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Broadcasting to an audience of three (and a goldfish)...
Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Thursday, July 11, 2002 |
 "Don't forget that walking down the street in purple tracksuit
bottoms is not generally accepted as being fashionable."
After
spending most of the afternoon trying to work out a way to get this
line into my speech for Matsue, with great regret I accepted defeat,
and took it out. A sad day.
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Examples of amusing- and just plain bad- language
"Please take special care of those enjoyable times and happy moments.
good life send for you."
On a cushion, of all things. I suppose
it was too long to fit on a T-shirt...
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It probably wasn't a bad thing not going to give blood. One of the
people in the office went, and his 'goodies' were... two bananas and a
pack of bin bags. Not that tempting, really...
I wonder if this fascination with bin bags as prizes or gifts is
just an Etajima thing?
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I enjoyed taiko last night, despite playing in the gym without
air-conditioning. In fact, the heat almost seemed to contribute to a
sense of cameraderie. Nvertheless, this morning I'm really feeling the
effects of last night, not in terms of aching muscles so much as
throbbing blisters. I have an equal three on each hand, including a
matching pair, one on the tip of each thumb. I'm at a real loss to
explain how playing taiko can lead to thumb blisters...
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Breakfast Show Staple Randomhaiku of the day (from The Genuine Haiku Generator)
scampering bluntly
oceans soften, forgotten
white bartenders laugh
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There's a blood donation bus coming today- and I've already been asked
if I'm going to go and give blood. I have to admit it's tempting (you
get a big bag of goodies if you go), but then I always remember the
blood test at the first health check I had here, when the nurse (who
looked about junior high school age) couldn't find my vein, and ended up
sticking the needle in my arm six times before she could get blood. So I
think I'll give the donation today a miss...
Actually, I don't think
I could give blood even if I wanted to. I read something about people
from countries with BSE problems not being eligible- although this may
have changed since Japan's very own BSE scare. In any case, it's a good
excuse...
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Breakfast Show Staple Notable weather
My goodness, another (relatively) fresh day!
Actually, I realised
this even as I got up this morning: the air normally feels heavy outside
the washitsu, but this morning there was none of this heaviness,
and, biking to work, there was a pleasant breeze. It's still damn hot,
of course, but at least it's not quite as humid as normal.
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Not fitting in
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Taiko last night
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