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I've always known myself to be a nervous person, but unfortunately as I've gotten older my relationship with anxiety, stress, and insomnia has worsened. What used to be sweaty palms or minor pre-presentation tension is now a borderline panic attack. I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Dot Com Registration of a user account on this site requires only a valid email address, and a user name that has not been used already. You are not required to provide any other information if do not want to. You may also optionally enter other...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Legal
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Extra For a Dayhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/1005-extras
and 1 white guy (me). Guess who stands out? No worries…I’m used to that. …or AM I? The Good: * 80% hot-ass girls that wanna be on TV wearing mini-skirts and stockings in 1 degree C weather. In their defense, we were asked to dress for spring. But since...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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My student Ayumi works for the Asahi newspaper here in Tottori, and she asked if she could interview me. It was fantastic PR because she focused primarily on Mondaiji (my music/comedy project). The article appeared in the Sunday edition a few days...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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week before moving to Japan I was called to jury duty. My happiest day was calling them and telling them that I can't make it...ever. They added a note to my “juror profile” regarding the international move, and asked me to call them when I move back to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Strong Yen Weak Dollarhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10132-strong-yen-weak-dollar
to the States, I engaged in an engaging conversation with a learned compatriot, the staunchly patriotic father of one of my best friends. I bragged about my enjoyment of the current strong yen / weak dollar situation. I am a rich man in my home...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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How to Look at Internet Pornhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10142-how-to-look-at-internet-porn
gonna wipe-out your computer. Here are a few tips on how to safely and respectably look at at Internet porn. Get a Mac--Better Yet Use Linux Without fail every single porn-trashed computer brought to me has been running Windows. Virus and spyware...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Being American living a minimalist "Zen" lifestyle is not something that comes naturally to me. I'm used to ample space, spacious lawns and backyards, and a commodious garage packed full with crap I barely ever use. Over the years Japan has worked...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japanese deodorant, wear Japanese underwear, watch Japanese porn, dress up like an anime character, and do as the Japanese do because you're likely to save more money on daily life if you do so. Those rare and opulent imported treasures you're in love...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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slipped past my AV software defenses. For obvious reasons that software did NOT make the cut. I needed to find something better, so the hunt began. Here's the list I compiled along with my snap impressions. Avast Good * web reputation score (browser...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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friends and frienemies already on LINE. Additionally, the app will add me as a friend to anyone else that has my phone number saved in their contacts. How convenient, right? This way I wouldn't have to tediously search for friends like I did with...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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While Apple technically calls it "iPhone IMEI database whitelisting," it's better known around the web as a factory unlock--a process that allows your iPhone to be used on any carrier's network. Unlike a jailbreak unlock, a factory unlock stays with...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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While enjoying my dinner in a nearby Tokyo food court, I spied an older gentlemen smoking what appeared to be a conspicuous metallic cigar. Upon further introspection I ascertained this to be 「電子タバコ」--better known as electronic cigarettes or "vape" to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japan's culture is one forged in various degrees of shame. And that's a damn shame sometimes because it makes getting a quick STD test at your local clinic all the more socially cumbersome and logistically inconvenient. In my home country an AIDS/HIV...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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They offer a free 30-day trial, so I didn't have anything to lose. I don't think it's necessary to go into excessive detail because I'm sure Google Apps for Work is already well-covered on the web, but long story short--it's an incredible bargain....
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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If IT geek-dom were a crime, I'd be on death row by now. Fortunately, it is not; so I continue my dorky IT pursuits--the latest of which is finding a VPS cloud server provider that offers a Japan datacenter location. Let's see what we come up with......
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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The Sony a6300 camera is an amazing little guy, and overall I've been fairly satisfied with its performance thus far. However, as is the case with small form-factor mirror-less cameras that feature big-ass sensors and 4K video recording, it's not...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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don't wanna go. Perhaps you don't like karaoke or don't really enjoy the company of the people that invited you. I had always been taught to refuse using expressions like these: 都合が悪いんですが。。。 The conditions are not good, so... カラオケはちょっと。。。 Karaoke is a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Finding a good apartment or any apartment in Japan can be a real pain for foreigners. Most apartments require a guarantor on the lease, basically someone to vouch for you. Unfortunately, that often proves somewhat of a difficulty for us foreigners...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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to have running water in that place. The 2 trainers were really friendly and supportive, so they turned the training into a beneficial learning experience. I left Okayama feeling better prepared than I had expected to be. We each taught 3 full-length...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside