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FROM THE START:
The Quarter-Japanese Kid hits up the homeland

Tokyo Silence

I'm Oriented

Tilting Towards Kumamoto

Fish Heads and Public Nudity

Halfie the Half-blood falls off his bike

And furthermore: Halfie the Half-blood Breaks a Chair

I Don't Know if I Like Pippi Longstalkings

Tanboy Eats Fish Eyeball

Japanese Communists are Cuddly

Test Your Halfblood Knowledge!

I Scare Small Children

It Was Like a Cuteworld Abby Road

Today's Post Contains Bees. And Profanity.

Typhoons Will Not Stop Me

The Sun Also Sets

Quick Note: Saleem is Not Dead

CORRECTION: Typhoons Scare Me. Lots.

Watch the Tan Kid Blush

Call for Entries: Name My Kids

The Youth Are Quick and True

Open Letter: To the Breaker at City Hall

Halfie Gets a Verbal Sucker Punch

The Kumamoto Drunken Horse Fest

Japanese Houses Hate Halfie's Head

How to Start Your Japanese Rock Band

Halfie's Personal Dignity on Decline

Japanese Sports Day: I Train Young Warriors

Theory: Three Strange Occurences Per Hour

How to Win an iPod While Dressed as a Typhoon

Winnie the (drunken) Pooh

The Earth Quakes

Collecting Japanese Salmon Sperm

Illiterate at 26

Japan's Children Ignore Homeboy's Toothless Face

Japanese Genius Boy Answers Your Question

Our Students Have Respect . For Nelly.

The Young Boxers

Dear 27% of America (Kid Ethnic Registers)

Please Do Not Attempt to Step to My Japanese Rock Band

SIGN: The Club That Ended Writing · 30 July 08

Club What You Want


And, yes, the sign reads:

I want to be fuddled with it in
a person with you and men
proceed to a battlefield again
tomorrow this evening

…and I ask: What do we do after recognizing the existence of 4 lines such as that? Can we go on? Do we quit writing, out of respect for such glory? Out of fear? Out of mind?

I haven’t felt this way since the days of The Bee-killing Manchild.

Note: Photo sent to me by my local friend eatABug, aka Jason, who took it as he wandered downtown Kumamoto.

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  1. On a mostly unrelated note, on the way home today I was graced by the familiar sounds of the best refrain known to rock and roll from the past 30 years:

    “I ain’t askin’ for much.
    I said, Lord, take me downtown,
    I’m just lookin’ for some tush.”

    Best. Song. Ever.


    — Byzek    119 days ago    #

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