Here's a description of my New Year's celebration, along with some pictures. I wrote up this report at school the other day when I had nothing to do all day, so it got kinda long-winded. Kinda really long-winded. So if you don't care that much, feel free to skip to the pictures at the bottom. ( Read more... )

Happy new year, everyone. I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday. Well, I know that some of you didn't, and for those people I hope you can look at the crummy start to the year as a stepping stone - use this opportunity to take steps towards building a better life for yourself. I want to give a belated shoutout to Angela for taking the trouble ( Read more... )

updated my site with a few misc photos of some misc things

http://www.rit.edu/~bjn8026/site/

( new entry in my top 3 scariest experiences of all time )

So yesterday I was in Yano, the small town just east of the city where I teach every Wednesday. As I was walking to school I thought I noticed that I was getting a few more distrusting looks from the locals than usual, but just brushed it off as my imagination. Later that day, one of the girls in my ESS (English Speaking Society) club told me ( Read more... )

Updated the site with some photos of a Halloween party I had last week, with yet another one of my cute mostly-female classes.

http://www.rit.edu/~bjn8026/site/

So, we're now a full day into November. I've been here for over 3 months now, which makes this the longest I've ever been away from home in one go, the longest I've ever spent in a foreign country, and the longest I've settled down in one place in a long, long time. And yet, it still feels like I just got here. I'm still just getting used to ( Read more... )

Hey guys, finally got a site uploaded with some pictures. Check 'em out!

http://www.rit.edu/~bjn8026/site/

comments plz

I haven't updated this thing in a hell of a long time, so I guess I should do so. Last time I posted here I was ranting about that crazy Fuji trip, and the time before that was only a week or two after getting to Hiroshima, when I didn't even have an apartment. So let's start from there ( Read more... )

This weekend I went with a big group of friends to climb Mt. Fuji. We climbed it at night in order to watch the sunrise from the summit, which, at 12,388 feet, is the highest point in Japan. There are many who would have you believe that climbing Mt. Fuji is a walk in the park, something that only goofy tourists do. That it's basically a ( Read more... )