October, 2005

  1. Adam Bosworth's Weblog: Speaking up

    October 30, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Adam Bosworth’s Weblog: Speaking up

    That’s one amazing post.

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  2. Gregarious

    October 26, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    < wm_eddie> hmm, shuudankoudousei 集団行動性 gregarious nature
    < wm_eddie> it’s kind of strange when you encounter a hard word whose English definition you don’t know.
    < markd2> gregarious?
    < markd2> (of a person) fond of company; sociable : he was a popular and gregarious man.
    < wm_eddie> 退社時間後　taishajikango after work….
    < wm_eddie> that’s a lot of kanji for after work :/
    < markd2> “gregarious tentacle monster to you loving very much”

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  3. Clean-up

    October 17, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    For the first time since I’ve got here I finished studying before passing out. So I spent the time re-organizing my gallery. I separated all my Japan pictures into their own album. I also did some cleanup of my home and www directories. I think I’ll back up the DBs and go to bed.

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  4. Deodorant season

    October 16, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Just got back from the pharmacy. It seems that the reason I can’t find deodorant is that it’s simply out of season and people don’t use it. Is this a normal thing? I always use deodorant maybe it’s a Puerto Rican thing… (Since it’s always hot.)

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  5. Hikari

    October 13, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Hikari

    My first try at calligraphy didn’t turn out too bad. I just wish I knew the cursive version of a better kanji.

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  6. People

    October 11, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Andy: Pretty much hates everything about Japan while saying how much he loves it.
    Kenan: (Maybe) pissed off at me for some reason.
    Haruna: Not interested in me after all?

    The Kenan business has me really worried and I’m having trouble concentrating on my homework. What happened is that in the joint seminar he was asking people how the Japanese have relationships when you are expected to be home early, and taking your girl friend or boy friend home is taboo. I kind of assumed that he was talking about sex and said love motels. It didn’t occur to me at the time that he might not have meant sex. I really didn’t see the problem. I’m gussing since he’s a more touchy feely person he wants more privacy than a movie theatre or walking in a park at night. But there has to be something else that is bothering him or else he wouldn’t have just stormed out of the room like that. I want to talk to him tomorrow about the whole thing, and apologize for ruining his conversation.

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  7. Igo

    October 4, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Today I played against a 2kyu girl with a 4 stone handycap. I was surprized with how well I did even though I lost. The game took 3 hours so I didn’t have enough time to go over the game. It’s to bad I could have learned a lot.

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  8. Girls

    October 3, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Recently I think I’ve been getting good vibes from Haruna, but I’m really not sure. I wonder if she likes me. I also noticed that I have no pictures of her. I’ll see if I can get some.

    I felt really bad about a girl today in the Ajisai room because she had on the funniest shirt I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t stop laughing, I don’t think she liked that. I hope she didn’t think that I was laughing at her or anything. The shirt didn’t say anything wrong. It was genuinely funny. You can find it in my Funny Shirts gallery.

    Tomorrow I meet up with the shougi/igo club. I wonder what kind of people are going to be there. I also wonder if they expect me to be any good at igo.

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  9. Gallery :: Koyasan

    October 2, 2005 by Eddie Gonzalez

    Gallery :: Koyasan

    I just got back from Koyasan. The site was founded 1,200 years ago by Kobo daishi, the founder of Isoteric Buddhism in Japan. It’s a pretty cool place. It’s older than all the towering 900 year old trees in it. That’s really impressive. I think the ways Buddhism and Cristrianity are similar are very insteresting. I wonder if there’s a book on the subject.

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