I think this is a good occasion to dust off the old LiveJournal. Now that I've gotten home and calmed down, let me tell you of my day ( Read more... )

Really, not much to see here.

I was bored, so I started reading some of my old posts (which I recommend no one ever, ever do). Man, was I that bad at English during my Nova days? I'm not too surprised, though. Teaching English in Japan will ruin all of your languages. So y’all need to hide your textbooks, hide your listening tapes, and hide your ( Read more... )

This past weekend, my fiancée and I went to one of Japan's famous outlet malls: the Gotemba Premium Outlets. We had planned to go some time ago, but dreadfully windy weather (which caused the trains to stop running for a while) postponed those plans ( Read more... )

Hello, my three loyal readers.

Some of you may know that there is a test of Japanese language ability here called the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. I had taken the most difficult level (Level 1) when I first arrived in Japan and failed. Two years later, I took it again with much better results.


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I got my first paycheck from the new job today. Just in time, too: I was down to just about ¥4,000 left in my bank account. Go ahead, check out the exchange rate for US dollarsMy bank account now nearly has 100 times as many yens. I was careful not to spend too much money, since it was so limited. Now I have to be careful not to spend too much ( Read more... )

As of yesterday, October 30, Japan time, I am no longer employed at my previous job: video game localization manager ( Read more... )

Hello, LiveJournal readers.

Some of you may already know this, but I've been looking for a new job since around July. Luckily, I've also been employed since then at my current job, so I haven't been experiencing the usual trials and tribulations associated with unemployment.

Thanks to amiiro's connections, I was able to get an interview with a ( Read more... )

I guess one part of becoming a functional adult is being able to cook. Here are a couple of dishes I managed recently.

( Crappy pictures, tasty food. )

So, I got new glasses.


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Since I am terrible at keeping a LiveJournal updated, I am doing the cop-out thing others do when they cannot update with original content.

Something memeish this way comes, courtesy of Sfida.
If you are on my friends list, I want to know 36 things about you ( Read more... )