A friend just told me today that the next hurricane actually is named Lee. I'm pretty sure she knew what she was talking about, so I guess all I can hope for is it's just not destructive. I'd hate to be the brunt of the "why'd you cause so much suffering?" questions...

I guess I'm somewhat amused, but really, of all the male L names...

Before you all go jumping down my throat, telling me 台風１４号 actually did a lot of damage and all, let me set something straight: it did. Just not here. 11 people died and 13 went missing from it. But for all the warnings and preparations people did, I'd've just expected more from it ( Read more... )

Well, another week's over and it's back to the weekend again. Not a whole lot happened this week to note, but I am going to dinner and karaoke tonight with one of my classes (5 of us total). This actually came about from one of my students' brilliant discoveries of フリータイム (free time). Basically you pay one price and you get the room until the ( Read more... )