In one of the textbooks we use at Deaf School...they had this dialogue ( Read more... )

Most of the time, All Songs Considered is great...but SOMETIMES it's 4 straight minutes of "mountain dulcimer"....gimme a break Bob Boilen...

Ok, I have to admit, part of the reason I was motivated today to study Japanese for so many hours was because I really wanted to get to lesson 13, intriguingly titled "Delicious Cakes".

Ok here are some of the latest little gems from my kids' halloweeen stories ( Read more... )

Aight, so, all week at Joto and Rogakko has been really busy, I've been averaging four classes a day of energetic Halloween goodness. I bought a ton of candy to pass out to the kids (they've gotten very good at saying trick or treat) and have devised a number of ways to keep them excited about this glorious holiday. One activity I've been having ( Read more... )

Been doin a fair amount of traveling (ok is that how its spelled? or is it travelling?) lately. Went to Osaka to see KATE TANITA (oooh!), her bf Jake, their friend Kristen, and Tristan. It was a lot of fun, just walking around the city, eating yummy food, and staying in seedy "love hotels". For instance, the Hotel Buckingham, with its classy decor ( Read more... )

Written on one of my students' little self-introduction cards ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting here in the computer room, checking my email, the usual, when the nerdy teacher to my right gets my attention ( Read more... )

So most days, when I'm working at JOTO High School, I order a $3 bento box filled with various and ever-changing edibles and eat it in the ladies' teachers' lounge with my superviser. It's usually really good! But on Tuesdays....I'm teaching at the deaf school, where all the teachers eat lunch with their students in small groups in classrooms. I've ( Read more... )

So I'm usually a pretty sporadic and inconsistent exerciser. For some reason this week has been full of muscle burn and sweat, though. A few nights ago I went on a run with two guys who live in the city with me. One, the skinny-ninny, dark-haired, Arcade Fire-lovin, short-short-runnings-shorts-wearing, snowboarding Australian, Josh; and the other, ( Read more... )