So you might think that, with my last two posts being somewhat close together in times they were written, my schedule has been freed up since I started this graphic design job in this crazy world of politics. And you’d be half right. Time has freed up, but not at home – at […]

These are the top ten popular posts for April 2008!

Japanese Sports Wives: More Than Just Trophies
There’s a lot of noise regarding Hideki Matsui’s marriage, which is very atypical of most sports marriages in Japan. Normally a sports celebrity marries someone in the entertainment or news industry to increase PR–in other words, make them look good. […]

These are the top ten popular posts of March 2008!

Linkups: Japanese News (8)
Decades of an Americanised diet, Okinawa health officials say, is partly responsible for making islanders fatter, more prone to heart disease and likely to die sooner than either their elders or compatriots in many parts of the mainland.
Learning a Foreign Language for Beginners […]

Everybody in Japan knows what a chikan is.  The word is in our textbooks, joked about by our teachers, and trains have signs posted everywhere for people to beware of them.  So what is a chikan?
A chikan is a groper, usually a middle-aged man who feels up women on crowded trains.  These incidents occur so […]

These are the top ten popular posts of February 2008!

Fashion: Eco-Friendly Clothing
It’s true that there are really creative ways to recycle waste, and making a fashion statement that increases environmental awareness is one of them. But I think making a gown out of drink pouches is overkill.
How-to: Look Asian
Sometimes I will meet a person who […]

If you hadn’t noticed by now, I am overhauling the layout of Paperfoxes because I was tired of the old one.   I’m still tweaking it here and there, and eventually plan to organize my older articles better for those who want to read them.  If you notice any problems with the site, please e-mail me […]

Photo taken by me in Kobe 
My special little blog turns 1 year old today! Hooray for staying on board. I’d like to think that my content has improved over time, but in actuality I think it only started to improve very recently.
This year I would like to keep going, and maybe switch up […]

Stan Lee, picture from Wikipedia.org
Happy February, all! (I know this is early for those outside in America, but I am blogging from the future, so…!) This year I am going to sum up the top 10 popular posts for each month.
Here are the top 10 posts for January:
1. Happy New Year! 2008
2. Social: Gender […]

You may or may not notice that on the sidebar, there is a feed from my new Twitter page.  Follow me on my micro-adventures, which is sure to be filled with fun in small amounts!  (Or something!!)

Well, for those of you who are still following this blog, you might have noticed something: I’m actually blogging! Being on winter break, I decided to use some of my free time to keep this blog alive. I feel good in that my posts have been fairly heavy in content, whereas before it […]