My hot physical therapist is moving back to Tokyo! He was only here for two weeks! My daydreams of bringing back a hot japanese boyfriend go with him! I guess I'll just have to be happy with the boyfriend I have who loves me enough to fly half way around the world just to see me for two weeks. *Sigh*
My ligaments = torn. And yes, that was plural. He says that I've torn two ligaments in my ankle, one on top and one of the side. Because they are still fubared, I cannot do exercise, I have to wear my ankle brace thingy, and I'm not suppose to point my toes (stupid me loving to sleep on my stomach). And I still have physical therapy until "it doesn't hurt anymore."
In other news, Taira Noriko, my supervisor = teh awesome. She went with me on Wednesday to visit Kagamihara, remember? And today she went with me to Sarahama, on a ferry, even though she hates ferries, even though she gets sea sick. She was okay (ish) on the ferry, but actually threw up when we got back to the port in Hirara. She rocks. She is so awesome.
And my new school looks very neat. Although they want me to teach a song to the kids about spring/America on my first day. DOES ANYONE KNOW AN EASY FOR NONNATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS SONG ABOUT SPRING OR AMERICA?!?!?!? Need ASAP.
Also, Sarahama gave me papayas. Not the fruit, the vegetable (who knew it existed?) and gave me gross instructions (gross meaning vague) on how to cook it. I'm trying to get people to cook it and try it with me. I don't want to venture it on my own.
On the way back we ran into Kei (who is always at work) who is quitting her job in about a month and just going to bum for a little while (go her) in order to focus on learning English and getting her diving license before trying to get a job (I think) in Hawaii. At the very least she's planning to go to Hawaii in July. Good for her.
I think my plan is to massively clean my house tomorrow and hopefully get as far as I can listening to Stephen King's Salem's Lot. It's freaking me out (pervading my dreams and whatnot) and I need to finish it. And I can't listen to it unless I'm doing something with my body (walking, which is muri right now, cleaning, cutting out lamination, crocheting (which I don't have my needle here), exercising, SOMETHING). So yeah, cleaning needs to happen anyway. I has goal. Maybe I can actually clean enough to feel somewhat comfortable with hosting another dinner party. I've been missing them lately.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Earthquake!
Another small one. This marks the second that I've felt since coming to Japan.
Earthquake Information (Information about Seismic Intensity at each site)
Issued at 17:40 JST 28 Feb 2008
Occurred at (JST) Latitude
(degree) Longitude
(degree) Depth Magnitude Region Name
17:35 JST 28 Feb 2008 24.9N 125.9E 60km 4.2 NEAR MIYAKOJIMA ISLAND
Seismic Intensity at each station
(* mark: Local Governments' or NIED's station)
Prefecture JMA Seismic Intensity Station Name
OKINAWA 1 MIYAKOJIMASHIGUSUKUBEFUKUKITA
MIYAKOJIMASHIGUSUKUBEFUKUSEI*
No Tsunami threat by this earthquake.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
From Fist Fights to New Schools
I feel a lot better about this day ending than I did in the beginning.
Okay, so I had no lesson planned again for today (subject matter, yes, details, no) so OF COURSE today is another one of those days that my schedule gets flipped and I have no 5th period because I have 1st period. Surprise! But that's fine.
So I get the 6th grade started, they have a rousing game of 4 Corners (their request, I've gotten to the point in the year that after we go over the vocab I ask what game they want to play. They really like that one. This is why with the not planning, they request anyway. No worries. I usually try to make some back ups in case they don't feel like playing anything in particular, but yeah) and then I tell them to get their chairs so that we can play Fruits Basket (thank you, Veronica, for giving me the idea and walking me through the rules. Thank you Seijo's 6th grade for being my guinea pigs and requesting that we play it. They're the ones who really taught me how to play). And they do, and two boys come back and I have NO IDEA what the problem was but one kid decided the only way to fix it was to beat up the other kid. And the teacher just sat there. So I didn't.
Yeah, always fun holding off a kid who's trying to beat the snot out of another kid (the other kid, while not smart in staying in the room, at least didn't want to fight. He'd defend himself, sure (defense being offense) but he didn't actively try to beat the angry kid up). Fun times. Nobody got too hurt. Then the rest of us played Fruits Basket while the principal and angry kid sat in the corner and just let him calm down. He was with his class at lunch. I Don't Understand the Japanese Punishment System. You smoke, you're expelled. Even if it's off school property, after school hours. You try to beat the snot out of a classmate and a teacher has to hold you off of him, you're welcome back into the class after you calm down. The principal apologized to me. The kid didn't. I don't really care about the principal apologizing, I mean it was nice, but it's not like it was his fault. His wasn't the apology that I want.
So yeah, that was my first period. From there we played more Fruits Basket, and with the 3rd grade, Old Maid (because I didn't have enough cards to do it with any of the larger classes), was all in all a good lessons day.
Then, after a not very impressive lunch, I left early to go to the iinkai to meet up with Noriko-san and we went to Kagamihara, one of the 2 new schools I'll be going to starting next Friday. They were so nice. And I mostly understood the conversation! I couldn't answer questions very well, but I understood the main ideas of what they were talking about. Rock! Japanese = improved!
Next week they're having a giant picnic on my first day, so I get to make an introduction, and then we all go and have a picnic. Weeee! So yeah, today ended on a much better note than it started. And I even got off about 30 minutes early so now I have no excuse not to try to organize my paperwork that is in my "office" a bit. Office, of course, meaning in heaps on my living room floor, but who's counting. I think I'll do it to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, circa 1990. Man, I love those turtles.
Okay, so I had no lesson planned again for today (subject matter, yes, details, no) so OF COURSE today is another one of those days that my schedule gets flipped and I have no 5th period because I have 1st period. Surprise! But that's fine.
So I get the 6th grade started, they have a rousing game of 4 Corners (their request, I've gotten to the point in the year that after we go over the vocab I ask what game they want to play. They really like that one. This is why with the not planning, they request anyway. No worries. I usually try to make some back ups in case they don't feel like playing anything in particular, but yeah) and then I tell them to get their chairs so that we can play Fruits Basket (thank you, Veronica, for giving me the idea and walking me through the rules. Thank you Seijo's 6th grade for being my guinea pigs and requesting that we play it. They're the ones who really taught me how to play). And they do, and two boys come back and I have NO IDEA what the problem was but one kid decided the only way to fix it was to beat up the other kid. And the teacher just sat there. So I didn't.
Yeah, always fun holding off a kid who's trying to beat the snot out of another kid (the other kid, while not smart in staying in the room, at least didn't want to fight. He'd defend himself, sure (defense being offense) but he didn't actively try to beat the angry kid up). Fun times. Nobody got too hurt. Then the rest of us played Fruits Basket while the principal and angry kid sat in the corner and just let him calm down. He was with his class at lunch. I Don't Understand the Japanese Punishment System. You smoke, you're expelled. Even if it's off school property, after school hours. You try to beat the snot out of a classmate and a teacher has to hold you off of him, you're welcome back into the class after you calm down. The principal apologized to me. The kid didn't. I don't really care about the principal apologizing, I mean it was nice, but it's not like it was his fault. His wasn't the apology that I want.
So yeah, that was my first period. From there we played more Fruits Basket, and with the 3rd grade, Old Maid (because I didn't have enough cards to do it with any of the larger classes), was all in all a good lessons day.
Then, after a not very impressive lunch, I left early to go to the iinkai to meet up with Noriko-san and we went to Kagamihara, one of the 2 new schools I'll be going to starting next Friday. They were so nice. And I mostly understood the conversation! I couldn't answer questions very well, but I understood the main ideas of what they were talking about. Rock! Japanese = improved!
Next week they're having a giant picnic on my first day, so I get to make an introduction, and then we all go and have a picnic. Weeee! So yeah, today ended on a much better note than it started. And I even got off about 30 minutes early so now I have no excuse not to try to organize my paperwork that is in my "office" a bit. Office, of course, meaning in heaps on my living room floor, but who's counting. I think I'll do it to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, circa 1990. Man, I love those turtles.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Nothing like old school rock to start your day.
Let me tell you about today's lunch, shall I?
Sweet potato pie. White soup with veggies. Bread with chocolate sauce. An apple slice. The kids made fun at me for eating my "desert" (the apple) before the sweet potato pie. I told them it was as if half of the meal was a desert and I liked the sweet potato pie best so that was my desert. They looked at me funny and then quizzed me on anime I knew. They were impressed with my Dragon Ball Z knowledge. Although I can never say the name right. So, pop quiz! Who won? Cell or Goku? And I said Gohan. Cuz he did, Goku was ded at the time, and I win.
Also, Jeanelle, the Stephanie Plum novel is awesome. Just the right amount of fluff surrounded by so much 90s it hurts my head. Thank you for the recommendation.
The diet continues, but less strictly, so I don't know how well it'll go. My goal is to eat around 400 calories for dinner (I figure around 700 are in that "well balanced meal" called school lunch and I eat around 100 for breakfast). This is hard. I'm currently eating pineapple for dinner along with some sushi (4 pieces). It looks so small, and I get hungry :*(
Monday, February 25, 2008
New schools and book reviews
So, after lunch on Thursday I'm going to meet up with Taira-san and together we will go visit Sarahama and Kagamihara, my two new schools. I'm just planning to do a variant of my Family/Introduction lesson, although I still need to know which grades I'll be teaching. That should be found out on Thursday, so all good. We'll play a few games, mess around, and hopefully it won't be the horrible horrible dooms.
Also, in being slack, and not having an extra lesson out (I teach 2 weeks, same vocab), I need a third part to both my weather lesson and adjectives lesson. Weather is 3rd and 4th, do you think if I give them 2 weeks they'll be able to put together a report using the computers? I was going to let 5th and 6th do collages from magazines describing adjectives, but that sounds lame to me, if anyone has a way to make it not lame, that would be awesome. By tomorrow would rock even more. What with the I teach this on Wednesday and I need to prepare.
And books, I keep forgetting how good of a writer Ursula Le Guin is, and how much I hate reading her. The Tomb of Atuan (2 of the Earthsea Cycle) is much easter to read than the first book of the series was, or maybe I just feel more invested with the characters. Not as much has happened, literally almost the entire book takes place in one temple compound (labyrinth underneath ^_^V ), but I'm enjoying it a LOT more. I mean, I'm actually getting through it. It took me about 3 weeks to read the first one, and about 3 days to work on this one. I have about 10 or 20 pages left and plan on killing it tonight. Although again with how much I hate reading Ursula Le Guin (she has the same problem that Tolkien does, too much detail, muggs down the reading, makes it slow to a crawl) I'll probably read some other book on my shelf before I continue the series. I still hope to finish the book (its a collection, 4 in one) before I leave japan, and I'm feeling much more optimistic now that I'm actually enjoying the second book much better than the first.
And, my new Amazon order is ready to ship. In just a moment I'm gonna go pay for it and get it on it's merry way. Sqwee!
And, yeah, this video pretty much is what Lucifer would do. I love my little angel kitty so much.
Also, in being slack, and not having an extra lesson out (I teach 2 weeks, same vocab), I need a third part to both my weather lesson and adjectives lesson. Weather is 3rd and 4th, do you think if I give them 2 weeks they'll be able to put together a report using the computers? I was going to let 5th and 6th do collages from magazines describing adjectives, but that sounds lame to me, if anyone has a way to make it not lame, that would be awesome. By tomorrow would rock even more. What with the I teach this on Wednesday and I need to prepare.
And books, I keep forgetting how good of a writer Ursula Le Guin is, and how much I hate reading her. The Tomb of Atuan (2 of the Earthsea Cycle) is much easter to read than the first book of the series was, or maybe I just feel more invested with the characters. Not as much has happened, literally almost the entire book takes place in one temple compound (labyrinth underneath ^_^V ), but I'm enjoying it a LOT more. I mean, I'm actually getting through it. It took me about 3 weeks to read the first one, and about 3 days to work on this one. I have about 10 or 20 pages left and plan on killing it tonight. Although again with how much I hate reading Ursula Le Guin (she has the same problem that Tolkien does, too much detail, muggs down the reading, makes it slow to a crawl) I'll probably read some other book on my shelf before I continue the series. I still hope to finish the book (its a collection, 4 in one) before I leave japan, and I'm feeling much more optimistic now that I'm actually enjoying the second book much better than the first.
And, my new Amazon order is ready to ship. In just a moment I'm gonna go pay for it and get it on it's merry way. Sqwee!
And, yeah, this video pretty much is what Lucifer would do. I love my little angel kitty so much.
I finally did it
Today I wore jeans to school. At Heiichi Sho. The one (big) school that I hadn:t previously asked for permission to wear jeans at work. And I was all set up to deliever my priorly memorized speach of how I:m sorry I didn:t realize when most of my others schools let me. And one of the 5th grade teachers was also wearing jeans and nobody said anything. Man. If I had known I*d have been wearing jeans for the past few months! Ah well.
Today I:m leaving work early to head over to the iinkai and hopefully get some information about the two new schools I:m picking up Next Week. I think I:ve mentioned before how not happy I am with this situation, but lets reiterate. 1) I see my old kids even less. 2) I:m starting 3 weeks before the end of the school year, I only have 2 lessons with each class. 3) I*m Starting at the End of the School Year. 4) I have NO idea what they:ve already learned this year and what I will be reviewing or teaching them. 5) I have never met their old teacher. 6) I only have a VAGUE idea of where these schools even are. I know one is on Irabu Island (ferry for me!) and one is off of the gusukubesen. Somewhere. Me = not happy. But ah, well.
Oh, if you go here and clicky the button, then you give food to the hungry. At the top of the page there are tabs for other causes like breast cancer and whatnot. It:s free, and just takes a few seconds.
And lets not forget that if you are bored and wish to improve your vocab skillz, you can go here and play the game for free. And give rice to the hungry. Yay.
Today I:m leaving work early to head over to the iinkai and hopefully get some information about the two new schools I:m picking up Next Week. I think I:ve mentioned before how not happy I am with this situation, but lets reiterate. 1) I see my old kids even less. 2) I:m starting 3 weeks before the end of the school year, I only have 2 lessons with each class. 3) I*m Starting at the End of the School Year. 4) I have NO idea what they:ve already learned this year and what I will be reviewing or teaching them. 5) I have never met their old teacher. 6) I only have a VAGUE idea of where these schools even are. I know one is on Irabu Island (ferry for me!) and one is off of the gusukubesen. Somewhere. Me = not happy. But ah, well.
Oh, if you go here and clicky the button, then you give food to the hungry. At the top of the page there are tabs for other causes like breast cancer and whatnot. It:s free, and just takes a few seconds.
And lets not forget that if you are bored and wish to improve your vocab skillz, you can go here and play the game for free. And give rice to the hungry. Yay.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Productivty.
Continuing in the spirit of Go Out and See People, I was suppose to go to Irabu this morning and support the people who walked/ran it. I didn't because the weather was ick and the people I was suppose to go with didn't want to. So, instead, slept in. And when I finally pulled myself out of rather disturbing dreams that didn't GO anywhere (I've been having several of those lately, I think it's just because I'm waiting for my life to continue again) I got up and realized that I couldn't wear pants, due to the fact that I had no clean pants, and seeing how I teach children tomorrow, being pantsless is a bad thing so I did laundry. After a bit (talking to Natalie), I went to breakfast with Kirsty, Amy, and later Sam (who only had coffee). Afterwhich we made marvelous plans to get our hair cut, but when we got there they didn't have room for us until 3 and Amy's friend from Singapore is flying in at 4 so she said she'd just do it later, and Kirsty felt like catching a nap. So I made the appointment and just got home. My hair is . . . the exact same, just about an inch shorter.
I've determined that I really don't care what my hair looks like (color aside). I always put it up. So, so long as it is easy to put up, and long enough to play with on the rare occasions that I feel like playing with it, groovy. This means, I prefer no bangs (for easy of putting up) and no layers (same reason). I prefer it to be longer than the top of my shoulders. And that's basically it when I come to preferences. So, there is no reason that I shouldn't try to grow it 10 inches past my shoulders. Doing so will enable me to donate it to Locks of Love, and still be long enough when I cut it. It's currently 23cm past my shoulders, so I only need another inch or so to make it past the test. Now, my hair grows slow, but I should be able to accomplish this before I come back state side.
Oh, in other news, I finally put away my christmas tree today. I'm not too sure about the rest of Cleaning the Apartment, but at least that giant step has been accomplished :P
I've determined that I really don't care what my hair looks like (color aside). I always put it up. So, so long as it is easy to put up, and long enough to play with on the rare occasions that I feel like playing with it, groovy. This means, I prefer no bangs (for easy of putting up) and no layers (same reason). I prefer it to be longer than the top of my shoulders. And that's basically it when I come to preferences. So, there is no reason that I shouldn't try to grow it 10 inches past my shoulders. Doing so will enable me to donate it to Locks of Love, and still be long enough when I cut it. It's currently 23cm past my shoulders, so I only need another inch or so to make it past the test. Now, my hair grows slow, but I should be able to accomplish this before I come back state side.
Oh, in other news, I finally put away my christmas tree today. I'm not too sure about the rest of Cleaning the Apartment, but at least that giant step has been accomplished :P
Saturday, February 23, 2008
When things work out
So I went to pizza last night thinking "man, I want to SEE PEOPLE this weekend" thinking that I'll be the only person to actually show up again, read my book and go home. Imagine my surprise when I get there and Janine, Stu, Jason, Scott, Kirsty, and Sam have all beaten me there and Amy shows up shortly after. Then we went out :)
Then I get home, talk to Leo for a bit, reply to some posts and emails and crashed around 2 only to be woken up at 8:45 by Jonathan asking if we wanted to go out for breakfast. Which of course I did. After breakfast I drove to the airport, sorted out my tickets for golden week (Thailand and Niigata), then went to the All Shogakko Ekiden (all elementary school relay race) and cheered on my kids whom I love and cannot remember their names.
Then I went towards several places, because I wanted lunch, but I really wanted crepes and ended up going home with nothing only to munch on crap all afternoon before going out with Mike, Stu, and Jason for bowling. I averaged 100, which was my "At least" goal, so yay. I'm going to try to join the league when it comes around in a few weeks (it's 15 buck a week, but I'll get out of the house, see people, and practice my japanese and bowling tech. sounds worth it to me). I just need to get more consistent with my not throwing it in the gutter after a strike or a spare. Or period, but that's how these things go. I bowled very weakly today, mostly because of fubared ankle, some because I was trying to actually perfect my technique, when my technique of the past has been "Ball, please knock over pins." I worked on lining myself up better, not twisting, staying upright. Little things that matter.
Then I went out to tacos for dinner, and didn't find the tacos I was looking for, but found tacos, which was good. (The tortillas aren't tortillas, but it's almost real tacos). Then, walking out of tacos I was thinking, man, I really want something sweet, and look, basken robbins is Right Across the Street. And guess what Basken Robbins has right now. Crepes. Remember that thing I wanted for lunch? I win.
Oh, and I finally uploaded pics from my trip to Ishigaki. Enjoy.
Then I get home, talk to Leo for a bit, reply to some posts and emails and crashed around 2 only to be woken up at 8:45 by Jonathan asking if we wanted to go out for breakfast. Which of course I did. After breakfast I drove to the airport, sorted out my tickets for golden week (Thailand and Niigata), then went to the All Shogakko Ekiden (all elementary school relay race) and cheered on my kids whom I love and cannot remember their names.
Then I went towards several places, because I wanted lunch, but I really wanted crepes and ended up going home with nothing only to munch on crap all afternoon before going out with Mike, Stu, and Jason for bowling. I averaged 100, which was my "At least" goal, so yay. I'm going to try to join the league when it comes around in a few weeks (it's 15 buck a week, but I'll get out of the house, see people, and practice my japanese and bowling tech. sounds worth it to me). I just need to get more consistent with my not throwing it in the gutter after a strike or a spare. Or period, but that's how these things go. I bowled very weakly today, mostly because of fubared ankle, some because I was trying to actually perfect my technique, when my technique of the past has been "Ball, please knock over pins." I worked on lining myself up better, not twisting, staying upright. Little things that matter.
Then I went out to tacos for dinner, and didn't find the tacos I was looking for, but found tacos, which was good. (The tortillas aren't tortillas, but it's almost real tacos). Then, walking out of tacos I was thinking, man, I really want something sweet, and look, basken robbins is Right Across the Street. And guess what Basken Robbins has right now. Crepes. Remember that thing I wanted for lunch? I win.
Oh, and I finally uploaded pics from my trip to Ishigaki. Enjoy.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Books, books, books
From the time I got here in August of 2007 through New Year's, I read 28 books. You can see them here.
From New Year's to today I have read 24 books. You can see them here.
The number on the side is a little higher than the actual number because this list counts books that I have been reading as well, and I didn't finished Diggers in 2007, but it's on that list. I'm also not through with Salem's Lot, Tombs of Atuan, or the Book Thief, but they're on the 2008 list. The Book Thief still depresses me, so I'm going to just Put it Down. I want to read it. I want to finish it. But I cannot read it at home. It's too depressing. So, I'll be double bringing it to work with me for a while yet, I think. And Salem's Lot creeps me out at home, so the same. I listen to it when I can occupy my hands (or body, I listened to it when I was still walking, remember, before The Fall) like making cards for the new unit. It's great while laminating and cutting. Stupid creepy vampires. Personally I like the drop dead gorgeous kind (no pun intended).
I've rated every book I've read (56) except for Thailand because I want to wait until I go to Thailand to see how good it was. Makes sense, don't it?
From New Year's to today I have read 24 books. You can see them here.
The number on the side is a little higher than the actual number because this list counts books that I have been reading as well, and I didn't finished Diggers in 2007, but it's on that list. I'm also not through with Salem's Lot, Tombs of Atuan, or the Book Thief, but they're on the 2008 list. The Book Thief still depresses me, so I'm going to just Put it Down. I want to read it. I want to finish it. But I cannot read it at home. It's too depressing. So, I'll be double bringing it to work with me for a while yet, I think. And Salem's Lot creeps me out at home, so the same. I listen to it when I can occupy my hands (or body, I listened to it when I was still walking, remember, before The Fall) like making cards for the new unit. It's great while laminating and cutting. Stupid creepy vampires. Personally I like the drop dead gorgeous kind (no pun intended).
I've rated every book I've read (56) except for Thailand because I want to wait until I go to Thailand to see how good it was. Makes sense, don't it?
Mystery Everybody Off Day
We were let out of school early today. I have no Idea why. I was just told that we wouldn't be having lunch and that everyone was going home, including the iinkai, so to just go home myself. And I was just tickled pink. So yeah, after 4th period, I left.
I went home and talked to Leo for a bit, which was awesome. Found out that
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wanted to be my friend (woot and welcome!). Figured out which day I needed to buy my plane ticket to get me from here to Tokyo so that I can go to Thailand (already bought that half of the ticket) and when I need to come back if I'm gonna see Curi after it (yay seeing Niigata again!). And got myself ready to go. After followed The Errands.
1) Eat. This was more difficult that I'd previously thought. Apparently, when my english coordiantor said that "everybody" was off after lunch, she meant "EVERYBODY." All of my usual "OMG I'm out early enough to eat lunch!" places were CLOSED. So skip this step and move to step two.
2) Reserve plane tickets. Got the one to Tokyo reserved no problems. Getting back is more difficult because the only place that JAL flies to from Niigata is Osaka, and Osaka doesn't fly to Miyako, but does to Naha. At so early in the morning I'd need to layover over night. Same with Tokyo. So I can train from Niigata to Tokyo and fly Tokyo to Naha to Miyako. XP Or, I can do what Curi suggested when I talked to her and fly ANA, which I dont' want to do (fequent flyer miles and all, but if it gets me home nicer).
3) Eat. Wafute was open and had a wonderful lunch special with Tempora, maguro sushi don, zaru soba, and their nice little almost asian salad. Tastey.
4) Go to doctor. Doctor was out of the office until 3.
5) Buy a light bulb. I leave the light in the bathroom on at night so that I can see as I stumble my way towards it in the middle of the night. It goes out quicker that way. But I don't bash my toes.
6) Go to doctor. He says that the swelling is normal and should be expected through weeks 5 and 6 after My Fall. When I pointed out that I can't point my toe, he sent me to physical therapy.
Note: I'm in love with my physical therapist.
Deep abiding emotional connections to Leo aside. Yoshioka is cute. Yoshioka speaks a bit of English. Almost the first thing Yoshioka did to me was sit in between my thighs and give me one of the best leg massages I'd ever had. It. Was. The. Awesome.
He says that because I fubared my ligament, yeah, more time, still no exercise. There's swelling deep in my muscle so that's why my ligament is so tight. When the swelling goes down, I should be able to point my toe again. (Good news, as that's "suppose" to happen in the next 2 weeks or so.) And I have to give myself muscle massages along my calf and thigh on the outside. And I'm to see him again next week. Yay.
So yeah, that was what I did with my mystery "EVERYBODY'S off early" afternoon. I got home about the same time I would have if I'd had a normal day. And since, I've been trying to finish Deep Secrets by Diana Wynne Jones (It's really good, but the endings been going on for a while now. About the Multiverse). Yep. I've really got nothing to look forward to this weekend but laundry and trying to get the place a little cleaner. My computer's been lagging this afternoon for some reason, it's typing slower than I am, and I did a disk permissions repair. I think I want to go out tonight, but by the time everyone else is going to want to, I'm going to be extremely tired and that's no fun. *sigh* I'll try to figure out something.
Oh, and I dreamed an awesome story last night, but when I remembered that I'd dreamed an awesome story, on my way home today, I couldn't remember what it was about. No, no wait. 2 sisters were secretly ruling the world from a resteraunt. When you went inside, it was like a maze and you found yourself before you got out. They served duck. Story idea copywrite Kimberly Bundschu Yay! *sqee!* Thank you all for the use of your extra brain space.
I went home and talked to Leo for a bit, which was awesome. Found out that
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wanted to be my friend (woot and welcome!). Figured out which day I needed to buy my plane ticket to get me from here to Tokyo so that I can go to Thailand (already bought that half of the ticket) and when I need to come back if I'm gonna see Curi after it (yay seeing Niigata again!). And got myself ready to go. After followed The Errands.
1) Eat. This was more difficult that I'd previously thought. Apparently, when my english coordiantor said that "everybody" was off after lunch, she meant "EVERYBODY." All of my usual "OMG I'm out early enough to eat lunch!" places were CLOSED. So skip this step and move to step two.
2) Reserve plane tickets. Got the one to Tokyo reserved no problems. Getting back is more difficult because the only place that JAL flies to from Niigata is Osaka, and Osaka doesn't fly to Miyako, but does to Naha. At so early in the morning I'd need to layover over night. Same with Tokyo. So I can train from Niigata to Tokyo and fly Tokyo to Naha to Miyako. XP Or, I can do what Curi suggested when I talked to her and fly ANA, which I dont' want to do (fequent flyer miles and all, but if it gets me home nicer).
3) Eat. Wafute was open and had a wonderful lunch special with Tempora, maguro sushi don, zaru soba, and their nice little almost asian salad. Tastey.
4) Go to doctor. Doctor was out of the office until 3.
5) Buy a light bulb. I leave the light in the bathroom on at night so that I can see as I stumble my way towards it in the middle of the night. It goes out quicker that way. But I don't bash my toes.
6) Go to doctor. He says that the swelling is normal and should be expected through weeks 5 and 6 after My Fall. When I pointed out that I can't point my toe, he sent me to physical therapy.
Note: I'm in love with my physical therapist.
Deep abiding emotional connections to Leo aside. Yoshioka is cute. Yoshioka speaks a bit of English. Almost the first thing Yoshioka did to me was sit in between my thighs and give me one of the best leg massages I'd ever had. It. Was. The. Awesome.
He says that because I fubared my ligament, yeah, more time, still no exercise. There's swelling deep in my muscle so that's why my ligament is so tight. When the swelling goes down, I should be able to point my toe again. (Good news, as that's "suppose" to happen in the next 2 weeks or so.) And I have to give myself muscle massages along my calf and thigh on the outside. And I'm to see him again next week. Yay.
So yeah, that was what I did with my mystery "EVERYBODY'S off early" afternoon. I got home about the same time I would have if I'd had a normal day. And since, I've been trying to finish Deep Secrets by Diana Wynne Jones (It's really good, but the endings been going on for a while now. About the Multiverse). Yep. I've really got nothing to look forward to this weekend but laundry and trying to get the place a little cleaner. My computer's been lagging this afternoon for some reason, it's typing slower than I am, and I did a disk permissions repair. I think I want to go out tonight, but by the time everyone else is going to want to, I'm going to be extremely tired and that's no fun. *sigh* I'll try to figure out something.
Oh, and I dreamed an awesome story last night, but when I remembered that I'd dreamed an awesome story, on my way home today, I couldn't remember what it was about. No, no wait. 2 sisters were secretly ruling the world from a resteraunt. When you went inside, it was like a maze and you found yourself before you got out. They served duck. Story idea copywrite Kimberly Bundschu Yay! *sqee!* Thank you all for the use of your extra brain space.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Rain
And you thought a few drops of rain make drivers stupid back home.
I saw my first automobile accident in Miyako today.
It started raining shortly before lunch. It was a heavy rain to make up for the past day and a half of ACTUAL SKY that we've had. I was slightly depressed at the rain, and it slightly depressed back at me.
I left work at the usual time, went the usual way, and was startled when I saw the flashing red lights. (They don't have blue here, I don't think) Half of the road was blocked with a head on collision. It looked very crumply, but I didn't see if anyone was hurt. I was just wondering how it happened. It was on a rather straight part of the gusukubesen, and yeah, the road was wet, but how do you slide into the other side of on coming traffic on a straight bit of the road? *Sigh* ah, well. I'm sure there was some reason for it. And it made me slow down a bit on the rest of my ride home.
Broke down (again) and bought KFC for dinner. They have a tasty chicken pot pie.
In other news, the last episode of Terminator, while not as disappointing as the last episode of Smallville, still was on my disappointed in you list. The second to last episode of Avatar was not on that list. I'm saving the last one, don't know how long I'll hold out.
Aaaaand I just received my latest box from my parent. I have sweet tarts. I is so happeh.
I saw my first automobile accident in Miyako today.
It started raining shortly before lunch. It was a heavy rain to make up for the past day and a half of ACTUAL SKY that we've had. I was slightly depressed at the rain, and it slightly depressed back at me.
I left work at the usual time, went the usual way, and was startled when I saw the flashing red lights. (They don't have blue here, I don't think) Half of the road was blocked with a head on collision. It looked very crumply, but I didn't see if anyone was hurt. I was just wondering how it happened. It was on a rather straight part of the gusukubesen, and yeah, the road was wet, but how do you slide into the other side of on coming traffic on a straight bit of the road? *Sigh* ah, well. I'm sure there was some reason for it. And it made me slow down a bit on the rest of my ride home.
Broke down (again) and bought KFC for dinner. They have a tasty chicken pot pie.
In other news, the last episode of Terminator, while not as disappointing as the last episode of Smallville, still was on my disappointed in you list. The second to last episode of Avatar was not on that list. I'm saving the last one, don't know how long I'll hold out.
Aaaaand I just received my latest box from my parent. I have sweet tarts. I is so happeh.
Past moments
I concidered not posting this. I posted it on my private journal, and feel better, so I think I:ll post it here, just to let you know what I:ve been feeling lately. So you know why I:ve been so cranky on the phone and whatnot.
I have figured out the reason I'm depressed. Being stuck at home for 2 weeks without really seeing anybody who speaks english aside, I'm depressed because I am here. I have signed the paper and made the decision that I do not want to stay here another year, and now I have to stay here another 5 months. That is depressing. I still say that the timing of the JET program is it's biggest weakness.
To make myself not depressed, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I don't really feel like hanging out with the people here. I don't really feel like traveling (don't have the money to do it anyway). I can't change my decision and course of life (I signed a contract, I WILL finish it). I don't feel like writing. I don't feel like drawing. I don't feel like watching tv. I guess I'll continue to eat books, but I have a finite supply of them.
What was that? YOU want to help me not be depressed? But what can you possibly do on the other side of the world, you ask? You can write me about your boring little lives. Tell me the stupid details. Even if you just post them in your own journals. Tell me about your dogs and cats and the stupid little things that I'd be able to see if I was there. Tell me what you watched on tv, what you ate for dinner, what that horrible woman at the office did this week. Please. Help me feel connected. You wouldn't BELIEVE how often I check my email to see if somebody else has replied.
That was a few days ago.
Today I donated 1500 grains of rice to end world hunger. You can too. Builds your vocabulary up while you play.
Doing better, overall. Classes really help with that. The whole not sitting on your butt in the house, you know? And I really liked my classes today. Even if we didn:t do anything special. 3-4 did weather (we played bongo and four corners, same old same old), 5-6 did adjectives (big, little, fast, ect.). 5 went rather well, for them being the hellions I hate, and 6th was early, but went really well. I miss managed time (because they came 1st period, not 5th, and I usually don:t have a class 1st period) so I thought we were done 5 minutes early, and had just finished my 5 minutes left game, so I didn:t know what to do, so I had them turn to their neighbor and janken them and the looser had to describe themselves. *I am heavy* *I am short* *I am fast* ect. I thought it was an excellent use of 5 minutes.
Also, I caught up on Smallville with Justin (we try to watch it together) and while 2 weeks: ago episode was rockin:, this weeks episode was teh lame and makes me sad. I mean, if I wanted to watch The Cell again, I could just watch The Cell again, you know? I:d like to try to get a group of people together to watch Equilibrium and Terminator 3, because not enough people on this island have seen them. T3 (dood, they drive a truck THROUGH a city block) is good for the action, but Equilibrium is just a good movie all around, commenting on the human condition with the obliguatory action sequences. I have a copy of both movies and just have to get off my keester and talk to everybody to see who:d be interested and when said interested parties could attend. If there:s enough people I:d like to go to the german cultural village movie theature, if not, I:m gonna need at least a week to clean my apartment. Being sick is not very good for the cleaning motivation.
Now, I should be going and printing out cards and laminating for next week:s lesson. But the printers are telling me things in Japanese that I don:t understand and I don:t feel like dealing with it. Instead I think I:m going to read and try to make an itenerary for the Thailand trip. That sounds like plan to me.
(PS; I hate how I:m tired. Dead, there are bags under my eyes, I could take a nap right now tired. But as soon as I get home, I:m not tired any more. Usually, shortly after lunch I become not tired any more. And when I try to go to sleep at night, I lay there for about an hour or more, just looking at the ceiling. I:m wondering what:s up with my body clock. This might be why I try to get 9 hours in bed (I think it amounts to somewhere between 6-8, really) and on the weekends I:m dead to the world for 10-12. While I was sick I was getting 10-14 daily. And I didn:t get that horrible *I:ve slept too much* feeling. You know you:re sick when.)
I have figured out the reason I'm depressed. Being stuck at home for 2 weeks without really seeing anybody who speaks english aside, I'm depressed because I am here. I have signed the paper and made the decision that I do not want to stay here another year, and now I have to stay here another 5 months. That is depressing. I still say that the timing of the JET program is it's biggest weakness.
To make myself not depressed, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I don't really feel like hanging out with the people here. I don't really feel like traveling (don't have the money to do it anyway). I can't change my decision and course of life (I signed a contract, I WILL finish it). I don't feel like writing. I don't feel like drawing. I don't feel like watching tv. I guess I'll continue to eat books, but I have a finite supply of them.
What was that? YOU want to help me not be depressed? But what can you possibly do on the other side of the world, you ask? You can write me about your boring little lives. Tell me the stupid details. Even if you just post them in your own journals. Tell me about your dogs and cats and the stupid little things that I'd be able to see if I was there. Tell me what you watched on tv, what you ate for dinner, what that horrible woman at the office did this week. Please. Help me feel connected. You wouldn't BELIEVE how often I check my email to see if somebody else has replied.
That was a few days ago.
Today I donated 1500 grains of rice to end world hunger. You can too. Builds your vocabulary up while you play.
Doing better, overall. Classes really help with that. The whole not sitting on your butt in the house, you know? And I really liked my classes today. Even if we didn:t do anything special. 3-4 did weather (we played bongo and four corners, same old same old), 5-6 did adjectives (big, little, fast, ect.). 5 went rather well, for them being the hellions I hate, and 6th was early, but went really well. I miss managed time (because they came 1st period, not 5th, and I usually don:t have a class 1st period) so I thought we were done 5 minutes early, and had just finished my 5 minutes left game, so I didn:t know what to do, so I had them turn to their neighbor and janken them and the looser had to describe themselves. *I am heavy* *I am short* *I am fast* ect. I thought it was an excellent use of 5 minutes.
Also, I caught up on Smallville with Justin (we try to watch it together) and while 2 weeks: ago episode was rockin:, this weeks episode was teh lame and makes me sad. I mean, if I wanted to watch The Cell again, I could just watch The Cell again, you know? I:d like to try to get a group of people together to watch Equilibrium and Terminator 3, because not enough people on this island have seen them. T3 (dood, they drive a truck THROUGH a city block) is good for the action, but Equilibrium is just a good movie all around, commenting on the human condition with the obliguatory action sequences. I have a copy of both movies and just have to get off my keester and talk to everybody to see who:d be interested and when said interested parties could attend. If there:s enough people I:d like to go to the german cultural village movie theature, if not, I:m gonna need at least a week to clean my apartment. Being sick is not very good for the cleaning motivation.
Now, I should be going and printing out cards and laminating for next week:s lesson. But the printers are telling me things in Japanese that I don:t understand and I don:t feel like dealing with it. Instead I think I:m going to read and try to make an itenerary for the Thailand trip. That sounds like plan to me.
(PS; I hate how I:m tired. Dead, there are bags under my eyes, I could take a nap right now tired. But as soon as I get home, I:m not tired any more. Usually, shortly after lunch I become not tired any more. And when I try to go to sleep at night, I lay there for about an hour or more, just looking at the ceiling. I:m wondering what:s up with my body clock. This might be why I try to get 9 hours in bed (I think it amounts to somewhere between 6-8, really) and on the weekends I:m dead to the world for 10-12. While I was sick I was getting 10-14 daily. And I didn:t get that horrible *I:ve slept too much* feeling. You know you:re sick when.)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Buying Alcohol in Georgia and Food Banks.
There is an online petition to repeal the Georgia's blue laws and allow the sale of alcohol on Sunday. You can go here to see and sign the petition.
Personally, you all know how much I'm gung ho for separation of church and state and I think that this will benefit our great state bunches. If you are unsure, read the petition. It states very reasonable reasons for such a bill. Personally, I think it's an issue about letting adults behave like adults and be responsible for their own actions. If people want to drink on Sunday, they're going to, laws for selling alcohol or not. They're just going to stock up ahead of time. Think of Super Bowl Sunday.
Also, if you make a donation to the Atlanta Community Food Bank between February 15th and March 31st will be matched as part of a challenge grant. Rock on.
Personally, you all know how much I'm gung ho for separation of church and state and I think that this will benefit our great state bunches. If you are unsure, read the petition. It states very reasonable reasons for such a bill. Personally, I think it's an issue about letting adults behave like adults and be responsible for their own actions. If people want to drink on Sunday, they're going to, laws for selling alcohol or not. They're just going to stock up ahead of time. Think of Super Bowl Sunday.
Also, if you make a donation to the Atlanta Community Food Bank between February 15th and March 31st will be matched as part of a challenge grant. Rock on.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
50 Theme Photo Challenge
So, I'm a member of the Oki JET Photo Club and I signed up for this challenge. There's this list (to be added below) and I have to try to find pictures that fit 50 of the 100 things. And maybe I'm going about it backwards, because I'm just taking a ton of pictures of anything that interests me and then going back and seeing what fits the themes, but I'm no good at trying to keep 100 ideas in my head and I figure that if I'm too busy thinking about Young, then I might miss the perfect opportunity for Test. So, I snap tons of pictures and then think about it later. For the most part, as soon as I went back over the list, I thought of specific pictures to attach and then had to go back and Find the specific pictures. Or I had pictures that I took with Something in mind, and then just had to figure out which theme best described that feeling (like my One pic, I had Lonely in mind). So, you can go to my flickr page and I've created a new set for the Challenge. I reserve the right to pick whatever pictures I want for the themes (and nanny nanny boo boo) as well as change the pics if I find one more appropriete for any particular theme, as it is a personal challenge.
1.Introduction
2.See
3.Citrus
4.Young
5.Old
6.Voodoo
7.Words
8.Advertisement
9.Fantasy
10.Blink
11.Holiday
12.Shape
13.Fun
14.Teeth
15.Chaos
16.Identity
17.Freedom
18.Play
19.Okinawa
20.Fame
21.Grime
22.Drink
23.Rush Hour
24.Time
25.Music
26.Patriotism
27.Road
28.Chocolate
29.Wet
30.Smoke
31.Growth
32.Summer
33.Winter
34.Panorama
35.Five
36.Sign
37.Empty
38.Structure
39.Curve
40.Small
41.Big
42.Love
43.Light
44.Dark
45.Innocence
46.Drive
47.Memory
48.Insanity
49.Misfortune
50.Smile
51.Silence
52.Fortitude
53.Foreign
54.Sorrow
55.Happiness
56.Night
57.Expectations
58.Stars
59.Eye
60.Abandoned
61.Dreams
62.Rated
63.Illusion
64.Creation
65.Sport
66.Waiting
67.Magic
68.Trap
69.Hero
70.Obsession
71.Mirror
72.Test
73.Heal
74.Spiral
75.Food
76.Puzzle
77.Urban
78.Rural
79.Walk
80.4:29PM
81.Comfort
82.Oddity
83.Dangerous
84.Milk
85.Stop
86.Water
87.Angles
88.Candy
89.Abstract
90.Natural
91.Journey
92.Speed
93.Crowd
94.Luscious
95.Plastic
96.Retro
97.One
98.Addict
99.Gross
100.End
3.Citrus
4.Young
6.Voodoo
7.Words
8.Advertisement
9.Fantasy
10.Blink
11.Holiday
12.Shape
13.Fun
15.Chaos
16.Identity
17.Freedom
18.Play
19.Okinawa
20.Fame
21.Grime
22.Drink
24.Time
25.Music
26.Patriotism
27.Road
28.Chocolate
29.Wet
30.Smoke
31.Growth
32.Summer
35.Five
36.Sign
37.Empty
38.Structure
39.Curve
40.Small
41.Big
42.Love
43.Light
44.Dark
45.Innocence
46.Drive
47.Memory
48.Insanity
49.Misfortune
50.Smile
51.Silence
52.Fortitude
53.Foreign
54.Sorrow
55.Happiness
57.Expectations
58.Stars
59.Eye
60.Abandoned
61.Dreams
62.Rated
63.Illusion
65.Sport
66.Waiting
67.Magic
68.Trap
69.Hero
70.Obsession
72.Test
73.Heal
74.Spiral
75.Food
78.Rural
79.Walk
80.4:29PM
81.Comfort
82.Oddity
83.Dangerous
84.Milk
85.Stop
86.Water
88.Candy
89.Abstract
90.Natural
91.Journey
92.Speed
94.Luscious
95.Plastic
96.Retro
98.Addict
Tasty tasty stories
I have read (or am in the middle of, but I'll talk about those) 50 books while in Japan. You can see them listed, with ratings here. The ones that are listed in this list as well as the "I'm Reading" list are special. I haven't gotten through Salem's Lot yet, mostly because I cannot listen to it while in my house, too creepy, but on my long walks, which my twisted ankle has halted for the time being, I can deal. So it's being put off. The Pratchett book is a 3 in 1 book, I've read the first and part of the second. The LeGuin is a 4 in 1, I've read the first. And the Book Thief is really long and amusing but depressing, so I'm putting it down until I'm healthier and can read it at work or something. Okay, so technically, counting both Salem's Lot and the Book Thief as two halves of a whole, I've read 49 books. I think I'm gonna eat Enna Burning really quick here and actually bring the total up to 50.
I got up to go to work today
Today was an iinkai day (rarely enough) so I got up and got to the iinkai at 9, like I was suppose to. Taira-san took one look at me and told me to get out and go to the doctor. So I did. I've apparently been running a low grade fever still and was kept on my antiboitics another 4 days. Weee.
Then I went to the foot doctor, because I was suppose to yesterday and didn't get up the motivation. It still hurts and I was prescribed some things that are kinda like icy hot, without the hot. My foot is very cold right now. Both of them, actually, but one much more than the other. We'll see if it helps.
The foot doctor took about 2 hours (they must have been busy) so I got lunch at Mos Burger (I regret it already, I knew I should have gone to A&W), because I wanted red meat, what with the first doctor drawing blood (oh, did I mention that? For you, Daddy: WBC 6600mm3, Hg 13.0g/dl, He 38.3%, Plt 17.5mm3, and if you don't understand the code, I don't either, so. but he said it was all normal and we didn't have to worry about pnumonia or anything).
Then I came home, ate, finished eating Dragon Blood and yep. Now I think I'm gonna go crash. But first! I didn't know Shia LeBeouf was in this one! Sqwee! I like it when actors I like are given more work. Harrison Ford, not withstanding.
At least I'm starting to feel more like my happy dandy self. Yesterday I actually got up the motivation to do laundry, and, Leo knows, that I have to be in a very not dark mood to do that. I was thinking that maybe today I'd feel good enough to do dishes, but turns out I don't think that's going to happen.
Then I went to the foot doctor, because I was suppose to yesterday and didn't get up the motivation. It still hurts and I was prescribed some things that are kinda like icy hot, without the hot. My foot is very cold right now. Both of them, actually, but one much more than the other. We'll see if it helps.
The foot doctor took about 2 hours (they must have been busy) so I got lunch at Mos Burger (I regret it already, I knew I should have gone to A&W), because I wanted red meat, what with the first doctor drawing blood (oh, did I mention that? For you, Daddy: WBC 6600mm3, Hg 13.0g/dl, He 38.3%, Plt 17.5mm3, and if you don't understand the code, I don't either, so. but he said it was all normal and we didn't have to worry about pnumonia or anything).
Then I came home, ate, finished eating Dragon Blood and yep. Now I think I'm gonna go crash. But first! I didn't know Shia LeBeouf was in this one! Sqwee! I like it when actors I like are given more work. Harrison Ford, not withstanding.
At least I'm starting to feel more like my happy dandy self. Yesterday I actually got up the motivation to do laundry, and, Leo knows, that I have to be in a very not dark mood to do that. I was thinking that maybe today I'd feel good enough to do dishes, but turns out I don't think that's going to happen.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Still home sick. Getting better, I think, but it's just feeling like over crud that's getting my spirits down. I don't like feeling like crud.
I also feel like I haven't gotten a lot accomplished in the past few days, mostly feeling like crud doesn't do a whole lot in terms of I Really Need To do laundry, wash dishes, pick up. But when I look back, I have actually done a bit.
I've gone through Amazon with a fine tooth comb and have over 100 books on my wish list, waiting to be purchased. So I have lots to choose from when I make my new order. Which I've started on, although I have no money to pay for it right now, and don't really need it with the 15 or so books unread on my shelf. I've stayed up to date with everyone on LJ, and even added a few new friends. The Post Apocalyptic Workout is being syndicated on LJ so I don't have to check a new site for updates. And Caitlyn R Kiernan, a writer whom I've met and really like, is also on there (bad to me for not figuring out that's who Wolven was talking about). This goes back to putting together an amazon order, because I would like to help her out and I've been meaning to get those books anyway. It's kinda sad that some of her books are already out of print, or at least, I can't find them on amazon new. And that's not even counting amazon japan, only three of her books show up there, you have to do isbn searches for the rest.
I've also eaten Jim Butcher's Fool Moon, second of the Dresden Files, and he's growing on me. I mean, I like the writing, there are moments that I laugh out loud, but the stories are just another paranormal murder mystery, not that there aren't a TON of those out there. But the story seems to be getting better, and I've added his other series on my list to buy.
So I've done stuff. Just not very noticeably productive stuff. So I'm going to eat some more books today, I think. Seeing how I'm not very hungry for the real food.
I also feel like I haven't gotten a lot accomplished in the past few days, mostly feeling like crud doesn't do a whole lot in terms of I Really Need To do laundry, wash dishes, pick up. But when I look back, I have actually done a bit.
I've gone through Amazon with a fine tooth comb and have over 100 books on my wish list, waiting to be purchased. So I have lots to choose from when I make my new order. Which I've started on, although I have no money to pay for it right now, and don't really need it with the 15 or so books unread on my shelf. I've stayed up to date with everyone on LJ, and even added a few new friends. The Post Apocalyptic Workout is being syndicated on LJ so I don't have to check a new site for updates. And Caitlyn R Kiernan, a writer whom I've met and really like, is also on there (bad to me for not figuring out that's who Wolven was talking about). This goes back to putting together an amazon order, because I would like to help her out and I've been meaning to get those books anyway. It's kinda sad that some of her books are already out of print, or at least, I can't find them on amazon new. And that's not even counting amazon japan, only three of her books show up there, you have to do isbn searches for the rest.
I've also eaten Jim Butcher's Fool Moon, second of the Dresden Files, and he's growing on me. I mean, I like the writing, there are moments that I laugh out loud, but the stories are just another paranormal murder mystery, not that there aren't a TON of those out there. But the story seems to be getting better, and I've added his other series on my list to buy.
So I've done stuff. Just not very noticeably productive stuff. So I'm going to eat some more books today, I think. Seeing how I'm not very hungry for the real food.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
M&M survival of the fittest
from flyswatter
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tpa/409930561.html
I was highly amused.
In other news, I'm STILL home sick. I taught two classes today and felt like crud so I popped over to the doctor, got my fever confirmed and some antibiotics. Weeeeee. Then I proceeded to pass out for another 2 hours, after my original 9 last night. I'm sick of being sick.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tpa/409930561.html
I was highly amused.
In other news, I'm STILL home sick. I taught two classes today and felt like crud so I popped over to the doctor, got my fever confirmed and some antibiotics. Weeeeee. Then I proceeded to pass out for another 2 hours, after my original 9 last night. I'm sick of being sick.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Today I . . .
Got my keester out of bed and went to work.
Got to work late.
Told another million people that I fell down some stairs.
Ate ebi fry for lunch, which turned out to be a whole fish with eggs inside. It was gross, the girl next to me thought so too, and we each ate only one bite a piece.
Left after lunch, feeling like a donkey.
Paid for the second leg of my Thailand trip in full at the bank.
Went to the Iinkai where I:
Got the time off for Thailand.
Paid my lunch money through the end of the year (I was the first one to do so).
Was told that I sound awful and I should take tomorrow off too. I told them I would and thank you.
Turned in my intent to not be here next year.
They were so nice. They told me that I still have, what, 5 months here and they are happy to have me and they understand completely.
I love the people here.
Then I was told to take myself to the hospital and get this stupid cast off my leg. I'm just waiting for the lunch break to be over. ^^V
Got to work late.
Told another million people that I fell down some stairs.
Ate ebi fry for lunch, which turned out to be a whole fish with eggs inside. It was gross, the girl next to me thought so too, and we each ate only one bite a piece.
Left after lunch, feeling like a donkey.
Paid for the second leg of my Thailand trip in full at the bank.
Went to the Iinkai where I:
Got the time off for Thailand.
Paid my lunch money through the end of the year (I was the first one to do so).
Was told that I sound awful and I should take tomorrow off too. I told them I would and thank you.
Turned in my intent to not be here next year.
They were so nice. They told me that I still have, what, 5 months here and they are happy to have me and they understand completely.
I love the people here.
Then I was told to take myself to the hospital and get this stupid cast off my leg. I'm just waiting for the lunch break to be over. ^^V
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
I have uploaded about 1250 photos.
I have read 1 1/2 books.
I still feel like the back side of a donkey.
I'm saying home today, too.
I'll probably make myself go to work tomorrow.
Hopefully, I'll be able to breath by then. Although after sleeping so long, again, I don't think I still have a fever.
Oh, and my ballot made it in time. I voted.
I have read 1 1/2 books.
I still feel like the back side of a donkey.
I'm saying home today, too.
I'll probably make myself go to work tomorrow.
Hopefully, I'll be able to breath by then. Although after sleeping so long, again, I don't think I still have a fever.
Oh, and my ballot made it in time. I voted.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Home sick today.
I had a talk with my cold and we decided a sick day was in order. It's really funny. I don't have my usual head stuffed up so bad I can't think that I get when I get colds back home. Instead, I've got something living in the back of my throat in the tonsils region, making the whole place kinda hot and roasting. I think this includes my head, but I don't have a thermometer. Either way, a rest day to get better seemed like a Good Idea Pants kind of idea. And when I woke up 12 hours later, I knew I was right. When I'm good, even on the weekends, I usually sleep 8 then roll over and sleep another 2. Not 12 straight.
In other news, watched Rush Hours 3 (very funny play on words, not worth money) and High School Musical (my brain doesn't quite feel like it rotted in my brain from watching this, not quite, and also, not worth money, but was enjoyable). Today will be a Mimzy kind of day. For all that I have a Mimzy keychain on my book bag, I still haven't seen it. And yes, I think today.
I was also bad. I'm not done with the Book Thief, but it's not the kind of book I can curl up with to try to go to bed, so I started New Moon last night. I'm going to try to read them both, or let New Moon be my reward for reading the Book Thief. I don't want to just put it down, it's really good. Its just not my usual and I can't eat it as easily. And it seems a lot longer than it really is. I mean it's only 550 odd pages. That shouldn't be anything unusual.
Oh, and I also posted a metric ton of pictures on flickr. They're not even all posted because they were so many, but I'm working on that. You can look at my Family trip now.
In other news, watched Rush Hours 3 (very funny play on words, not worth money) and High School Musical (my brain doesn't quite feel like it rotted in my brain from watching this, not quite, and also, not worth money, but was enjoyable). Today will be a Mimzy kind of day. For all that I have a Mimzy keychain on my book bag, I still haven't seen it. And yes, I think today.
I was also bad. I'm not done with the Book Thief, but it's not the kind of book I can curl up with to try to go to bed, so I started New Moon last night. I'm going to try to read them both, or let New Moon be my reward for reading the Book Thief. I don't want to just put it down, it's really good. Its just not my usual and I can't eat it as easily. And it seems a lot longer than it really is. I mean it's only 550 odd pages. That shouldn't be anything unusual.
Oh, and I also posted a metric ton of pictures on flickr. They're not even all posted because they were so many, but I'm working on that. You can look at my Family trip now.
Friday, February 1, 2008
忘れ物
And I knew there was something else I wanted to share that I left out! On Wednesday, at Sunagawa, I enjoyed my after lunch break in the computer lab where I almost cussed out loud as one of the little buggers hid behind the desks and jumped out at me. He laughed.
Then my two favorite girls came in and caught me reading Matt's blog and I explained to them what he was doing in Hong Kong, how my parents met, the different food he'd posted, that I want to go to Thailand (which is apparently Tai in Japanese, and they still had no idea what it was), but we did a lot of talking and looking up of things. It was nice.
I'd like to mention that these two girls are 5th graders at Sunagawa, hands down my worst class. That day, in fact, I had to yell at them. We were playing catch ball and after the 5th time I was pelted with the ball I stopped. I put the ball down and said "I'm. Mad." (It's was last week's new vocabulary) I continued talking at them in English, trying to let the tone of my voice express my feelings before I switched to Japanese and asked them if they wanted to do boring drills. They said no. Then I asked if they wanted to play a game. They ALL said yes. After that it was the best I'd ever had them. They were angels. I blame their teacher for the lack of discipline.
So yeah, horrible class, great students. Individually. Really good after lunch time.
. . . my toes are cold . . .
Then my two favorite girls came in and caught me reading Matt's blog and I explained to them what he was doing in Hong Kong, how my parents met, the different food he'd posted, that I want to go to Thailand (which is apparently Tai in Japanese, and they still had no idea what it was), but we did a lot of talking and looking up of things. It was nice.
I'd like to mention that these two girls are 5th graders at Sunagawa, hands down my worst class. That day, in fact, I had to yell at them. We were playing catch ball and after the 5th time I was pelted with the ball I stopped. I put the ball down and said "I'm. Mad." (It's was last week's new vocabulary) I continued talking at them in English, trying to let the tone of my voice express my feelings before I switched to Japanese and asked them if they wanted to do boring drills. They said no. Then I asked if they wanted to play a game. They ALL said yes. After that it was the best I'd ever had them. They were angels. I blame their teacher for the lack of discipline.
So yeah, horrible class, great students. Individually. Really good after lunch time.
. . . my toes are cold . . .
Iinkai day and hospitals.
So today is one of my easy days. I get up about the same time as usual because I have to go to the post office before work to send my absentee ballot back home, if it even gets there in time. Post office opens at nine. I have to be at work at nine. Okay.
So I head to San-e to pick up some breakfast. San-e opens at nine. Okay.
So I head to the Family Mart, open 24/7 and I get an onigiri (rice ball), tuna mayo, same flavor I usually get and I really need to branch out and figure out what those other flavors say.
I get to work with the intentions of:
1) Asking Noriko-san for nenkyuu so that I can go to Thailand. She already said it should be okay, I just need to ask her for the specifics.
Noriko-san is not there. Okay.
2) Read through the rest of Lonely Planet Thailand to have an idea of the entire country and where I specifically want to go for those 9 days. Done. Just need to talk to Curi and Tiff and Dom and compare notes now.
3) Talk to Noriko-san about where I should go to see the doctor for my leg.
Again, Noriko-san wasn't there. Okaaaaay. I ended up spending the last 30 min of work emailing her on her cell. She gave me directions back.
4) Read Beka Cooper by Tamora Pierce. I'm borrowing this from Veronica and need to give it back to her when I see her next weekend. I'm on 495 of 563. At least I'm eating that one well.
So I head back to the Post Office after work at 12, get directions to the hospital that does bone work (right next to the Post Office, apparently. I really need to learn the kanji 郵便局, I mean, I asked the people at the Post Office what it was and they said Post Office. I felt silly. It was written on the wall. And the sign outside, and the window . . .) but yeah, I stopped at the bakery right down the street for lunch (cheeze poof, something with cream cheeze on top and a really nice cheeze and spicy ham roll) and walked in.
It was hilarious, trying to understand things like, "do you have metal implants?" and "are you pregnant?" But hilarity asside, I filled out my paperwork and then was told to come back at 3, because that's when the people I needed to see would be back from lunch.
So I go home, chat at Natalie for a second, tell Sam to have fun in Argentina, and talk to Leo about blissfully nothing for about an hour. I also requested that he bring me the internet anywhere device that he has (it's not a laptop, just internet, cheap and portable) which would be good for when I go to Thailand (the biggest things that lonely planet warns about are scams, stealing, and drugs are bad), because I'm not gonna bring my laptop and still want to talk to people.
He meantions that the newest PSPs have internet capability as well as are Skype supported. I told him to bring me one. I'll need to talk to Dad about the funds. Yes, I could buy one here, but then when I took it home it's warenty would be useless. I want a device that works long term.
Yay.
Then I go back to the doctor, apparently the people I was suppose to see were the x-ray peoples. Yay, more radiation. That makes, 3 or 4 times this year? (on a side note, apparently if a kid of elementary school age, I'd place him in 5th grade, breaks his arm, it's normal for him to go back into the x-ray room by himself while his dad waits outside.)
My bones are fine. They looked neat. I had apparently fubard my ligaments, just like Mom (not mine) and Dad (mine) thought.
So in America, when you fubar your ligaments, they wrap you up in an ace bandage and send you home with pills right?
At least it's just for a week. And I can't do any type of sports for 3, so no marathon for me. XP
So I head to San-e to pick up some breakfast. San-e opens at nine. Okay.
So I head to the Family Mart, open 24/7 and I get an onigiri (rice ball), tuna mayo, same flavor I usually get and I really need to branch out and figure out what those other flavors say.
I get to work with the intentions of:
1) Asking Noriko-san for nenkyuu so that I can go to Thailand. She already said it should be okay, I just need to ask her for the specifics.
Noriko-san is not there. Okay.
2) Read through the rest of Lonely Planet Thailand to have an idea of the entire country and where I specifically want to go for those 9 days. Done. Just need to talk to Curi and Tiff and Dom and compare notes now.
3) Talk to Noriko-san about where I should go to see the doctor for my leg.
Again, Noriko-san wasn't there. Okaaaaay. I ended up spending the last 30 min of work emailing her on her cell. She gave me directions back.
4) Read Beka Cooper by Tamora Pierce. I'm borrowing this from Veronica and need to give it back to her when I see her next weekend. I'm on 495 of 563. At least I'm eating that one well.
So I head back to the Post Office after work at 12, get directions to the hospital that does bone work (right next to the Post Office, apparently. I really need to learn the kanji 郵便局, I mean, I asked the people at the Post Office what it was and they said Post Office. I felt silly. It was written on the wall. And the sign outside, and the window . . .) but yeah, I stopped at the bakery right down the street for lunch (cheeze poof, something with cream cheeze on top and a really nice cheeze and spicy ham roll) and walked in.
It was hilarious, trying to understand things like, "do you have metal implants?" and "are you pregnant?" But hilarity asside, I filled out my paperwork and then was told to come back at 3, because that's when the people I needed to see would be back from lunch.
So I go home, chat at Natalie for a second, tell Sam to have fun in Argentina, and talk to Leo about blissfully nothing for about an hour. I also requested that he bring me the internet anywhere device that he has (it's not a laptop, just internet, cheap and portable) which would be good for when I go to Thailand (the biggest things that lonely planet warns about are scams, stealing, and drugs are bad), because I'm not gonna bring my laptop and still want to talk to people.
He meantions that the newest PSPs have internet capability as well as are Skype supported. I told him to bring me one. I'll need to talk to Dad about the funds. Yes, I could buy one here, but then when I took it home it's warenty would be useless. I want a device that works long term.
Yay.
Then I go back to the doctor, apparently the people I was suppose to see were the x-ray peoples. Yay, more radiation. That makes, 3 or 4 times this year? (on a side note, apparently if a kid of elementary school age, I'd place him in 5th grade, breaks his arm, it's normal for him to go back into the x-ray room by himself while his dad waits outside.)
My bones are fine. They looked neat. I had apparently fubard my ligaments, just like Mom (not mine) and Dad (mine) thought.
So in America, when you fubar your ligaments, they wrap you up in an ace bandage and send you home with pills right?
At least it's just for a week. And I can't do any type of sports for 3, so no marathon for me. XP
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