Archive for January, 2011
January 18, 2011
Posted in Anime, Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Bach Collegium Japan, Countertenor, 米良 美一, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Japanese Classical Music, Japanese Music, Japanese Songs, Joe Hisaishi, Mononoke Hime, Music, Opera, Princess Mononoke, Song, Yoshikazu Mera | 4 Comments »
January 14, 2011

Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1662, (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
Hourou Musuko – Episode 1 Impressions
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Posted in Anime | Tagged Anime, Anime 2011, Anime Winter 2011, Anna Suehiro, Chizuru Sarashina, 白井 桃子, Hourou Musuko, Hōrō Musuko, Kanako Sasa, Makoto Ariga, Momoko Shirai, Saori Chiba, Takako Shimura, Wandering Son Anime, 千葉 さおり, 放浪息子, 更科 千鶴, 有賀 誠, 末広 安那, 佐々 かなこ | 11 Comments »
January 13, 2011
Posted in Art | Tagged Art, da vinci salai, Eyes of Mona Lisa, gian giacomo caprotti, La Gioconda, La Joconde, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa is a Man, News, S L 72 Mona Lisa, Secret of Mona Lisa, Symbols in Mona Lisa | 7 Comments »
January 9, 2011

Art by Tsurui
Eventually, life will force you to become very organized because things just keep compounding every year it seems. I tried various software over the years, but it is hard to beat pencil and paper – this year I might need something more though. I conducted a brief research and found a few web-based tools that I really liked.
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Posted in Anime, How To, Self-Improvement | Tagged Anime, Azumanga, Chiyo-chan, Get Productive, Get Things Done, Goal Tracking, GTD, How to be more productive, How to beat procrastination, How to get organized, How to improve productivity, Organization, Procrastination, Productivity, Time Management, Time Tracking, Work | 10 Comments »
January 7, 2011
Posted in Anime | Tagged Akiyuki Shinbo, Anime, Anime 2011, Aoi Yūki, Connect (コネクト) by ClariS, 魔法少女まどか★マギカ, Madoka, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, SHAFT, Yuki Kajiura | Leave a Comment »
January 7, 2011

Photo by Srta Gisa
“Everybody experienced one’s mother’s heartbeat as an embryonic music. The sound of taiko is rooted in the common memory of mankind beyond different ethnic history. I think that people are drawn to taiko because of our primitive memory of life itself.” Eitetsu Hayashi
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Posted in Culture, Japan, Music | Tagged Art, Culture, Eitetsu Hayashi, Japan, Japanese Drum, Japanese Drumming, Kodo, Music, Odaiko, Ondekoza, Sado-Ondekoza, Taiko, Za Ondekoza | 4 Comments »