d:id:gnarly:20080121#p1 でも紹介した、今夏開催予定だったローマにおける11回目の [http://www.queeruption.org/:title=Queeraption] が中止になってた。 Dear Queeruptors, We regret to inform you that following our meetings, it has been decided that, due to a number of factors, we are not in a p ... ...

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　小林多喜二の『蟹工船』（新潮文庫）が売れている。世界恐慌の起こった昭和４年に刊行されたプロレタリア文学を代表する作品だ。２９年に文庫化され、これまでも年に約５０００部が売れ続けるロングセラーだったが、今年に入って突然売れ始め、急遽（きゅうきょ）４月に７０００部を増刷、それでも追いつかず、５万部を増刷した。ブームの背景には「ワーキングプア」と呼ばれる人々からの共感があるようだ。 via [http://sankei.jp.msn.com/culture/books/080514/bks080514 ... ...

プロレタリウス──ローマ帝国の版図において、プローレー（子供）以外に国家に差し出すものを持たない貧民のこと。プロレタリアの語源である。 つまりわれら（って誰？）単身かつアセクシャルの貧民はプロレタリウス─プロレタリア未満なのだ。プレカリアート（不安定なプロレタリアートって同義反復だよなあ）ならまだしも、種の再生産にも貢献しない死滅へと向 ... ...

Hello, nice gentlemanly Woofie-boys. Why are you staring at me with those molten eyes? I know you missed me while I was out all afternoon, but you'll have to wait before you curl up next to me while I read. Right now I'm trying to eat this hot pastrami sandwich. Yes, with all these puddles of gravy. And the french fries. It is as good as it smells, thanks for asking--aren't you happy for me? Num-num-num.... Now, come off it. You have the better lives by far in this arrangement. No one keeps a bowl in a special place for me and ...

A few years ago, my buddy gave his wife a pair of chihuahuas as a present. Now that I'm staying with them, they've become my companions. Don't they look adorable? Of course--in still photographs. In real life, though, they move. I call them the Millicujos. They open their little jaws and bark at the slightest noise, often for close to a half hour before settling down. Usually, it's the elderly elevator in our brownstone that sets them off, but sometimes the stimulus appears to originate somewhere around the kitchen skylight--a creak caused by the wind? the piping of a bird? Usually I can't make ...

So I had to go to India for work for awhile. I wasn't able to blog from there because I was so tired after work and depressed a little bit because I didn't have easy access to fantabulous non-indian food.... ...

Happy birthday to Atsushi. (I won't specify which particular milestone it is.) We're no longer partners, but he's a true gentleman and has remained a friend and a real rock in time of need. I'm sorry I'm not there for the celebration, but his love of sweets is well known among our friends, so I'm assuming he's happily chomping his way out from under a pile of cake as we speak. ...

承前→d:id:gnarly:20080502#p15月1日の警固公園における不当な弾圧に抗議するべくフリーターユニオン福岡は文書を作成、来週水曜の福岡県警に対する申し入れに際して、賛同署名の呼びかけが送られてきたので転載します。 集約先は以下です。 ono_toshihiko(AT)yahoo.co.jp とりあえず来週の水曜日に下記文書をもって県警に抗議の申し 入れに行きます。ニッポン列島にうごめくインディー系なみな さまの賛同をお願いします！個人でも団体でもＯＫです 。申し入れに添えて県警に ... ...

Everyone keeps asking whether the culture shock has set in. The question is delivered with a gleam in the eye and an eagerness in the tone that I can't quite pin down; I hope my friends aren't running about thinking, Won't it be fun when Sean encounters some sassy-rude salesperson and just totally cracks? I make a practice of not cracking, thank you very much. And the adjustments I've had to make so far have mostly been pleasant ones. I do somewhat miss the Japanese cleanliness fetish. Back offices and kitchens and hospital rooms may be as grimy as they are ...

Earthquakes centered in Tochigi Prefecture a few hours ago: estimated 6.7 M on the modified Richter scale, and a weak 5 on the JMA scale (which measures surface vibrations) in parts of Tochigi and Ibaraki. According to my buddy, they were perceptible in Tokyo. I haven't seen any reports of damage, but a weak 5, while not as bad as things could be, can cause real problems in craggy, cliffy rural areas with a lot of elderly people. There's an English translation of the JMA scale here. A weak 5 isn't strong enough to knock down buildings ...