Dating in Japan
How to Get a Japanese Boyfriend
My Future Husband*
On Hand-Holding*Lost in Translation
Graduation
Driver's Ed
Today's Special
My First Interpreting Experience*Teaching English
So Long, Pigs!
Mystery Man
Forehead
How do you say "poop"?Micro-life
My Tiny Apartment
Friends come to visit
Japanese Culture
Tagata Jinja
TAMAGO SENBEI!!!
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For xmas, I gave my nephews each a bag of gold chocolate coins, with $20 in dollar coins mixed in. Kinda awesome, right?

My sister reported the following exchange when she gave them to the kids. They're 12 and 14, but live in Oklahoma, and might be a bit sheltered...

Nephews: Oh boy, chocolate coins!
Sister: ... yeah, but they kind of clink like ( Read more... )

I finally figured out that my fear of having too much stuff is what triggers my recurring dream about having to move home from Japan and not having enough time to pack everything.

It was pretty intense last night; I was looking around my apartment in Japan in disgust/shame. Besides some new boxes of treasures junk, I had apparently acquired a set ( Read more... )

Job interview next week. I'm debating whether to pluck my eyebrows ( Read more... )

A pressure cooker ( Read more... )

Coworker: Coffee? (y/n) y
Me: hahaha
Coworker: invalid entry, please try again

This week's 30 Rock was my favoritest ever.

The utter disgust on Jack's face!

Hearing him choke out "They're called Spanx!"

Please tell me you saw it too.

I decided to take trips to London & Japan this year (in the spring and in the fall, respectively) and ever since I have been craving Japanese food like crazy. I mean, I've been back for a year and a half and never really gave Japanese food a second thought, but suddenly it's like a switch was flipped... one moment I'm thinking about all the fun ( Read more... )

Usually it feels like I've already seen everything worth watching on Netflix streaming, but somehow tonight I hit the jackpot!

1776 the musical, featuring KITT from Knight Rider as John Adams!
Memories; you may have seen clips of it in the most awesome amv of all time!
Being John Malcovich
The Shawshank Redemption (well, I guess everyone in the ( Read more... )

I was thinking about joining the Society of Women Engineers to get my nerd-girl networking on, and then I saw the Pacific Northwest regional chapter's website. Holy shhhhhhhhhhhhhhwtfomgomgomg

...I guess I should think of it as an opportunity to contribute to the group but it just seems like a giant warning sign. =/

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