Over the years, I've had several people tell me I should start a blog...probably because I am not shy about expressing my opinions. I always thought that I don't have enough time or that I won't have enough posts for it to be worthwhile. Well, I think I'm going to do this anyway.
I'm still trying to figure out what this blog is going to be about, but I imagine that the content will be relatively eclectic. Some political, some social, some cinematic, some cultural. I'm also trying to make this a bilingual blog, since I write in both English and Japanese. Companion posts probably won't be exact translations but the same general thoughts on the same topic. Either way, I have zero experience in HTML, so we'll see if I can pull it off...
I don't want my first post to be long, but I did want to briefly explain my pseudonym and the title of the blog. If you're a Studio Ghibli fan, I hope I don't need to explain. I mean, you should not be calling yourself a fan if you need an explanation. Both are obviously an ode to my favorite Ghibli movie, Princess Mononoke. I'm not going to write a summary of the story, so if you haven't seen it, go do that now. But just to make things clear, Daughter of Moro is a reference to the title character, who is a young girl who was raised by Moro, the wolf goddess of the forest. The girl, San, wears a mask (clay face), which is where the name of my blog comes from.
I have some things I want to say about how I settled on these references, but I think that deserves a post of its own.
I don't want my first post to be long, but I did want to briefly explain my pseudonym and the title of the blog. If you're a Studio Ghibli fan, I hope I don't need to explain. I mean, you should not be calling yourself a fan if you need an explanation. Both are obviously an ode to my favorite Ghibli movie, Princess Mononoke. I'm not going to write a summary of the story, so if you haven't seen it, go do that now. But just to make things clear, Daughter of Moro is a reference to the title character, who is a young girl who was raised by Moro, the wolf goddess of the forest. The girl, San, wears a mask (clay face), which is where the name of my blog comes from.
I have some things I want to say about how I settled on these references, but I think that deserves a post of its own.
はじめに
よく友人から「ブログはじめなよ」とか言われてきたけど、今まであまり気が進まなかった。時間がない、そんなに書き込むこともない、など色々な言い訳（？）をしてきた。何故今になってという理由は特にないが、一先ずやってみようと思う。
実は、このブログの主題はまだ決まっていない。とりあえずは、米国及び国際政治ネタ、社会ネタ、映画関係、文化ネタなどなどを予定。英語と日本語両方でポストしたいと思っています。原文と翻訳という形ではなく、同じ主題についての考えを各言語で書いたというものにしていくつもりです。HTMLとか全然知識がないので、文字化けとかしないといいな。
ところで、ブログのタイトル及びハンドル（って今更言うんですかね？）ですが、大好きな宮崎映画『もののけ姫』に因んでつけたものです。Daughter of Moroは「モロの娘」（つまりサン）、Behind the Clay Faceは「土面の裏側」といったところでしょうか。やっぱり日本関連の名前にしたかったんですよね。この名前に落ち着いたいきさつは次回。
実は、このブログの主題はまだ決まっていない。とりあえずは、米国及び国際政治ネタ、社会ネタ、映画関係、文化ネタなどなどを予定。英語と日本語両方でポストしたいと思っています。原文と翻訳という形ではなく、同じ主題についての考えを各言語で書いたというものにしていくつもりです。HTMLとか全然知識がないので、文字化けとかしないといいな。
ところで、ブログのタイトル及びハンドル（って今更言うんですかね？）ですが、大好きな宮崎映画『もののけ姫』に因んでつけたものです。Daughter of Moroは「モロの娘」（つまりサン）、Behind the Clay Faceは「土面の裏側」といったところでしょうか。やっぱり日本関連の名前にしたかったんですよね。この名前に落ち着いたいきさつは次回。
