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how I haunted my summer vacation
Fujikiri festival 2010
Kyoto, Nara, and Yagyu Village (spring 10)
英語写真

update

Howdy, team. I haven’t been writing much recently and figured you’d appreciate an update on current plans and whatnot.

Grad school
I’ve been preparing to (hopefully) enter a graduate program next year. Given that this is a publicly accessible space, I’ll be discreet about discussing the particulars here. Rest assured that I expended judicious amounts of . . . → Read More: update

Sucks Less with NHK

NHK, sort of the Japanese version of PBS, but with more entertainment-oriented programming, is airing a delightful show called Samurai Spirit wherein the intrepid Nicholas Pettas (easily one of the coolest guys around) takes us all over Japan to learn about different martial arts. Normally this kind of show drives me up the wall . . . → Read More: Sucks Less with NHK

And Sometimes the Bear Gets You

“No!”
The Russian wasn’t happy. The day’s events were beginning to take their toll as my shoulders and forearms filled with lactic acid and my back tightened up like a boa constrictor in a freezer around a hot water bottle. And he was coming in for another attack.
“You have to letting the sword move its . . . → Read More: And Sometimes the Bear Gets You

Dr. Anderson tears it up

I wouldn’t want to be a Chinese archaeologist with David Anderson around. This gentleman is, as my friend Tom would say, . . . → Read More: Dr. Anderson tears it up