Ok, these people have gotten together in a effort to drive me absolutely nuts. First, they make me sit all day in a slightly-sbove freezing room, mostly alone, with absolutely nothing to do. Then, these two other ladies in there start grading multiple choice tests by means of one person calling out the answers and another checking. The test must ( Read more... )

yeah, so, it was warm (compartively)today, so I hung my clothes outside to dry. And of course forgot them. So, when I came home slightly drunk a few minutes ago they were froxen solid. Seriously. I could use them as frisbees. Giant, clothes-shaped frisbees. Ok, Like I said, chotto drunk, so I'm going to bed.

We had "teacher appreciation day" today, where the san-nensei's thanked us for teaching (in my case "teaching" them). All the teachers had to file in and sit on the stage...now, guess who they made go first? I mean, you'd think by now that everybody would realize that I have NO IDEA what is going on, basically all the time. Either way, it was ( Read more... )

Well, I have been having severe cold feet about this whole recontracting thing. I find myself less and less exctied about it and more dreading it. I realize, what I am looking forward to the most is the traveling, not the life or job I have here. So, again, the list. Please help me ( Read more... )

WHAT???? Nikki says that Blue Sky is closed??? And that there is now a CELL PHONE STORE there???? Next to that God-awful Starbucks?? What the hell is going on over there?????? Why didn't anybody tell me this??? DAAAGH. On another note, I think I should get an award for most ? in one post.

On tv there is there are these SUPER fat people...you know, not overweight or even obese, but Maury Povich candidate fat. Either way, this one woman who must have weighed 700 pounds was struggling to paint her toenails and they played "Are you Lonesome tongiht" in the background. And let me tell you, I was immediately inspired to stop eating ( Read more... )

on another note, I called and got more kerosene delivered and made a hotel reservation in Japanese. i was so proud of me!

Well the grossness is on my finger (not my crotch...sorry to dissapoint you, Adam). LASt week I accidentally touched a metal heater and burned the fuck out of my finger. Seriously, within finve minutes it had turned grey and the skin detached. So the nurse (after I refused to go to the hosptial...possibly necessary but really, they are super ( Read more... )

You wanna see something really gross?

did anybody see the 10 NHK news tonihgt?? Apparently in Fukuoka, somebody made 15,000 500 Yen coins. A few ridiculous things about this ( Read more... )