Can Wii Be Friends?
If you own a Nintendo Wii, and you think I am ridiculously cool, then I think we should be Wii friends.
(Yes, I realize that if you create a Venn Diagram including circles for people who own a Wii, people who think I’m cool, and people who want to associate with me, that it is indeed a minority group in the shared section, but hey – I’ve gotta try.) So…any JETs, any kids in the US, any random strangers? If you want to be my Wii Friend, please post your Wii number, or shoot it to me by email at deas (at) rockinginhakata (dot) com, or another one of my email addresses. Yay for Miis! 
Deas’ Wii: 6967 1406 3772 0289
PS – I considered all kinds of cornball titles with obvious puns, but got lazy and thought this was better than the…um…dirtier ones. See? I can behave. As my students will readily tell you, I am a “nice guy.” Ha ha.
PPS – I finished the book I was reading. The Japanese Mind is now listed under my Recent Reads links. The last couple of essays were on the following topics:
- 先輩／後輩 Sempai-Kouhai (seniority in relationships)
- 集団意識 Shuudan Ishiki (group consciousness)
- 葬式 Soushiki (funerals)
- 内と外 Uchi to Soto (“in” and “out” dichotomy)
- 侘び／寂び Wabi-Sabi (simplicity & elegance as “beauty”)
- 贈答 Zoutou (gift giving custom)
It was an interesting book. Was psyched to see that I’ve read some of the source material listed in the bibliography. Most notably Nakamura’s Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India – China – Tibet – Japan. My senior seminar class at Furman tackled that one, and I even knew it was Nakamura before I checked the citations. Awesomeness. (Or is that a sad thing? I don’t know.) 
