today the activity i planned for the 3rd year students got vetoed 40 minutes before class, so i had to come up with another one and put together all the materials for it within that amount of time... but that's not the point of this entry, because aside from the 10 minutes i spent freaking out and wondering if my co-teacher hated me everything ( Read more... )

student 1: your head is really small!
me: uh... thanks?
student 2: why is your head so small?
me: i have no idea...
student 1: it's very good!
student 2: yes, very stylish!

so at least now i know i have a stylish head...

i haven't updated in a while! and lots of things happened this week, so here's a list ( Read more... )

i can no longer live like a normal independent human being T_T ( Read more... )

1. ( japanese boys like touching each other. )

i finally taught a class today!!!

( really long post... kind of ranty, but i'm not fixing it. )

today was my first day actually working in a school... but since it's the first day of the term there weren't actually any classes, just a two hour long ceremony in the stifling gym (japanese people don't believe in air conditioning, but that's another issue). the only thing that was required of me was that i stand in front of the entire school ( Read more... )

fuck nomihodai.

my friend zach is traveling around japan and came to stay with me for a few days. this is fantastic, not only because it's fun to have someone come visit, but also because i get an excuse to visit some touristy things that i probably wouldn't make time to see since i live here. however, today we both slept in too late to go anywhere (too much ( Read more... )

i was waiting for the light to change at an intersection so i could cross the street when i noticed a car full of japanese people staring at me... i was like "dammit, i know there aren't many foreigners in this country, but this is seriously getting old..." then one of the lights changed and the car drove away, and another light changed and the ( Read more... )