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Comic: You shouldn’t tell us stories like this…
My parents live in Ghana. My siblings live in Texas. I live in Japan. It’s interested talking to the rest of my family – because our daily experiences in each country are vastly different.
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Comic: Running the Yamathon (Yamanote Marathon) in Tokyo, Japan
(part 2) My friends and I ran the Yamathon this year. And by “ran” I mean “walked.” The Yamathon is a 40k marathon where teams of 3-4 people have to walk/run past all 29 stations on the Yamanote...
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Comic: How did he become an actor?
Oh my gosh. I’m typing this from backstage at a studio (with Ryosuke’s smarto) in Tokyo because I got a last-minute TV gig and Ryosuke’s smartphone is really hard to use and I forgot to set something...
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Comic: Problems with Voice Acting
Recently I posted a “Day in my Life” video on YouTube – where I was going to Tokyo for a voice acting gig. I got a whole slew of comments from people who wanted to know all about my experiences as a...
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Comic: Researching for a job…
I don’t do very much freelance writing anymore. Last year, I was writing 1-2 articles a day for various blogs, websites, and magazines. Some of it was published under my name… but a lot of it was...
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FREE Comic Book Downloads (via Amazon / PDF)
Hi everyone, The day is FINALLY here. My third comic book, Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo, has been published!! This picture above? That’s my Amazon Author page.
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Top 13 Things to Eat (and Drink) in Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa is a beautiful island about 400 miles South of the rest of Japan. It’s a popular summer destination for Japanese and foreign tourists alike. Ryosuke and I just got back from a fabulous, four...
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Comic: My pain tastes delicious
We all handle stress in different ways. For me, I react differently depending WHAT kind of stress it is. If it’s something that is completely out of my control (ie book stuff, problems with printing,...
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Comic: Living cheaply in Japan
Help. I’ve become an adult. What. Recently, I’ve gotten really into bargain shopping.
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Swords and Other Cooking Utensils: On Food in a Cross-cultural Marriage
This month’s guest post is from author Shannon Young. She writes: I’ve always been an adventurous eater. If anyone at the table is going to finish off the stewed bullfrog or order the hummus with...
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Comic: “I’m going to be pretty and popular and have a really cool job and…”
Probably the “real”-est comic I’ve drawn in a while. I reconnected with a good friend from high school recently – and it got me thinking about how my life has turned out. I was a very awkward child (I...
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Comic: Eating potato chips with chopsticks!
Okay, I lied. I think this comic was a last-min addition to “Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo” – but I just couldn’t NOT post it. Ryosuke used chopstick to eat like everything. Fried meat, cake, potato...
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Comic: Waterproof
No witty commentary today. I’m sick. Like, in and out of the hospital for the last week, sick. It really sucks.
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Comic: “This is just weird”
Still sick. And yup, it still sucks. On the bright side, I was actually able to walk to the kitchen by myself today, which is freaking HUGE. I’ve been pretty much bedridden (taxi-ing back and forth...
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The Husband’s Birthday
Okay, okay – I’m not going to do any more posts until I’m better. Don’t worry. BUT today is an exception because it’s Ryosuke’s birthday! Wohoo!!
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6 Thing I don’t Understand about Working in Japan
Every country (and every company, for that matter) has its own rules and expectations when it comes to working. If you understand these rules and expectations and they mesh well with your...
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Comics: You can’t wear your shoes inside the house in Japan
Perhaps I just like to make fun of myself. At this point, though, I’ve been in Japan for so long I can’t actually imagine wearing my shoes inside the house (heaven knows what will happen when/if...
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Your Age Isn’t What It Used To Be (But Then, It Never Was…)- Guest Post
This week’s guest post is from my friend Richard. He writes: Texan in Tokyo blog posts Don’t ask me about my age, Please, Pretending to be Adults, and more lately Comic: Exotic outdoor dancing with...
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Comic: Matching shoes!
When we first started dating, Ryosuke and I had pretty different ideas of what “fashionable” looked like. I did a fun comic about this a couple months ago. Our tastes have changed, though. We’ve both...
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Marrying Someone who Speaks a Different Language: The Good, The Bad, and the...
I get a lot of messages from people regarding the “language barrier” in my marriage. Some people are simply curious; others are also dating or married to someone with a different native language and...
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