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The First Logbook Entry for June

Alexis, the eldest of my Aunt Yvette’s children graduated from high school this morning. It was rather unfortunate that IW asn’t able to attend the ceremony or the reception/party they held at her friend’s house. I did leave her message on her cell phone, though. I guess in the week or weeks to come, we …

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Japanese Subtitles vs. English Dubbing

Note: This was intended as a reply to ‘s journal entry about watching anime. It got so huge that I decided to enter it as my entry, instead of clogging up his comment area. With this subject line, I may have inadvertently opened up a rather lengthy discussion about the subtitles versus English dubbing of …

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Taking Care of the Elderly

Another week gone, and yet another week to sleep through. As I get closer and closer to my birthday, I keep wondering what the hell I’m going to do for it. Should I go ahead and throw the huge bash, or just keep it simple and do some sort of dinner thing with some people. …

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The Feeling of a Split Series

In baseball, when visiting teams come to town, they typically play a 2-4 game series with the home team at the home stadium. I think, back in ’89, I recall a 5-game series. Anyway, typically, what ends up happening is one of three outcomes: A sweep, which is either team winning all of the game …

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Music to Speed on Interstate 5 By… Part Two of Two

Last year’s little travel log was written in sort of a time-based format. Because of the detail Im narrating, Ive decided to go with a prose format, because I didn’t feel like recalling exact times which could end up being wrong. (Anime Expo) 1998: A Hamburger Odyssey By Michael D. Garcia The Annual Japanese Animation …

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Music to Speed on Interstate 5 By… Part One of Two

The next couple of entries are going to be reproductions of the travel logs I made for Anime Expo 1997 and 1998. I am starting to get all geared up for AX2002, so I wanted to put these up so you guys can read them and laugh hysterically. Without further adieu, here’s AX97 Why You …

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