Word: weirdos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that fresh image that Junichiro Koizumi was selling, and the Japanese public was eagerly devouring, when the nation's lawmakers elected him Prime Minister last week. Despite the odds against any leader's succeeding with Japan's seemingly insoluble array of economic woes, this man they call henjin, or weirdo, is likely to leave a mark of some kind. He's certainly more colorful than the bland parade of 10 predecessors over the past dozen years. A fan of the heavy-metal band X-Japan and of Puccini operas, Koizumi has been single since his divorce 19 years ago, when...
...this weirdo find himself at the top of the political heap? The usual way the L.D.P. picks Japan's leaders is for a handful of party bosses to meet behind closed doors, pour a few glasses of sake and anoint someone. This time, a clique of young L.D.P. lawmakers demanded more transparency in choosing a successor to Yoshiro Mori. The Old Guard went along, thinking it could manipulate a vote as usual while presenting a facade of democracy. But the aging party chieftains badly miscalculated just how unloved they are. When they gave a bigger say to local party chapters...
...Hooray! In recent days, the scene outside Mass Hall has gotten at least a little spicier—the fluorescent poster trail has gradually creeped from the administrative walls over to Matthews (I love the one that says “Econ TFs Want a Living Wage”), weirdo hippies in tie-dyed t-shirts (from Emerson or Northeastern, no doubt) take advantage of the free housing in the tent-covered yard, and creepy music continues to emanate from the stands in front of the protest. (I heard Native American chants booming from a stereo one afternoon. Granted...
...what movies do you love, why are you here? I remember they went around the room and it was like, Jaws, Star Wars, Star Wars, Jaws, Star Wars, Star Wars, Eight and a Half, Jaws, Star Wars, Star Wars. I was like the artsy-fartsy guy, I was the weirdo. I loved it, it set me up very well because I wound up making a thesis film which enabled me to make the films I do now. So from a professional standpoint it was really good. But in fact it was just bad, it was kind of almost a trade...
...peers in Santa Barbara bustling college-bar scene. Politics, let's just say, is not a popular topic of conversation. A gaggle of women I approached clearly thought I was some kind of stalker. The conventions? Yeah, right. No, we didn't watch, and get away from us, you weirdo. Those who took me seriously, however, suggested that Clinton fatigue will not be much of a problem for the vice president...