K: So, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about collaboration and what it was like to collaborate in the United States versus what it’s like to collaborate in Japan. I feel like my entire life has been one huge collaboration. What do you think? C: I think everybody starts off that way at the...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the Olympics, and at first I wasn’t into it, but now I kinda am. I’m like getting amped. I’m catching Olympic fever, and I’ve been watching like the American finals. I haven’t been able to watch Japanese finals, but I know what I’m rooting for the Japanese...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to make money in publishing and wondering “why in the heck did we open a press”. Like why didn’t we invest in real estate, cuz we can invest in real estate in Japan or invest in real estate in the United States. So...
K: Lately I’ve been thinking about how no job is 100% remote, and that every job requires some in person something. So we own Cinnabar Moth Publishing, and there is a point in time when that won’t be able to be done 100% remote, and that we’ll have to go to book conventions and...
K: So lately I’ve been thinking about the fact that I am – so, in the past we’ve talked about – I think we’ve talked about – I know we’ve talked about the fact that I’m a bad boss. And we’ve talked about the fact that I’m a bad employee. But I don’t think...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to have a PHD in Japan versus what it means in America. And… it’s – I know we’ve kind of talked about this before, and I know every time the struggle is real for me and my PHD, but I want to talk about...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about all of the things that are no longer strange to me here in Japan. Like, things that are just… normal that would be so weird in the United States if they occurred. C: Okay. Like speaking Japanese? K: No. Not like speaking Japanese. Although, when I very,...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about being a public figure in the United States and – versus being a public figure in Japan, and I feel like my I’m kind of almost famous in both countries because, in the U.S. I – for a time – I was really well known in California...
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the difference between being asexual in the United States versus asexual in Japan. And I am openly out as being asex- and I think before I talk more about it, I should give the floor to my partner. Which I rarely give Chad the floor (laughs) on...
K: So, today we’re starting off a little bit different with a content note. We’re going to be talking about hospitalization, medical procedures, and surgery. If those – if you find those things to be upsetting, please, you know, stop the podcast now. And now, our usual introduction. So, lately I’ve been thinking about...