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Where’d Jeshii Go?

Jeshii — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:43:21 +0000

Wow, this is the longest I’ve gone without blogging for a long time. What could possibly keep me from my appointed rounds of keeping you up to date on the latest ニコニコ動画 memes?

This is my new son, Joe. He was born on January 20th. I will be getting back to the blog soon enough. In the meantime, visit any of my blogroll sites. They are hand picked for fascinating topics! XD

See you all again soon!

Technorati Tags: babies, baby, non-japan, parenting, personal

Why I am voting yes on Prop 1A…

Jeshii — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:15:00 +0000

Friends, Californians, Countrymen; I am voting yes on State Measure 1A.

Yes, it will take a very long time. This is the reason I want to vote for it now. Think in the long view. If our parents had thought of this, like their Japanese counter parts had (the first 新幹線 (Shinkansen) in Japan was in the 60s!!!), we too would have something to boast about on the world scale. Japan currently sells bullet trains to Taiwan.

I personally see this less as a budget/population issue, and more an issue of dreams… and not short term dreams, but long term dreams. The US is so caught up in instant gratification, I’d be willing to bet this would fail even in good economic times.

The Golden Gate Bridge was another project that people thought would be too much money, or would hurt the local economy due to making unfair competition for the ferries. But, in the end, it became an enduring symbol of our state.

I think this is very much the same thing. Yes, I think it is cool. But, I also think that if we don’t do it now, it may never happen in our lifetime. We are all wired into a survival trip now. I’d be willing to bet many people, not my readers of course, but some people don’t think we’ll be around in 30 years, or our way of life will be vastly different. Hunting and gathering, perhaps. But, then again, Dr. Thompson wrote that line about the survival trip in 1971.

And here we are without flying cars, jet packs, underwater cities, or a stinking bullet train for christ’s sake.

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Ninja Drug Warriors!

Jeshii — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:10:00 +0000

lol… Japanese culture has pervaded the world enough that unenlightened anti-drug warriors were going around dressed and equipped as ninjas. The story goes that two guys, Tadeusz Pertkiewicz and Jesse Trojaniak went around in black suits with swords and ninja stars to clean up the neighborhood. When they left a warning letter, violating the first rule of the ninja to never been seen, they got arrested.

What it really looks like is that one of the guys couldn’t get over his ex, and when she started smoking weed with her new boyfriend, they got all righteous. Seriously guys. Get over it.

Now a drug dealer fighting robot… much cooler and probably not as illegal.

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