Recording summary · November 2018
[2018-11-09] Why my hair used to look stupid [_BPYzHu-JrI]
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Overview
Ten years prior around age 18 or 19, Daniel was heavily immersed in anime and Japanese culture, spending hours styling spiky visual kei hair, consuming only Japanese media and food, and aspiring to move to Japan and adopt that lifestyle; a decade later, Daniel lives in Japan, finds the experience merely alright, no longer follows anime or likes speaking Japanese, and has dropped the goal of becoming Japanese.
Daniel received an Amazon delivery containing a USB-rechargeable laser pen and experimented by shining it across the room and reflecting it in a mirror.
Themes
Past immersion in anime, Japanese culture, language learning, and visual kei styling.
Current life in Japan and changed attitudes toward Japanese language and culture.
Delivery and testing of a USB-rechargeable laser pen.
Developments
Daniel spent over an hour each morning styling hair into a spiky style before work.
Daniel relocated to live and work in Japan.
Daniel received a package from Amazon containing a USB-rechargeable laser pen.
Daniel tested the laser pen by projecting the beam across the room and reflecting it off a mirror.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the laser pen burns, after Daniel initially suspected the burning feeling might be imagination before determining it does not burn.