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Japanese Communists are Cuddly · 9 August 04
I inadvertently spent the weekend combatting landmine usage in Cambodia.
I was invited to watch a panel discussion on landmine removal on Friday night, and that led to an invitation to run 10k in a charity run the next day, and be a guest at a hyper-cute tea party on Sunday.
The activists I met during the events were a much cuter (and cleaner) group than the activists I knew back in school. Somehow, at least in what I saw over the weekend, the Japanese college activist manages improbably to mix idealism, productivity, and whimsy.
As evidenced by their tea party decorations.
Due to my inexhaustible novelty status, I had tea and cake with group that included the world’s only landmine victim amputee ultra-marathon runner, the Tokyo Women’s Marathon 1991 champ, and visiting Cambodian students.
I took part in ultra-whimsical conversation, where people drop phrases like, “We are friends!” and “What is your dream?” and “I hope you get your dream!” without sounding like hopped-up motivational speakers.
And I met this insanely friendly tiny Cambodian man, who is approximately 873 times cooler than me.
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— Brant 2136 days ago #