First day of school.

I’ve just arrived at my new base school.  It’s called Kyowa Junior High.  I have to ride my bike about 5 mins… take the train 3 stops to Motoyama, then walk for another 5 to the school.  It’s not a bad deal, just hotter than all get out.  I was surprised at their ‘whatever’ reaction to my arriving today.  I was expecting ( Read more... )

Yep!  I'm all moved into the new apartment!  It's so much nicer than Kotohira... you'll love it.  I took extra special video footage of the place today so all you folks back home can see the focker when I get there.  It's a smash hit.  For all of you who don't live in the states, the shameful Detroit Tigers, who have been the worst team in baseball ( Read more... )

Just realized that the soon to be Hollywood hit, 'Snakes on a Plane', opens while I'm home next month.  Now, I haven't heard much about this movie, except random JET talk about how REDICULOUS the name is.  What's the scoop about this thing back home?  I'm baffled ( Read more... )

So I went to my last day of school today... annnd, there was nobody there.  So I packed up my shit and said sayonara to the music teacher.  Then I blew the doors of the place.  It's 10:20 am.  And I already went and came back...

Well, whatever.

Rainy season is officially over and it's hotter than all get out.  The high is 93 today... and it feels ( Read more... )

I'd like to draw your attention to the comments a certain Mr. Grant left on my last posting.  He can really search the internet ( Read more... )

So I ran out of Q-tips about 2 or 3 months ago. And... I didn't think much of it at the time... I just stopped cleaning my ears.  Is it that bad?  Like... I bet there's a lot of people out there who don't really clear out their ears at all.  The wax must be there for a reason.  Right ( Read more... )

It won't stop raining...

Uhh... I'm not lying either.  It's rained for about 4 days... like... non-stop.  When I turn on the TV all I see is pictures of Japan falling to pieces.  Landslides and so on.  It doesn't make for a happy camper.

But I've kept busy in the house.  I was just on the phone for about an hour with Japanese telecommunicators.  ( Read more... )

I just thought that all of the people with the last name Famer...  (Do you think there are any?  Someone should look this up.)

they could name their kid Halluv.

More on this and other interesting topics later. 

So lately when I come home from school I settle down and watch some of the videos offered by the fine people at CNN.com.  They're pretty interesting and its nice to see some English information.  I look forward to it even.  It's how I keep myself updated on current events ( Read more... )

Hey there.

Had the play this weekend... it was a success.  That's s-u-c-c-e-s-s.  You can see some pictures here:  http://www.decoy.co.nz/kap

I recieved three lovely bunches of flowers and they're smelling up my apartment like blueberries.  Makes me want to eat pie.  But I won't do that.  I lost 4kilos.  That's 8.8 pounds.  Over half a stone.  ( Read more... )