Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Japanese Lesson Notes #1
Rōmaji is Japanese for Roman letter and it’s a way of writing Japanese using the Roman alphabet. Hiragana, katakana and kanji are another three ways of writing more traditional Japanese. Rōmaji is particularly useful for beginners because you don’t have to know Hiragana, Katakana or Kanji when first trying to speak Japanese. (more…)
Tags: Free Japanese Lessons, Hiragana, Japanese Characters, Japanese Lessons, Japanese Name Katakana, Japanese Orchid Paintings, Japanese Symbol Writing, Japanese Symbols, Japanese Words, Kanji, Katakana, Learn Japanese, Romaji
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Tags: 37signals, About Soniei, Blog Posts About Soniei, Business, Canadian Artist, Canadian Business, Entrepreneur, Home Based Business, How To Start A Small Business, Media, MicroBusiness, Self-Employed Artist, Signal vs. Noise, Work At Home, Work From Home
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
View all of my free Japanese lessons! … or read below to see how really crazy I am.
I hardly have enough time to breathe as is. I work 80-120 hours a week just to make ends meet as a contemporary Japanese artist.* I spend so much time in my art studio that I frequently get emails from my family and friends to see if I’m still alive. Every second of my life is pretty much booked solid and I just decided to start learning Japanese again. Wait… what!?! (more…)
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
I’ve had a bag of frozen peas on my right hand (my “artist hand”) for the past couple of days because a lamp attacked me. Don’t ask me how because it happened too fast. A long story short, the lamp broke in two while I was holding it, and somehow I got injured. Leave it to me to get hurt… by a lamp.
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Tags: About Soniei, Miscellaneous
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
Tags: 279 Days to Overnight Success, About Soniei, Art and the Economy, Art Career, Artist Tips, Blog Posts About Soniei, Business, Canadian Artist, Canadian Business, Chris Guillebeau, Contemporary Artist, Economy, Featured Artist, Happiness, Home Based Business, How To Make Money Selling Art, How To Make Money Selling Paintings, How To Sell Art Online, How To Sell Paintings Online, How To Start A Small Business, Media, Pursuing Dream Job, Self-Employed Artist, The Art of Non-Conformity, Unconventional Guides, Work At Home, Work From Home
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