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facebook gets japanese

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2011.11.26

When I lived in Japan, none of my Japanese friends and coworkers were using Facebook.

Wow has that ever changed. I can't sign into that site without being bombarded with suggestions to connect with friends and colleagues and acquaintances who've recently turned up. I mean pages and pages of them.

Welcome to it, Japan. The dread starts mild, and takes about two weeks to set in.

rand()m quote

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

—-Henry David Thoreau