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Time for my annual "Winter, why hast thou forsaken me?" post
Well, it has been a VERY LONG time since I have posted anything here. But as a 90's grunge god once said, "Eeeeehhh aye aiiii iiii ooohhhhh, I'm still alive," though you may not believe it ( Read more... ) -
The darndest things
Today some of my 5 and 6-year old kids were coloring pictures of people in uniforms for different occupation, including a fire fighter. I was coloring my own picture along with the kids. The kids are always chatting away merrily to me in Japanese. I can understand most of what they say, especially when they're so young, but I always reply in ( Read more... ) -
Bicycles and Bananas
Sometimes, I leave work so utterly drained from dealing with either A) kids who seem to be on crack or B) kids who seem to be zombies or C) kids who seem to have made it their life's mission to make the lesson, and therefore my life for that one to two-point-five hours a living hell, that I wonder what the point of it is. Why should I put any ( Read more... ) -
A miniature quandry...
I posted this in some miniature-collecting communities I'm in, but I'd be interested to hear your opinions, too ( Read more... ) -
Go forth and multiply?
File this one under the "Mind Your Own Damn Business" tag ( Read more... ) -
Just a typical night at the supermarket
Posting these on Facebook got such a reaction from my friends and family back home, it reminded me of how overwhelmed I was by the sheer oddness of Japan when I first got here. My first few months, I was always tired, from the constant overstimulation and barrage of weird stuff everywhere I went. Even a trip to the supermarket was like a trip to ( Read more... ) -
Some good news, for once.
My first job was at a shitty local restaurant called Carson's Country Kitchen. I was 15. I worked with a girl named Anna, who was a high school senior, and her boyfriend DeWayne, the fry cook. A few weeks before Anna's graduation, she was in a bad car accident, and was in a coma for months. I quit working there when I turned 16 that November, ( Read more... )