tpo

i was speaking to an older japanese businessman the other day and he was describing a wayward employee who suffered from a distinct lack of TPO. after playing along like i knew what he was talking about i decided to look up the term later on. it turns out that the initials are a japanese pseudo-anglicism for time, place, occasion - a reference to the notion that one should adopt different behaviour in different situations. interestingly, as a pseudo-anglicism, TPO is a word that the japanese use in the mistaken belief that it exists in english. so, in short, don't believe those who try to tell you that time, place, occasion matters.

regrets of the dying

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chris cunningham

saw chris cunningham at the opera house yesterday. some of the first few things he played freaked me out and made me feel sick. which was kinda cool. i don't care too much what emotion a performance arouses in me, just that it arouses an emotion.