So, I have this student usually makes me want to put a drill through my head. He's a nice, bright kid (17), studies hard, is ambitious, great grammar. But apparently there's something strange about him. In Japanese or English. He doesn't listen. Or he answers differently to what he's asked. And he loves to talk. And repeat himself. I could probably ( Read more... )

So today, 9 of us--a fellowship if you will--went to destroy evil calories at the top of Mt. Tsukuba. It wasn't too bad in retrospect, as I'm not completely exhausted, but it was some serious cardio getting up there ( Read more... )

Had another night at the gym. Kind of boring. Good for body but I wasn't so into it. It'll be good when Em joins me tomorrow ( Read more... )

My first real workout at the new gym tonight. I will probably be sore tomorrow. Oh, and I'm a bit inebriated. Wine is good, I think. But I'm mostly tired ( Read more... )

My company makes a lot of bad decisions. One of them being the merger of my area (Higashi Kanto) and everything north on up (Sendai, Hookkaido, etc). this means that if they need a sub in Hokkaido, I "can go". I likie travelling, but my apartment is turning into a very expensive storage unit ( Read more... )

Yesterday, just before midnight, I made a realization: I need to be a famous (or at least a well-known) singer if I don't want to live the rest of my life in regret and the only way for that to happen is if I MAKE it happen ( Read more... )

I am in Saitama, 2.5 hours (or a $20 train ride) away. It's kind of pretty here, but bewy bewy quiet ( Read more... )

So being a sub...I like the variety, the helping...but it's a little frustrating when I have to completely undo the mess the last teacher left. If I ever meet this guy, I'm smacking him one ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the GEOS International Fair. Last year I did a 2 hour shift. This year I'm doing a full day. This morning I dreamt--twice--that I was late for it. And that I grew facial hair and had to shave and when I was done I looked like Frodo. Talk about weird ( Read more... )

1. Booked a father-daughter jazz gig at Ocean Deep on April 6!

2. Cleaned out an apartment for new teacher and found that the previous teacher had left a mic stand, a ukulele, and a tripod! *yoink*

3. My life has slowed down in the sense that every work day is now long and different. Every day is an event now.