Monkies Monkies Monkies Monkies Modern punctuation and grammar. Do you get it? You obviously get it. Yes, I know I use "..." inappropriately. Yes, I know globalism isn't in the dictionary... but you know exactly what I mean don't you? Or are you really so far OTB, that you sit there with your dictionary trying to tear this all apart word by word? Maybe you are... Move on... this isn't the place to learn English. The nice thing about our language, is that so often, we can just throw a bunch of words together, and the gist of it is still clear as can be. We don't have to write every word to make sentence clear. We don't even have to spell these words correct1y. It's nice that your passionate about letters and commas, it's nice that your a perfectionist... but really it's just some elitist ploy to keep those of us who are ...

QR Grammar

The birthday paradox applies everywhere and makes he world feel very small sometimes. Like when I stumble upon a good wheel find for the Celica and pull the trigger without much thought. With 120million people in Japan, the seller ends up being just down the street from my Japanese residence; a fellow ST185 and AE86 owner; and a former resident […]

Coincidence

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Again. I have rad friends. After a day of watching drifting yesterday, Masaharu felt sorry enough for me that he has donated a car. Jealous? Masaharu is a baller. Probably the best driver of thirty yesterday. He balances the fact that his speed makes other drivers crash, by putting out fires and fixing other people’s cars and he’s so enthusiastic […]

Times Two

Eventful day running backwards at Mikawa with a large group. One well driven R33 Molotov cocktail, a couple of smashed four doors and a posse of Shakotan AE86’s that looked bad ass and made a lot of noise. I admired the driving of only a few… But the disastrous spectacle of others was satisfying as well.

Mada Mikawa Motorland

Even with limited ability to read Japanese, 500円 worth of books deprecates every English resource online I’ve found to date. Even here though, there is way too much emphasis placed on boost and body kits.

And They All Had At Least 400hp

Despite all the world’s technology you still have to wash dishes by hand. Without a proper heater or thermostat you are always too hot, or too cold. Three beers for breakfast is perfectly acceptable. You always do your best not to use the toilet. And the anticipation of going is often better than the actual experience of being there. I’m […]

Japan Is Like Camping