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Last stretch
I gave my farewell speeches today at school ( Read more... ) -
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Its summer... days are warm and clear and sunny. I've been enjoying them when I can, but on weekends it seems to get cloudy. Figures somehow ( Read more... ) -
Moving out
My supervisor and I had our little talk on Monday about me moving back State side. It went well, was productive and positive. The only unexpected thing was being told my replacement would not be taking my apartment. So everything must go. As I'd gone the past 2 years thinking there would *be* no replacement, there is no real change. Though these ( Read more... ) -
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I enjoy my job. I enjoy teaching. I love the students. Well, I generally love the students ( Read more... ) -
Japan Tour 2010 begins!
Dad and big-brother Tom will arrive in Japan in about 10 hours ( Read more... ) -
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I wish there was an easy way to print up a lot of my posts. I don't like the idea my ideas, stories, memories (no matter how ridiculous they were) could be deleted ( Read more... ) -
Observations of the 職員室 (teacher's room)
The baseball teams. The epitome of so discipline in Japan. I imagine if there were samurai in modern Japan, it would be the baseball players. The American in me is constantly astounded by their philosophies and self imposed discipline, and amused or sometimes baffled, by their behavior. Today I came back from (almost) getting lunch to find them ( Read more... ) -
April 14... snow all day... wtf.
The key to my sanity recently is not to think ( Read more... ) -
Evony Folks
This post is more for me than anyone else. I've spent a lot of time playing Evony, so it's a list of people I regularly talk to. There are more... more than 100 people coming from at least 20 countries... but I can't write about them all. Its a really diverse bunch of people too. The youngest is 12 years old, the oldest 52, most of them being in ( Read more... ) -
The hunt is on.
Well I've spent a few hours yesterday and a few more today checking out available jobs... its not very encouraging. Most of the discouraging feeling stems from not having a direction. Do I want to go into teaching? Some kind of human resources work? Job with the State Department? I do very much enjoy teaching. TESL (Teaching English as a Second ( Read more... )