Well another typhoon foiled my plans to check out Yokohama and the ramen museum, so instead on Saturday I forced myself to take a shower and leave the house since I'd been cooped up with the rain for two straight days. So I went to Omiya with the vague intention of buying my sister a birthday present and picking up a rack to dry my dishes, found ( Read more... )

Well, nothing terribly interesting has happened recently, hence the week-long gap between updates. I'm slowly starting to settle into a routine, which on the one hand is comforting, but I think it's also finally bringing on the much anticipated culture shock. There's A LOT of down time for me at work, so I have to force myself to keep busy ( Read more... )

So here's an updated list of shit I've been roped into doing lately ( Read more... )

Hmm so my knee feels like someone slammed it with a hammer, no doubt an injury resulting from stumbling around drunk last night. I may have even ridden my bike into a lamp post on the way home, but I can't be too sure. But yesterday was the English speech contest so a celebration was in order! I've been coaching six girls for the past month, and ( Read more... )

It's been my dad's philosophy that kids should be raised in childhood by their families, shipped off to work on a farm during puberty, and hauled off to boot camp during adolescence before they're allowed to be released into society, and I think that's a plan I can get behind. The elementary school kids are fun because they're like short little ( Read more... )

So elementary school? HilARious! Yesterday was my first visit to Nakasone Elementary, and it was absolutely wild. How wild was it? Oh, well upon being introduced to the principal, he says to me "blabbity blabbity TOM CRUISE blabbity blah". My ears hearkened unto the name of my crazyfaced hero of late, so I asked the English teacher what he ( Read more... )

Why? WHY, of all days, did I have to fuck up my alarm this morning?! I set it a half hour early so I'd be sure I wasn't late on the first day and could get to school early to practice my speech, but the phone woke me up and I thought for sure it was the school wondering where I was. But I looked at the clock and it was only a quarter to eight, ( Read more... )

The following entry is in no way exaggerated or over dramatized, but rather a detailed and accurate account of events as they unfolded in horrifying reality. I swear to the god I nearly met on the face of Mt. Fuji ( Read more... )

It's been so boring at work this week, I almost can't stand it. Seriously, all that's required of me is to come in at 8:15 and say "ohayo gozaimasu". Then I just sit at my desk for the rest of the day and pretend to look busy. The only productive thing I've done all week is write my introduction speech for the assembly on the first day of school ( Read more... )

Ouch...good morning. With the help of some strong coffee, a cold shower, and two Excedrin, I'm recovering from last night's enkai. As you might have guessed from my previous entry, I got a lil' drunk, but my antics paled in comparison to the folks from the Board of Education. The party started off very stiff and formal like, but Awkward ( Read more... )