I haven't seen (or really thought about) UnsraW since I last saw them in... what was it? 2008? with deadtree and notafanboy in the horrible soundbox of Holiday Nagoya. Both times I saw them previously they were missing Yuuki due to his weird illness... TB or whatever it was. The UnsraW I saw on Monday evening was a whole different beast, obviously with Yuuki there. ( Read more... )

Home from Tokyo! And sooo exhausted. A lot of things happened, but the basic idea is that N. and I made the trek up to see the first night of the X revival concerts (3/28 ~night of destruction~). It started off shaky-- a 2+ hour delay while fans waited outside Tokyo Dome in the rain to be let in was the biggest complaint, but it ended off good. It ( Read more... )

So tired; I need to go to bed earlier. I was up late trying to put together a Canadian winter lesson. I assigned the students into groups, represented each by a hockey team. I'm not sure if it's foreshadowing or what, but the Flames were apathetic, delinquent yet still endearing. The Leafs were loud, enthusiastic and completely off the mark. The ( Read more... )

The thing I hate about commuting is you miss one ride, and you miss them all. I was running for the streetcar, across a small street, when at the same time, one of the students comes barrelling out from the same street on her bike. She braked shakily, and I held out my arm to steady her bike, and while we exchanged 5 million "gomen nasai!!!"s, the ( Read more... )