You may or may not have noticed a severe lack of Hub updating from my end of the Internet. I have a pretty dang good reason for this: I got Google sandboxed early last month. What the heckity heck is the “Google Sandbox”? Succinctly, it’s when Google’s algorithm decides it’s not going to send your…
It just wouldn’t be a HW without me posting something about Japan, eh. Well, if you haven’t noticed by now, I tend to blab on and on about my other love outside of writing, which is Japanese pop music (or, J-pop). This week’s artist is one of the best (as always!) and a huge name…
Yes, one of. She’s gonna be pretty high up there. Trust me, I know a thing or two about great Asian singers. Akina Nakamori is one of THE women from the Golden Ages of J-pop, also known as the 1980s. Her deep and sultry voice outranked her peers’ vocals, and while they all did the…
LOL “BIRHDAY”. Oh, Memorial Day weekend! How little you mean to the work-at-home, the freelancers, and the generally unemployed. (Read: me.) But, I am taking a bit of a break today, simply because I’m tired and I’m staring down a 25 page (single spaced in Word) chapter and nooooo not today. That said, editing is…
Gujo, Gifu, Japan. I’ve recently started a small series of travel journal hubs called Japan’s 47 Prefectures, in which I’ll go into detail about each Japanese prefecture (in random order) and the top 5 things to do in them. Up first I have Gifu, the place I lived for over a year recently, and Hiroshima,…
…If you’re into that sort of music, that is. This week’s theme is on Kumi Koda, a highly popular J-pop artist who has made her mark as a hyper-sexualized dance machine and ballad crooner. Okay, I love Kumi. She’s amazing. But she’s not everyone’s cup of tea. But if you like dance songs and great…
I love orange, but I wouldn’t wear these~ …I have no idea why I’m a day behind on all my posts. Except for the fact it’s still “Japan” in my head. See, I always posted Hubpages Wednesday on Thursday mornings in Japan because…well, I could! Guess I still could, but it’s actually Friday in most…
All my savings from Japan….in cash. Can’t believe I couldn’t post these past couple of days. Cold keeps killing me. Well, more like the jetlag is still killing me now. Can’t sleep more than five hours at a time usually, which leaves me totally exhausted and sleepy around sundown, and thus the cycle continues. Slowly…
Well, are you shocked? =P It’s been over a month since my last Hubpages Wednesday, and in that time I’ve written five more articles (two of them in the past two days with more on the waythis week!) It’s amazing how much work actually gets done when you just sit home all day sick out…
I write about Japan and music and Japanese music a lot. It’s kinda my ~thing~. Anyway, two hubs for you this week! First one is a review of Ayumi Hamasaki’s latest album called Party Queen It’s mostly a favorable review so I suggest going to check it out and getting some new music – it’s…