Ok so it's the end of November, almost December right? Yet the weather here in Nanbu is WACKED! It began to get cold...then got sort of warm again (low 60's)...and now it's warmish in the morning and gets colder as the day progresses. Does that make ANY sense?! Today it's even warmer...it's November 29th for goodness sake! I shouldn't complain ( Read more... )

I have an Evil Twin here in Yamanashi. She likes to go by the name Renee. A little shorter than me (and older, shhh!) we look remarkably similar despite the fact we don't share ANY similar cultural backgrounds. And I'm the taller twin ( Read more... )

Our Thanksgiving dinner went off without a hitch. YETI had a charity dinner for the December Thailand trip where Chelsea, Erica and Jon S will be volunteering at an orphanage. It was 1000 yen and bring a dish for potluck, all money goes to the orphanage (with a slight deduction for the cost of the turkeys). About 50 people showed up, both ( Read more... )

I know I know...it's not even Thanksgiving yet (next week!) but already I got the Christmas spirit making me hum carols, think about baking (as if I ever needed an excuse), and do the ever dreaded present shopping (6 yet to go...). I already booked a plane ticket home (paying for it next paycheck) and have a planned my 3 weeks home something like ( Read more... )

I've been too busy/tired/sick to post in the last few weeks. Mostly busy or tired as a result of being busy. Tis the season ( Read more... )

Ok, so before I go into my thoughts on Beowulf and Grendal (2006) I have to share a bit of nature with everyone. Now Nanbu is pretty rural. The Japanese word for that is inaka (ee knock ah). This means I see more wildlife than the average person in Tokyo has seen in their entire life. I've seen monkeys, racoons, foxes, deer, and a bear was ( Read more... )

Ok, crisis over, whew! Nothing horrible, I was just overanxious but all is well now, thank goodness ( Read more... )

Marissa took pics on her camera so you guys can all see me going nutters there. Ignore the goofy face...I was still a bit drunk from the night before (sheepish grin).

Me....still a bit drunk from the night before. Luckily Marissa was sober.

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So the speech contest practice plugs along. I found out some schools haven't even started practicing yet so hopefully this means we have a bit of an advantage...good considering the usual winners are people who've been abroad for a while. Kairi has been to Australia, but it was only a couple of weeks...Soki has yet to leave Japan. Both of them ( Read more... )

So this is Dante, the main character in Devil May Cry 1, 2, and 3.


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