Kaonashi Ga Suki

Today I had to read a psychology journal article for a class assignment. The study deals with situational norms, the notion that the environment or situation can influence a person’s behavior. For example, people behave differently when they’re in church than when they’re at a baseball game. In church people are quiet and pray silently, […]

Whew, another exhausting and fun weekend for me and my boyfriend. You see, bf’s Jetta has recently been giving him problems (it broke down in the middle of the road just a few weeks ago) so his parents offered to sell him their Subaru Forester, which is in Utah. The hard part is that he […]

I just finished reading this unsettling entry in Japan Window that shows how the importance of social harmony in Japan can sometimes go too far.

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This morning I was sitting in class listening to the professor lecture on social persuasion, the primary weapon of marketers. The professor was using the Home Shopping Network as an example, which suddenly reminded me of my dead grandmother.

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(AUTHOR’S NOTE: I meant to publish this during the summer, but I kind of forgot. So here it is! ^_^)

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to go to the beach…

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A couple of months ago I received a letter inviting me to attend my high school 10 year reunion. As I read the contents of the letter I had one big question: Should I go or not?

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Well, as promised, here is a recap of my last couple of days in Seattle.

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Day 7-Evening: Had dinner and lovely conversation with C’s parents. Very cool, laidback people. One of the […]