{"id":10180,"date":"2010-01-15T09:26:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2010-01-16T18:10:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T22:10:51","slug":"wit-life-69-mainstream-moe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/15\/wit-life-69-mainstream-moe\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #69: Mainstream moe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/wit-life\/\"><em><strong>WITLi<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/wit-life\/\"><strong>fe<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong> is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/em><em><\/em><em> <strong><a onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.stacysmith.webs.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stacysmith.webs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Smith<\/a><\/strong> <strong>(Kumamoto-ken, 20<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>00-03)<\/strong>.\u00a0 She starts her day by <\/em><em>watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends togeth<\/em><em>e<\/em><em>r <\/em><em>w<\/em><em>ith<\/em><em> h<\/em><em>er<\/em><em> <\/em><em>own<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/span><em>obser<\/em><em>vat<\/em><em>ions.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.buzznet.com\/media\/jj1\/\/2010\/01\/30rock-franco\/james-franco-guest-stars-30-rock-klaus-and-greta-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interesting intersection of American pop culture and Japanese culture on two back-to-back episodes of 30 Rock last night.\u00a0 In the first one, James Franco (who manages to be amazing in everything he does) playing himself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g66wLEy9ktk\">talks<\/a> of his knowledge of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/29\/wit-life-46-defining-adulthood-hostess-envy-and-2-d-love\/#more-7711\"><em>moe<\/em><\/a>&#8221; before whipping out his very own body pillow girlfriend Kimiko.\u00a0 In a later scene the morning after he and Liz spend the night together, they both emerge in their pajamas, him holding Kimiko.\u00a0\u00a0 This strange threesome freaks out Liz&#8217;s cousin who is staying at her place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ohlalamag.com\/.a\/6a00e54fb7301c88340120a79cc38f970b-800wi\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/>In the next episode, Frank refers to a high frequency sound used in Japan to chase away kids loitering in front of <em>conbini,<\/em> and then uses it on Jenna.\u00a0 I have never heard of this tactic being employed in Japan, anyone else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken, 2000-03).\u00a0 She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. 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