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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

The Earth Quakes · 4 November 04

The glass doors shook last night while I was half-asleep.

At first I thought a truck was passing. The windows rattled louder. They don’t make very large vehicles in Japan, so next I thought, typhoon.

But there was no rain. And I seemed to be moving side to side.

Then I thought, I am sleeping. Someone is shaking me, and I’m not waking up. I should wake up. Someone is in my apartment and needs me awake.

But I turned my head side to side, and felt awake, and was still shaking.

The room was moving.

I did not know if earthquakes struck Kyushu. It was dark, and my pulse increased. I thought some more.

I am not a tidy guy. I place things at random.

How many people die from something falling on their head in an earthquake? Could a ceramic bowl left on a corner of a desk fall to my futon and do me in? A coffee mug? A Japanese-English dictionary?

What if the ceiling fell? That would be interesting: a ceiling falling around me, me crashing to the ground. A day off from work. A bit on the news. A cool story to tell.

But my horizontal movement stopped. I looked around in the dark, and saw, of course, nothing. I fell back asleep. Woke up unsure if I’d dreamed it. There was no evidence of a quake.

Talked to a coworker about it this morning. She laughed. Apparently they happen a couple times a year.

I will henceforth be more careful with where I put my dishes.

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  1. Don’t worry, dude, that “quake” was just God putting the world on notice that his man is back in office.

    Heaven help us all.
    Jim Ray    1950 days ago    #

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