You know what it's like when you sit in front of the TV (or computer) and watch a news story get bigger and bigger ( Read more... )

Here is a random post on some karaoke things I have observed. I'm referring to the Japanese/Korean style karaoke, where you and your friends have a private room, not the American style of public embarrassment ( Read more... )

I've gotten bad about posting. Let's see ( Read more... )

What if I posted an LJ entry while giving a talk to the oscillation analysis group? Maybe it'd give me an excuse to say hi on here, I've been really busy with work (and a little Professor Layton) and I've been bad about posting. In any case, life isn't too bad, and I've been staying safe from earthquakes and stuff ( Read more... )

If everyone on earth spent a little time each day dreaming of exploring outer space, would anyone fight wars anymore?

Just in case anyone reads this and was concerned, I'm fine. The Toyama area wasn't hit hard by the earthquake at all. Thoughts go out to those in other areas, though.

Well, just got back from visiting 7-11 to get a late night snack. The guy behind the counter asked me (in Japanese) if I was alone. I didn't think much of it, I guessed he was wondering where my usual partners in shopping were ( Read more... )

Today was the first day of my trip to Takayama. Came here by train with JP in the morning. At first, didn't seem like much of a special place. Kinda reminded me of Kamioka. But there was more to it ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I'm a big fan of Ender's Game. The sequels were all right (increasingly preachy, though), but the original was just amazing.
In one of the Ender's Shadow sequels....

( Spoilers for Shadow Puppets )

My scheme of combining several short entries into one is backfiring, so I will just write about interesting things when they happen, regardless of length ( Read more... )