Archive for February, 2010

Eye mod purikura
February 15, 2010

Headed to Sega for some Initial D 5th Stage and, of course, Valentines Day purikura. Purikura is the katakana-ized form of “picture club,” and involves taking photos in a large booth, followed by using electronic styluses to draw on and edit them. Purikura booths come in many varieties and can be found in just about [...]

My first zine piece: Musings on pot leaf pen cases
February 2, 2010

After being in Japan for six months, I finally buckled down and wrote something (other than a lesson plan or blog entry). HAJET (Hokkaido’s branch of JET) has a great e-zine, titled the Polestar, and the editor contacted me about contributing in light of my background as a (wannabe) journalist. It was easy to zone [...]

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