Long Time Expat In Japan
I bought a lens adapter for a hundred twenty bucks from a company called Moondog Labs. They became slightly famous last year among certain circles because of a movie that was filmed entirely on an iPhone. It was called Tangerine. I haven't seen it, but that doesn't mean anything. What piqued my curiosity was that … Continue reading Anamorphic Lens
Yes, I took that with my camera and a telephoto lens. The lens was not expensive in the grand scale of things. It wasn't exactly cheap, but things are relative. The lens was about three hundred dollars. While the camera I used was a new version, the older version that fits this lens is about … Continue reading The Moon Through my Telephoto Lens
I dropped my iPhone the other day. It just fell from about waist height, and it has a case and screen protector. But the fates saw to it that it hit a protruding rock and shattered the screen. It worked, barely, but there was a lot of broken glass. Just moments ago, I took it … Continue reading Un-Plugged
Leveled up in kana and kanji, both. Still giving the pen a break. Below is the kana that the powers that be liked. Lots of pre-hiragana, semi-kanji letters. Now 4-kyu, which means I ranked up 6 times. I need about 7 more to reach a dan. Here is my kanji that leveled up. It's … Continue reading More leveling up
Book Review (spoilers) The Red By Linda Nagata Just finished reading The Red. I got an actual paperback for a change. I was reading through some award nominees and also JohnnScalzi's blog. I came across a Big Idea on the blog for the sequel to The Red. And I also saw it was nominated for … Continue reading Book Review – The Red
Went away last weekend to Nagano with the fam. I asked them where they'd like to go if they had a weekend and this is what they picked. They picked it because of a TV show, Taiga Drama. It is a period drama, usually with lots of swords, horses, armor, and the like. This one … Continue reading Nagano
Fuji. Never climbed the mountain, only looked at it from afar. Feels wrong, having spent 20 years or so in the country. But I do get nearby for work. So I took a detour on the way back home last time. Took a couple of pics from a lake in Yamanashi. It wasn't the perfect … Continue reading Mount Fuji
I give myself one day a week to eat junk food; cake, ice cream, pasta carbonara with extra bacon. This past weekend I went McD's before meeting some friends in Ikebukuro. I'd thought for the longest time that McD's should make a Big Mac with Quarterpounder burgers. Then they advertised the Grand Big Mac. I … Continue reading Mega Mac
I love my sensei. She's a peach, really. She also doesn't pull punches. Been plugging away. Ranked up in kana a bunch of times, kanji a little less. But my pen writing just hasn't budged. Last month sensei likened my pen writing to that of stroke victims she knows. I think it is time to take … Continue reading Break Time
Last month, I submitted some hiragana that was in a really old style, more like really cursive kanji. It was a lot of fun because you can kind of see where modern hiragana comes from. To be honest, half the time I didn't know what I was writing. I just copied what I saw. Still, … Continue reading Hiragana
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