adventures in japanese names

because i can't leave a puzzle alone. of not much interest to anyone else, i am copying this here as a reference for myself.

( guess i better cut it too so as to not bore the flist )

1270 grains of rice

fun time waster for people who like words. :) with the added bonus that our time wasting feeds hungry people. this is really the ultimate in first world privilege charity, ain't it.

i knew i wasn't gonna be able to stay away from the rice thing for any length of time when i first saw it, though i held out for several days. but today it's rainy, i am cold, and not in the mood for photoshop, or for organizing my smut, or, naturally, anything productive.

i'm hovering pretty much on 48, with a few forays all the way to 50, but i cannot stay on 49 reliably. i MUST NOT second-guess myself; if i have an immediate flash of recognition, even if i doubt it when looking at the choices, i should just trust it; i am much more often right than wrong.