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hundred-and-nine 10 Jan 2013 | 12:48 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 20:39:45 I’m quivering in Beirut with the rest of the community. The TV antennas are swaying in the wind like burnt fennel stalks and likely causin...
mmxiii 1 Jan 2013 | 02:50 am
Be brave. It's only fireworks.
hundred-and-eight 29 Dec 2012 | 06:41 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 14:24:30 I’m sleepless with wet feet drying. Looking out over the roofscape of chipping paint, antennas, water tanks and cranes, we saw two flocks ...
hundred-and-seven 25 Dec 2012 | 04:55 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 12:37:11 I’m tanning in the Christmas sun. The last Christmas celebrations…I cannot even remember. They all blend into a single memory of lunch at ...
hundred-and-six 19 Dec 2012 | 02:51 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 23:07:28 I’m sleepless in Beirut. The skies have finally opened and the bawls of heaven have washed away the dirty paperbrown laundry hanging over ...
hundred-and-five 9 Dec 2012 | 12:16 am
21:00:00 I'm sleepless in Dictateur. Some time after midday, the urge grew so strong that I thought I was having a panic attack. I didn't even need to close my eyes, all it took was a prolonged gaze...
hundred-and-four 29 Nov 2012 | 12:22 pm
21:40:18 I’m sleepless in Beirut. There must be a name for it, teetering on a thin line between adaptability and self-deceit. I’d like to think that I’m keeping my balance, but in the back of my min...
hundred-and-three 19 Nov 2012 | 10:26 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 21:12:40 I’m sleepless in Be-uprooted. The day had been heavy. It was impossible to shake off the feeling of unease. Lebanon was shaken hard. I was...
hundred-and-two 13 Nov 2012 | 05:12 pm
19:08:20 I’m sleepless in Beirut. The following evening, I told Yamamoto that I had resumed contact with Kavinsky and that I had spent the previous evening with the girls and his friend. She was sk...
hundred-and-one 11 Nov 2012 | 07:34 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 17:35:30 I’m on a roll today in Beirut. My parents were back in town and after a long humid day of shopping, we stopped for a coffee at Gordon’s. M...