by Whitey | Dec 23, 2007 | Thoughts
Check out this short article about a non-Japanese person who’s become a part of a very-Japanese part of society: Japan Today – News – Japans first ever foreign geisha debuts The interesting thing to me is that it says she’s spent half of her...
by Whitey | Nov 18, 2007 | Etc.
Click here to check out a fun little flash animation. Starts out a little slow (especially if you have a “semi high speed” connection like I do) but it’s pretty cool once it gets going.
by Whitey | Nov 16, 2007 | Weekly Re-Cap
It’s been a pretty good week. Regarding my TESL studies, it hasn’t been as productive as I’d have liked, but I’m hoping to make up for that today by finishing this big assignment I’ve been slowly working through and thus wrapping up...
by Whitey | Nov 7, 2007 | Thoughts
I saw a short documentary recently on the history of anime (Japanese animation). Some may think that cartoons are not a real view into the culture of a country. But I think that pop culture as a much a part of culture as more traditional forms of art. They give us a...
by Whitey | Nov 2, 2007 | Weekly Re-Cap
This was a pretty quiet week, so I don’t have much to re-cap, but I thought I should at least “check in”. Support levels haven’t moved much this week, but I do have some “maybes” and even some “yeses” that I’m...
