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Basically the last few weeks have been 1) Achievement tests 2) Grading the tests 3) Speech contests 4) Imputing the speech contest results 5) English Debate preparation ( Read more... )

So, this was an entirely new experience, which I'm not sure will be repeated because it was just so...strange. Let's see, to start out, a friend and I met at about 9:15, and walked around 2 blocks in a big square to get back to the end of the line. I'd decided to cosplay as Maka from Soul Eater, because she has similar hair and eyes to me, and her ( Read more... )

There is something very atmospheric about getting up at 4:45am, stumbling around the house, forgetting to put sunblock on, and dashing out to ride down the hill, through the mini bamboo forest, and seeing the sun rising red above the lake on your way to the train station.
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Yesterday was quite an event. I looked up Otome Road on yahoo maps, and ventured off into Ikebukuro. This turned out to be me going out the wrong exit (curse their being 2 bic cameras in one city) and down aways before I turned back and stood for about 5 minutes looking at a map posted on the sidewalk ( Read more... )

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So, I spent most of today's advanced 3rd year class talking about manga and anime. hehe. It was the best class so far this year. I came in with my Gintama folder of homework and one of the girls grabbed it and squealed "Gin-san!" "Gin-san!" Another girl was writing about manga for her essay in English (about how manga is bad for teenagers to read, ( Read more... )

For a few days I have been living in almost deathly fear of a cockroach which took up residence in my kitchen. It came in from outside, and I tried to catch it but it went into the kitchen cupboards. So I haven't had the courage to open them for a while now. Then just now when I was brushing my teeth, I saw it. On the kitchen wall. Above the fridge ( Read more... )