Okay, so it's a go. I've got the VJournal goin' on. Youtube is pretty frickin' sweet.

Here's my first video. Not too exciting but it is only my first one. Hopefully they get better!

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I thought i would revive the journal since I'm aboard once more. I couldn't really get myself to write when I'm in boring old Indiana, but now i have something interesting to say! I'm going to try and do a video blog so i'm looking into that but until then i'll stick to the LJ ( Read more... )

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This is for all you educators out there! Show your kids, it's the right thing to do.

So i´m sitting in an internet cafe and i have it for ten more minutes. (have to milk every euro!) German keyboards are a bit annoying. The y and z keys are switched. grrr... other than that, germany is awesome. You know what else is awesome? Here´s a list ( Read more... )

So, i have LESS than two weeks in Japan before i'm off to Europe... Holy shit. I'd like to reiterate what a pain in the ass moving out of Japan is. I just hope i can get rid of all my shit before the big bad Board of Education comes and 'inspects' my apartment before i leave. Ah, well. On to more exciting news ( Read more... )

Okay, i guess i shall talk about Vietnam a little bit here since i finally uploaded my Vietnam photos ( Read more... )

As you might know from my user name that I am a big fan of Ghibli and Miyazaki Hayao. His animations are not only beautiful, but the stories he weaves are spectacular. Most of you know of Spirited away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and (hopefully) Tottoro. There's a lot more than just these. Ghibli really took off after the early ( Read more... )

So, my two year reign over 800 odd japanese junior high students is fast approaching it's final days. I'm a bit excited to see where life takes from here, since i'll be uprooting yet again. I'm definitely going to miss my friends and students here, but the A-train must keep on chugging ( Read more... )

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This makes me want to buy a Gemini. They seriously need to make more commercials like this! Screw this CG crap! I want stunt drivers and awesomeness

So, Golden week was this past week. Basically, it's a bunch of holidays that happen all close together so they lump into a 3 and four day weekend. Of course it is japan, and it's doesn't sink up to just a week. Nope, there's gotta be two work days smack dab in the middle! I had a good one though ( Read more... )