May 2009
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a charming bunch of rejects and fuck-ups
I was riding the escalator from the Chuo line platform down into the main concourse of Tokyo station. The escalators criss cross in the typical way that allows you to see people on the opposite escalator. Right as I passed it I saw another foreigner—a gaijin. As we passed he smiled and nodded at me in recognition. I couldn’t help but to involuntarily smirk before I realized the absurdity of...
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
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the guy kept verbalizing something about it being...
A few weeks back I met an interesting character on my train ride home. I take the Keio line from Shinjuku to Chitose-Karasuyama. When I work late I end up taking a commuter train around 11 p.m. These trains can get really crowded, and though I’ve never been shoved onto one by a pusher (that is, a man in white gloves who crams people onto the train) it can still get pretty tight. On on of...
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17 words
A few years ago I found a website that hosted lists of various things. One of them was a list of strange and obscure words. I copypasted the list into a txt file and have been adding words I come across ever since. There were 23 words in the original list. Here are my next 17 words.
24. woolgather:to engage in fanciful daydreaming. 25. brobdingnagian:something of huge size, tremendous. 26....
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conversation with a nearby naked man
We took a train across town to Takaido. Takaido station is on the Inokashira line in Suginami. A polluted river runs past the station and under the street. After coming out of the station we turned off the street and followed a path along the river. We walked a short distance under now green cherry trees and found a bench. We sat here, lethargic from the sun and burgers we had for lunch. I laid...
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chatting at 3 am
Stephen: man, i love picking my nose
i cant get enough
so satisfying
me: it is
you feel so purged
thats how stalin must've felt when he sent everyone to the gulags
like he just picked a giant booger
Stephen: hahahahahaha
taste bud orgasm
I got off the train in Suidobashi and met up with my Chinese friend outside the station. Yui was dressed in his usual fashion. Pastel shirt, greenish, big sunglasses, and a white jacket with a certain kind of neck strap buckle that seems to be always in fashion in Tokyo. We crossed the river and the street, shamefully avoiding eye contact with the volunteers collecting money for earthquake...
April 2009
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the chaos looks acceptable
I had a great day yesterday. It all started when I woke up around noontime. The sun was shining and the wind the was light and breezy. I live in a small room in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. It’s a largely residential neighborhood, with lot’s of greenery and famous for it’s many Buddhist temples. I went downstairs and took a long shower, looking out at passing people through the barred...