Yesterday I just learned a new word. I didn't know how to call Mikoshi in English. My friend taught me that it should be called "portable shrine." That makes sense.
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Blunt commentary on language, current news, and pop culture from the perspective of a half-baked English teacher and translator in the state of unconsciousness
Quotes
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions. -- Proverb
- I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- I was trying to may be somebody else that I'm not, and that can get you into trouble. -- Maria Sharapova
- Growing up is all about disappointment and things not going well -- Kurt Andersen, writer and former editor of New York Magazine
About Me
- outrageous2007
- Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan
- Born and raised in Tokyo. Lived in Missouri and Illinois in the United States. Worked as a teacher, translator, interpreter and editor. Grounded in Tokyo now. Looking for something that rocks me.
Favorites
- Match Point
- Blue Car
- Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey / Margaret Peterson Haddix
- New York Trilogy / Paul Auster
- MONK
- 続・ウィーン愛憎／中島義道
- The Rachel Papers / Martin Amis
- Longman Photo Dictionary of American English
News Links
Other helpful Links
- The Internet Movie Database
- THE DAILY ENGLISH SHOW
- uniFrance (Promoting French cinema worldwide)
- Beatguide Sweden (Jpn)
- VISITCOPENHAGEN.COM
- Billboard
- ESPNsoccernet
- JibJab
- SWEDEN.SE The Official Gateway to Sweden
- The Official Holland Site
- France
- Blog of Amaki Naoto
- Diary of an English teacher in Saitama (Jpn)
- Fat Loss: Fitness Blog
- FotoFamilyMemories.com
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- Portable Shrine
- Good reading textbooks
- They look easy, but...
- Like terrorism? Ugh...
- Pat T. O'Connor
- Au Revoir, Sayonara, and...
- Despite the fact that I learned about it when I wa...
- It's just grumble.
- The school is the place that freaks you out?
- Can we laugh them?
- Although everybody takes the TOEIC...
- TOEIC or STEP ?
- Listening always comes first.
- Woody and Scarlett
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