Today is already the second to last day of Golden Week, one of the longest holidays in Japan, but aside from the concert on Saturday, I've been just kinda hanging out. It's much to crowded everywhere for me to motivate myself to go anywhere. Even my little country town is packed with tourists right now (mostly probably here to see Kamogawa Sea ( Read more... )

A week late, but Saturday (January 24th) I went to the Tokyo International Forum to see Sakamoto Maaya live!

( 君は誰とキスをする？ )

On Sunday, I saw Shiina Ringo live.

Still in a state of denial. It was awesome - so much that I am having trouble being coherent just trying to recall it, but here goes.


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I cooked, cleaned, and went grocery. I paid bills, filled out paperwork, and studied. I talked to friends from home, and lazed about online...but it's still not even 8pm, and I'm at a bit of a loss of what to do ( Read more... )

So! This past weekend I braved a typhoon? and went to Saitama for the first time.
Thanks to the wonderful 腹黒い？ Ella we got tickets to the excite! Music Festival '08 for Saturday ( Read more... )

The work week seems to go by so slow but so fast! I sit down at my desk and the beginning of the week thinking "here we go," and then before I know it it's already Thursday night ( Read more... )

So I am taking a break from all my JET-related ranting to post about something else that occupies me lately - Jdramas! There was so much that I had wanted to watch last semester, but I had my hands full with trying to graduate, so I saved a lot up for the summer. Except for Last Friends of course, which I got hooked on almost immediately.

( Thoughts about the last episode of Last Friends - cut for spoilers! )

Oh man. There's only 3 weeks of school left ( Read more... )

Phew, I definitely stressed myself much more than I needed to about Career Fair. Actually, I don't think I had anything to worry about at all. To save a lot of words, basically there was practically nothing there for me because it was mainly targeting students looking for part-time jobs or internships ( Read more... )

( Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever live...(Can you feel the pressure? )