Ups and Downs with Daily J

Now that I've had some shut-eye...

Daily J is up, up, and away! (Did I already say that. Well, I'm excited, ok?!)
To start things off we are chatting with Adam Douglass of Slash And Burn.

Yesterday I was supposed to have an interview with Arudou Debito, writer, anti-discrimination advocate, and editor of Debito.org.

I was super excited about the whole thing. But I forgot about that saying that anything that can go wrong will. I have my doubts as to whether or not that is an accurate saying but at least for me yesterday it was painfully true.

A lot of things went wrong up to the time that I was supposed to call him for the interview. But the straw that broke the camel's back was when my recording equipment wouldn't work, right before the call.
I naturally get nervous about talking to people over the phone anyway. But I was looking forward to this interview because Debito.org is an awesome site. It is a must read for any foreigner living in Japan (I wish that I had found it during my international student days). His section on "What to do if..." will resonate with you if you have ever lived in the land of sun.

I IM-ed James when I realised I wouldn't be able to conduct the interview and naturally he was upset (at the situation). And he made sure that I contacted Debito and apologised for the inconvience; sometimes we Americans have to be reminded of our manners :)

So we still hope to get an inside view of the site and the man behind it. But for now you can check it out for yourself.


Stay tuned,
Tori