僕は裏切り者かな～ ・ I've Sold Out To The Man

皆さんが気付かないかも知れないけど、学生ローンを払い戻すサポートの為に今日はページの上、中右、下の方にJ-Listのアフィリエイト報告を載せちゃいました。正直にあまりお金を貰わないけど是非、クリックしてみてね！

その上に、ペイ・パルの「学生ローンを払い戻すの献金」ボタンも作りました。気前の良い感だったらよろしくお願いします！orz

I've been J-Listed! And as you may (or may not) have noticed, I've placed 3 affiliate ads for them in a few spots around the site to (hopefully) add a little bit more to my monthly student loan payment. J-List is a really cool company that specializes in weird, crazy stuff that can be only found in Japan, including t-shirts, candy, WordTank electronic dictionaries, Japanese porn & more. For those of you here in happy land, you're unfortunately limited to the more PG rated side of the site thanks to Japan's lovely censorship laws, but those of you anyplace else are free to check out the naughtier side free of the dreaded mosaic.

In anycase, give one of the ads a click, buy some stuff, and help me kick my student loan in the ass! (to be perfectly honest, I doubt that any commissions I make will amount to much, but I promise to blog about it if anything good happens!)

As well, I've also added a "Help Me Pay Off My Student Loan" PayPal button, so if you're feeling generous, feel free to donate 5 yen, 5 dollars or however much you'd like, and know that you're helping someone to get out from under the crushing weight of debt!

Thanks!

第一回目の面白い統計 ・ Interesting Statistics Part I

English here

このブログを始まった時に「家族と2・3人の友達以外、誰も読まないかな～」と思った。

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もちろん、ミクシィのお蔭様で日本国内の色々な人はこのサイトに遊んで来てくれたがsitemeterによると、結構国際的なブログになった。例えば、今まで、以下の国からこのブログがアクセスをされた：

• 日本、韓国、アメリカ、カナダ、シンガポール、アイルランド、メキシコ、フランス、イギリス、ニュー・ジーランド、オーストラリア、中国、インド、マカオ、ドイツ、デンマーク、マレーシア

そして「検索」も面白いよ。誰かがGoogleやYahoo!やGooで以下の検索して、僕のサイトを見つけた：

• 「驚愕の外人犯罪裏ファイル」　⇒　一番多い。「ファミリー・マート」と言うコンビニでもこうやってここに尋ねた。
• 「buying isopropyl alcohol in Japan Hokkaido」　⇒　「北海道・日本でイソプロピル・アルコールを買うこと」の意味。ハァ?
• 「hillbilly」　⇒　当然でしょう？
• 「Japanese Penis Envy」　⇒　「日本人の男根羨望」の意味。（爆笑）

その上に、全く分からないけどこの日本のポルノバナーサイトで僕のブログがリンクをされた。何で?

これからもっと面白い統計を楽しみにしている！

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When I first started this blog, I figured that the only people who'd end up reading it would be my family in the US and maybe a few friends.

Wrong-ola!

I mean, sure...I've got a bunch of hits from people in Japan thanks to Mixi, but according sitemeter, my little blog that could has taken on a bit of an international flavor. For example, people from the following countries've darkened my doorstep:

• Japan, USA, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Ireland, Mexico, France, UK, New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Macau, Germany, Denmark, Malaysia

The searches that people've used to get here via Google, Yahoo! & other search are pretty entertaining, too:

• 「驚愕の外人犯罪裏ファイル」　⇒　("Hidden Files of Unspeakable Foreign Crime") This is the one is by far the search I tend to get the most hits on. Hell, even FamilyMart checked me out via this phrase when everybody was threatening to boycott them if they didn't take this mag off the stands.
• 「buying isopropyl alcohol in Japan Hokkaido」　⇒　Huh? I have no idea.
• 「hillbilly」　⇒　Makes sense, I guess.
  
• 「Japanese Penis Envy」　⇒　My favorite by far. Whoever you are, thanks for stopping by & come back soon! ;)

One other interesting little tidbit of info is that for some reason, there's a Japanese porno banner site (NSFW) that links here. Why? I have absolutely no earthly idea, but hits are hits, so come back anytime, pervs!

Hoo boy...wonder what sorta stats I'm gonna come up w/ from now on...

Some Love For The English Speakers Out There

I finally realized that scrolling down to each English post was a bit of a pain in the ass, so I've added page jumps for all the longer bilingual posts.

For the few people that actually read this thing, sorry 'bout that :( I promise it won't happen again.

コメントお願いします！ / Um, comments please?

Sitemeterのアカウントによると、最近世界中の人たちが僕のブログを見てくれましたからありがとうがいます！

According to my Sitemeter account, there's been people viewing this page left & right from all over the globe, so first off, thanks!

しかし、コメントを書いてくれる人はすごく少ない・・・

However, so far, there's only been like 2 people that've left comments...

だから是非、コメントを書いてください！僕の書いたことを反対？賛成？面白い？つまらない？英語か日本語が多すぎる？教えてよ！

So please...leave me some comments! Are you for or against what I'm saying? Is it entertaining/interesting or boring? Too much Japanese or English? Lemme know!

ありがとうございます！

Thanks!

New Toys!

Thanks to Coal over at Libation Kowloon, I've picked up a swank new little toy!

Ever wonder what you're about to go when clicking on a link? With this free Java plug-in called Snap! it gives a little preview of any external links so that you can see exactly where you're headed. Yay! No more goatses or tub girls spoiling a perfectly nice browsing session (notice how I did NOT put links on those)! Pretty neat, huh?

One quick disclaimer: If you're using a script blocker like NoScript for Firefox, you'll need to enable www.snap.com to get it to work.

I know just enough to be dangerous

Ok, so in addition to a) having entirely too much time on my hands today and b) giving out the address to this site all willy nilly across the Internet, I thought it'd be just a swell idea to link my Mixi (Japanese equivalent of MySpace...but better...and in Japanese...and it doesn't suck) account here. Maybe an oops is in order? Better get to editing old posts...

Anyhoo, if you see what appears to be a bunch of garbage characters, pay no mind, 'cause it's probably (hopefully) just a post in Japanese.

日本語を書きたいの皆さんへ、

このブログはバイリンガル（英・和）だから日本語のコメントをどうぞう。遠慮しないで。本当に。日本語が読めない人はちょっとかわいそうけどしょうがないっすね。