I had a big party at my house on Saturday, well, big in that there were ten people here, not in that we tore it up in any way. I seem to have left my ability to go nuts in college, back with my dignity. But that's neither here nor there ( Read more... )

1. I need some: Mike ( Read more... )

Lori just sent me these two photos she dug up out of well-earned obscurity. And now I post them here, to display and preserve them for generations to come, in the hope that they might learn from our mistakes.


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Everything, no, really, everything, in Japanese society, I have discovered, can be attributed to the concept of in-group vs. out-group. The sense of privacy, along with the false front they present to the world, the way rooms are organized, how business and businesses work, absolutely personal relations fall in here, and you can't leave out ( Read more... )

Now it`s going to look like I`m copying Lori when I do this, but I was actually copying Lisa and Lori beat me to it. Ask Lisa! I told her I was doing it and everything, and then my computer crashed because it sucks and I thought I lost it and I was sad. But then I opened up to write another post and a magic little window popped up saying "Would you ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, I was in high school. Hell, we were all in high school. And it was one intensely crappy time, let me tell you. Now, no one really fits in when they're 16 years old. When they've got a new pimple every time they wake up and their hair gets greasy about five hours after they wash it and they've got $40 in their bank account but ( Read more... )

Recipe for One Great St. Patrick's Day ( Read more... )

During the course of reading my Friend`s Page today, I happened to notice one Amazonian friend of mine used the word "sangwich" as in, specifically, "a Wawa sangwich." Which I thought was clever, and noted, to myself, "why, that is more or less how I actually pronounce the word sandwich." It gave me pause for thought, but I quickly recovered and ( Read more... )

I drove past a tumbleweed on the way to work, people. A tumbleweed. That's right, just like in the movies.

Although, I`m pretty sure there are no actual tumbleweeds in Japan. Maybe it was made out of rice.

My friend, and the only other engaged ALT, Chris Blum:
"my fiance and I spend every minute of the day talking to each other.  The minute i get to work, i've got her on web cam and we instant message and stuff all day long.  And then she leaves it on when she goes to sleep, too, so I watch her all afternoon too."
(he had been talking about his ( Read more... )