Sometimes a book will find it’s way into my hands in such a bizarre and mysterious way that it’s hard not to believe that some higher force is at play. It’s almost like the Universe planned for me to find that particular book at that particular point in my life. Last weekend I was standing… Read More Books I was Destined to Read
My life Stateside feels like a chapter out of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. I’m (temporarily!!!) staying at my parents house in Northern California and not only does it feel like my life in Japan never existed, but it also feels like the last 16 years of my life never existed as well. I’m… Read More 10 Again
A lot has happened in the two weeks since I left Japan. For starters, I flew to Singapore and Hong Kong. I also was an extra in a Bollywood film, got robbed, ate a bird’s nest, got food poisoning, lost my camera and learned a valuable lesson about karma. But I’m getting ahead of myself.… Read More Garage Sale at the Airport (or How I Spent My Last Day in Japan)
There’s been a change of plans. My departure time has now been rescheduled for tomorrow, which means that in T-Minus 27 hours I’ll be blasting off of Planet Tokyo, headed in the general direction of the the US of A with a couple week stopover in Singapore and Hong Kong. My last day of work… Read More Don’t Make Me Go Back in the Bubble!
Broken Heart by !!ii~ُtHًeً B؛e$tُ DaٌM؛n ‘T‘h،!n9ّ~’s In two days I’ll be ending my year long relationship with Japan. And the thought that I’ll be trading in a mostly comfortable, stable and familiar relationship for a lonely, uncertain future has got me more than a little freaked out. Two nights ago I sat in a… Read More Breaking Up is Hard to Do
I’ve moved up in the World, folks. Quite literally. I’m now living (well, for two weeks anyway) in a deluxe apartment on the 21st floor of a sky rise in Roppongi. Here’s a picture of the view from the balcony. Yep, that’s the Tokyo tower in the distance. God, I think that the second best… Read More I’ve Got Friends in High Places…
“I think careers are a 20th century invention…And I don’t want one.” – Chris McCandless, from the film Into the Wild “So, you mean you’ve made a career out of moving to other countries?” The girl with the Katie Holmes haircut asked, frowning in a way that suggested she found that idea disturbing. We were… Read More Happily Uncareered
The madhouse that was Yoyogi park last weekend. It was Woodstock-crowded. I had the best weekend. This was due to the fact that my weekend revolved around some of my great loves in life; music festivals, picnics, cherry blossom trees, and Japanese hippies. I think Japanese hippies are hilarious. They’re like the cleaner and better-… Read More Save the Shimokitazawa
Last night I witnessed no less than three people throw up in the Shinagawa train station: An elderly man, a college kid and a very drunk, teenage girl. I’d just missed the last train home and was stranded seven long subway stops from my apartment. It was 1:30 in the morning and I was exhausted… Read More The Drunk Girl
I found something strange in the bathroom this morning. It was a real, live, breathing White Dude. And he was washing his face in bathroom sink. “Um, hello.” I said, uncertainly. Who was this guy and how did he get into the apartment? Had yet another foreigner moved in over night? And if so, where… Read More The Phantom White Dude