This post is a submission to the Blog festival being hosted by Amanda of Whoa I’m In Japan! Click the cute icon on the left to see the announcement and guidelines for entry. I thought about what to write for her festival’s theme (Important things I’ve learned living abroad) for about all of 10 minutes before an idea [...]
Woman walks by a shop window and stops to check herself in her reflection. Amid a few adjustments she notices something in her peripherals. Something startling. She turns her head fully and takes it in. She’s aghast! She turns away quickly and begins to walk faster than before. She glances over her shoulder every 4 [...]
After I had been studying Japanese (Nihongo) for over a year and still couldn’t hear it if my life depended on it, as you might imagine, I started to get a bit discouraged. I worried that maybe my brain had gotten too old to take on the challenges of learning a new language. They say a [...]
I could feel the awkward pressure against me, his bodily insistence that I move when moving was unnecessary; ample space awaited him in the other direction I discerned with a glance. If this were NY I would’ve thought he was a pickpocket or nutcase…but this is Yokohama, and the mere fact that he was touching [...]
This post is a submission to TripBase’s My 7 Links initiative after receiving a nomination from Lonlee Planet to participate. The process is simple. Nominated bloggers identify posts that meet seven specified criteria and share them with readers. In turn I have the opportunity to nominate 5 bloggers, listed at the bottom of this post, [...]
Hot fun in the summertime 1, last year’s Summer Matsuri hosted by yours truly, was such a huge success that I was afraid to try it again. You know how sequels usually go. For every Godfather 2, Empire Strikes Back, Back to the Future 2, and Shrek 2, there’s a hundred Lethal Weapon 2, Die Hard [...]
Y’all didn’t think the party was over, did you? I hope not, cuz far from it, friends! It’s your boy, Loco, and it’s about that time again, y’all! So, welcome back to: First, let me set the mood with this little throwback classic from my teen years! Alright now! Speaking of DJs, the queue of [...]
Yep, it’s about that time again! First a little mood music from the maestros De La Soul w/ Q-Tip! So, like, yeah, it’s your boy, Loco, back spinnin’ the platters that matter. I’m so pumped that you guys are digging my little blog party so far, and we ain’t about to let up. So, the [...]
Sometimes I get comments / feedback from my readers that draw me, even snatch me, from wherever my mind might be wandering at the moment. I mean, there I was, sitting around thinking myself into un-creative stagnancy when I received the following email: Hi Loco, I know I could post directly on your blog, but comments always seem so flimsy, [...]
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 [...]
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