This section of my homepage is a glimpse into my life. It contains essays about my hobbies, life experiences, thoughts, attitudes, sentiments, and philosophies. I created this section of my homepage for those who want to get to know me better. Some of it is serious, some of it is utter nonsense. These essays are as much for myself as for anyone else, and the intended audience is people who know me rather well.
"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way."
~ Vincent Van Gogh
"What the herd hates most is the one who thinks differently; it is not so much the opinion itself, but the audacity of wanting to think for themselves, something that they do not know how to do."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
#145 All-Japan Model Hobby Show 2023 (a photo album) September 2023
#144 My trip to Gold Coast, Australia in 2019 (a photo album) September 2023
#143 Memories of my college days at ASU West June 2023
#142 Book review: J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, my favorite book June 2023
#141 My nerdy, old bedroom from when I was in college June 2023
#140 From swimming pools to the blue ocean: I saw my favorite band, The Ocean Blue, twice in concert June 2023
#138 The Hegelian Dialectic perfectly illustrated in a Far Side comic May 2023
#137 A Sorrow for Violet (A poem dedicated to my unborn child who died in 2016) April 2023
#135 The Macross-inspired poem that won me 3rd place at Glendale Community College in 1996 April 2023
#134 Kinosaki Onsen memories March 2023
#133 Memories of living in a Japanese castle town, Himeji March 2023
#132 The magazine that started it all! Protoculture Addicts #22 inspired me to live and work in Japan February 2023
#131 Do me a favor and leave my interracial marriage out of your stupid political crap. Thanks. February 2023
#130 Serendipity! My dream came true: how I fell in love with and married my Japanese pen pal (an epic essay of my love story) February 2023
#129 Regarding my daughter's poisoning incident in 2020 January 2023
#128 The battered, old Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme that got me through college December 2022
#127 Memoirs of a painfully shy, lovesick nerd (a super-duper, ultra Longcat Unicron-sized Megazord epic essay) December 2022
#126 Helping children live a vaccine-free life November 2022
#125 Makes me want to listen to "The Queen Is Dead" by The Smiths... September 2022
#124 Japanese gaming memories from over 20 years ago... September 2022
#123 Welcome to the Kobe Junior High School for Bilingual Cats August 2022 (This is a spoof on a homepage-building English textbook assignment for junior high school I made several years ago but forgot to upload)
SPECIAL: #122 Anime fandom time capsule July 2022
#121 Golly gee, I thought Q was fake. Someone needs to tell Trump and warn him! May 2022
#120 Sorry, I don't stand with Ukraine. I don't stand with Neo-Nazis. March 2022
#119 A trip to the Yamada Labi 1's model section in Takasaki March 2022
#118 Welcome to the New World Order August 2021
#117 A trip to the JASDF Air Museum in Hamamatsu July 2021
#116 A "new hope" for Star Wars? June 2021
#115 A trip to the Ikaho Toy And Car Museum September 2020
#114 I migrated to Linux, so therefore I am better than you July 2020
#113 Of death forests, dickheads, and diversity February 2019
#112 All-Japan Model Hobby Show 2018 (a photo album) November 2018
#111 F#$% sports! June 2018
#110 Star Wars: The Last Straw January 2018
#109 All-Japan Model Hobby Show 2017 (a photo album) October 2017
#108 A Letter to Enya August 2017
#107 I LOVE PLUM! January 2017
#106 Wonder Fest 2016 in Louisville, KY (a photo album) September 2016
#105 All Japan Model Hobby Show 2015 (a photo album) April 2016
#104 Summer Wonder Festival 2015 (a photo album) July 2015
#103 Warmer weather activates my nerd powers June 2015
#102 Shizuoka Hobby Show 2015 (a photo album) May 2015
#101 James Blunt is a stupid idiotic dummyhead February 2015
#100 The Shinyokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama December 2014
#99 My history with plastic modeling December 2014
#98 Enough with the damn Tamiya shirts, already! November 2014
#97 SF book review: The January Dancer by Michael Flynn November 2014
#96 All Japan Model Hobby Show 2014 (a photo album) October 2014
#95 Shousenkyou in Kofu, Yamanashi-ken August 2014
#94 Summer Wonder Festival 2014 July 2014 (a photo album)
#93 Shopping in Osaka's Hankyu Sanbangai June 2014
#92 Shizuoka Hobby Show 2014 (a photo album) May 2014
#91 SPECIAL: Video game "chirashi" flyers March 2014
#90 Bubblegum Crisis B-Club Film Comic books August 2013
#89 Summer Wonder Fest 2013 (a photo album) July 2013
#88 Man Or Astro-Man is TEH AWESOME! July 2013
#87 A trip to Tokyo Sky Tree, part 1 July 2013
#86 Music I'm currently listening to #5 June 2013
#85 Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013 (a photo album) May 2013
#84 Passing the Japanese driver's license test April 2013
#83 Evening cherry blossoms at Fuji City's Yonenomiya Gensen Shrine March 2013
#82 The importance of Charlie Brown's Christmas December 2012
#81 SF book review: A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge September 2012
#80 Gambare, Nene-chan: Bubblegum Crisis translated manga. August 2012
#79 The "Kawaii Revolution" A speech by my student. August 2012
#78 Wolverine and the X-Men is TEH AWESOME! August 2012
#77Music I'm currently listening to #4 June 2012
#76 IDOLM@STER PUDDING! June 2012
#75 Yaizu Fish Market June 2012
#74 Shizuoka Hobby Show 2012 (a photo album) May 2012
#73 Get ready for four more years of Obamunism March 2012
#72 Music I'm currently listening to #3 March 2012
#71 People in Japan who suck March 2012
#70 Moving to Japan, Mom's death February 2012
#69 Blade Runner and Bubblegum Crisis: a compare/contrast essay December 2011
#68 1982: The best year for science fiction movies November 2011
#67 Star Wars: how something wonderful was ruined October 2011
#66 Book review: Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons by Alex Kerr, and why I don't like Alex Kerr October 2011
#65 Playing import Mega CD games on your Sega CD September 2011
#64 Book review: Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey, and my thoughts on the whole Japanophile/weeaboo issue. August 2011
#63 Rabio Lepus translated manga August 2011
#62 Ringo Deathstarr is TEH AWESOME! June 2011
#61 Judgmental "Christian" idiots protest the Fanime Con June 2011
#60 On growing up a geek, and Phoenix Comicon May 2011
#59 Manga review: Gundam Ecole du Ciel by Haruhiko Mikimoto March 2011
SPECIAL: #58 Random neat stuff about Japan February 2011
#57 Photos of Matsumoto Castle February 2011
#56 More stupid haiku February 2011
#55 SF book review: Larry Niven's Ringworld January 2011
#54 Japanese culture on the Super Nintendo January 2011
#53 Sengoku Blade Koyori & Marion translated dialogues (for the Sega Saturn) December 2010
#52 On raising a daughter October 2010
#51 The Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles September 2010
#50 Music I'm currently listening to #2 September 2010
#49 Oak Creek Terrace in Sedona, AZ August 2010
#48 The Internet: Full of People who Suck July 2010
#47 Tachikawa, an otaku town? (a photo gallery) July 2010
#46"Space Ghost Saves the Day!" (A PG-13 children's book) June 2010
#45 Neat comic book store loot December 2009
SPECIAL: #44 Video game pixel art bead sprites May 2010
#43 Music I'm currently listening to #1 November 2009
#42 LaserDiscs are still cool November 2009
#41 Learning Japanese, the nerdy way October 2009
#40 Domo-kun spotted at 7-11 October 2009
#39 Yo Gabba Gabba is TEH AWESOME! September 2009
#38 A letter to the Progressive Auto Insurance chick August 2009
#37 I saw Sakura Shinguji naked....twice! August 2007
#36 San Diego Comic Con 2007 (A photo journal) August 2007
#35 My new Dirty Pair figures June 2007
#34 Mocha the Dog March 2007
#33 Otaku shopping in Tokyo (A photo journal) February 2007
#32 Fun at work, stupid haiku October 2006
SPECIAL: #31 Sci-fi plastic model gallery August 2006
#30 Sexy pics of my new Playstation 2 September 2005
#29 Annual employee self-review April 2005
#28 I Love Rilakkuma! March 2005
#27 A letter to Chris Isaak September 2004
#26 A letter to Kermit The Frog May 2004
#25 Hang the DJ: Memories of KUKQ 1060AM Alternative radio February/March 2004
#24 Babblespam January 2004
#23 To breed or not to breed? November 2003
#22 Reverse culture Shock: the woes of an expatriate October 2003
#21 Going bald February 2003
#20 Moving to America July 2002
#19 Reporting Sexual Crimes in Japan: A Faulty System An essay by a fellow ALT in Himeji. July 2002
#18 Seiji Fujishiro: our favorite Japanese artist May 2002
#17 Greg and Mayu's trip to Nagasaki April 2002
#16 My holiday season, and culture shock sets in January 2002
#15 Still in Japan, a trip to Awaji Island December 2001
SPECIAL: #14 My otaku life November 2001
#13 Islam attacks September 2001
#12 Greg & Mayu's trip to California August 2001
#11 Greg gets married: April 2001
#10 My life in Japan January 2001
#9 Vacation in Tokyo (A photo journal) May 2000
SPECIAL: A complete moron's homepage March 2000
#8 Getting ready to graduate July 1999
#7 My grand adventure: summer of '98 (A photo journal) June 1999
#6 So What's the big deal about Japan, anyway? November 1997
#5 Stuff that annoys me about the Internet July 1997
#4Therapy night April 1997
#3 The art gallery December 1996
#2 A fish called Steve May 1996
#1 Strange times at night January 1996
"I feel so extraordinary, something's got a hold on me. I get this feeling I'm in motion, a sudden sense of liberty." --New Order
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