Just an update for those of you who check this journal from time to time...know I haven't really updated in a while. Don't really know if I'll be updating too much from now on (it was started as a way to keep family/friends updated while in Japan, and since I'm back in the US, my daily life is kinda more normal...). I dunno, I might continue, but ( Read more... )

Yo, a shout out to Brad, my steadily-getting-cooler younger brother. Happy 24th. Man, I can't believe you're not still in high school...but anyways, I'm sure you're doing great in Boston, and things will only get better from here. Just don't come back with the accent, or I will give you a Russian leg sweep at Christmas ( Read more... )

Well, took the SATs this morning. Now, just gotta get my essays done so I can so I can start applying to...no, wait. Actually, I was just applying for a job as a SAT tutor at a place within walking distance of the house (if I start substitute teaching in December, it'd be a good income supplement). Verbal went fine (obviously I still read, 10 ( Read more... )

Put all the Ikea goodies together in the morning...apartment looks much better now. Like a real apartment. Walked to the post office afterwards, and mailed off some packages, plus some postcards to people in Japan. Walking home, I passed a Subway, and decided to stop there and enjoy my first sandwich there in a while (the veggies were just piled ( Read more... )

Found a woman giving away an twin xl frame nearby on craiglist, so Melissa and I drove over there this morning. Had to unscrew the slats to make it fit in the Camry, but we got it over without too much of a hitch. Next up, a mattress ( Read more... )

Hung out in the morning, Melissa had lots of lesson prep to get done ( Read more... )

Tonight, Melissa and I met up with one of her former students from Oakland Tech, Stanisha. We picked her up, and we drove to Berekeley. Looked around for a while, and finally settled on a Korean place, because she had never had it before ( Read more... )

Today, a different recruiter called. He was strictly for IT companies, but he sounded a lot more sketch than the Japanese guy. Frankly, he sounded like a dumb jock...and even though they are based in the Bay Area, he mispronounced "San Leandro" 3 or 4 times, calling it "San Luego" and other various things. It was almost funny (almost)... and ( Read more... )

Today I had to go in to SF again to meet the Japanese recruiting guy. Woke up, walked to Bayfair station and took BART (all by myself, like a big boy!) to Montgomery in SF. Found the building, and went to meet Katsu on the 10th floor. He said unfortuantely the sales engineer position we had talked about was already in the final stages with 2 ( Read more... )

Today, Melissa and I decided to go back out to SF, rather than lazing around all day. We both were tired, for some reason though, so didn't get out of the house until after noon ( Read more... )