When I was growing up I'm trying to remember if I ever made any characters in video games based on my teachers. I remember naming people in RPGs and stuff after my friends and family, but I don't remember ever using teachers....

The reason I bring this up is because there's a game for the DS over here called "Friend Collection" (トモダチコレックション), ( Read more... )

1. < Wow you have green eyes! Do you see in different colors than me?>

2. 1st grader: < Do you live in America?>
Me: < No, I live here in Niimi.>
1年生: < How did you get here?>
Me: < Well, first I flew on an airplane from America... then I rode the shinkansen->
Her: < What's a shinkansen?>

3. Same girl: < Are there alligators in America?>
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( My latest amazon order showed up today )

So that letter I wrote as Santa back in December?

Here were the replies I recieved (sitting on my desk when I got done with my 6th period class today):

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They actually used one of my battle ideas for Rock Band 2: http://www.rockband.com/battle-detail/week14_narr

Horray for my 15 milliseconds of fame. I only found out about it through some random guy sending me a message over Live asking how you submit battle ideas.

This morning I had 2 hours to spend at a kindergarten. I did a 45 minute lesson with about 40 kids, and afterwards was play time with everyone. At one point I was led over to the sandbox with a piece of cardboard lying in the middle (obviously covering a hole they dug). They told me to step on it, and I decided to play along, figuring it would be ( Read more... )

Argh, it's snowing and I haven't bought an ice scraper or snow tires yet. I thought I had at least two more weeks... :(

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Got together last week at a friends house and was told to bring Rock Band 2. My friend Jamie commented that my character looks "pretty much exactly like how [she] would picture [me] as a rock star." I'm still not entirely sure how to take that:


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