Everyone has limits, you know? It doesn't mean that a person especially knows what those limits are or even that they exist. A limit just suddenly happens, like hitting a brick wall on a foggy night. You have the hazy realization of something being before you, but you don't know what it is until you've tumbled out of the wreckage of your car to ( Read more... )

There's something unreal about waking up late for work. It's kind of like having a psychic sense that something is wrong the second you open your eyes. It's the way the sun is a little too high and you feel just a little too rested. After the initial realization, I always grab the clock and hold it close to my face in disbelief, then shake it hard ( Read more... )

Well, slap some cheese to my face and drive my train through a building into the street. I failed my driver's test today. I went into this thinking I would probably fail my first attempt, but it's still disappointing. The proctor said that I had my turn signal on too long before I approached the intersection... Too long. How is that a fail-worthy ( Read more... )

This was my very first thought after waking and I've been thinking about it all day ( Read more... )

Now that we've established the information in the subject, let's move on to something more relevant.

Classes so far this week have been going pretty well. I did convince K-sensei to let me show American TV (without nearly as much coercing as I thought) and the class loved it. Not only was it a chance to, like, not study, but, to my surprise, every ( Read more... )

It's raining for the fourth day in a row. It's that cold, steady, seeping rain again. Gaaah I hate it. I hate winter. Rain in the summer is welcomed because it cools things off. In the winter, it's just miserable ( Read more... )

I decided to go home for lunch today. It was my last chance to do so since I go back to school on Monday. No leaving allowed while I'm at school ( Read more... )

Note to self: fan heater + floor heater + laptop + TV + lights + American roaster oven = blown fuse.

Japanese electric grids are pansies.

Despite the very crappy morning, I actually had a really good day ( Read more... )

Well, the festival was a bust. Due to miscommunication between my supervisor and me, I arrived to the grounds one hour before the whole thing ended. Boo.

I did get to see the taiko (drum) performance, though. That was awesome! A bunch of people beating really big drums for five minutes while yelling out random Japanese = awesome. Oh, and I saw a ( Read more... )