8 Anime Movies on Tubi I'm Considering Assigning for Class

 A couple of weeks ago, we received an email from the Dean of the Library saying we can no longer have digitized films up on our LMS. Sad, because...how else am I supposed to ask my students to watch anime films for free?

There are some movies available on Crunchyroll, but sometimes they're a bit hard to find (e.g., buried in the page of the related TV series). To start my Fall planning, therefore, I've made a list of potential anime films available on Tubi to consider putting on my syllabus.

Happy New Year 2017! / あけおめでござる。

Happy new year!—to those of you whose new year begins on January 1. I hope everyone's coming year is full of all sorts of joy and happiness.

明けましておめでとうございます。もうすでに日本では６日の金曜日ですが、皆様良いお年をお迎えできた事をお祈り致します。

For year 2017 I've made all sorts of interesting resolutions. For the first time in, like, 20 years, I'm not resolving to stop swearing (or even swear less). I've found that I just can't fucking do it, and besides, swear words are mere social constructions...

ところで、皆様、今年の初夢は如何でしたか？私の初夢は、今年の抱負にぴったりの、ハチャメチャな夢でした。

In Japan we have what's called a hatsuyume—or, the first dream of the year. It's typically the dream we have on the night of the 1st or the 2nd. Our hatsuyume is supposed to be a form of fortune-telling—if it's a good dream we savor it, and if it's a bad dream we find ways to dispel the bad fortune. For me, my hatsuyume was born out of all the planning I'd done a few days prior to make sure I'd be able to achieve several different goals during the year 2017.

AAA #2: More Thoughts for the Application Stage of the Academic Job Search

It's...been over two months since I last wrote a post?! Well, I suppose I can pretend like I'd been actually "working" that whole time...

As we get closer to the early-ish deadlines for humanities jobs, I realized that I hadn't written about two specific documents that are (often) a part of the application packet submitted for job calls: the cover letter and the teaching statement.

These are, as always, my personal opinions—so do disregard what seems inappropriate for you or the jobs for which you are applying. I'll have more thoughts later about phone interviews and campus visits—which you will be offered if you do your due diligence, present yourself as fitting the position, and also have a heavy sprinkle of luck!

AAA #1: 7 Considerations for the Application Stage of the Academic Job Search

This past year I had the chance to serve on a search committee for a tenure-track position in my department. I learned so much in the process, that I wanted to write a few posts about the experience before I forgot about it.

Thus the start of a new series, American Academia Awesomeness—because, you know, at some point I have to leave my Grad School stage behind.

Whatever I write, as always, is my personal opinion—from my perspective, my department, my college, my university. But if any of this is helpful for people, that would be great.

This post is about the application stage in the academic job search process. I'll write posts about other stages later.

Here are my personal thoughts about how people submit applications to academic job searches—as well as what might go in the content.

みにくいアヒル『が教える お金持ちになるための知恵』

（「おねーしゃん、お腹すいたから、クラッカー下さい・・・」と私に迫る、某アヒル一羽。）

たとえアヒルでも、「お姉さん」と呼んでもらえるのが嬉しい・・・


以前私はモデルの仕事に応募した事がありました。書類審査は合格でしたが、カメラテストで落選。残念。

って、全然残念じゃなかったんだけどね。実際モデルになりたかったと言うより、う〜ん・・・説明し難い。

で、そのカメラテストの時にお話ししたカメラマンさんが教えてくれたのは、モデルになりたい人達は、ちゃんと自分をどう可愛く見せるかを研究していると言う事。だから、笑い方も、写真の撮られ方も、勿論自分に似合う洋服もヘアメイクも ちゃんと研究・練習している。

そうですよね。だって、お仕事だもん。私、本は読むけど、自撮りとか苦手だし。一人だとやっぱサムイし。

それでですね、モデルにはならないんですけど、私ができる「お仕事」って一体何か、と思いまして。今はれっきとしたお仕事があるんですけど、それをもっと「極める」にはどうしたらいいか。

考えなくてもやらなくてはならない事は山程あります。でもね、何でしょう、その・・・目的地はわかってるし、道順もわかってる。あとは、どの乗り物で行くか・・・

今、『イヌが教える お金持ちになるための知恵』と言う本を読んでいます。（まだ終わってないけど。）その本のなかに、お金儲けをするには、自分が知っている事、自分ができる事、そして自分が持っている物を明確にして、それを基に行動するべき、と書いてあります。う〜ん・・・自分ができる事・・・

何だろ、一体。本を読む事？食べる事？う〜ん・・・絶対違う・・・


と言う訳で皆さん、メリークリスマス！来年の抱負等も考えながら、今夜はもう一仕事させて頂きます。