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dreamt that i played my saxophone differently, like a flute, and that it worked

Photograph taken by Tokugawa Yoshinobu (the last Tokugawa shogun) of his cat, Han. It is perhaps Japan's oldest pet cat photo.

Couldn't recall why I'd saved this picture, Image search reminds me it's a photograph taken by Tokugawa Yoshinobu (the last Tokugawa shogun) of his cat, Han. It is perhaps Japan's oldest pet cat photo.

i just remembered last night i dreamed about decimal letters in between the alphabet that could be used to describe the world in more detail

YouTube video by ARTE Concert Sébastien Tellier - ARTE Concert Festival 2020

Ah hey, Arte uploaded a 2020 concert by Sebastien Tellier to youtube

Link timestamped directly to L'Amour et la Violence:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=470X...

Ah, sorry, didn't notice this in time. But unfortunately my written Japanese isn't on the level I'd like it to be to take on this kind of work, and the only Japanese translator friend of mine translates from German...

But thank you for thinking of me! It means a lot to me.

That's an excellent bonsai garden (I've been there twice for TV shoots). Rather than visiting another bonsai museum, I'd recommend walking around a few residential neighborhoods in the eastern part of Tokyo and look for bonsais and potted plants people tend to outside their homes.

hey if you have a chance to see Weathering by Faye Driscoll, by all means go see it. apparently theyre touring to Paris next. one of the best works of art ive seen in a while.

That's absolutely terrible to hear.

so, really not that great. happy to be in a t&h book, but not happy how they basically take what they want, offer a sum of money they decided without consulting me, and do it in a "look how nice we are to pay you at all" kind of way.

actually not happy how the process went btw. they used the texts without asking first, then i got an email offering me some money "as a gesture of appreciation". they said they used excerpts, but having seen the book today, they used two entire texts (each a couple of pages long).

Moriyama: Quartet Quartet explores Daido Moriyama’s early career through four foundational photobooks that highlight his place as one of Japan’s most radical photographers: Japan: A Photo Theater; A Hunter; Farewell Ph...

i translated two of five* texts included in this Thames & Hudson book featuring the photos from Daido Moriyama's first four photobooks

www.thamesandhudson.com/products/mor...

*(pretty sure it's 5 texts, but not 100% sure // i did the translations ca 2018 & 2019, originally for different editions)

I love how much fun DeVito (80 yrs old) still has with the series

it's a bit crazy how consistently funny they are.

screenshot of macos' energy consumption info screen stating 'google chrome' and 'scrivener' are currently 'using significant energy'

what is scrivener using 'significant energy' for. don't dream too big, little scrivener, we're only doing words today, as always.

I found out because I'm sometimes facing similar questions (how to deal w Japanese terms & concepts the reader may not be familiar with) & liked Rubin's head-on solution. Was surprised when I checked Akutagawa's original & learned it was entirely an addition. It doesn't feel out of place at all.

a picture of a loaf of bread

made this cute lil loaf of bread just now

Noteworthy here is that the entire second line, from "Never mind" to "nose of his," is Rubin's addition; there's no such explanation in Akutagawa's original. I find it an elegant and effective solution.

I don't really know if my parents had much of a chance to see their movies in East Germany in the 1980s.

Robert De Niro!

Robert Redford, one of two Roberts I was named after.

one element worth pointing out is the humour. it's neither acidic nor lighthearted, not arrogant or there to impress, neither is it compromising the depth of the work. more a general approach that underlies the piece. really well executed. maybe somewhat similar attitude to Bunpei Kado.

Premiere of Nile Koetting’s New Work Blossoms – fulfilment at Warehouse TERRADA from September 11th (Thu), 2025 | NEWS | Warehouse TERRADA Premiere of Nile Koetting's New Work Blossoms – fulfilment at Warehouse TERRADA from September 11th (Thu), 2025

Nile Koetting's new piece Blossoms – Fulfilment: v good. see it if you're in tokyo.

www.terrada.co.jp/en/news/8426/

I just think the internal monologue/voiceover, the Hitman-style game structure, the character looking a bit like Tom Cruise, the whole airport/plane sequence etc. give off a strong M:I vibe.

We're going back to blogs and reasonable distances.

I only wish it had a Mission Impossible license instead of the Bond one, but yes, looking very promising.

i can only apologise for the bad grammar. should re-read before sending 'reply' i guess.

the flavour can be different based on which flour it was used to grow, how much time it had to grow in the dough, how much of it is used in a given bread etc. etc. i bake both a rye bread with a strong, deep, slightly sour flavour and a light, airy wheat bread where you wouldnt notice it at all

makes for bread that lasts long without any additives; adds a nice flavour; is necessary for making rye bread.

"I apologize for any inconvenience caused by my presence or absence"

Are you going to keep posting the newsletter to the blog? Never really warmed to the idea of newsletters but love blogs. Cheers from Tokyo. Miss you & Yuko <3