BOE won't hire me independently. So much for my hopes and dreams.

I know most people on this list probably don't even read LJ anymore, but this is something I need to hash out, and since I don't have anyone who knows me well enough to help my decision but is unbiased enough to not let what they want influence that decision, well, here I am ( Read more... )

I don't remember exactly when it started, but it was over 2 years ago. I started getting these phone calls: almost always at night, sometimes late, and always the same - caller ID on my cell would say "ID Unsent," and whoever was on the other line wouldn't respond, whether I spoke in English or Japanese. As if to 'reassure' me that it wasn't a ( Read more... )

It's weekends like the past one that remind me that although some things may suck, I really do have an awesome life and wonderful friends.
( So starting on Palindrome Day/Pocky Day/Veterans Day (no apostrophe)/Friday/My birthday... )

Bad: woke up at 3AM after finally falling asleep around 12:30 so I could drive to the barn ( Read more... )

Two posts in one week - can it be?
For all that I complain about things - my car, earthquakes, the fact that I'm still painfully single, annoying things; I really do have an amazing life and I've had just incredibly opportunities! ( Like this weekend )

and I'm pissed as hell. My car died while I was driving home for the fifth time in just over a year. This time I had literally just been to the mechanic's maybe 3 hours before to get my oil changed - and had him check on the alternator just in case since it had had an 'episode' about 2 months ago! He said it looked fine, so I left - went and got ( Read more... )

so bizarre to think that the Preston Fire was 6 years ago today. Who'd have thought that I'd be cleaning up after another disaster just 6 years down the road ( Read more... )

Ok, as promised, I've gotten internet back on my laptop, so here's the epic tale of my escape from the earthquake, from the day of the Quake (I think it deserves capitals) to when I arrived here in Okinawa. It's rather long (8 pages on Word) so I'll put it under a cut ^.~ I was bored and have way too much free time down here, so I had a bit of fun ( Read more... )

To anyone who is not on FB - yes, I was in that 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan last week; I was only about 50 miles from the epicenter. But I'm alive and alright and not dying of radiation poisoning! I evacuated my area, less from nuclear fears than not wanting to be a burden on my town when they don't have enough food etc as it is. I wrote up a ( Read more... )