enter the japanese high school.
i am only repeating what most of my kids admitted to me. 'matt, i've never been so popular. i've gotten so many numbers. can i stay here?'
anime, manga, japanese language study... none of these w/ in the context of football, muscle car-SUVs, BBQ, and the war on terror can be interpreted as 'cool'. in japan, it all becomes neutral, and if you're a happy, semi-outgoing (white) american teenage, you're automatically a superstars. and this high school in tokyo welcomed us.
a blog about movie back to the U.S. after a seven year hiatus in Japan. this was our life for the first year back from a little island to the big state of texas.
Friday, July 4, 2008
popular....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
+++Me Me Me+++
- keepEatingMatt
- //adventures on minimum wage// -grew up in Jersey -6 years on japan -3 months traveling around the world -living in austin, TX -this blog is about art - comics - design - life
+++Labels+++
- yellow pages comics (20)
- japan (18)
- asian american issues (8)
- new jersey (7)
- fixie fixed gear bikes (6)
- Austin (4)
- the working week (4)
- obama (3)
- politics (3)
- China (2)
- art (2)
- being cheap (2)
- web design (2)
- Family (1)
- book review (1)
- design (1)
- drawing (1)
- hair (1)
- high school (1)
- holidays (1)
- logo (1)
- olympics (1)
- peace boat (1)
- race (1)
- travel (1)
- weddings (1)
2 Comments:
Matt! Ohisashiburi! It Erin, formerly of Tottori Uni (now sweating in Tokyo)...remember me? This is too damn random, but I was reading about Peace Boat, thought of you guys and went to the blog for the fun of it to see how you're doing...noticed this pic and I think I know one of your kids...or it really looks like her- her name was Melissa (girl w/ the glasses from Vancouver?) She was in my Japanese class in ShinKoiwa, I'm pretty sure (anyway if this is the right person) - funny our paths sort of indirectly crossed, if not, and I'm totally wrong - hope you guys are doing well. Sounds like you're having a lot of fun :)
hey erin,
wow! this is random. i heard that you moved out of tottori to bigger and better cities, but for some reason i thought it was osaka. we were actually in tokyo for 3 weeks.
about your question... all of our kids are from the states. the girl w/ the glasses is marina. i totally forget where she's from. she may have been to tokyo before. my memory is totally blanking.
how's life in that awesome city? rebekah and i totally loved it there. now we're back in austin still trying to figure out our next steps.
currently, i'm looking to make the move from teaching to 'interactive web design'. i think that's its official name. i started taking some classes to play catch up on some programs and got some freelance gigs.
next time we're in tokyo. we'll let you know.
Post a Comment