Fukuma Era 2001-2004
Only Understanding What's Happening 20% of the TimeAbove is the original Menu from the Fukuma-Era version of Hair Flap. In it, you’ll find older versions of the About and Hair Flap!? pages as well as sections that no longer exist on their own, such as Engrish and Misc.
Fukuma Hair Flap
From July 2001 to August 2004 I lived in Fukuoka, Japan as a participant of the JET Programme. Shortly after I arrived I realized that each day spawned so many interesting (and sometimes deliciously banal) stories about life in Japan that I just had to share them with everyone I knew.
At a time when LiveJournal was still the defacto way to share thoughts online, I instead decided to dip my toes into the relatively young publishing format of the weblog, or ‘blog’.
I talk too much
Recently Heard in Fukuma (via MSN Messenger) BigMatt: i love any debate involving macguyver, the a-team, knight rider and air wolf! Three songs I can't get enough of lately: Strangelove Addiction by Supreme Beings of Leisure...
Pyrolific
I think it's common knowledge that my long-time partner-in-crime, Fletcher has finished his stint on the JET Programe and has returned to the fair, metropolitan eden of Portland. In his stead, Fukuma has recieved the honorable Malik, hailing from New York. He's been...
Three Songs for Karaoke
Three songs you cannot fully appreciate until you've heard them belted out by drunk people in a karaoke box: Linda Linda, by The Blue Hearts She Hates Me, by Puddle of Mudd And I really hate to admit this last one since I'm absolutely loathe of Bon Jovi, but, I openly...
Postcard to Fletcher
Dear Fletcher, It was nice to talk to you on Messenger the other day. How is Portland? Been up to the Nob Hill area yet? It must be nice to be back home and be able to see all your friends again. You're probably missing Fukuma a bit too though, eh? No use denying it,...
THIS is the Ring Trick
For all the Japanese language students out there, I wanted to mention a sweet little app for OS X called Kotoba. 'Kotoba' of course means 'words' or 'speech' in Japanese and it's appropriately named, since it's meant to help you improve your vocabulary. Basically,...
Alley-OOP!
It's been hot as shite here lately, hovering steadily in the 90's, yet with humididty, the "feels like" temp has been in the low 100's. I was in the city for the first time since getting back from Kyoto this weekend, on my way to Canal City to check movie times, when...
Getting to the Bottom of It All
Ahhhhhh, feels good to be back in the proverbial saddle again. Took a while to get back to the point of regular updates. Part of that had to do with the sheer number of pictures involved in the Kyoto update. Part of it had to do with my houseguests last week. During...
Free Advice
Word to the wise: When returning to your empty apartment late at night and you find yourself slightly drunk and consumed by feelings of loss for the love of your life, do NOT, for the love of Christ, listen to anything by Sigur Rós.
The Color of Television
I rented Die Another Day for tonight, which I'm cautiously looking forward to. I've heard some pretty bad things about it, but I usually tend to enjoy 007 in any case. As a wise man once said, "it's like pizza or sex; even when it's bad, it's good" (with the exception...
Yes, dear. I’m coming.
Yes, there are more Kyoto photos on the way. How many are on the way, you ask? 7MB worth, I reply. These things aren't resizing themselves though. Gimme another day and I'll be good to go.
I’m hoooooome
Hurrah, I'm back in Fukuma! I'm busy prepping photos and writings of someof the more notable things in Kyoto and should hopefully start posting by tomorrow. I have a feeling there's going to be mostly pictures with a little narrative rather than vice versa. I find...
A Trio of Tenses
Doh! Meant to post this last night, but that was before four, straight back-to-back episodes of Next Generation happened. I'm sure you understand. So moving right along on What I've Been Doing. Since Fletcher's contract is coming to an end and he's going to be going...