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Intentionally, nothing
how I spend my time
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Why would I?
I don’t like living in the city. I don’t like rising before the sun to a chorus of sirens. I don’t like looking out with ancient eyes that expect…
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"Unhinged"
The word “unhinged” and its twin “deranged” have become very popular online, especially on Twitter. I initially understood them to be a form of…
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Excuses
I want to sustain my lifestyle as an adventurer and creator without a full-time job. So why haven’t I tried very hard to make money over the last year…
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Hey. I’m writing to those of you who are sort of okay. You tried in school. You have a job that pays well in a field that you don’t really hate. You’re…
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Those words
A fair number of people have asked how best to study Japanese and I haven’t been able to come up with an adequate answer, because, as I’m realizing, I…
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Amalgam
I don’t like joining groups. The reason appears straightforward. The groups and organizations that I would like to join are generally related to skills…
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pieces of mind
The Starbucks on the eleventh floor of Shibuya station has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the famous crossing, the nearby ultra-modern office…
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Wind
I’m writing from a hostel in Fukuoka, the sixth-largest city in Japan, the site of the second-largest Japanese port, and a cultural… no. I’m writing…
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自由の身
A free man walks randomly unmoved by the currents of desire that pervade the clear air A free man does not feel or love or touch for each touch is a…
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Sushi
A man served me sushi on a quiet street in Tokyo last night. Each morning he visits the markets to purchase fresh fish, and each evening he prepares the…
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Japan again
Fiction, consumed incautiously, eventually bleeds into reality. I used to watch Naruto on Thursday evenings after school. It was always a huge relief to…
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How to make friends on Twitter
My friends, mostly from school, are consistently surprised when I mention that I regularly meet up in person with people from Twitter. In fact, I find…
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