Feb 13
Lady Liberty herself smiling down upon Kyobashi.
The picture isn't crooked -- your face is! (Oh, burn.)
Lady Liberty herself smiling down upon Kyobashi.
The picture isn't crooked -- your face is! (Oh, burn.)
Feb 14
This is for Casey. Why ride the boring old train to Osaka Airport when you can ride the Chicken Ramen Bus?!
The aforementioned Casey's hands and our lovely lady of the house, Cleo.
Notice the rad motion blur around Casey's thumb.
This is for Casey. Why ride the boring old train to Osaka Airport when you can ride the Chicken Ramen Bus?!
The aforementioned Casey's hands and our lovely lady of the house, Cleo.
Notice the rad motion blur around Casey's thumb.
Feb 15
I found this random koi fish pond in front of an apartment building in Abeno.
To be honest, it was actually built into the apartment building.
I saw this and said, out loud, to nobody, God, I love this city.
The thing that differentiates me from the crazies in my neighborhood is that I didn't hear anybody reply.
One of my landlord's many claims about the building I live in is that we had a functional washer and dryer. These were lies, much like "we don't have a roach problem" and "you'll only be sharing with six other people." Hence I've started dragging my clothes to the local coin laundry, which hasn't been renovated or updated since the 1970s.
I thought my hair looked enormous. It warranted a picture.
I found this random koi fish pond in front of an apartment building in Abeno.
To be honest, it was actually built into the apartment building.
I saw this and said, out loud, to nobody, God, I love this city.
The thing that differentiates me from the crazies in my neighborhood is that I didn't hear anybody reply.
Feb 16
One of my landlord's many claims about the building I live in is that we had a functional washer and dryer. These were lies, much like "we don't have a roach problem" and "you'll only be sharing with six other people." Hence I've started dragging my clothes to the local coin laundry, which hasn't been renovated or updated since the 1970s.
I thought my hair looked enormous. It warranted a picture.
Feb 17
This is Japan's answer to Best Buy, which I guess is the only big box electronics store left in the US now, huh? I love LABI1. You get 10% back on your purchases in the form of points, so any big purchase (like a certain digital camera) can turn into free... boy band DVDs. Actually, I tend to use my money on stupidly practical things now, so I spend most of my points on crap like vacuum cleaners and toothbrushes. But I want to spend them on DVDs.
This is for Ash.
I found this sign in Kishiwada Station, but I think it's in all the Nankai stops now. I love this sign because it is written in thick Osaka dialect for no good reason. Osaka dialect has the amazing ability to both sound incredibly rude and incredibly friendly at the same time. This sign makes the best out of both of these qualities.
Chikan wa akan de. Zettai akan de.
Chikan is the word here generally used for perverts and molesters, especially the famed ones that ride the trains in Japan and feel up schoolgirls. Akan is an Osaka dialect word meaning "unacceptable" or "no good" for the lack of a better translation, and de is a particle you put at the end of a statement in true southern Osaka dialect if you want to give the sentence a little strength. It's considered somewhat harsh and rude in general Osaka but was commonly used in the area I studied abroad in, so hence my Japanese sounds like a thug's.
Perverts won't be tolerated. Definitely not.
It's good to know.
This is Japan's answer to Best Buy, which I guess is the only big box electronics store left in the US now, huh? I love LABI1. You get 10% back on your purchases in the form of points, so any big purchase (like a certain digital camera) can turn into free... boy band DVDs. Actually, I tend to use my money on stupidly practical things now, so I spend most of my points on crap like vacuum cleaners and toothbrushes. But I want to spend them on DVDs.
This is for Ash.
I found this sign in Kishiwada Station, but I think it's in all the Nankai stops now. I love this sign because it is written in thick Osaka dialect for no good reason. Osaka dialect has the amazing ability to both sound incredibly rude and incredibly friendly at the same time. This sign makes the best out of both of these qualities.
Chikan wa akan de. Zettai akan de.
Chikan is the word here generally used for perverts and molesters, especially the famed ones that ride the trains in Japan and feel up schoolgirls. Akan is an Osaka dialect word meaning "unacceptable" or "no good" for the lack of a better translation, and de is a particle you put at the end of a statement in true southern Osaka dialect if you want to give the sentence a little strength. It's considered somewhat harsh and rude in general Osaka but was commonly used in the area I studied abroad in, so hence my Japanese sounds like a thug's.
Perverts won't be tolerated. Definitely not.
It's good to know.
*sees awesome bus* *joygasm*
ReplyDeleteNo good reason?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the fact that 'akan' rhymes with 'chikan', while 'dame' doesn't?