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Ashita no Ben: Five hundred and some odd steps
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Friday, March 13, 2009. Five hundred and some odd steps. Since coming to Tokyo I've begun to feel severe bouts of anxiety. Sometimes I become completely xenophobic. Maybe it's the buildings, the crowds, all the high fashion, advertisements, and solicitors. People yelling on the street "buy this! What if I were a World Champion Boxer? Would I feel so afraid of every stranger that walks past me? I imagine feeling like a different person one day. I became better than the man I wanted to be.".
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Ashita no Ben: Old Boys
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Saturday, April 11, 2009. In fact, I won't imagine it. I intend to transfer to Sophia University. I've begun to make a life here and I simply cannot let this experience end so soon. There's a lot that'll have to be worked out from here on. Applications, financial issues, etc. But I have great confidence that this is the correct decision. So, here's to the next step! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ashita no Ben: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008. It's been about a month since I arrived at Narita airport. In that time I've met many new people, made many new friends, and experienced so many new things that it'd be impossible to compile all the new memories and experiences into this one post. Japan is a different place. So how does one explain like me explain their view of Tokyo when they first dive into it? Once I go to Tokyo will I have finally completed a part of me that had been missing for so long?
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Ashita no Ben: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008. I'm Benjamin and welcome to my life! This journal will chronicle the most noteworthy events in my life. Generally involving things like Music, my Japanese studies, and Parkour. My goals for 2008:. Audition and be admitted into my school's music program. Continue to train and condition to enhance my Parkour abilities. Let's see if I can blast a hole through destiny. This is the First Step. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ashita no Ben: April 2008
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Thursday, April 10, 2008. I got an e-mail a week or so back informing me of my 'conditional acceptance' into the Japanese program through CIEE. I'll know within the month whether or not I'm fully accepted to go to Japan for the next school year. The whole 'conditional acceptance' thing was like auto-blue balls. Damn. I guess I'll find out soon enough. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ashita no Ben: In the meantime
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Saturday, January 24, 2009. As my first term comes to an end sometimes I wonder where all the time went, and sometimes I wonder why the days aren't moving. Peace Memorial Park). The falling snow and bitter cold added to the effect. Aside from that, time itself has continued. I sometimes forget that I'm here, and sometimes remember that I don't look too much like everyone else. Greg, Jen, Niko and Kaya. I want to hear how your jams go! Are you making any recordings? January 24, 2009 at 10:24 AM.
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Ashita no Ben: Alyosha, O(r)chre, and more
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Monday, January 4, 2010. Alyosha, O(r)chre, and more. So what has happened in America between August until now? My old band, Ochre, had a reformation of sorts and have begun preparations to record in February. It'll be a full length of almost entirely new material written within the past 6 months or so. There'll be more updates on that as it progresses. As March draws near, I am eagerly anticipating my return to Tokyo. I'm sure this time around there'll be many more reasons not. Look forward to it!
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Ashita no Ben: June 2008
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Sunday, June 22, 2008. I ordered my plane ticket to Japan today. the days are counting themselves down. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I ordered my plane ticket to Japan today. the da.
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Ashita no Ben: February 2008
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Friday, February 8, 2008. My voice lessons are now at this church, and today I saw my first Pipe Organ. These things are massive and amazing! I hope to accumulate millions of dollars one day in order to attain one myself. Here is the giant beauty:. Don't the lights at the top just make the thing look heavenly? Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Do you have no choice? So, this morning one of my Music Theory classmates caught me asleep in the hallway before class. Naw, early morning". Do you have no choice?
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Ashita no Ben: March 2008
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Monday, March 10, 2008. If I were President. So, my mom found a paper I wrote for school in 1997. The prompt was "If I were President." Here's what I wrote:. If I were President I would be a race car driver. I would go to the track once a month. I would go on 10 foot ramps and then I would eject out before the car crashes. I would hide from the audience and then. poof! I would be a pilot because I could do loopy loops. I would be a astronaut because I could do the moonwalk and jump super high. Look to th...
