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September 28, 2005
Autumn
Fall is in the air! Crisp weather goes nicely with my return to campus life. The professors are making my class load light to provide ample time for research. The data is falling into place, but there remains the steeplechase of academic framing.
In other news, my trusty laptop became ill on Sunday morning and is currently in the sick ward of Apple's new Shibuya retail store. They say it's the logic board, and they offer me free surgery for unknown reasons. Perhaps they bear a heavy conscience for their manufacturing errors.
Being computer-less forces me into a more traditional lifestyle: writing friends with pen and ink, listening to analog records, iChatting with the human voice, Bit Torrenting television shows from the air, responding to aggressive blog comments with telekinesis.
For those interested, Japan's bright and shining musical hope Shugo Tokumaru is performing songs from his new album L.S.T. with a full band at Shibuya O-Nest on Friday, October 14. Rumors have it that he's selling like hotcakes, so get your tickets while you can!
Posted by marxy at September 28, 2005 8:13 PM
Comments
i love those journal entries. more; please!
Posted by: odot at September 28, 2005 9:18 PM
It'd be even better with pictures!
I always feel like everyone would be bored with my personal entries, but then I really like reading other people's personal blogs.
Posted by: marxy at September 28, 2005 9:25 PM
I fly into Tokyo on the 12th. Should I manage to get into the gig, I'll shout the word "Orthopraxy" loudly a few times to see if I can get your attention and buy you a drink. I love what I've heard of him so far.
Posted by: Sarmoung at September 28, 2005 9:27 PM
I don't think that some personal entries would be boring, they add flavour.
Posted by: lynsey at September 29, 2005 1:54 AM
And seeing that my personal experiences here in Japan are on the whole positive, blogging about my everyday life would probably cheer up this otherwise sour space.
Posted by: marxy at September 29, 2005 12:50 PM
I quite like your personal entries, and would certainly love to see more of them. It makes a nice counterpoint to the more serious research-oriented posts, and actually helps put them in context to what you're currently living/experiencing.
Posted by: Jean at September 29, 2005 1:41 PM
You should include photos, too. I'd be particularly intrigued to see what (if any) t-shirts young marxy sports. Hee hee.
Posted by: Jrim at September 29, 2005 2:14 PM
I don't see any harm in "personal entries", though "fall is nice; my computer broke; see shogu tokumaru" isn't exactly a personal entry.
Momus' prodding aside, I'd be kind of disappointed to read noodle-rankings here.
Posted by: nate at October 2, 2005 2:32 AM
please do not hesitate to post about things like this. if you had, i would be missing what im sure will be a completely brilliant show!
Posted by: shane at October 2, 2005 3:46 AM