American Gaijin
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Clannad
I really don’t know how this post is going to end. But at the least, I know how it’s going to start. I had heard of Clannad, but I was avoiding watching it, because something about the title made me think that it was an isekai or something set in medieval times, and I’m really not…
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Taking Lessons Again
I restarted Japanese lessons this week. Maybe that was a mistake, but at least they’re not that expensive. Due to a minor fortunate circumstance, I was able to pay off all my loans, thereby freeing up quite a bit of money every month to use for, well, stuff you’d spend money on. I decided to…
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Squarespace
I have quite a few domains. Until recently, they were hosted on Google Domains, which I was happy with. Today, I moved all of them to Dreamhost, which is the service on which I host this site. I moved them because apparently Squarespace, against my wishes and will, took over management of my domains and…
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Exotic
I order a lot of stuff from Japan. It’s mostly manga at the moment, but sometimes a few other things as well. They have a lot of products that I want (and quite a few I don’t, but you can’t win ’em all). Today a manga arrived from Japan. As I pulled it out of…
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Eclipse
Earlier this week, I was fortunate to be in the path of a total solar eclipse. It was, of course, the one that cut a line through the United States, starting in Texas and ending somewhere in the Northeast. As you may know, I live in Central Texas, so I got about three minutes of…
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Bocchi the Rock: Atmosphere
The first anime I ever watched (that I can recall) was “Bocchi the Rock”. It was maybe a year ago, I had heard good things about it and saw some clips on YouTube, and thought “what the heck”. And I loved it. But it’s not really because “she’s just like me fr”. She’s really not. …
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The Russian Terror Attacks
I want to talk about the Russian terror attacks that happened yesterday. So, I want to start off with a disclaimer: I don’t like Russia (particularly its government). I also don’t like terror attacks. So my feelings are pretty mixed up and conflicted. So let’s just stipulate that terror attacks are bad and civilians shouldn’t…
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Writing my own Music
In my post, “The Music is Silent“, I wrote about my experience with the composer version of writer’s block. I’m pleased to report that I was able to write something. I’m not so pleased to report that I probably can’t use it. But the experience is still of interest. I ended up writing something that…
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The Music is Silent
I’ve been working on starting a composition over the past couple of days, and I can’t come up with anything. I mean I’m seriously at a loss. The music inside my head is completely silent. Which I don’t understand, at all. I’m usually not at a loss for being creative. I mean, I’ve been writing…
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Anime: Reconnecting with what was Lost
I’ve noticed in my site stats that I’ve been getting a surprising amount of visits from Japan. Konnichiwa! They probably just think I’m some American baka, but whatever. Anyway, I had an epiphany today. And if you care, I’ll share it here. I wrote a concert band piece a while ago, inspired by Sound! Euphonium. It’s…