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Hanami
Hanami means “flower viewing” in Japanese. It gets its own special word because the blooming of the cherry blossoms here is a huge deal. Meteorologists visit the trees every day trying to predict when they’ll bloom, signs go up around the city that say Sakura (cherry blossom in japanese) on them, and restaurants even have…
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Six Awesome Things
I woke up this morning at 4:46am. I went to sleep at 11:30pm, so that’s approaching reasonable. As soon as I woke up I began thinking of how great some things are, so I got my laptop and now I’m in the dark writing about them. That’s inspirado. 1. Blankets. How cool is it that…
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Full Responsibility
One of the more helpful habits I’ve developed is taking responsibility for everything in my life. This is a strong contrast to the average victim / “things happen to me” mentality that a lot of people have. Basically I assume that anything “bad” that happens in my life is a direct result of actions I…
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Pictures of Project Hollywood
I was going through some old files the other day and I came across a bunch from Project Hollywood. Ahh, the nostalgia. Here they are: Me and some girl at the Standard. We switched jackets. Mystery’s winnings in a game of quarters. We put a glass ice bucket on one side of the room and…
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Gaijin House
I didn’t have much faith that we were going to have a good place here. We found it very difficult to find a place to stay that was central, had two beds, and wasn’t $4000 per month. At the last minute Todd booked us a room in a great area that was relatively inexpensive. I…
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Dolfin 88% Cacao Chocolate
I’m not really a chocolate snob. Or at least I wasn’t. I used to love white chocolate and milk chocolate, but now that I eat a very clean diet I can’t even imagine eating that amount of sugar. So I eat a chunk or two of very dark chocolate every day. Cacao is actually very…
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Exciting News
Ok, so I changed my theme again. I kept that last one for a LONG time, but I got a little restless. I’m sad to say goodbye to the awesome cartoon that Kristen drew me, but I had to get this gangsta picture of me up here. I couldn’t resist. I know that there are…
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Amex Good, Hostgator Bad
I love my American Express card. I have the platinum one thanks to Todd, which has a lot of cool benefits like being able to go into airport lounges and such. However, they always seem to freeze my account when I travel. Last year, when I went to Tokyo, Todd and I ate at a…
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ServerADay.com
Recently I needed new hosting. I was paying way too much over at HostGator (who later ripped me off!), so I quit and began the search for new hosting. At first I tried to get a VPS (virtual private server), which is basically a chunk of a real server. This was great until some idiot…
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Jet Lag
I think it’s our third day here. It’s hard to tell because I’ve spent a good amount of that time sleeping. However, I’m now over the jet lag and ready for action again. Last year when we came to Japan we had no jet lag at all. My jet lag strategy is to try to…
