Things tend to sashay between ugh and sunny delight in Japan quite easily. Unlike the last post though, this one reflects one of those more bearable weeks, bordering on quite fun even ( Read more... )

I was going to post a kind of reflective, depressing sort of entry, because I've been having a pretty bad week and no one to talk to, but then I got something at school today which will be much easier on the senses. It made my day clear a bit anyhow ( Read more... )

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
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Today is my last day in America. Specifically it's my last day among bookstores, coffee shops, ethnic food, and people of the extreme variety. While all this makes me sigh wistfully none of it seems very real against the vibrating background of, Oh shit...Oh shit. While not part of my declared regiment of routine swearing while here it's what I've ( Read more... )

Common sense tells us that when on vacation you should distance yourself from the things that cause them the most stress. Things like cell phones, internet, tv (mostly undisguised disgust rather than stress there), technology in general. Common sense would lead you to believe that thinking less about the place you're escaping, drinking less ( Read more... )

The 15th is upon me! I am to New York where I will recover English and alleviate my Vietnamese food deprivation. I return come January. Until then, leave a message at the beep at enjoy some likeart.


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Winter's come again and somewhere between getting radiation burns from my space heater and sniffing markers that I steal from school, I've been playing (er, re-playing) Ico. Ico was was thee first game I got for the PS2. It's fairly original in terms of horned boys, a huge puzzle castle to solve, smoke ghouls and stunning graphics (for its time ( Read more... )

Oh Awaji, how far, how expensive, and how ultimately rewarding in so many ways ( Read more... )

The last four days have been more busy than most of my JET social scene for 2006 ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why but I'm avoiding sleep even though the coffee mug to the foreground keeps blurring into triplets. It must be that journalistic need in me to post about the significant occurrences occurring here in the Guch. Or maybe I'm just masochistic. (and stupid ( Read more... )