somebody get me out of here

I'm at my parents!...Call me?

is almost finished. I can't actually lift my suitcase, but I figure that's the delivery guy's problem. Today is my last day in my apartment....tomorrow I am being seen off at the train station and I'm going down to Tokyo to spend 2 nights with Yuli and Antonia. I will possibly be overcoming my general hatred of zoos to go to Ueno zoo to see the ( Read more... )

Friday.... spend all day mailing shit home, going to doctor, and whatnot. At 6:30 I have to leave for a 7:00 drinking party. At 6:28 they call and ask me to give a speech in Japanese at the party. Right. Went to the party, gave shitty speech, and got totally drunk with the teachers. Adn I told them all aboiut how one of the English teacher ( Read more... )

I'll be home in under 2 weeks!!! Yea!!! Lake party the 6th or August (or whatever day is saturday.) I'm looking forward to seeing y'all...but try and be patient with my not knowing what the hell is going on.

Jen and Adam....your wedding invitation got sent back undeliverable....send me your correct adress please

Bagged Salad!!!! I just thought about that while cutting up the giant thick ass carrots they have here. Bagged salad and baby carrots and cherry tomatoes.....man, I am getting excited about salad. Possibly the first time anybosy has ever said that/

Well, I finished up alltogether at one school. It was kinda sad, but also every step of the walk there and back I just kept thinking "never have to walk here again" "never have to walk here again." Which was sweet. Also never have to pass the 300 kids who go to Kita Sho (elementary school) who freak out and scream "gaijin!!! (rude way of saying ( Read more... )

My supervisor bought my plane ticket home! I'll be back on July 28th at about 3 in the afternoon. I'm flying Delta, and it's a freaking direct flight. 13 and a half hours. Oh well, the first 9 will be like any other day at work, and maybe they'll show a movie for the next 4. Am I the only one who is scared of flying?

Agh...did you people know that this thing erases your entries after a while. I mean, I guess that is only fair. But damn! I think I need some sort of actual journal/record of my japan time. I mean, when I'm 40, I'm really gonna remember the "codomu wa doko deuska" moment. (shut up, daner :) )

Yesterday at karate during a break, the kids were discussing something when all of a sudden one started humming "it's a small world after all" and then ALL of them started singing it in Japanese. Then sensei joins in and they all sung for like 5 minutes. Then the wanted me to sing it in English...right. "It's a small world after all, it's a ( Read more... )