My New Study Routine

Living in Japan was the best way to learn Japanese. The pressure of language school, with its daily homework and at-least-weekly tests; the daily need and opportunity to use what I was learning in class — these things helped me stay motivated and focused on the...

"Jitensha"

I’m excited for my friends at Studio Re:, whose short film “Jitensha” is an official selection being shown at this year’s Venice Film Festival — one of the top five film festivals in the world — this weekend. From Paul, at the...

Yellow moon, blue traffic light

Check out this post: Yellow moon, blue traffic light, from Linguarum’s Weblog, on the different ways Japanese and Westerners express things, and how culture affects even the way we perceive the world around us. Basically the writer’s idea is that Asians,...

Innovation in the Arts

Good word on the arts and mission and what they have to do with each other: Innovation in Mission: Innovation in the Arts.

3 Things

1. My car is as good as sold. This is good. 2. I have another blog that some of you might not know about HERE. It’s much older than this one, so if you want to read about my life the past few years (ie you’re bored), well, there you have it. More recently,...