little stuff that bothers me

[chronovore]

I dislike the phrase "white trash" intensely. It's racist and manages to get classism in at the same time.

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[nattotastic.livejournal.com]

>I love those sequences. Actually, I love NHK-E, the educational portion of the network. I'm almost consistently happy to let my kids watch the programming. Except they've started showing Curious George and Spongebob Squarepants. WTF?

I admit, shamefully, I used to do everything possible to duck out of paying the NHK guy when he'd come around. After my kid was born, and considering he watches NHK in the mornings all the time (his favorite shows are 「いない　いない　ばああ！」 and　「お母さんといっしょ」) I put my cheapskate ways behind me and have dutifully paid the last couple times.

I saw the other day that they started showing Curious George. I'm at a loss to explain that one too. Especially because it now comes on in place of some of the shows they had on before which were kind of well-done, like 「ガンコちゃん」 and　「ばけるの小学校」. We usually leave the house by this time so we don't really get a chance to see how Curious George pans out.

We're sucking when we get back to the states-- not only, from what I could tell last time I was there, is there a lack of good programming, but my kid has already formed a negative opinion of "Sesame Street" (based on what he's seen of the Japanese version). He's a bit stubborn (like his Mom! shhhh!), so... uh oh.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

I asked my wife what we were doing about payment; she said after we moved, the NHK Guy, who is insanely greasy, smelly, and creepy, came around for payment. She didn't want to deal with him monthly, so we went on a direct-deposit plan.

I think NHK is crafty for using such an individual on housewives.

If you need J-TV stuff recorded and put on DVD-ROM, let me know. I've got a HDD recorder/DVD burner combo.

Of course, your wife can also join some Japanese filesharing net, and you can wire it to your TV pretty easily nowadays.