Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Hibijibi" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Livedoor Blogs Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:35:50 +0900 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <2mmietFo7uboU1@uni-berlin.de> References: X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de bheMzQokQFsx/tm5rfqX0QYUuyPnkHnz1eU9/aeP93Bd2i3FrN X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15773 "Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" wrote... > I once tried a blog in English before, but gave up after a bit. I got > the urge tonight to start one in Japanese - I don't get much writing > practice, and randomly writing rubbish (both from the content and the > writing quality points of view) in an unfamiliar language might be, > err, interesting, but Livedoor seems slower than a snail on Prozac, so > I didn't get past the sign-up screen. > > I'll be sure to let you know once I finally manage to create it, so > you can all come over to it and laugh at me. > > Ken Well, that raises the whole issue of expatriate bloggers in japan. Now, I'm a sucky writer and really don't have the time to spend writing dinky articles on topics already covered by 1,001 other whiteboys suffering from english withdrawal -- to wit: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z59B266E8 But the lure is getting harder to resist. The years of isolation and pantomime have fed the urge for some modern-day egotistical personal expression and I find myself asking how to avoid getting trapped into this new syndrome, or at least find a way for the habit to pay for itself. finest hibijibi