This crowding is par for the course, judging [...]
School Gardens (It’s the little things #1)
As promised, here is the first installment in my new series: It’s the little things… I attended Jackie Robinson Intermediate School in Brooklyn, a school literally built on what is considered by most older Brooklynites as hallowed ground: the space that formerly held Ebbet’s Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yes, that would be the same [...]
Conversation 3/16/09 – I hate waking up mad, too
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This conversation took place between myself and my boy EZ yesterday. Actually it was via my blog comment area but I thought it noteworthy enough to make a post out of it. EZ: All right, here’s my amateur translation of Sora’s blog post (currently with no comments). I apologize for any errors: “So I decided [...]
…And, oh yeah, one other reason I just LOVE Japan: The Girls!
Whenever I meet a new Japanese girl sooner or later they get around to asking me The Question: What are the differences between Japanese girls and American girls? It’s a loaded question to be sure. Back in 2003 when asked The Question, I’d look right into the doe-like eyes of my Josei (girl) du jour and say with a straight face, “Japanese [...]
Home Alterations Part 6
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I had planned to do some more canvassing in Pennsylvania for Obama on Monday, but Sunday was such a drain. I was emotionally spent. So, I couch-potatoed half the day away. I didn’t want to see anyone. The phone was ringing, my friends were reaching out, but I wasn’t in the mood to be reached. [...]
10 ways NOT to go loco in Yokohama #6: Avoid Gaijin!
The Japanese do it, and you should trust their wisdom. If you follow #6: Avoid Gaijin (Gaijin bars, Gaijin friendly areas and the Japanese girls who dwell there) it can do wonders for your sanity. You would think in a country where the natives avoid you like the plague you might find solace among people who share your fate. Trust me, you won’t. [...]
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