magronelson:

University of Aberdeen New Library, Aberdeen, Scotland. photo © Schmidt hammer architects k/s 2012

May 18th 2012, 13:54

Yup, I read two of his books when I was teenager, and loved them. What I remember the most, and what made me like him, was the insight he was able to give of the japanese culture and way of thinking. I still remember how he described the school system on Sputnik Sweatheart and how that really impressed me. In Japan if you fail you’re treated as an outcast, you don’t deserve second chances and the system separates the good students from the bad without any kind of compassion or comprehension. In the western it’s exactly the opposite. We try to integrate everybody and our collective social consciousness tells us that the right thing is to give equal opportunities to everybody and to not discriminate the ones that aren’t able to get results, especially in young ages. I think he showed me trough that book how the right and the wrong can be different for everybody. It’s just a way of thinking and education. You remembered me of him, and thinking about his books gave me the will of reading them again. I think I’ll do so.

May 17th 2012, 21:02

“Todos juntos brincamos às editoras,
brincamos sim senhora, gasto tudo nesta porra.
Das maquetes do rap, as noites dormidas na estação
a gritar em pleno metro, insultava o kiko como um irmão”

- pros meus jinxies* 
May 16th 2012, 16:11