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Nines and Rays? 9 Mar 2013 | 01:18 am
Changes on the horizon for the YouTube channel, and for us in general. Back to Japan, back to work, and back to the kind of focus on building something that I haven't had the need for in about a year...
Jokes, Explained : Trying to be Funny in Japanese 18 Feb 2013 | 05:58 am
TV work gives me lots and lots of chances to think about how to be funny in Japanese. Chances to try to be funny, on the other hand... Let's just say I was more comfortable cracking a joke at my par...
Japanese has made me write dumb. 17 Jul 2012 | 04:56 am
I was really interested in this interview I read with Jay Rubin, who handles a lot of the Murakami-to-English translation. Particularly this excerpt: Q: Murakami sometimes directly incorporates Engli...
That Is Not What Dreams Are Like, You Guys. 13 Jul 2012 | 02:57 pm
Not really Yo-Ji material, but I wasn't sure where else to put it. I've started a Tumblr in case I have this problem again. If you follow it, you might get more stuff like this. Or other stuff. No pr...
One month left... 3 Mar 2012 | 06:51 pm
Got some really supportive comments on the last post, so I thought I'd give you the latest news, most of it good: The Saga TV show I work with has put up some money and some equipment so that Yuri an...
Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back 6 Feb 2012 | 11:39 pm
It occurs to me now that I may not have yet mentioned on this blog that my wife and I are planning to take an extended vacation. I've brought it up on YouTube, mentioned it casually on TV in Saga, an...
The American in Japan: 27 Jan 2012 | 12:23 am
This is a conversation from facebook that I got caught up in and decided to bring over here: It started because last week I had an idea for a comedy routine that I thought would work in Japanese. I ...
Japanese People Are Staring at Me... 12 Nov 2011 | 06:37 pm
If you're a foreigner in Japan (excepting those of Asian descent), you've been stared at. A lot. You've probably even developed the ability to identify a certain look on the faces of some Japanese pe...
疾風迅雷 + New TV Job 2 Oct 2011 | 04:42 pm
I know, I know... you guys are all like "WTF? A yojijukugo? On the Daily-Yoji? What is this, 2008?" But there is an explanation. I have a new TV job starting tomorrow. It's a mid-morning bangumi cal...
Thoughts on "I am a Fake-Priest in Japan." 21 Sep 2011 | 03:00 pm
(Apologies in advance to Mike Big Island. I have extra time on my hands at work this morning, and I've been using it to pick apart his blog. My reactions to it quickly became too long to fit into comm...
