Ah...er...happy new year ( Read more... )

So there was some concern over my previous post on my feelings toward my students. I don't dislike them as people per se when I consider everything. They're actually nice kids with some potential, most of them. They're just frustrating when you have to work against them as a single monolithic roiling mass of hormones and rebellion without ( Read more... )

Today, Noah officially became an American citizen.  Yuko and I went through the long (almost 3 hour) process of sitting in a consular office and waiting for the head of the office to come down and watch me sign the paperwork.  Bureaucracy is awesome ( Read more... )

I always figured that getting pooped on would be a much worse experience.

Let me start by saying that Boston better think about giving Hideki Okajima a raise next year.  That guy is kicking ass like no reliever should ( Read more... )

Bah, applying for jobs has me freaking busy. I just got word that I'm 90% set for a full time gig next year, just in time to find out that I'm eligible for an even better job that's even closer to home. The problem is that this job doesn't start interviewing until December, and if the job I just interviewed for is trying to get people contracted ( Read more... )

So we know that Noah is definitely my son. He eats a lot, then an hour later he's hungry, literally screaming, crying, Pavlovian drooling hungry. He starts making sucking noises and smacking his lips, and presses his face into whoever is carrying him. Tonight he ate at 7, 8, 9, and 10, and started fussing again from 11:15. We're going to wait ( Read more... )

Well, I managed to come down with a fever and stomach bug today, so I am officially banned from the hospital.  Yuko noticed that I was warm and took my temperature while  I was holding Noah, and found that I was up around 102.  Needless to say, she kicked me out quick and we have Noah under extreme watchful care.  I think he'll be okay, as I ( Read more... )

Well, random references aside, at 9:15:50 am Japanese Standard Time, my son was born in Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan.  He weighs approximately 7.3 pounds (3332 grams), and is currently resting with his mother at the hospital.  I'm on my way back to the hospital once I get some lunch and send some files.  Anyone who wants pictures, lemme know and they' ( Read more... )

Yuko and I completed our move this weekend and are officially settled in the country.  The funny thing is that the room we live in in her house now is actually larger than the apartment we used to live in in the city.  Yuko's parents have this nice, old traditional Japanese house that would actually be on the large side even by American standards ( Read more... )