Even though it is commonly said that language lessons that begins with "Is this a pen?" are not going to go well, I enjoyed my first Japanese lesson with Berlitz ( Read more... )

I got $40 cash back at the grocery store self-check out. As I hear the machine start to spit out bills, I look over. I heard the noise more than twice, which caught my ear because I was expecting twenties. I look over and ( Read more... )

I promised my dad last summer that if I ended up moving to Tokyo this summer I would come visit SLO for my spring break. So... I need to get me some plane tickets!

Anybody want to taxi me from San Jose to SLO town?

I am so completely distracted by this whole moving-to-Japan thing... having a hard time focusing on my current job, would rather be spending my time doing just about a MILLION other things!

As a middle school teacher, I hear about all kinds of stupid advertising bull that people use to manipulate teens into buying their worthless crap. This one not only bugs me, it infuriates me. Oh kind friends with internet superpowers, could one of you break their website for me?http://www.

Nat and I are moving to Japan this summer. We will be living in Tokyo. Three years. Let me know if you'll be in town, we'll most likely have a futon and floor for you ( Read more... )

For those of you that took a peek at my pics on flickr yesterday, the upload is now complete. Took a little longer than I expected, but it's done now. Eventually, there will be captions, but right now I've got to get ready to go back to work tomorrow.

Arrived home yesterday morning. First time flying and gaining so many hours. How weird to leave at 4:55pm on Friday and arrive at 8:00am Friday. Our flight was bumpy, flew through the storm that later nailed the west coast pretty good ( Read more... )

I don't think it's going to stick at all, but it's still pretty. It's coming down pretty good in my neighborhood at the moment after a slow start about 30 minutes ago. Tomorrow it is predicted that the weather will warm, and by Monday this area should be in the 50s (which feels really warm after having highs in the 40s ( Read more... )

Friends, I have decided that I need a new home for my cats. They need more attention that I can give. I have been considering this for a long time, but after my basement flooded last week (totally different story), I decided to get a move on it. I called my vet and they recommended using petfinder.com, stating that quite a few people had found pets ( Read more... )