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Since I was a
Since I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to see the Royal Shakespeare Company perform live. Small dream accomplished. The touring company is playing The Tempest at the Tokyo Globe and it’s an excellent production. They’ve blended music with Prospero’s magic to create something really powerful. The stage itself was fantastic–a sinuous rolling wave, raked sharply…
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I’m often surprised how
I’m often surprised how American culture and habits sometimes rub me the wrong way. Other times I cuddle up comfortably with them. Case in point. Last night at midnight, I attended a conference call. (Don’t even get me started on the “joys” of global telecomm and its use at wicked hours) Most of the particpants…
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Geek celebrities. It’s weird
Geek celebrities. It’s weird how in any field there are those who are well-known and respected practiioners of their craft. But in the Internet world, the widespread sharing of communication allows some to become celebrities and household names. Among my circle of geeky friends, Slashdot is a news portal of choice. And last night, we…
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Nothing list a new
Nothing list a new trash can to brighten up a kitchen. Sounds like a silly thing, but we have to separate our waste into five categories, so we have a lot of trash cans. Or rather, we should have had. Actually, we had a lot of paper shopping bags. Now we have a nice collection…
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Talk about a bad
Talk about a bad time to look for a job. The international financial institutions where I’m most likely to find employment are freezing hires until the markets improve and on top of that Japan’s unemployment rate is rising. Tod swears this doesn’t affect me, and maybe he’s right. I’m pretty much a fringe employee anyway.…
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Remember the guys who
Remember the guys who were setting up drainage pipes last month? Apparently their work is being inspected today. Two men from the Tokyo Waterworks department are walking along the retaining wall where the pipes are installed. They are examining a big patch of bright green the moss that grows where the water spills over the…
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Crown Princess Masako is
Crown Princess Masako is having a baby and the nation’s lawmakers are having a cow. The princess is married to the heir to the Imperial throne. The country has waited (somewhat impatiently) for her to produce an heir. If she and her husband welcome a boy into the world, the young prince will be second…
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I’m happily out of
I’m happily out of touch with American culture. When I get a hint of what awaits me on repatriation, I am stunned and revolted. Here’s an excerpt from a liabilty waiver that US chapters of a non-profit organization have to sign for every event they attend: “I have read or had read to me this…
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Yesterday, Tod gave a
Yesterday, Tod gave a Database Design seminar. It was fun, but tiring for both of us. Today’s been a sleepy day but I really do have things to do. Maybe it’s the wet weather; maybe I’m just procrastinating. Whatever it is, I’d better get myself in gear and do some work.
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I love to barter
I love to barter deals with other women business owners. For example, yesterday I made a deal with a local art school owner. I’ll give her 17 hours of computer tutorial–teaching her how to update her website and set up a mailing list–and she’ll let me take her 5-day Drawing on the Right Side of…
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