MAD AS A SACK OF SPARROWS- K-1 DYNAMITE! |
As some of you fateful dwellers in the west know, I attended the K-1 Dynamite New Year's eve extravaganza this year in Osaka and it was maddening and beautiful and fearsome as they come. I, because of...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:54:00 PST |
Bending Grassblade/ Assasins Road |
So, Christmas in Japan was a gas. Words cannot describe the wonderous touch of friendship and Yuletide cheer I recieved on Christmas Eve and Day. For Christmas eve, friends and I travelled to the Port...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:32:00 PST |
Farts and loathing in Nagoya |
So there are things to be said about the future. I, for one, cannot map it out clearly, but I offer hints and possibilities. I've been living the down and out. School goes bankrupt, cash gets flushed,...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:15:00 PST |
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF THE RISING SUN |
If they follow you, don't look back... So, for those of you who care about my life (counting my mother, that makes 2), know that my english school (Nova Group) has closed down...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:32:00 PST |
K-1 WORLD MAX FINAL IN TOKYO |
-Tokyo Wednesday, October 3rd and I'm sitting outside of Nippon Budokan, sipping a silver can of Asahi Super Dry. There's a bag of them at my feet. Kevin's father bought them for us,...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:43:00 PST |
NEW ADDRESS and Smashed assholes. |
In six days I will move from my precious suburban hideawy, and into the heart of Nagoya City's "Low-town." The fortunate light will be cast upon my balcony overlooking the train station and the sweati...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:25:00 PST |
Strongest Under the Heavens |
Victory or Shame, my friends. The 2007 Grand Sumo Tournament was a mightly clash of fish-eating behemoths. Friday, the 20th, my humble gang of friends and I attended the semi-final matches and watched...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:19:00 PST |
Moving along, and being "ok" with moving. |
My job is as follows: between 1 and 4 people file into a small room. I am sitting happily at the mid section of a U-shaped table (pressed shirt, slacks, looking dapper and dorky) wi...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:10:00 PST |
Literally, Japan (from my perspective, of course!) |
Satellite's gone up to the sky,And then there's me-smallish me in the corner of some small japanese style bar drinking more than my share thinking about dearest lovely boys from back home, and blackis...
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:44:00 PST |
The Tommy of Nagoya |
My boy Bobby Frost said that "the fog creeps in on little cat feet." We'll just wait and see if it chases the slight patter of nagoya rain as it cools the hot asphalt of heavy hung lowtown days....
Posted by Switchblade (S. Glass) on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:12:00 PST |
