DearScotty

I’ve learned two things this week. 1. I don’t have the half moon on my pinkie nails any longer. 2. I don’t have to double space after completed sentences. Apparently I’ve held on to the practice of double spacing from the typewriter days. Computers have corrected typewriters with proportional spacing so it makes it easier to catch the difference between sentences.

Because this week is reserved for testing, I have no classes. I also don’t have hair on the top of my pointer finger above the first joint. All my other fingers have hair there. I also completed the 10k gold “fun” level on desktop tower defense with a score of 23,500.

Japan is boring but! but! Theresa and I are going to Tokyo Disney and DisneySea this 3-day weekend. Let the jealousy help warm my frozen toes.

Every single person’s reaction is priceless especially the smug beer drinker.

I almost wet my pants when I saw the above photo, but then I came across this one:

Here’s an interesting article that clears up my role in Japan and why I can never be taken seriously, no matter how logical or compassionate I am, I am foreign, and thus bad.

IMMIGRATION: JAPAN’S UNFRIENDLY SHORES
‘One culture, one race:’ Foreigners need not apply
Despite a shrinking population and a shortage of labour, Japan is not eager to accept immigrants or refugees

GEOFFREY YORK
October 9, 2007

TOKYO — In the Turkish village of his birth, Deniz Dogan endured years of discrimination and harassment by police who jailed him twice for his political activities on behalf of the Alevi religious minority. So he decided to escape to a country that seemed peaceful and tolerant: Japan.

Seven years later, he says he has found less freedom in Japan than in the country he fled. For a time, he had to work illegally to put food on his table. Police stop him to check his documents almost every day. He has suffered deportation threats, interrogations and almost 20 months in detention. In despair, he even considered suicide.

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This guy’s taking LOL-cats to a new level! Bloody brilliant!

strangely familiar…

Last one, I promise!

Recently there’s been a few stories in the news about Japanese kids killing their parents by ax. One girl, suspicious that her father was having affairs decided to give him the “guillotine.” Another 15 year old kid apparently tried to kill his sleeping father. The reports imply that the boy hit his father several times with an ax to the head. The dad survived. I’m just curious why he didn’t go for the neck.

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I can’t make this stuff up folks:

Train cancelled after conductor succumbs to diarrhea
OSAKA — About 300 passengers were forced to leave a train at JR Tsukaguchi Station in Amagasaki after the conductor suffered a violent bout of diarrhea in the driver’s cabin early on Friday, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) said.

The evacuation took place after the conductor fell ill just before the train pulled in at Tsukaguchi Station. The driver scheduled to take over the train entered the cabin at about 6.15 a.m. to find the floor covered in feces.

Station workers immediately cleaned the floor of the driver’s room, but decided to cancel the train due to the lingering aroma.

Passengers were merely told that the train would be delayed, and were asked to board the next one. (Mainichi)

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The Funniest Thing I’ve Ever Seen:

Who’s your favorite?

ottoman otaman

I stumbled across this site and thought I should help spread the love. Click the picture for more Lol cats.

OMG WTF?!? Knock first!!

Who’s coming with me?