This is a bit late notice, but two fridays ago my oldest sister had a baby! His name is Thomas John (TJ) and he was born 10 lb 4 oz and 21.5 inches long. He's my first nephew (no nieces), so it's really exciting!

Here are pictures from today:

TJ!

So... money situation is as dire as ever. I did get rehired at Michael's, but I desperately need to find a second job soon. How do people get those good paying summer jobs? I turned in some applications, but I haven't heard anything yet. Plus, I got back my EFC from the FAFSA and it's over 27600... Not sure how they figured that one, but I can tell ( Read more... )

Been back for a week now ( Read more... )

I just got home two hours ago. In that time I have eaten a cheesesteak, watched a classic episode of South Park, Scrubs, The Daily Show and now I'm watching The Colbert Report. Yay America!

I feel like I've been doing nothing but eating the last week. Tempura, okonomiyaki, udon, yakiniku, curry, takoyaki, and so on and so on. Had to get in all the ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!

Sorry it`s been awhile since I`ve updated. Here`s what I`ve been up to (with pictures):

Cherry Blossom Viewing - Around the beginning of April, all the cherry blossom trees start to bloom. Ever since back around the 10th century, and possibly earlier, cherry blossoms have been regarded for their short-lasting beauty, since the blossoms ( Read more... )

Here are albums that I made using pictures of me that I stole from my friends. Unfortunately, the albums aren`t separated into any categories, so pictures from the same time will be in various albums. I did arrange the albums themselves in chronological order and put descriptions of when they were all from. :D

Album 1
Album 2
Album 3
Album 4

Enjoy!

Apparantly Facebook lets you share your albums with non-members! Hooray! Now I don`t have to upload them to more than one site.

So therefore, here are a bunch of photo albums:

Shirahama
Shirahama Part 2
New Years
Osaka
Nara (When I went again in January)
Nara (January) Party 2
Himeji Castle
Hokkaido
Plum Blossoms - The plum blossoms were blooming a few ( Read more... )

Sorry for the lack of updates. I still don't have internet at home, and I just haven't gotten around to updating while I'm at school. Obviously, a lot has happened since I last posted, so I'll just go over each in brief:

Host Family

My new host family mostly consists of just a host mom. She has a daughter, but her daughter is married and ( Read more... )

First of all, Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah (though I'm not sure when that is/was this year ( Read more... )

So, I have to change host families ( Read more... )