So here's what happened today to set me off.

Due to the fact that my successor and I are both going to be here in the same town for a week (between the time that she gets here and I take off), we arranged it so that she would come and stay in my house. The plan was, I spend my days packing while she's gone from early morning to late afternoon ( Read more... )

( I think I put the fear of God into my supervisor today... )

A STINK BUG JUST TELEPORTED INTO MY SHOWER AND CRAWLED UP ONTO MY BACK WHILE I WAS WASHING MY FEET ( Read more... )

Ah, the weather is beautiful again. If the air were just a wee bit clearer, it would be perfect, 'cause then we'd be able to see across the bay to Shimokita, and its lovely cliff-like mountains. But it's not and we can't, so I'll just have to settle for non-slushy ground, a sky that is almost a balance of blue and white after months of flat gray, ( Read more... )

Hello all,

Yes, I know. I really need to update more. *sigh*

Since it's been SO long since my last update, there are actually quite a lot of looong stories that I could share, but due to the fact that I'm catching a cold (first time sick in what, like a year? : / ), I'm not sure I've got the patience for it. But I do have a bunch of little stories to ( Read more... )

I don't think I ever churned out that DEMON INSECTS OF AOMORI post last year... I know a lot of people heard about my "issues" last spring and summer, but I don't think I ever sat down and committed it to a blog entry. But hey, Spring has come again, and here I am facing new demons.

For those of you who didn't hear about my adventures last year, ( Read more... )

I just had a really awesome weekend. In fact, it was so awesome that it took four days for me to recuperate and focus enough to churn out a blog entry about it. Seriously, I don't think I've ever been so exhausted in my life. >_<

This constitutes a super-long blog entry of explanation!

It all started about a week and a half ago...

I was at school, ( Read more... )

Ok, this made me laugh:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kitchen_floor_conflict_intensifies

...While I'm here, might as well drop a quick story of the week:

So I went to my elementary school in Kanita this week and had classes with my 5th and 6th ( Read more... )

Yea, so I really don't know what's going on, but here I am again, getting more stories down for you all to peruse as I hurry through my busy September. @_@

...But first, funny thing that just happened ("just" as in, about 15 seconds ago). I started up this page and glanced over to the right where all the ads are...you've all seen the ads. When you ( Read more... )

So I've been writing a lot about life as an ALT. In fact, all of my correspondence over the last 3 months (with the sole exception of my Elizabethan Insults insert :) has been a "Life on the JET Program" testament, which is all well and good...except there are, of course, other things going on over here. I've decided, then, that I should branch out ( Read more... )