So I'm riding my bike to school in the morning the other day, bundled from the harsh cold in my coat, gloves and scarf. I mean, it was cold! I wasn't just wearing them to be stylish (and stylish I was!!). Then halfway to school, all of a sudden, the sun comes up and...
Okay, if you haven't downloaded the fourth and final trailer for Episode II yet, what the hell are you doing here reading this!??! Go download it NOW!!! I'll wait for a sec. Dum-de-do, do-do. Korah Matah, Korah Rahtahmah. Bop-de-do-wop. Okay you're back? Excellent....
I'd like to be able to say that I had no warning that the life of a JET would be so hectic, time-consuming and utterly exhausting, but the truth is I did. Former JETs, The Consulate General of Japan in both Portland and Seattle, the roughly 4-billion JET Handbooks...
It has been brought to my attention, by me actually, that I really like commas. Perhaps I like them a little too much. I haven't really written prose, or much of anything for that matter since escaping High School so I haven't had a chance to notice it, but since...
Now I don't want to suggest that all Japanese are alcoholics, but.... oh wait, yes I do!! So this weekend was the Town Office group trip to Nagasaki. We showed up at 8:40am. The bus started moving at 9am sharp. The first beer was cracked at 9am 40 seconds. There was a...
Don't get excited, it's not what you're hoping it is. But there's a section below that, by it's very nature, requires that I affix the following sticker to this site: So, enough of the intro, let's just get to it. I'm too tired to BS around here. Content, here we...
Last weekend I packed my bags and headed out to Saga prefecture for a weekend out with the rest of the 2nd year teachers (as in 2nd grade of middle school, not their 2nd year on the job). It looks like it's a yearly occurrence with school staff in Japan to have a...
So, I picked up the new Chemical Brothers album, Come With Us and have been forced to pontificate the following Koan: Is it possible for these guys to make an album that doesn't rule? Evidence to this point seems to indicate HELL NO!! (Okay, so it's not really a Koan,...
I hope everybody is ready for another journey into the waters of theme-less.... uhhh....website-ness (I really must stop making up my own words all the time and use the ones that are already there). I'm just gonna write whatever comes to mind until there's an update's...