I am furious, and I'm not sure how much of it I should direct at myself ( Read more... )

If I could ask your opinion ( Read more... )

My Doctor Who story is now longer than the longest essay I wrote in university.

The Doctor has discovered iPhones and Yeti Sheep are invading the land. Just thought you'd all like to know. :D

Winds that beat you up and low stone walls. One lone pub filled with good natured farm hands. They all wear plaid flat caps and have red spider veins crawling through the ends of their noses. They've known each other forever. Before the marriages to waif thin girls who now have elbow rolls for their elbow rolls ( Read more... )

I'm shoulder-deep in my Doctor Who obsession,and having watched the entire new series, I decided to go browse through the glorious black and white days of the late 1960s. The sets shake, the yetis are carpets with googly eyes, and the deadly fungus taking over the world is - wait for it - SOAP. It's all deliciously retro and camp ( Read more... )

1. About a year ago, somebody stole my bike from in front of my apartment. I was pretty upset, until somebody stole my replacement bike three months later, at which point I became incredibly upset. I now have a squeaky, bent out of shape bike that no one in their right mind you want to steal - I hope. I didn't bother making a police report for ( Read more... )

I've been battling it out with a nasty head cold that seems to have missed the memo that it isn't meant to stay in any host city for more than a week. And it's all goodbye classes and training, so I haven't been able to take a day off ( Read more... )

My little social network is quickly eroding, with nearly everyone I know jetting off (literally) at the end of this school year (the end of March). One amazing benefit of living in Japan is I have a more diverse group of friends, the downside is that most don't stay for more than a year. But I digress. A new school year is time for a fresh new ( Read more... )

I've been nervously pacing around my mailbox for the past few days waiting for next school year's schedule. Nervous because last year I was given three sub days which I hate because usually I wouldn't end up subbing for anyone but sitting around in the office folding flyers or writing inane English comments "I like tomatoes. Do you like tomatoes ( Read more... )

So, I've apparently taken a vacation to Canada but a Canada populated entirely by Japanese and (weirdly) Australians. I'm in Nagano, which is very snowy and a little chilly. I saw two Japanese tourists earlier today who were struggling with how to build a snowman, first putting the larger ball on top, rethinking it, putting the smaller ball on ( Read more... )