oooh, voting is CLOSE on the rockin' icon poll! i will wait until after school finishes today to see if there are any last minute voters, and the winner shall adorn my Special Chord Club post (with bonus mammoth goodness just arrived!) later in the evening.

for now, sports club day means no classes, talk to me on AIM! Wheee!

in a post that will follow this one, i will explain these crazy rockin' out faces, along with Special Chord Club. but i can't post until i have the proper icon, now can i? use your special powers to help me!

Poll Rock icon

The most random way to tell what time it is where I live.

At least, the most random way I've found recently. With music by Fantastic Plastic Machine.

i guess all my partying and the rainy season combined their powers to give me bronchitis. whee! it may only look like a cold or the flu to somebody else, but i know my body well enough and have had this same condition enough times to know what it is. i'm really prone to bronchitis, so when i start to cough from my lungs, i know the sooner i go to ( Read more... )

so, i have rocked this weekend with some awesome ladies, in particular the lovely robin, and had a great time ( Read more... )

these photos are being shown in reverse chronological order, starting with this saturday and the yukata matsuri (the yukata festival in Himeji), the speech contest on wednesday of last week, and finishing up with some quick shots i snapped of my fun new outfit. three very distinct and yet very japanese looks. enjoy!


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the heat of japanese summer is settling upon us, just as i'm starting my two weeks working elementary school (for the last time before summer break ( Read more... )

claudia and her sister lindsay visited. we hit kyoto friday, osaka saturday, kobe on sunday, all with fun results and some interesting finds ( Read more... )

i understand that she has a voice that's easy to understand and that she sings very, very slowly, but if i have to sing another Carpenters song in class, so help me god, i may smash the CD the teachers all seem to have. can't we do the Beatles or something??

I found out who's coming to take over for Kelly in August. The Board of Ed. just got her info, though all they gave me was the email address and quick look at the file. Looks to be a half-Japanese girl from the States, name of Sara Ayako Mayo. It still seems really surreal. It doesn't feel like this is a real person who is going to be living ( Read more... )