Author: Jean Snow

“Dead” Man: I’m not dead. Dead Collector: What? Large Man: Nothing. [hands the collector his money] There’s your nine pence. “Dead” Man: I’m not dead! Dead Collector: ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead. Large Man: Yes he is. “Dead” Man: I’m not. Dead Collector: He isn’t. Large Man: Well, he will be soon, he’s very…

Goodbye, Ikebukuro. In a few days I will be moving away from the only area in Tokyo — hell, make that Japan — that I’ve lived in for my entire stay in this country (close to 15 years). Ikebukuro. We first moved here because it was the area where my wife’s university at the time…

This is not Jean Snow. Well, not the one anyone reading this post would think they know. I was taken by surprise on chat today when someone I know popped up, asking me what he should wear for the recording of the video. Video? Huh? It didn’t take long for him to figure out I…

10 years. 600 cities. 100 volumes. Yes, it’s a big celebrative week for us in PechaKucha land. February 20 is our traditional anniversary date, and this year, not only will the PKN we have this Wednesday be our 100th volume, but it will also mark PechaKucha’s 10th anniversary (the very first PKN was held in…

Sharp TV, sharp service. We have a 45″ Sharp Aquos TV, a 2006 model that I think we bought in 2007. It’s been a great TV to have, but then a couple of months ago it started acting up. Occasionaly, almost half of the screen would get darkened — depending what was showing on the…

Jean Snow is a debaser. I don’t really know what that means, but Debaser is what I’ve called the Tumblr blog I started earlier this month, as a place to share my pop culture and gaming-related musings. The main reason I decided to start a Tumblr blog is because I’ve become so annoyed at the…

Here we are, 2013. My Eve ended up happening pretty much like I described in yesterday’s post, and yes, I couldn’t help myself and I did indeed end up live tweeting Kohaku. It’s beyond my control. Feels good starting a new year. Not to say that the last one was bad or anything, but that sensation…

The end of the year draws near. Ever since I’ve lived in Japan, I’ve always enjoyed celebrating New Year’s Eve in a quiet (and what I think is a relatively traditional) way. It’s late in the afternoon, and my wife is preparing lots of good food for dinner — in years past we’ve often just…

My holidays start… here. As I’ve probably written on this blog a bunch of times over the years, Christmas isn’t much of thing here in Japan — and in fact I was at the office on that very day — but the New Year is. That means that PechaKucha HQ — located within the KDa…