Happy Halloween

Halloween’s coming.Halloween’s coming.Ghosts and goblins too…
It happened again… I was talking to M the other night right before bed. We were ready to go to sleep, just nonchalantly standing in front of each other about a foot apart when suddenly I felt a chill sweep by my arms and the front of my body. [...]

Testing, testing

I went back to the original layout to test something out. Something strange is happening, and I’m wondering if it’s this new fangled Xanga module layout thingy. Please bear with me.
In the meantime, here is the first senru poem my ather published in a local LA Japanese newspaper called the Kashu Mainichi back in [...]

Text Appeal

I was away from Xanga for quite a while. I mean, I would post every so often, when I had the time and was in the mood, but I it was just post and split–go back to work or to J-dorama or whatever. But I’ve been back now for about that past couple of weeks [...]

I’m Hungry

But it’s 4 AM and if I ate anything right now, it would go straight to my waist. I’ve been hovering around the 160 lbs. mark for the past three weekends. M–bless her heart–bought four (4) bags of Doritos last weekend: BBQ Cheddar, Fiery Habanero, Buffalo and Cool Ranch. Okay, actually, I told her that [...]

I’m Hungry

But it’s 4 AM and if I ate anything right now, it would go straight to my waist. I’ve been hovering around the 160 lbs. mark for the past three weekends. M–bless her heart–bought four (4) bags of Doritos last weekend: BBQ Cheddar, Fiery Habanero, Buffalo and Cool Ranch. Okay, actually, I told her that [...]

I’m Hungry

But it’s 4 AM and if I ate anything right now, it would go straight to my waist. I’ve been hovering around the 160 lbs. mark for the past three weekends. M–bless her heart–bought four (4) bags of Doritos last weekend: BBQ Cheddar, Fiery Habanero, Buffalo and Cool Ranch. Okay, actually, I told her that [...]

English for Japanese

Yesterday, I wrote about interpreting for Musubichan–protected post: Whonose, you are on my protected list. (If you re a regular reader and a subscriber, leave me a message telling me you want to be added. I think you have to be a Xanga member.)–but I moved the comment here.
I had the chance to hone [...]

Weekend roundup

The weekend was very busy. Every year, faculty must submit an individual Annual Report: What classes did you teach; Number of enrollment; What did you publish; What service did you provide; et cetera, et cetera. Well, I got my report back with a response from the new dean, who by all accounts is a good [...]

Staying within yourself

There are times when you know you should not try to overreach. No, I don’t mean to say that one shouldn’t try new things. I am all for challenging yourself. But there are times when you must realize you limitations.
Currently, I am teaching a buttload of classes, but I need to do research. My [...]

Embarrassed

Everything I think about these days seems to be related to aging. Even the things I don’t want to think about are age related. Like my memory. I used to drop gingko biloba regularly but stopped this past summer as I had concluded that it didn’t really help me–I would forget to do what M [...]