A random smattering of travel stories and photographs from many places I've visited. Thoughts on recent happenings, mostly.

2011: Japan (cont.)
2010: Caribbean, Japan
2009 Vietnam (cont.)
2008: Israel, Vietnam
2007: China, Japan
2006: Venezuela, Japan

Also, I am a member of The Watercooler and founder of B.A.M.F.

and The Graveyard of Discourse

Term Paper (Mis)Translation Contest

Good practice for all of you high level Japanese students. My term paper. If you want to throw this in Babelfish or something and tell me how hilarious the computer translation is, that would be appreciated. I know this is correct, though. Went ov...

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my computers hate me...

I swear. my computers are suicidal. A few days ago, my desktop's keyboard's "m" key stopped working (I've been copy-pasting the letter in when I need it).

And then yesterday, my laptop, the one whose power cord SET ITSELF ON FIRE back in June, has now shot its video card to h-e-double hockey sticks. This all started a year after it went out of warrantee.

I'm at a loss for words.

A Brief History of Animation: 1917-1989 Oten to Akira

The following is from my FLLT class at the University of Delaware, documenting anime and other aspects of Japanese visual culture.

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Escape-the-Room Games: A History, A Catalogue, and an Explanation

When people see me, they immediately think I'm an otaku. Stickers on my computer, gamer T-Shirts, or a DS in my pocket give it away. Most assume I'm big into anime, manga, or console gaming, maybe even the Japanese language or culture. They'd be ...

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General Update

One word: Busy. Oh, and procrastinating at the moment.

22nd birthday went well, demanded "no gifts!". My iPod finally kicked the bucket that night though (and my cell's been seriously on the fritz), so I will be getting an iPhone... in December when my Verizon contract runs out. Stuck 'till then, I suppose. My hermit crab died, too.

Anyway... finished watching Moyashimon (finally!) with anime club, and Kei... well, let's say I did not see coming that he would start working at the sake shop, as a transvestite lolita girl and kiss Sawaki, his male friend of 20 years or so. Wow. Great anime, though, and highly recommended. But it is definitely rated at least PG-13.

Hmmm... I did get one gift for my birthday, from my brother. An older version of DDR, a copy of Twilight Princess, and the audiobook of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. If only Tennant was the actor reading it. I wonder if he's done audiobooks, 'cause I'd listen to ANYTHING he'd speak. Anything.

I'm also a staffer from a local vampires LARP, now, too.

Talk more soon, as I have an 8 page paper due Wednesday, and a seven pager due on Thurs.