I like getting paid. It means I can buy things. For example, I’m going to buy my very first video camera soon! It’s actually good that I’m buying it sooner rather than later because if I waited I would certainly spend more money that I would have saved up. Whereas now, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
So excited
Posted in news, tagged camping in Japan, GZ-HM400, JET salary, JVC, JVC Victor, JVC Video Camera, Kochi surf camp, tent on 30 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Japanese Travel Destinations
Posted in Travel, tagged destinations in japan, japan to do list, things to do in japan on 28 . September . 2009 | 1 Comment »
Japan To Do List and DestinationsThings to do:Onsen, Bunraku, No, Matsuri, Shamisen or Taiko performance, Skiing, Hiking, Sea Kayaking, Rafting, Tea Ceremony, Surfing, Izakaya, Beer Garden if at all possible
Food to eat:Ramen, Udon, Zaru Soba, Sushi, Tempura, Donburi, Yaki-niku, Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, Yakitori, Bentou, Kombini, Maybe some Korean and Indian food in Tokyo
How much I want [...]
Bring Bring Bring bring! Jackpot
Posted in news, tagged free weights, gym, ino gym, kochi japan on 25 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Muahahahaha… MUAHAHAHAHA. 2 months of searching has rewarded me with the holy fuckin’ grail. I found a gym with free weights. A real squat rack, bench, dumbells, etc. It even has full area bumper mats if I want to do power cleans. Plus a pullup bar! All for how [...]
Work
Posted in Uncategorized on 24 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Work is fun, I love it when a light turns on in the kids heads and they understand something I teach them. Glorious moments. So far the annoyances aren’t a big detractor, though I am finding myself expending a lot of energy doin this. I think a lot of that has to [...]
I’m gonna do it!
Posted in Uncategorized on 20 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m gonna do something I’ve always wanted to do, and there’s a month to support me doing it!
I’m going to write a novel. To beat that, I’m gonna do it in a month! Check out this website http://www.nanowrimo.org/ for more info. I’m psyched and I’m prepared for my novel to suck, but [...]
More on LinuxMint
Posted in Uncategorized on 17 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is for Austin and anyone else interested in trying out Mint.
Damnit!
Posted in Uncategorized on 16 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sick. Hopefully this will be gone by tomorrow. I have class on friday. I really wanted to hike Ishizuchi-san tomorrow.
Adventures
Posted in Uncategorized on 12 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I keep telling people that I’ve been having non-stop crazy adventures. Here’s some of what that has entailed:
-An older JET’s birthday party in Gohoku followed by swimming in and around two waterfalls and a fireworks celebration in Usa,
-Numerous trips to Kochi city for parties, get togethers, two whole weekends, one for the Kochi JET [...]
At long last I have rejoined the world
Posted in internet, tagged DSL, Internet in Japan, LinuxMint on 12 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It took me over a month, but I’m finally connected to the internet at home. I had to wait several weeks initially to have the DSL setup, then I tried to install it but failed. After a few weeks of waiting for a copy of windows, then unsuccessfully trying to install it, i made a [...]
Business Card Culture
Posted in Uncategorized on 8 . September . 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Japanese have a totally different business card culture than Americans. Business cards are extremely symbolic here. For example, whenever someone comes into the Board of Education for a meeting, they first introduce themselves and present their business card. One of the workers (usually not the one who they’re having a meeting [...]
