So, I'm back in the states at the moment. I've been home for a week and a half and I leave in 2 and a half weeks ( Read more... )

A bunch of us Kobe JETs are doing an art show that starts this Sunday. My submission involves 6 fake purikura made by collaging photos on postcard-size paper and decorating them with stickers, nail polish and other tacky but fun things. I'll post a picture when I'm done. I'm really excited to see everyone else's submissions :D ( Read more... )

Took this from Julie...

Ask me a question... any question. Personal, public, something about my day to day life or spiritual musings or how I feel about mountains. Something you're genuinely curious about and that you think will deepen our connection or help you learn more about me.

Then post this in your journal so I can ask -you- a question. :) (

My kitchen sink smells like death ( Read more... )

No longer angry at aforementioned TV show. In fact, now I think it's just a little amazing.

I'm really angry.

Because of a TV show. DX

This is the name I've given to a Japanese comedian (whose real name is Yoshimi Tokui)

I think there's a resemblance: PICTURE (though it's easier to see in video form for both of them I think... Google images is not very fruitful)

Does anyone else see it?

Crazy thing is that apparently they were both born in the same month of the same year (Before you ( Read more... )

Here's some gaijin-ben, gaijin being foreigners and ben referring to a dialect (like the Kansai dialect is Kansai-ben). These include transformed Japanese words, regular Japanese words used by foreigners in their English (sometimes as a different part of speech) and phrases that mix English and Japanese.

Transformed Japanese words

• Arigats - Arigatou ( Read more... )

I always kinda wanted to do random little posts about Japan, but I always end up waiting forever and then updating about my life becomes the priority, so here's a second post to just say something about Japan ( Read more... )

It's been awhile. I still read LJ all the time, I just tend to not post.

Anyway. It's nearly the end of the school year here. Third semester ends at the end of March and then the first semester of the new school year begins in April. However, the third years all graduated a week and a half ago. I miss them :( Some of my students will be going to my ( Read more... )