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May 31, 2004

The ice is forming-

Hell started freezing over last Wednesday when I, the self-proclaimed advocate for not owning a cell phone, caved in and bought one. Well, technically the phone was free (and it takes pictures) with the service plan. This is my confession....

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Posted by Shawn on May 31, 2004 08:15 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 28, 2004

Escaping the Concrete Jungle

If you have lived or currently live in a big city perhaps you will agree: the only convenience to a big city is the city itself. In the grand geographical spectrum I suppose there is convenience of a sort about...

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Posted by Shawn on May 28, 2004 04:06 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 22, 2004

Another innovation or...

Ignore for a moment that all-purpose utilitarian notion that making things useful is, in all situations, pratical and warranted. No one really lives by the idea mentioned above, thus the overabundance of personal video libraries and knick-knack collections the only...

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Posted by Shawn on May 22, 2004 12:09 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 20, 2004

Tony- live-

Flatmates, roommates, forced habitat or by choice it doesn't matter, if you are in the situation to have flatmates, inevitably you know them to some degree. So far so good....

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Posted by Shawn on May 20, 2004 12:52 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 14, 2004

Nature- man-made

In the middle of Nagoya there are places interspersed throughout the city in which one can almost not hear the traffic echo through the concrete canyons. After having a discussion with a co-worker about how we both wish nature was...

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Posted by Shawn on May 14, 2004 01:48 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 13, 2004

Communication...

...my major in college- I often refer to it as the liberal arts of the 90's with some skepticism as to the value of using this degree to get a job, perhaps only because of the choices I have made...

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Posted by Shawn on May 13, 2004 02:56 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 09, 2004

Kareoke

I think I am spelling it wrong, but spell check is only in Japanese on this computer, and kareoke- well, we all know what I mean. I'll say only this about last night, make that early this morning's kareoke experience...

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Posted by Shawn on May 9, 2004 09:28 PM
Category: After the wake...

May 06, 2004

Some photos.

So, I finally figured out how to download photos from a disk at the internet cafe (no comment please). Taken around and in Nagoya as I have yet to get to another place, perhaps it will give you an idea...

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Posted by Shawn on May 6, 2004 02:59 PM
Category: After the wake...
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