ieatmypigeon

About Me
Username: Avatar ieatmypigeon
User: Olivia
Homepage: http://www.ieatmypigeon.wordpress.com
Location: Kansai
Occupation: I'm an English teacher; a teacher for money. Teach what they want me to teach.
Biography: American ex-pat from New York on a career sabbatical; once and future writer/critic/editor.
Interests: kanji, cooking, eating, writing, indoor gardening, cycling, pretending to be into yoga
Social Networking
JapanSoc: http://www.japansoc.com/user.php?login=ieatmypigeon
My JapanSoc Stats
Joined: 2008-10-06
Total stories submitted: 13
Total Top Stories: 6
Comments: 6
Total Socs: 15
Top Story Socs: 7
Favorites: 0
Genki: 8%
Points: 185
Sumo Rank: Jonokuchi
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You Are Jealous of My Lunch, Again
Posted by ieatmypigeon on 2 December 2008
It’s a chicken katsu bento, complete with black sesame-flecked rice, raw cabbage, pickled radish, pickled cucumbers (hidden behind the luscious, plum sauce slathered chicken katsu), a hunk of steamed egg, some spaghetti and a fresh slice of satsuma. Note, the beer is not mine; its empty shell ...[Read More]
Once Bitten
Posted by ieatmypigeon on 30 November 2008
From a student’s homework:  My son practice the kendo, that is traditional Japanese sport using a wood sord [sic]. He always come home after practice with crying because he was bitten by his teacher for learning the Japanese samurai’s spirit.  “For,” is a tricky beast, with...[Read More]
Just Because
Posted by ieatmypigeon on 26 November 2008
It’s rare for Japanese people to strike up a conversation with a complete stranger but, for some of the older generation, foreigners are outside of Japanese society and therefore not subject to its limits. They also haven’t figured out yet that foreigners are just like any one else who t...[Read More]
Your 168-Word Mini Japanese Culture Lesson
Posted by ieatmypigeon on 25 November 2008
“The Karate Kid” helped make it cool in America to use the Japanese honorific “san,” but Mr. Miyagi was only telling part of the story. The Japanese will often use honorifics at the end of someone’s name to designate their relation to themselves; “san” is ju...[Read More]
Rice Fever, Rice Fever … We Know How to Do It
Posted by ieatmypigeon on 23 November 2008
I’ve got hay fever or cedar fever or rice husk fever, or whatever kind of allergies people in Japan get in the fall, so I’m sneezing often and powerfully. The Friday five year-olds laugh uncontrollably every time I let loose a storm of sneezes, and sassy Miho with the dimpled smirk and s...[Read More]