So Japan is now in between the rainy season and the typhoon season. It's muggy, and it's hot, and soon the cicadas will be loud enough to drown out an entire conversation, but you know what else? As of Tuesday, I have finished my first year of teaching with JET ( Read more... )

So, I've been picking up a lot of information about the upcoming Kamen Rider Fourze. At first it was just rumors, but Asahi TV recently put up a page with the full break down of story and characters ( Read more... )

It's not all that pretty right now, but please check it out! ♥

http://www.amyused.com

I basically made it to serve as my online portfolio, featuring both my best cosplay pictures and artwork. Paula has some translation stuff on there as well. 8D

So the last time I posted it was almost April, and I was speculating on how things would be much better with the coming of the new school year and my return to teaching middle schoolers. In short: I was right.

( Click here for the long version. )

After having my fears of being overworked quelled and then getting a lot of stress relief this weekend, I'm feeling much much better. Here's all the ways that things are looking up ( Read more... )

I'm still here in Po-dunk, Gunma, Japan and still doing well. Here's a breakdown of where things stand, copypasta'ed from a comment to my friend in his journal ( Read more... )

The earthquakes were big, and Japan is small, but it's all okay. Nothing exciting ever happens in Gunma, and the bad stuff is no exception. The earthquake that hit the Tohoku region caused a quake less than 6 in magnitude around my town. My power went out in the end, but that was the extent of the damage ( Read more... )

It's nearing the end of the school year, here in Japan. I've been wrapping up a lot of lesson sequences and saying goodbye to a lot of my kids (just for a while, I'll have them again 2nd term next year). It's been really adorable, watching students from all grades prepare for graduation, practicing songs to sing and coming up with various ways to ( Read more... )

I know it's March, two weeks past Singles Awareness Day now, and I've done a lot of different stuff since I last posted, but I think I'll make Valentine's Day my topic.

( In the classroom )

As you know, or may have guessed, I'm now back in Japan and doing that whole teaching thing 5 days a week, only this time, instead of going around to all of the middle schools in my town, I visit the elementary schools (plus kindergarten/day cares once a month ( Read more... )