Just got back from seeing Remioromen live at the Budoukan \o/ It was super good, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could understand most of their MCs. (Although on second thought it might have been kind of bad if I couldn't - I saw TOKIO last March, and could only understand bits and pieces of their MC - if I hadn't improved at all in ( Read more... )

I will be flying back to Florida on December 22. I'm staying till the 30th, then heading back to Tokyo. In this span of time that I'm in Florida, however, I expect to see people! I have Christmas presents for all the Whatsits, so you all better make some time to come to Jax to see me : p Party, yeah? I'm kind of sad I won't be able to stay for ( Read more... )

The title of a Swedish vampire indie film that I just watched; surprisingly sweet and worth a download, although it took me a while to find the damn English subs as they did not come with the torrent I downloaded ( Read more... )

I love pointless memes ( Read more... )

I was wandering around Harajuku earlier, just killing time, when I noticed this girl in front of me was wearing a Dir en grey t-shirt. I didn't think too much of it, after all I was in the general vicinity of the various cosplayers and goth-loli subculturists who hang out in front of harajuku station, but as I kept wandering aimlessly I noticed a ( Read more... )

I picked up an application form for the JLPT being held this December. I'm just in time, the deadline is this Friday, oops ^^; I would have missed it except that the other guy in my Japanese class was filling out his application as I walked into the classroom and it reminded me. So I need to get that thing sent off tomorrow. I'm signing up to ( Read more... )

I'm sick, again. I feel like I'm always getting sick lately >.> My head hurts, my nose is stuffed up, and I've got a persistent cough. I may have to take some time off my night job if it keeps up, since I'm pretty sure coughing all over our customers might not be the best strategy to get them to come back, lol. I need some sleep anyway though, ( Read more... )

I can't believe summer is almost over already ;.; and I still haven't been to the beach! Weather permitting, I'm planning on remedying that this Saturday. I am determined to go at least once this summer. The beaches here apparently shut down once September hits, so I'm running out of time here! Seriously, this summer has been the shortest ever ( Read more... )

Well, I have taken the plunge and am moving up to Shinjuku next month. One of my coworkers had to go back to Canada suddenly, so I'm planning on taking over her room in a share house. It's a decent size, and cheap because it's not a company-owned house; the other people in it all went in to actually buy the house and they rent out this room. ( Read more... )

It's festival season here in Japan! Everywhere I turn there are more festivals and fireworks and people walking around in yukata. I bought a yukata last Saturday (and an obi and a little traditional pouch, although I haven't gotten any geta yet - need to pick those up soon), and I'm planning on going to a festival on Saturday with a friend. Then ( Read more... )