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Without Shoes: the thoughts of a Japanese-American workaholic hostess in Tokyo
Submitted by Without Shoes on Sat, 2007-09-29 22:59. ::
A workaholic hostess moves (soon) from Tokyo to Osaka...for a few months
dad dating, host clubs, vh1
Submitted by Without Shoes on Fri, 2008-07-04 15:06. :: dating | family | los angeles | reality tv
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My dad just came back from another date again. This lady seemed nice. I think he met her through some jewish dating website, at least that's what my twin sister says. I think that's kind of sweet. My dad can be really cute. I went into the kitche...
salaryman vs. hostess
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Kazuhide is the proudly ignorant Japanese salaryman who extols advise/publicly shames ex-pats in his monthly column in Japanzine. The Hostess is a former bar flower who published a memoir of her decadent days and nights as a paid alcoholic. Here...
ghetto boss email
Submitted by Without Shoes on Wed, 2008-07-02 16:58. :: hostess | los angeles
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Just got an email from my old boss at the ghetto club. He said "Tokyo's still rainy and humid and won't clear up. Just imagining LA, I feel like going there right now. Relax while you're there, but there are lots of fat people in America so be ca...
end of the empire?
Submitted by Without Shoes on Wed, 2008-07-02 15:35. :: economy | family | los angeles
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Gas was almost five bucks when my sister filled up the car just now. She's wondering if perhaps her car getting crushed was a blessing in disguise. Maybe not having a car is a good thing right now. I feel like everywhere I look, things are in dec...
Amtrack, say the rich people!!!
Submitted by Without Shoes on Wed, 2008-07-02 13:07. :: family
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Amtrack and Greyhound is the solution to the expensive flights, fuel charges, and my family's lack of money. This solution was suggested by close family friends, otherwise known as the Rich People. Simon and Mariko have been friends with my paren...
bank account sorted
Submitted by Without Shoes on Tue, 2008-07-01 15:37. :: los angeles | moving
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Sorted my bank account out. That's one thing off the list. I don't feel like I can trust a bank teller who's uniform is baggy and unkempt, and who has weird jewelry and a weird asymmetrical haircut and is chewing gum. Call me old fashioned, but t...
lemons, seafood, dark hair
Submitted by Without Shoes on Mon, 2008-06-30 22:30. :: family | los angeles
fighting the urge
Submitted by Without Shoes on Mon, 2008-06-30 15:24. ::
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still fighting the urge to get on the next plane back to Tokyo, but things are getting easier. What will I do anyway? Work in another hostess club? Things are getting easier. I'm still here.
Sat Jun 28 20:08:41 2008
Submitted by Without Shoes on Sun, 2008-06-29 12:09. :: los angeles | minority
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I didn't realize that Cookie had such a Hokkaido accent. She's the part Ainu girl I worked with who's kind of tough, and who also always goes out with loser foreign guys (well I guess not foreign because now I'm in America! she likes white men who...
two ladies
Submitted by Without Shoes on Sat, 2008-06-28 15:56. :: family
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My cough won't go away. Two ladies came over today. I've met one of them before, she's a very beautiful woman who's had some depression issues. When I first saw her, I thought she looked like the Japanese movie star Asaka Seto (even though she's ...