Chase the Gaijin » Site posts http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:05:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Well……. shit http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2011/well%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6-shit/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2011/well%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6-shit/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:00:19 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=1549 All of you should know that there has been a very large earthquake in northeastern Japan. There’s no reason to go over what everyone knows so I don’t plan on doing that (but if you’ve really been that ignorant of the news just go look it all up on google). Since I’m also quite far away from both the nuclear situation (500km) as well as the original earthquake (farther than 500km) there isn’t really much for me to say personally. The ways in which I’ve been affected are few – a canceled trip to Tokyo and people asking if everything is OK.

The day of the quake I took my dog to the doctor because she was having trouble keeping food down (she’s fine now). I usually go to Japanese class on Friday mornings, but after waking up to a glob of red fluid and a (still) happy dog I thought it best to head straight to the vet and skip class. Later on in the day when I’m wasting time before class starts I suddenly feel slightly dizzy (apparently that was a common reaction in the Mie area). At the time I had no clue that this was actually an earthquake since earthquakes are associated with more jerky movements, not a lazy back and forth for 15 seconds; 20 minutes later I then realize the situation at hand. On the Japan side of things that’s it (so far).

Given my basically pointless account of events, I feel that some perspective would be a good idea. Gakuranman has an extremely detailed list of events as they happened here and here

If you feel like you want to give, please do. However, I feel that money would be better spent helping somewhere else that can’t help themselves as well as Japan can.

Earthquake reports can be found at:
JMA
USGS
Yahoo Japan

Misc. Links:
Before and after photos
Photos from the National Post
Meat and potatoes from NewScientist

TV:
Japanese TBS ustream
NHK ustream

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2011/well%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6-shit/feed/ 0 1.21 jigawatts of anger. Watch out Libyan nationalists! http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/1-21-jigawatts-of-anger-watch-out-libyan-nationalists/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/1-21-jigawatts-of-anger-watch-out-libyan-nationalists/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:04:54 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=546 After simmering in my anger for a month or so I became able to travel through time. Not like “The Time Machine” or even like “Back to the Future“, but at least for the past month or so. What I will be doing is traveling back in time so that I can write about events as they happen. You won’t have to look very hard to find these posts since they’ll all fit on the front page. I’ll still be updating in the present as well, so no need to worry that I’ll miss September.

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/1-21-jigawatts-of-anger-watch-out-libyan-nationalists/feed/ 0 Reports if my demise have been greatly exaggerated. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/reports-if-my-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/reports-if-my-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:27:39 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=542 The blog is not dead. Not dead. I’ve been electronically paralyzed by yahooBB; they were supposed to come here today but they couldn’t because they didn’t take their anti-retard pills. I’ll be without Internet at least until the 7th of next month so I can’t really do much here right now.

Until then keep yourselves busy and don’t break anything!

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/reports-if-my-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/feed/ 1 That pipe? You don’t want to know where that pipe goes. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/that-pipe-you-dont-want-to-know-where-that-pipe-goes/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/that-pipe-you-dont-want-to-know-where-that-pipe-goes/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:40:34 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=539 Well, I thought I would have an Internet connection when I moved into my locale of permanence, but Yahoo thinks you need to cancel the current contract and make a new one if all you want to do is change names on the bill. Don’t they know that I get special privelidges because I’m white? I should have an “ok” Internet connection (the slowest possible connection you can get is 8mb’s and most people have at least quadruple that) in a week or so. So things won’t be nearly as bad as last time.

In the meantime, keep fighting your war of attrition on all things not cute and/or freakishly strange.

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/that-pipe-you-dont-want-to-know-where-that-pipe-goes/feed/ 0 Put me in the Han river and a crazy metaphor for American bullying of smaller democracies emerges. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/put-me-in-the-han-river-and-a-crazy-metaphor-for-american-bullying-of-smaller-democracies-emerges/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/put-me-in-the-han-river-and-a-crazy-metaphor-for-american-bullying-of-smaller-democracies-emerges/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:36:14 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=537 For some reason that I cannot yet disclose I am making a quick trip to Seoul for a couple days. If there happens to be many maidens saved or lots of kittens rescued from trees then it’s probably just a very large coincidence. I’ll explain more when I get back, until then clean your room.

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/put-me-in-the-han-river-and-a-crazy-metaphor-for-american-bullying-of-smaller-democracies-emerges/feed/ 1 I return unscathed. You return to being constantly horrified. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/i-return-unscathed-you-return-to-being-constantly-horrified/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/i-return-unscathed-you-return-to-being-constantly-horrified/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:43:41 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=504 So I no have el interneto again and regular updates will resume again. For now you’re just going to get an update about me. I’ve been in Kyoto (famous for being hated by Republicans) for the past month or so as I was getting sick of sharing a tiny space with three other people in Osaka. I would’ve picked somewhere else in Osaka, but pretty much everywhere either required at least three months of residence or they were too much than I wanted to pay. Anyway, I’m leaving on Kyoto on the 13th of this month, which means I’m barely missing Gion Matsuri, to go to Mie. I’m not going to tell you exactly where I’m going to be for anonymity, but I will tell you that if any of you are Grand Prix fans that you should come visit, really.

So what will I be doing there? I think you can guess, but I might as well tell you anyways. Yes, I will be teaching English, but this time it will be dressed down and kiddyfied. Sounds like a great idea, right?

I don’t know my exact address, but when I do I shall inform anyone who wants to know. What I will not be doing is posting it for everyone to see.

P.S. I know that the twitter widget doesn’t work properly. Hopefully I get something working soon.

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/i-return-unscathed-you-return-to-being-constantly-horrified/feed/ 2 This is what happens when you piss off Odin. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/this-is-what-happens-when-you-piss-off-odin/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/this-is-what-happens-when-you-piss-off-odin/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:43:29 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=501 Sorry I haven’t been updating. I don’t know the exact details, but apparently the internet connection in the house was swallowed by the Great World Tree. I think I might try posting some stuff later, but it’s not going to be nearly as much, nor as often, as before.

]]> http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/this-is-what-happens-when-you-piss-off-odin/feed/ 0 Good news everyone! I’ve found a way for people far apart to annoy each other anonymously. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/good-new-everyone-ive-found-a-way-for-people-far-apart-to-annoy-each-other-anonymously/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/good-new-everyone-ive-found-a-way-for-people-far-apart-to-annoy-each-other-anonymously/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:48:21 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=362 Good news everyone! I’m going to be updating the bloggertronics once again; since I’ll be updating once again I’m going to try to add some new things, fix others, retouch some previous topics and change the general tone of the blog – many of you mentioned this last point and I agree, it became a little too impersonal. With that said, I’m exactly sure what will be new, but I do have some things in mind. As usual, you can request something by your favorite method of communication (email, 4chan, dead carrier pigeon, etc) and if I think it’s a good idea I’ll steal it, accuse you of baby stealing and have relations with your dead relatives; you know, what everyone does with new ideas.

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