http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/ en-us 2004-08-04T03:05:38+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/003789.shtml A plan is only that until it becomes fact, something in the past, something that has already happened. So it turns out I had enough of urban life and feel other things are to be done. This is only intuition... Shawn 2004-08-04T03:05:38+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/003606.shtml At a small club, make that a bar, about the size of a typical American living room we stood drinking our whiskey and Cokes we poured under the table, courtesy of my leather bound flask, saving a little money, and... Shawn 2004-07-18T20:40:57+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/003462.shtml Sumo: Imagine not just big, but huge men each wearing a thick thong, but a thong nonetheless, slapping pulling and pushing their opponent in matches that take less time from start to finish than the warm up exercises and posturing... Shawn 2004-07-11T21:11:33+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/003025.shtml Part of the Japanese psyche seems to be that with the big cities and urban sprawl nature has room, thus the beautifully manicured parks of which there are plenty, and just outside of the urban areas are nature-esque places. Only... Shawn 2004-06-18T18:28:49+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002949.shtml I am in Japan and barring the early mid-life crisis that resurfaces constantly pulling my psyche toward some type of stability that constitutes the norm (not sure about actually achieving that one), things here are amazingly not that different. The... After two months Shawn 2004-06-13T21:20:30+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002911.shtml At the local Joy Joy, twenty-four hour karaoke is the name of the game. After surprisingly cheap drinks at a local bar we headed over to the even cheaper drinks at Joy Joy where 1000 yen (less than $10.00) per... After the wake... Shawn 2004-06-10T14:52:46+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002773.shtml Takayama- View image Before actually getting to Takayama, a cliche photo of Japan- what I think people might think: View image More than one student I asked called Takayama “little Kyoto.” Having never been to Kyoto I felt no obligation... After the wake... Shawn 2004-06-05T12:50:13+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002715.shtml 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.... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-31T20:15:30+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002684.shtml 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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-28T16:06:27+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002600.shtml 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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-22T12:09:03+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002576.shtml 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.... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-20T12:52:23+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002524.shtml 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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-14T13:48:11+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002509.shtml ...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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-13T14:56:38+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002459.shtml 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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-09T21:28:02+09:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/zen/archives/002424.shtml 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... After the wake... Shawn 2004-05-06T14:59:31+09:00