tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60597962011-04-21T13:17:13.794-10:00This blog has morphed into almost nothing, but it is what it is.J Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176820333784501566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059796.post-1155175419926507042006-08-09T15:14:00.000-10:002006-08-09T16:03:40.486-10:00

Matt Leinart, the 2005 Heisman trophy winning QB from USC and the 10th overall draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals, still hasn't signed a contract yet. All of the other 31 first rounders have signed with their new teams. The problem is that instead of going pro after his junior year at USC, he decided to spend one more year at the college level. So instead of being the 1st overall pick last year

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Who is a bigger nut case, Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise?It's a tough call, but at least Tom Cruise makes interesting movies.

J Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176820333784501566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059796.post-1154072617840047272006-07-27T21:16:00.000-10:002006-07-27T21:43:37.870-10:00

Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are extremely difficult to obtain. Recent attempts to amend the constitution to prevent gay marriage and to prevent flag burning were shot down. Neither of them had anything to do with anything anyone really cared about. I won't get into it, but there are much bigger issues that need to be dealt with. One of them has to do with voting rights for minorities.

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I don't know why, but everytime I try to blog a photo from my flickr account using the "Blog this photo" tab, it leaves a huge empty gap from the end of the text to the beginning of the previous post. The gap remains until I make another post directly from Blogger. I think it has to do with the right margin of the text. Flickr is usually easy and convenient, but not in this case. The only way I

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My Little iPod Fan Everyone who sees my baby daughter tells me that she looks just like me. It is nice to hear sometimes, but I can totally see parts of my wife in her, too. The shape of her eyes, mouth and chin are almost carbon copies of my wife. But when compared to my baby picture (at 3 days old), my daughter and I have an uncanny resemblance. I think that as she grows she will look less and

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Today I found myself engrossed in a program on C-SPAN 2. (I didn't even realize there was a C-SPAN 2.) It was a weekly series from London called Prime Minister's Questions. Once a week British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits the House of Commons and is put to the test. The MPs grill Mr. Blair with tough questions about policy, politics, budgetary concerns, etc. When I turned it on, he was

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According to a poll I took at blogthings.com, I am living in the American city that best suits me - Honolulu! But Portland, Oregon as #2? I think it rains too much and is too cold in Portland. Atlanta at #3? That is a surprise. #4 is LA, which I think is about right. I'm sure that Seattle at #5 is ranked too high. Where in the hell is San Diego?! San Diego should be #2. And I would think Miami

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My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl at the end of June. She is a joy and the experience has been wonderful so far. Here she is!

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Has it really been THAT long since I wrote anything here? I guess I've been busy.Let's see what has happened since my last post:*I got married.*My brother and his wife had a baby.That's all I can think of so far.......

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Kona Coffee Lots of things have changed since I last updated this space. Things are still changing. It's all good though. I hope to be back here soon and post actual CONTENT. I noticed that people have been visiting this site even though I haven't written anything. It makes me feel kind of guilty.

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I recently found some old journal entries that I wrote 5 years ago in Tokyo. I don't write in one now, unless you count this blog as one. If I had a blog 5 years ago when living abroad was a new experience, I'm sure I would have written quite a bit. When I found the journal entries on a disc and read them, it brought back some good memories. Here is one I wrote in July, 2000 just after leaving my

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North Shore Sunset I went to see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night & I regretted it. It sucked. Even John Malkovich couldn't save this one. Maybe I should have read the book first. I like to see movies blind (without knowing anything about them) & because I am relatively easily amused I didn't expect to be THIS disappointed in a movie. The new Star Wars movie was playing

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Like Like Drive Inn It's been a month since I last blogged- & what a month it has been.Today is Mother's Day and I talked to my mom on the phone today. She seems to be enjoying life just fine. I have been so consumed with other things that I haven't written anything here. Lacked motivation, too. So many things happened over the last month: I found a couple of jobs, an apartment, met new

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She is pretty hot North Carolina won the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship on Monday. Congratulations, Coach Roy Williams. I would have loved to see you do it at Kansas, but that's OK. Good job, Coach.MLB started over the weekend. Not real excited about it, but it's better than golf.I just read an article about Gwen Stefani from the January 27th edition of Rolling Stone. Yes, I

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Don't let anyone tell you that cometition is good for the consumer.Case in point: Google and Yahoo. These two are battling to be king of web-based email. Google Mail (Gmail) turned one year old today. It made big news when it announced it would give 1GB of email space for free on April 1st, 2004. It was no April Fool's Day joke. Yahoo responded by increasing it's email space limit which

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Now that I'm back in the U.S., although not the mainland, this blog will probably have more sports related stuff on it. Sports here are like religion- opiate for the masses.I've made lots of progress with my adjustment to living here again. I saw some friends, exercised, watched Letterman, called some people and just hung out a little.I hope that the media will move on now that Terri Schiavo has

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Diamond Head Yeah, I'm gonna stay in Hawai'i.I should have blogged about it. Some people have been asking and the answer is yes, I'm no longer living in Tokyo. (I guess I have to change the title of this blog.) I'm back in Honolulu where I went to graduate school. I'm over my jet lag and trying to adjust to living in the U.S. again. Returning to your home country after living a few years

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I'm back in Hawai'i.The weather is excellent. It's good to be back in Honolulu. I don't have a phone yet so I haven't talked to my friends. It's OK though because I'm suffering from jet lag. I sleep at wierd times and even when I'm awake I feel kind of out of it- like I have no energy. No worries. It's good to be back in the 808 state.My first surprising impressions of the US after not visiting

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I've been going to my local video store a lot recently but not to rent movies.I've been renting music CDs. That's right. You can rent CDs in Japan- full albums, singles, new ones, old ones. It's freaking great. Depending on how new the CD is the price goes from ¥300 (almost $3) down. Most people, including myself, take the CD home and rip it onto whatever music player we use, which is usually

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I just took a look at the latest comments posted to this blog. Now I have to do some explaining. 1st of all let me say that I have nothing against Malaysians & 2nd, in no way do I agree with or condone some of the comments that are made here. Malaysia & Malaysians-I've been to Malaysia a handful of times and have enjoyed it each time. Love the food. The people were always friendly and helpful.

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Today was one of those rare snowy days in Tokyo. It's much better than rain though. Except for the cold, no complaints.Last night I had dinner with these 2 Japanese guys in their 50's. They are funny. They were telling me lots of interesting stuff like how the Japanese government now requires ships entering it's waters to carry insurance. They said that the government says the insurance is

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Addiction 1: MusicI'm trying to backup all of my CDs onto my external hard drive. I didn't realize how much time it would take, so I'm doing it on two computers at once. Then I'm putting most of the music onto my iPod. Sweeeeeet. Question: Is that considered stealing?Addiction 2: PhotographyI'm also putting all of my digital photos onto the external HD. I'm almost finished and I have over 5GB of

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The new iPod shuffle Yesterday I went to the Ginza Apple Store and was taken aback by what I saw: a long line of people waiting to buy the new iPod shuffle. It comes in a lime green box and every person in the line had at least one green box. Some people had 2 while others were holding the regular iPod, the iPod mini or the iSight. I shouldn't have been so surprised, Apple has been

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Monitor! I enjoyed my trip to Malaysian Borneo. The weather was beautiful, the beaches were fantastic and the food was pretty good. The people were friendly in general, although the staring did go a bit far. But if you smile at them, 90% of the time they will smile back. I saw wild monkeys and monitor lizards, which are meat-eating predators. There were lots of them on the islands off the

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After working out I have a mean craving for chocolate. Why is that? This is a new thing. Usually I'm just hungry and thirsty, but recently my body aches for some "choco". So I eat chocolate.Thanks, America (note the sarcasm). The world is trying to save itself from .......itself, really. The industrialized world is trying to slow down the greenhouse effect. But the U.S. government is staying out

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iPod mini on display I woke up this morning before 5am. Why? Cuz a huge earthquake hit and scared the hell out of me and about 20 million other people. It was so strong that it knocked me off balance as I walked to the bathroom. Yes, what else can you do when you are in stuck in an apartment in the midst of a big quake? You pee. That's what I do. At least the aftershocks were short.I

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Who is the patron saint of lovers? St. Valentine, of course. Which one? There were 3 of them and their stories are not clear, but it doesn't matter. It's part of the mystery and Valentine's Day is too big now to care. The February 14th holiday (?), like most things, is a little different in Japan. Here only women give chocolate to men on Valentine's Day. Ladies, before you get all ticked off,

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I found a new way of learning Japanese.I'm sure it's not new, but it's new to me. I have satellite TV and a lot of American TV shows are in English with Japanese subtitles or they are in Japanese with no subtitles. See, the button on the remote control that changes the language setting doesn't work anymore. Every other button works but not that one. It's OK though because I started watching The

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I don't want to tease the Japanese about confusing the R and L in English because I understand why it happens. But when making a t-shirt or sweatshirt or a jacket, etc., you gotta at least get the spelling right. Never mind if it isn't always pronounced correctly, just spell it right.If anyone wants one of these sweat-jackets, let me know. I can buy one and mail it to you.The Japan vs

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Japanese PM Koizumi is right, football (soccer) absolutely is not politics....usually. But tonight it is. But if he were to look at the situation a little closer and look at some of the historic football games that actually were political he might change his tone. Everyone knows why he made that statement. He said it because tonight the Japanese national team hosts the North Korean football team

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Super Bowl Party Yesterday I met 2 friends in Shinjuku at 7:30 am and together we headed off to a nearby sports bar called the Clubhouse. For 2,500 yen, or about US $25, we got a free drink, a breakfeast buffet & we got to watch the big game live on TV. The game started around 8:30 or so and the bar was pretty much full by then. We were lucky to have great seats in the middle of the bar

J Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176820333784501566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059796.post-1107183471339824022005-01-31T04:28:00.000-10:002005-01-31T04:57:51.340-10:00

PC users: now is an excellent time to come on over to the Apple Mac family. The mini iMac might be just the bridge you were looking for. If you have an iPod or a mini iPod or if you are gonna get an iPod shuffle, the time is now to jump over to the family (to the mini iMac at least). Apple is on a roll right now. The iPod is almost ridiculously popular here in Japan. I see them everywhere I go.

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It's hard to remember what life was like before we had electronic mail. Free web-based accounts have made quite a contribution in this communication revolution. Now Gmail is pushing the envelope. Before Google launched it's web-based email program with 1GB of free space, I was talking with a friend of mine about how I thought Yahoo and Hotmail, etc., were being stingy with the amount of space

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OK, this is the 3rd time to write this post. Safari keeps shutting down on me. I always brag about how great Safari is and look what happens. ありえない！ Don't you hate it when you check your schedule and realize that you don't have any free days/nights for like 2 weeks? It sucks. It sucks for me becuz I like to spend time alone doing whatever it is I feel like doing at that time. Oh, well. I'm a big

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Wouldn't be cool if you could design your life like Steve Jobs & company design their products? You could have the coolest look and still be simple, yet extremely intelligent. Most of the world would be waiting impatiently for your next move so that they can follow what you do. I would love it if Mac would provide some kind of iWife for me. I'd get one with all the extras & lots of memory. Ah....

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Coming of Age Day A few days ago was Coming of Age Day in Japan. Me and Kingsley went to the local ceremony hall near my place. I saw a few people there I knew who were celebrating by wearing kimonos and listening to boring speeches in a jam packed auditorium-a big one. I took this photo just after the ceremony, outside of the hall. It was a very colorful gathering that's for sure. The

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I have some visitors staying at my place right now. It's kind of nice because I usually don't have guests at my place. I guess I'm kind of weird that way, but oh well. One of my best friends from Hong Kong is staying with me for awhile and tonight I have 2 friends from New Zealand staying with me. If you have ever been to my apartment (chances are you haven't), then you might be asking me how we

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Flight to Tokyo I'm back in Tokyo now. I flew in yesterday afternoon on JAA, Japan Asia Airways, which is part of Japan Airlines, Japan's flagship airline. It sucked. I was disappointed with everything- delays, bad food, tiny seats, not so friendly staff (some were cool), etc. I've been on worse flights for sure though. Usually a flight on JAL is great. It has an upscale, cosmopolitan

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Hong Kong Skyline . I'm leaving Hong Kong and heading back to Tokyo in a few hours.What can I say about Hong Kong? It's a great place. The best things about it? The convenience. Transportation is inexpensive and runs all night. In Tokyo you are in trouble if you are out past 12:30 or so, unless you have a car. Food. The food is the bomb. HK has got to be one of the best places in Asia for

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Victoria Harbour laser show . Happy New Year everyone.I wanted to write that 2 days ago but you know how easily distracted I am. Twice I was actually ready to start typing but both times something came up and had to go. Anyway, happy new year.Friends have been talking about New Year's resolutions. It got me to thinking- what's the point of having New Year's resolutions in the 1st place?

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Words can't express what happened a few days ago. A few minutes ago I visited my current favorite news website, Google News to find an article reporting that the death toll was now at 114,000 people. I refreshed the page about 10 minutes later to find an updated article saying that we are now at 120,00 people. I'm afraid to refresh the page again. I was at a computer store in Hong Kong today

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Rising Death Toll . The headline on the front page of todays South China Morning Post included a photo of a grieving father who lost a child to the tsunami. It is a moving photo as you can see. I came across a blog dedicated to providing information for survivors and anyone looking for survivors- loved ones, family and friends. It's called The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami. OK,

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I woke up this morning thinking I should update this blog since I haven't done so in awhile and I see that people were visiting the site. Sorry about that. I'll try to write more often. If you have a blog, you can understand why my updating is sporadic. It's like you THINK about blogging all the time, but when you get home and have the chance it becomes a bit of a chore. Writing is enjoyable but

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I'm taking a trip to Hong Kong. I'm leaving tonight. I wasn't going to go anywhere during the New Year holiday but Kingsley asked to visit him and his family over there. At first I said I probably couldn't go because there most likely weren't any seats left. After I checking I found that there was only one seat available and it was around 900US dollars. Expensive! Then Kingsley checked the

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Still behind . I don't want to bash Japan. I really like living here for lots of reasons, the food, the relationships I have built, the familiarity of life here and the unfamiliarity/uncertainty of living here, etc. BUT I gotta say something about the smoking problem in Japan. Steps are being taken by the Tokyo government to curb the problem. Which problem? The problem of people smoking

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@ Condomania in Harajuku . Wednesday, December 1st was World AIDS Day. In Japan I couldn't find anything about it in the print media. On Wednesday, The Japan Times had exactly 0 articles about it. I was expecting a page devoted to it or at least a few articles about it. Nope, none. There was even an extra pull-out section in the paper and when I noticed it before I bought it I was

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. Have you ever visited another country and noticed graffiti on walls and signs and stuff like that? The first time I saw it was in Mexico and I thought it looked kind of cool. But when I went to Japan and saw it I realized that it wasn't so cool. In Osaka I noticed graffiti on a sign on the grounds in front of Osaka Castle (picture on the right) describing the history of a bridge over

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At a few stations in Osaka I noticed that there were signs on the platforms that said only "ladies" could board the train at that point. My friend and I thought it was really cool & we tried to take photos of us waiting/standing there but because the sign was on the ground, we couldn't do it. We were standing there talking about it when the train pulled up. Oops- it was between 5pm and

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Peace Rally in Osaka Life is about adjustments, isn't it? Just think of all the adjustments you make everyday. Most of us don't take the time to do it, but think about it. For me anyway, being able to adjust to a new circumstances and realities is a major part of my life. Maybe that's why I try to keep an open mind, I don't know. This post could go on and on about adjustments and being

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The mess in the Ukraine is quickly coming to a head. What will the tipping point be? Most of the world has pretty much called the election last week a fraud. Some even said it was a joke. It is believed that one candidate, the one Russia supported, cheated and the loser, the guy the U.S. supported is pissed off and won't stand for it. Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition leader and the guy who "

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Did you see the chaos in the West Bank when Yasser Arafat's body arrived by helicopter? Crazy stuff. Reminded me of the Ayatollah's funeral in Iran a few years ago. I hope that now that Arafat is gone, peace will finally come to the area. The U.S. and Israel both said that Arafat was the obstacle in the peace process and refused to meet with him. I don't wanna argue either point of view, let's

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Yasser Arafat died a few hours ago - he was 75 years old. Because the world saw the leader of the PLO and the Palestinian people's death coming, there was relative calm in the West Bank and Gaza. Let me stress that- relative calm. His recent high-profile struggle with major health problems also gave Palestinians time to get a new government going. Arafat never groomed a successor because he

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Winning something is such a cool feeling. Losing sucks. All those blue states were feeling blue after the election, that's for sure. You should have seen the Americans I know the day after the election. They were walking around in a depressed, sad, zombie-like state. I was one of them. It actually made me laugh when I saw them throughout the day. The next day was pretty bad, too. Even now, a

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Congratulations fellow Americans, we have been duped once again. It's hard to believe what happened yesterday and today. Now we have to try to survive 4 more years of chaos under the guise of machismo and stability. I try not to think about the damage a lame-duck president with a majority in both houses can and will do. I just hope they go easy on us and show some compassion. I doubt it though.

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I tried to go to Dubya's website and guess what happened? That's right, I was denied access. I was DENIED ACCESS! I wanted to know why, so I did a little research and found out that the Bush camp has blocked overseas access to their website for "security reasons". Isn't that icing on the cake? I mean, what else should I have expected? The guy is xenophobic and with each passing day he alienates

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In about 48 hours the election will begin on the East Coast. I'm looking forward to getting it over with. It's kind of like the Super Bowl or the World Series. You know, you are excited about it but hate the thought of losing. I'm nervous for my country. Before you vote, please take a look at this website: key facts and figures. Please. I saw Bush on TV tonight almost begging for votes in Green

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The Presidential election will be held in the US in about 4 days. I'm thinking of having an all-night election party at my small Tokyo apartment. I've only invited one American friend so far, but I'll probably have a few more come over on Tuesday night. The election starts around 10 pm or so Japanese time. That means I'll end up staying up all night watching the election coverage on CNN

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This week has not been a good one. Not everything has gone wrong, but I'm glad it's over. First I survived the biggest typhoon to hit Japan in like 10 years or something. So far Typhoon Tokage has killed 77 people and there are still 14 people unaccounted for. Not good. Actually I....um...(clearing throat)...um...I slept through it. I only woke up when the TV went out and my apartment shook from

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I can't believe it , but yet another typhoon is headed for Japan. In fact, it's raining in Tokyo again now. A couple of nights ago there were 3 earthquakes in the middle of the night. The 1st one was at like 2:30am and the last one was around 4 am. Of course I woke up to enjoy all of them. This blog is turning into the weather/typhoon/earthquake page. I just saw the new Eminem video on MTV Japan

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Why isn't the mainstream media covering this? If the websites I visited and research I did online this morning holds true, Bush cheated during the 1st debate. Take a look at the photos at the bottome of this website: isbushwired.com. It is clear that Bush was wearing something on his back with a wire going up and over his shoulder. What was it? People are saying it is the same type of device that

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Finally I get to watch a presidential debate. I'm watching the 2nd on live on CNN now here in Japan. Kerry is beating Bush again. Bush is doing a lot of blinking and double talking. Looks like another victory for Kerry. I hope this is the knockout punch, but I doubt it.

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22? Yes, 22. TWENTY-ONE typhoons have come this way so far this season. Typhoon Number 21 will reach Tokyo tomorrow. 22! I think this will be the 9th typhoon (or so) to hit Japanese soil-it's a record. Monday is a national holiday for, get this, Sports Day. I guess Japanese are supposed to go out and play/do some kind of sport. OK, sounds good. Now only if the weather would cooperate. Actually

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Ichiro Suzuki is one hit away from tying the all-time record for hits in a season in the MLB. He now has 256 hits this year. One more and he ties George Sisler's record, which was set in 1920. Ichiro has 3 games left. So basically he has to get one hit in, probably 14 or 15 chances. He'll do it. And then he'll break the record.

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Who "won" the 1st Presidential Debate today? Please tell me, cuz I don't know. I didn't watch it, which sucks. I wanted to see it. I saw the promos for it on CNN saying it would start at 7pm EST, which is 8am in Japan. I'm on my way to work at that time and forgot to ask someone to tape it for me. Well, I didn't acually forget but I just couldn't be bothered. The shitty part is that when got

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To sushi or not to sushi.... To post or not to post.... To vote or not to vote.... To write your research paper or not to write your research paper.... To move or not to move.... To sleep or not to sleep.... To call or not to call.... To photograph or not to photograph.... To debate or not to debate....

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The weather has been a lot like the weather in Seattle lately. It's been cloudy and dard, sometimes rainy and there is almost no wind. Wierd. --- Ichiro is very close to breaking the Major League Baseball record for most hits in a season. He has something like 8 hits to go and 9 games left. The NFL's New England Patriots have a website in Chinese now. It's kind of like a blog with a

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It's a 3-day weekend in Japan because Monday is Respect for the Aged Day, whatever that means. For me this 3-day weekend means I have 3 football practices. Thursday is also a national holiday, for the Autumnal Equinox, but I have a game that day so I don't actually have any free days....ever! I had a really good time taking my brother and his wife around Tokyo. They enjoyed their first trip to

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My brother and his wife are visiting now from the U.S. We are having a great time exploring Tokyo and Kyoto. They have been here for over a week now and their holiday is winding down. Today is their last full day in Japan and they are off to see day 3 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. I'll be writing again soon.

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Yet ANOTHER typhoon is on it's way to Japan. Unreal. My brother and his wife are also on their way here. We want to go to Kyoto but if we do, we'll have to do it soon-before the typhoon hits. Florida is even worse off than Japan. Floridians were still cleaning up the mess from one hurricane, when another one came. Maybe its karma from the last election.....just kidding. ----- Ex-President Bill

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I really didn't want to write about politics but today was BAD. I just watched VP Dick Cheney give the final speech of the night at the RNC. I watched it live on CNN here in Japan. Oh-my-god....this guy is scary. No wonder his lesbian daughter didn't want to join him on stage with the rest of the family- grandchildren included. He did everything he could to keep Americans afraid. Bush & Co. need

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Why did the Republican Party decide to hold its convention in New York City? NYC is the enemy of the RNC. I heard on CNN that only like 20% of New Yorkers voted for Bush in the last election. I don't think they could have chosen a more hostile city to hold their convention. The reason they chose NYC is simple: the terrorist attacks on the towers on 9.11.01. Bush is trying to capitalize on

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A HUGE typhoon is about to hit the southwestern area of Japan. On radar it looks like it is about the same size as Japan. Can you believe that?! In Tokyo we are supposed to be getting over 100 mm of rain tomorrow. It's headed for Korea & China. It already devastated part of Taiwain and Okinawa is next. I spent the last 3 days doing very little except sleep and occaisionally eat, but not much. I

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I came home from football pratice yesterday (Sat.) afternoon intent on having an hour or so nap before going back out into the world. I was tired from practice and from the crazy Japanese summer heat. Just before 6pm I laid on my bed and closed my eyes. I could hear a drum beating slowing in the distance. I thought it was a matsuri parade somewhere near the station. Wrong. It was headed in my

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I've never really been interested in Table Tennis. It's fun to play sometimes I guess, but I don't think I've paid much attention to it as an Olympic sport. But then came little Ai-chan. She is a prodigy with quickness that would make a cat jealous. She's only 15 years old and has been competing since she was like 3 years old or something & she is very famous in Japan. She even has her own Play

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I spent the last 3 days in Mobara, Chiba (on the East coast). We had a summer training camp there with 2 practices a day and then meetings, film review, etc., until past midnight. Overall it was a great experience and I got to know some of my teammates much better. There are a lot of interesting and funny guys on the team. Luckily there weren't any major injuries. After the 1st practice on

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It's Friday and another week has flown by. Around 3 o'clock this morning I was jolted out of my deep, deep sleep by an earthquake that didn't just shake my building, it HIT the building. I can't really explain it but it was like the building was hit by a giant baseball bat. The noise it made when it hit scared me so bad that I was actually out of my bed and standing up within a second. Completely

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I'm at home right now watching the Democratic National Convention on CNNj, like a nerd. I can't help it though. I can't leave my apt or even go outside until the coverage ends. I have been fascinated by some of the speeches, especially Bill Clinton's speech. That guy is such an amazing speaker, probably one of the greatest in my lifetime. They say Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator. I

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Ricky Williams, I have nothing but respect for you. A lot of people are pissed at you right now for retiring from the NFL at age 27. The Miami Dolphins' chances for success this season have been pretty much crushed since you were the heart and soul of the offense. You led the NFL in touches and have been a workhorse and an All-Pro. You are walking away from over $5 million dollars (a year) so

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Have you ever wondered why we feel a sense of accomplishment when we do our laundry? Yes, I did my laundry today. It's SO hot in Tokyo! Most homes and apartments, etc., are relatively small and almost no one has central air conditioning. In my case I have a small 3 room apartment with an air conditioner on a wall in the room I sleep in. Of course I don't sleep with it on cuz if I do I'll wake up

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Today it must have been around 100 degrees in Tokyo. The humidity was killer. It actually took my breath away. When you step out of an air-conditioned building and into the street it takes a couple of breaths before you can do it normally. And the SWEATING....I literally take off all of my clothes as soon as I get back to my apartment. I then hang everything up to dry. It's amazing. I had to

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Charles Jenkins is scheduled to arrive in Japan tomorrow from Indonesia. Rumors are that he has some kind of abdominal cancer and had surgery in North Korea. Can you imagine what that must have been like- surgery in North Korea? No thanks. I guess his medical condition is so bad that he is willing to risk arrest and extridition to the U.S. The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Howard Baker- yeah, that

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What is the Chinese government thinking? They must be completely out of touch with reality. The other day they banned the release of Spiderman 2, Shrek 2 and the new Harry Potter movie. Reason: to protect young Chinese from the moral corruption these American films promote. Instead of releasing the movies now, they are waiting until August and October before allowing them to be seen. Wow. Why do

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A while back, I mentioned that I wanted to write about the situation in North Korea regarding Charles Robert Jenkins. According to the U.S. military, he deserted from the Army and crossed the border into North Korea back in 1965. His family back in the States say he would never defect and was probably abducted. In fact, they have a website dedicated to him and his cause. I have read the

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For American Independence Day I decided to celebrate by going to a Mexican restaurant. I mean, you can't get much more American than Mexican food. The only problem was that the nachos I ordered at Viva Tacos were quite possibly the worst nachos I have ever had, which means they were REALLY bad. The chips were kind of stale and they were covered with-I kid you not-cheese from a can. You know the

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I don't know why but recently my Internet connection has been c..r..a..w..l..i..n..g. I think my provider might have changed my connection speed on me. There was a lot of confusion when I switched providers. I'll figure it out soon though. I really want to see Fahrenheit 9/11. I read on some guy's blog that it won't be playing in Japan until August. That's cool, at least its before the election.

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I haven't updated this blog of about 11 days or so now. I have so much to write, too, but can't do it in detail now. Let's see: - My knee is healing incredibly fast. I can jog and even workout with weights now-not heavy weights though. - I officially made the football team. That means I didn't get cut! I was a bit worried that they were gonna cut me becuz of my injury. Now I'll get a very, very

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I have a side job. I "teach" English at a junior high school in central Tokyo on Saturdays. It used to be 20 times a year, but now it's only 12 times. This is my 3rd year doing it and I almost always have a blast. I really enjoy these kids. Today was our last class until mid-November. Novemeber! I'll miss them & I'm looking forward to them tiring me out on Saturday mornings again. We don't get

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I have lots and lots of things to write about but little time to do it. My week has been crazy busy and will continue like this for a few more days. I apologize to you for not returning email. I'll get to it as soon as I can. Tomorrow I'm going to Nagano, Japan for work and I'm totally looking forward to it. I love the clean air up there and the laid back attitude of the people. The soba is

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Yes, I finally got that frickin' cast off. What a relief. I was in a terrible mood afterwards though becuz I couldn't really move my knee AT ALL. I was soooo frustrated. Eventually it loosened up a bit and I was able to get from one place to another but it was much more difficult than when I had the cast. After some semi-painful rehab, I'm feeling much better. I went to a birthday party for a

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Our game against Kajima on June 19th has been cancelled because they advanced to the final of the Pearl Bowl Tournament which is June 16th at the Tokyo Dome. Too bad because I was hoping to be recovered in time to play in that game. It's kind of strange to have a tournament in football (American). We call it playoffs. But this isn't exactly playoffs- it's a tournament. You play 2 games in your

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.....I heard on TV. That sucks. The rainy season is right around the corner. That means that not only will I be sweating like crazy from the humidity, but it will also be raining. All the windows of every building, car, etc., will be fogged over. Fun. It is going to rain again on my university's Sports Festival. It has rained on THAT Sunday for the last 3 years. I can't play in any games anyway

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Tomorrow morning I'm going to British Hills. What's British Hills? It's a countryside village in Fukushima, Japan that is looks exactly like an old-school English village. In fact, the materials were shipped over from the UK during the bubble years & it was built from scratch. There is even a statue of Shakespeare at the entrance to the main building. I've been there several times, the last being

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Right now I'm watching the championship match of the Grand Sumo Tournament. It's Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Asashoryu from Mongolia vs. up-and-coming Hokutoriki. The tournament lasts 2 weeks & they faced each other last week with the Yokozuna getting beat for the 1st time in 35 bouts. He is amazing. He lost once more and Hokutoriki lost one along the way. With Hokutoriki with only 1 loss and

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This damn cast on my leg is a major inconvenience. I now walk very, very slowly. People sometimes complain about my normal slow walk, but this is ridiculous. The cast goes from above the ankle up to about mid-thigh. I only have to wear it until June 1st though. I don't want to be too disgusting but I can no longer "enjoy" my daily visits to my "other office". Do you know what I'm referring to?

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Is there such thing as luck? Personally, I don't think there is. I think it's sometimes "luck" is random & I think that sometimes you make your own "luck". Despite being a non-believer, I seem to have what many people would call "bad luck" with injuries over the last few years. Guess who was injured in a football game on Saturday? That's right, yours truly. It was a first though-my 1st ever knee

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Yes, we were beaten by the league champs yesterday by a couple of touchdowns. We were winning until just before halftime. We made big mistakes on special teams that pretty much cost us the game. We fell apart. I'm not really in the mood to write much right now. I do have say wish my Mom a happy birthday. I won't say how old she is though! Happy Birthday, Mom!! It was a really hot day yesterday

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It's the LA Lakers. Since I last posted here, the Lakers have won 2 games in a row against the San Antonio Spurs and are now up 3 games to 2. A few hours ago Tim Duncan hit a shot with .9 seconds to play, giving the Spurs a one point lead. The Lakers called time out with .4 seconds left in the game. The Spurs called timeout again to adjust their plan & then the Lakers called another timeout.

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The Lakers are not finished yet. This is what champions do- they overcome diversity and they face challenges head on. L.A. beat the Spurs easily yesterday, 105-81, and the Lakers are now down 2 games to 1. They still have to win in San Antonio. They are 1 win away from knotting this thing up.They finally stopped Tony Parker and they pretty much shut down Tim Duncan. What kind of name is that for

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No, it's not what you think. I was showing a good friend of mine my football (American) team's web page and I clicked on "Photo Gallary 2003". Yes, I know they spelled "gallery" wrong. I'll have them fix it. ANYWAY, he wanted to see cheerleader pictures & as we were looking at them I noticed that there was a folder of photos from our 1st game. As we were scrolling through the thumbnails I saw a

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What's up with the Lakers? I didn't catch the game, but I read about it and people are saying that the Lakers lost to the Spurs becuz Tony Parker has been dominating Gary Payton. WOW!! I also read that Kobe Bryant was dribbling away at the end of the game refusing to dish the ball. True? If it is, I won't be surprised cuz he does it all the time. He is such a confident player that he thinks he

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