I'm having one of those nights. I'm bored and lonely. I miss home badly. I'm sick of watching all my favorite TV shows alone, playing video games alone, cooking alone, eating alone, cracking jokes to myself. It's so sad to see something really hilarious or touching or depressing and have no one there to share the moment with you ( Read more... )

So. The whole office changed today, including my supervisor. Was I informed about this? Nope ( Read more... )

So my bike has been stolen. It is not where it was yesterday. My bike's pretty distinctive and everyone knows it is mine. Everyone. So whoever stole it is probably joyriding with his friends laughing their punk little asses off about how they stole the ALT's bike and will ditch it in a river or something. God damnit. And just when the weather's ( Read more... )

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I really, really love Kuroiwa JHS. I can't overstate this fact. I like it because it's small, the kids are just awesome, and the staff is extremely friendly. However, today I learned that it's closing when the new school opens (Ogawa is closing as well, of course.) I'm not exactly sure when the new school is opening, but I'm really glad I'm not ( Read more... )

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I was talking to one of the elementary teachers as a group of my most loyal first years were, quite literally, hanging off me. The teacher said she'd read my article in the town news letter about my difficult decision to stay in Japan or return home ( Read more... )

Forgive me if this entry seems a bit messier than my usual writing. I spent eight hours today teaching cooking class and now I am so beat that I can barely move. It's nice though that I got a day and an hour of daikyuu. I think I'm going to have to use some of it tomorrow to go home early, though, which kind of defeats the purpose of gathering ( Read more... )

I came home with a whole bag of omiyage (a word meaning souvenir, usually edible) today. Don't be fooled--no one really went anywhere. These omiyage were bribes.

Some of my coworkers cleverly disguised the fact that they were bribing me: "Marie, have you ever had a manju cake? They're very delicious and Kochi has the best. Please eat it and ( Read more... )

Just got back from a three-day conference in the city. I secretly disguise how much I love this conference from everyone so I can fit in with my moaning, groaning, complaining peers, but inside I rejoice every moment I'm there. Okay, so maybe not every moment, but most moments ( Read more... )