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October 2004 - Posts

Compliments in Japan

One of the things I learned in high school German class was never, ever to accept a compliment. The proper response is denial; graciously accepting someone's praise in Germany is hopelessly gauche. Fortunately, a similar aesthetic regarding compliments Read More...
Posted Friday, October 29, 2004 1:36 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Busy busy busy

I'm trying to keep up with work, both the logistics/marketing/store display stuff, the follow-up from my trip, and some outside work I took on... I'll put up photos from the last days of my trip as soon as I can handle the distraction. I can't avoid eating, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:50 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Final days in Japan

I just arrived this morning... the last few days in Japan were somewhat busy, and though I started writing entries in my web journal a few times, I got distracted by other things. I will start to fill in the blanks tomorrow, if I can spare a few moments. Read More...
Posted Monday, October 25, 2004 8:52 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Kyoto Weekend

In front of Kyoto station Hiromi and I departed to Kyoto Saturday morning... it was a trip full of amazingly close calls. We arrived at the Haneda airport just in time, after missing a connection. We had a few other complications involving catching buses, Read More...
Posted Monday, October 18, 2004 10:11 PM by jason | 3 Comments
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Shall I be soapy?

A couple of days ago, I headed off to Shizuoka to meet with a soap supplier whose product I was interested in when I was last in Japan. Although I'm very interested in the soap, I'm still trying to find a way to make it work financially, because their Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:45 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Arrived, partially recovered

Over the holiday weekend I had the good fortune to be nearly unreachable, except via my prepaid Japanese cell phone, as I attempted to recover from jetlag in the hot springs of Hanamaki in Iwate prefecture, not far from Morioka. Monday was also a national Read More...
Posted Monday, October 11, 2004 2:43 PM by jason | 0 Comments

Madcap dash

I am getting out of town in about 12 hours, headed to Japan. I've been trying to finalize a shipment of ceramics to a customer in San Francisco, take care of a few related and unrelated errands, and so on... the last few days have been maddening. Fortunately, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:42 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Visions of earthquakes dancing in my head

I woke up remembering all sorts of dreams involving earthquakes. Not nightmares... no substantial amount of fear was a part of them... I briefly chatted with Hiromi this morning via MSN Messenger and I mentioned the dreams. She went to bed, and a few Read More...
Posted Monday, October 04, 2004 7:50 AM by jason | 2 Comments
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And we're back...

I just returned home from the long return drive about an hour ago... The weather today was beautiful... I apparently was just a few hours too late to witness the results of the minor Mt. Saint Helens eruption today... still somewhere in Oregon when I Read More...
Posted Friday, October 01, 2004 8:41 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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