Dear 2008 JET Applicant ( Read more... )

I have decided to begin writing some things that perhaps should have been written months ago. But perhaps it’s not until I’m here looking out my window at an early Michigan snowstorm (“early” being a generously profanity-free choice for October 12th), that the images that were my daily life can finally feel a little foreign. Hopefully then my ( Read more... )

This post is to announce that Greginjapan will be on indefinite hiatus ( Read more... )

quick update:

I'm not "greginjapan" right now

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Beware of the Bee

…states a fairly well-known sample of “Engrish” (Japanese or otherwise Asian misuse of English) from Kyoto, photos of which can often be found about the internet. (日本人へ：　何でおかしい？”Beware of the bee"の意味は「一匹ハチにご注意」)

When I saw this sign it was sitting peacefully beneath the winter framework previews of what in spring would be-if only ( Read more... )

This began as a doodle in MSPaint and through photo editing became

first the ugliest image ever. Honestly. It was like nuclear green vomit

on a tangled wire mesh over a dusty chalkboard. No joke.

But here you go, it's pretty now


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I'm still here. I'm still in Japan. And I'm still doing things ( Read more... )

Thanks everyone for your comments! ;)

I'm still working on the next installment of stories about Sapporo. I've been pretty busy lately with moving into my new place, cleaning my room, and buying goodies for it to give it that special Gregness that's just so necessary. Here's a brief account of moving in that I actually snatched from the ( Read more... )

Maybe this sounds whiney, but I really would like more comments now and then.

I know it can be a pain reading long entries--I've been known to skip over them now and again myself--but I need some kind of encouragement for this journal. Otherwise I just think, "Why bother typing all that up?"

And that's my morning complaint.