Comments on: “Where Is The Romance?”–a hard-boiled meditation on mating rituals in Tokyo (for V-day)

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:01:33 +0000

This is entertaining dirt. Wonder who’s gonna be in the doghouse. Literally. LMAO.

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:38:19 +0000

This pretty funny.

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:57:10 +0000

And your “wants”? Has anyone asked about yours?
Seems everyone, myself especially, has neglected to ask yours. You have wants & needs too.
Have a…February 14th

By: Lady Lucy

Lady Lucy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:46:55 +0000

Forgive yes. Forget never. How can you doubt the elusive lone wolf could ever forget you?

Rather telling where your unconscious mind goes to and wakes up refreshed. Interesting whose face you see.

I’m flattered you still dream of me.

By: Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:08:47 +0000

That was very nice of you to write. The poem started out as a pastiche but then it turned into something else. Japanese wolves, like many wolves, are generally monogamous and mated for life. I found one not so long ago but I either failed to take care of her well enough or she was too wild to be domesticated. Maybe we were just different species. Well, sometimes when you let someone go, they come back. That’s very rare as well. The Japanese wolf metaphor actually has some metaphorical teeth. Glad you enjoyed the piece.

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:12 +0000

It is a rare thing to be able to articulate the ‘isolation among the hordes’ feeling that one can have in Tokyo, especially as a foreigner, and in a way that so resonates with my own experiences. That was really nice.

By: Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:58:33 +0000

@Patrick–a good idea. “Hug A Tokyoite Day” should be institutionalized.
@Wayne-I can remember when Heartland seemed like the epicenter of hybrid mating in Tokyo. With Barclay’s moving into the Lehman offices in Roppongi, perhaps the good old days will be here again.
Where’s Cicada? And I was unaware of “driving” dates to Karuizawa. Well, maybe I’ll need to incorporate it into future versions of this “living” poem.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:20:21 +0000

Heartland, yoga class. Are you sure we don’t know each other. I didn’t realize you hang out with me and my friends. You forgot to mention the dinners at Cicada; music in Koenji; IAC hiking trips; going on a “driving” date to Karuizawa……..

By: Patrick Clough

Patrick Clough — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:23:37 +0000

Nice. I can’t tell who it is from the style, but the coin locker reference makes me think of Ryu Murakami’s book “Coin Locker Babies.” Tokyo has the misfortune to have the usual loneliness of very large cities compounded by cultural conventions that only make it more so. Someone needs to establish a “hug a Tokyoite today” campaign or something to loosen people up a little.