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Archive for January, 2009

Grammar Does Not Exist 2

January 30, 2009
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Grammar Does Not Exist 2

OK, so…a few losers had the unmitigated gall to question me (question ME???? QUESTION me???!!!), and were whining about the previous “Grammar Does Not Exist” post. Let’s clarify quickly how one would go about dealing with this thing that doesn’t exist. 1. Look at a grammar book if you want, but don’t worry about the rules — you can...

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KhatzuMemo Back In Action

January 30, 2009
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Let live forever in the people’s memory the Great Database Upgrade of January! The server update is complete and KhatzuMemo is now back in action. Enjoy. Let me know if you have any issues…

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Khatzumoto Server Update/Temporary Downtime Announcement

January 29, 2009
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Users of KhatzuMemo, unite! From each according to his item collection, to each according to his interval! …Well, that was awkward. Anyway, AJATT’s webhost is upgrading its servers to a newer version of MySQL, so the KhatzuMemo database is going to be down for a short while. It should be back up again well within 24 hours. Until then,...

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勝元’s日本語初ビデオだよコノヤロー/Khatzumoto Japanese Video Debut

January 28, 2009
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ほーらアップしたじゃん?!もう「ホンマに日本語できるのかコノヤロー」とか抜かすなよ!こう見えてもオマエ作るにゃ超時間掛かったぞ。撮影だの変換だのWMMの故障だの。まあ、これからも兀々(こつこつ)投稿しながら向上して参りたい所存ですので、4649お願いしまーす! Look…ok?…It was late; we were talking; the camera’s on; I have strange quirks and gestures from my childhood (“Mommy loves you! It’s not your fault!”). Then 龍 is all “come on, dawg…I don’t have any make-up on, don’t put me in the video”, so then I cut him out, and there’s no background music and you have no...

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Grammar Does Not Exist

January 28, 2009
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This the second full article I’ve written about grammar (this was the first). Hopefully I won’t repeat myself . When I tell people how I acquire (acquired) Japanese and Cantonese, the first question many immediately ask is: “but what about grammar”?!?! Yeah, what about that… At the end of last year, over the holiday season, I was in a...

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Book Review: 怨み屋本舗 / URAMIYA HONPO — Revenge By Proxy

January 23, 2009
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Book Review: 怨み屋本舗 / URAMIYA HONPO — Revenge By Proxy

It’s been a while since the last edition of Khatzumoto’s Book List. Maybe it’ll be a monthly list again, maybe seasonal, maybe just “whenever”. Funnily enough, I’d kind of felt guilty about recommending books to people; I felt like I’d become a “book pusher” of sorts. But, you know what, screw that; it’s not like people are being forced...

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