American Gaijin
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That Putin Interview
So as you know, there was an interview with Putin a couple of days ago. Here are some thoughts. Couple things. First, I didn’t watch it, but I read most of the transcript. Secondly, I don’t have a dog in the fight. To me, the ideal outcome is, Russia “wins”, but is so weakened they…
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Why I Love Anime, But Not Anime Fans
I started learning Japanese in 2018, which is about six years ago. I haven’t progressed nearly as far as I’d like, but I guess one could make the argument that the slow burn was helpful in making sure that what did stick, actually did. So maybe it was the right pace for me, even though it’s…
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I Love, and I Hate, Anime.
Over the past few months, as I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve been watching a lot of anime. I’ve been trying to be a little selective about what I watch – a lot of it is poorly animated trash, a lot of it is just mid, and some of it is truly a work of art. The…
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Why I Joined – and Left – Twitter (X)
Over the past year, I was experimenting with X. I joined about the time when Elon bought it. Almost to the day, actually. I hated Twitter before and actively avoided it, but I really did appreciate what Elon was trying to do with it, at least according to his stated goals. And, it really was a…
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Why I don’t like Babymetal anymore, and more thoughts
This will start with one thought, and move to other thoughts. If you don’t like it, oh well. At this point, I’m beyond caring. And maybe this post will explain why. Babymetal released their new single this week. It’s called “Divine Attack – shingeki”. I didn’t really like it. All that hype, and for a…
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Stop With The Panic Porn Already!!!
So as y’all probably know, there’s a bit of a kerfluffle right now in Ukraine, and it looks like it might draw the US and Russia into a little war. Worse case, it could turn nuclear and cause quite a ruckus. There are lots of YouTube channels and other media predicting the end of the…
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Desire
There is a tree near my apartment that, until recently, has been host to hundreds of birds in the evenings. There are two species, the great-tailed grackle and another smaller species that I haven’t identified. Some white-winged doves also hang out there, chilling with the grackles. The birds seem to be gone now. They have…
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The Brain
So I heard an interesting question the other day – I found it on the thumbnail of YouTube video. It’s apparently part of skit by Bill Burr – which I haven’t watched, and at the moment, don’t plan to. But it asked an interesting question, one which has been reverberating through my mind ever since…
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Thoughts on Worship
As with most of my posts, wherever you think this is going to go, it probably won’t, so take that for what you will. I have been on a binge of watching Babymetal and Sakura Gakuin lately. No idea why, it’s just what popped up on YouTube and I get bored. So I was churning…