I'm not going to lie.  I lost my shit a little bit when the sensei sang us a farewell song in class today.  Ono-sensei actually started crying in earnest and if you don't know this already, crying Japanese females spread tears like the plague.

It's going to be a long sentimental week ahead.

Dear People In My Life ( Read more... )

Um... I'mgoingtoJapaninthreeweeksholyshitI'mgoingtocrapmypantswithexcitement.

I want to see people before I leave for a (gulp) YEAR.

Make it happen folks.  I'll be around from the 20th to the 3rd of September.

So who knew that old Japanese people teaching their native language in the middle of rural Vermont are some of the coolest people ever?  I'm pretty sure I played some 'rut with my Japanese professor last night and I'm pretty sure it was awesome.  Our program director also showed up, slightly red, and joined in our festivities ( Read more... )

So if I don't get this out I'm going to spontaneously combust, so here goes!

So we had a volleyball game against the Chinese Language School today, and holy shit was it intense.  We lost to their soccer team 11-0 so we went in there with something to prove.  We ended up winning with two of our best players injured and some really shitty (non) ( Read more... )

このごろ、俺はすごくイライラしている。この時、日本語は強い言葉じゃないから、英語で話してはいけないことになっていることで大変に怒っている。そして：

FUCK

以上。

I've come to this realization before, I think.

It isn't an issue of people liking me or not.  People don't respect me.  Maybe I just need the company of people too much to grow a backbone.  I've been doing it for years.

What do I do?

List the last 10 people who have written on your wall. No repeats.

1. Leela Wagner
2. Izzy Deslandes
3. Molly Case
4. Kasima Brown
5. Leslie Kim
6. Allie McLellan
7. Elliot Gay
8. Will Cunningham
9. Martin Kafina
10. Amanda Casale

-Have you ever kissed no 7?
No, but God knows he's tried.

-What is the best memory you have of 9?
Meeting the kid.  He's so freakin' ( Read more... )

Why the hell is it raining?  I wanted to take a run today.

Actually, I probably would have made an excuse NOT to do it, but I guess the weather took care of that.

The only thing worse than suburbia is suburbia during rain.

Good Mexican food, good company, great/traumatic/inappropriate stories.

It's great to be home.