{"id":3935,"date":"2009-03-03T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=3935"},"modified":"2009-03-03T04:54:02","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T04:54:02","slug":"jetwit-blogbeat-happy-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/03\/jetwit-blogbeat-happy-march\/","title":{"rendered":"JetWit BlogBeat: Happy March!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/13\/category\/jetwit-blog-beat\/\"><strong><em>JetWit Blog Beat<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><em> by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/crystalw\"><span><strong><em>Crystal Wong<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><em> (Iwate-ken, 2002-04)<\/em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though it doesn&#8217;t seem like it here in New York, the calendar tells us spring is right around the corner. Here&#8217;s a smattering of some freshly picked blog posts with same dashes of whimsy to round out your web surfing.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wayofthewest.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Robert P. Weston<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Nara-ken, 2002-04) <a href=\"http:\/\/wayofthewest.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/02\/happy-birthday-dr-seuss\/\" target=\"_blank\">wishes a happy birthday<\/a> to someone with a key part in inspiring his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zorgamazoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zorgamazoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/roseinnewyork.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rose Symotiuk<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <em>(Hokkaido, 2003-2005)<\/em> shares <a href=\"http:\/\/roseinnewyork.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/02\/snow\" target=\"_blank\">some truths about ringing in March<\/a> with a New York snowstorm<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For all the old-school Batman fans out there, <a href=\"http:\/\/avoidinglife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jamie Patterson<\/strong><\/span><\/a> offers <a href=\"http:\/\/avoidinglife.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/27\/i-can-t-believe-i-d-never-seen-this-befo\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> video clip.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And from <em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lee-Sean Huang\u2019s<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Oita-ken, 2003-06) blog, he shares an <a href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/2009\/03\/01\/performance-art-board-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">intricate performance art game<\/a> developed for his Visual Music class. He&#8217;ll also be <a href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/2009\/03\/02\/jc-cassis-in-concert-arlenes-grocery-this-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\">performing<\/a> at Arlene&#8217;s Grocery this Wednesday with JC Cassis&#8217; band.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. 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