Celebrating the annual reminder that freedom is complicated, democracy is exhausting, and fireworks at 2am are apparently non-negotiable.

Please take pics! I’d like to see how they’ve grown.

Because life’s too short to loiter in hell when the rest of the world is loitering in bliss.

I have no desire to make a career out of suffering, no interest in spending my days in summer school learning lessons learned. Given the choice, I’d rather be in Tokyo—surrounded by neon lights, the hum of the city, the quiet reverence of a temple courtyard—living, moving, experiencing.

Growth often comes from struggle, and I’ve learned to appreciate the insights gained from difficult moments. But there’s a difference between learning and lingering.

Pain is inevitable, but the pace at which we move through it—whether we trudge, stand still, or push forward—can shape our experience as much as the hardship of dwelling in it itself. That’s not to say I don’t respect life’s lessons.

DeAngelis’ “Reading Bromance” (but more so for the bibliography).

Without fail, that stereotypical high-pitched anime line 'やめて下さい!' would always pop into my head whenever my kanbun professor said the word 'hentai' in class.

How does it feel to know that every tenure-track and tenured professor in the department you chaired chose to give up tenure or the prospects thereof and leave? What do you think that says about your leadership and interpersonal skills?

My autocorrect once changed “ethnomusicology” to “drunken musicology” … not exactly wrong…

Queen Regent, Protector of the Melodious Realms

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What’s the past tense of tweet? Twaté?