[Update 2011/07/29@0129 JST: I humbly retract everything bad I said about CliffsNotes. CliffsNotes rule. There’s no way I was going to read Atlas Shrugged for real: YouTube doesn’t watch itself; get to the point, woman! :P] Legal documents are a wordy morass of redundant crap… …in English. But in Japanese, they’re…fun. No, I mean it. Filled…
AJATT: Accept No Subsitutes?
by khatzumoto
So if you want to read this website but green and orange are starting to bore you, then consider reading it in blue over here. That’s right, folks. Original and plagiarized quite without my permission and proudly in violation of copyright. And it’s all there. But in blue. And sidebar on the left hand side.…
Just Do One: Lowering Your Standards and Using Patterns from Addictions to Achieve Success
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceThis entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Wide StandardsI’m not the first guy to ever write about this kind of thing, not the best, and not the last. But, let’s give it a shot. I don’t know if that comes out…
Chinese Project Notes 8: Ch-Ch-Changes + Stuff That Applies to Japanese, Too
by khatzumoto
OK, sometimes I hate writing these. Not because I don’t like you :), but because they’re kind of a distraction from actually doing the doing. Nevertheless, I do have progress to report, so here goes: Cantonese Early Start One week before Thanksgiving last year (2007), I began some experimentation with Cantonese (but did not inhale?…
Calm Down and Hurry Up
by khatzumoto
I know exactly how you feel. You want to know Japanese and you want to know it NOW!!! NOW!!!!! NOW!!! I know your inner monologue: “ARRRRGGGGH!!! WHY DO I HAVE TO LOOK UP ALL THESE WORDS??!!! WHY CAN’T THEY LEARN THEMSELVES!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO JUST BEING IMMERSED IN IT LIKE A CHILD!!! ARHfshaghffhggdvhngbcgcdcbweq qqwgwhy”. You,…
Housekeeping Friday
by khatzumoto
Hello. Comment Responses Ehhh, um…because of all the projects running recently (Chinese, Hanzi Mnemonics), I’ve decided to perform all comment and email responses on Fridays from now on. It’s an experiment in efficiency. So if it seems like it’s taking long to get back to you, fear not! You’re just the victim of a capricious…