http://whiteperil.com/ en-us 2008-07-21T17:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1216052261.shtml The picture is from a few weeks ago and thus (major sin in Japan) is no longer really seasonal, but Atsushi and I used to see the irises in bloom every... Sean 2008-07-14T16:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1183896367.shtml It's been a pretty rainless rainy season so far. The weather's lovely--not always sunny, but mild and warm. I've been trying to force myself not to be outdoors too much too... Sean 2007-07-08T12:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1153576045.shtml We're getting toward the second half of summer, though it's been rainy and relatively cool in Tokyo over the last week and a half or so. When the sun begins beating... Sean 2006-07-22T13:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1142519114.shtml The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that the cherry blossoms are probably going to open early this year--prepare for falling-down-drunkness and inescapable karaoke in t - 6 days:... Sean 2006-03-16T14:03+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1140789897.shtml Getting about time for spring poems to be appropriate again. The Vernal Equinox is still a while off, but not spring according to the traditional lunar calendar. I posted one of... Sean 2006-02-24T14:02+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1132918343.shtml If you (1) majored in poetry and (2) are a Madonna fan, life can be very cruel. It's not just that she sometimes produces lines that could have been written... Sean 2005-11-25T11:11+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1132669518.shtml What I love most about Madonna as a lyricist is her inventiveness with language, the way she's constantly stretching her idiolect to accommodate new contours in her idiosyncratic inner world.... Sean 2005-11-22T14:11+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1129559392.shtml Autumn is prime moon-viewing time in Japan. The yearning summoned up by the combination of chill, moaning winds and a cloud-wreathed moon is one of the major clichés of Japanese aesthetics,... Sean 2005-10-17T14:10+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1121744753.shtml Good weekend. It was sunny Saturday (it's supposed to be the rainy season, remember), so the view from the mountaintop restaurant we went to was fantastic. We'd had lunch at a... Sean 2005-07-19T03:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1112188573.shtml The cherry blossoms have started to open in Atsushi's city. They're late again this year and are still closed in Tokyo, so the following is anticipatory:... Sean 2005-03-30T13:03+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1104519692.shtml 新年明けましておめでとうございます。今年も宜しくお願いします。... Sean 2004-12-31T19:12+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1085246152.shtml Everyone seems to be bitching about the return of the cicadas this year; of course, in Japan, the cicada is a major topic of summer-themed traditional poetry, mostly using its voice... Sean 2004-05-22T17:05+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1083078333.shtml So I chose saigyo, the name of the priest who wrote the poem I used in my domain name, as the login for something or other at some point in configuring... Sean 2004-04-27T15:04+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1082320753.shtml (Darn. I keep forgetting that I haven't published this.)... Sean 2004-04-18T20:04+00:00