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February 25th to March 1st
(Note: Due to a confusion of files, this has some overlap and issues) Well, it’s now March 1st, so, let’s recap what’s happened. On the 24th, I went to Kukino. I came back home feeling awful an...
February 24th and 25th
February 24th and 25th I feel like February 24th is somehow a big deal. Maybe it’s Niki’s birthday? I don’t remember. Well, oh well. Nothing to do about it now. So, yesterday didn’t go acco...
February 23rd and 24th
The rest of the school day of the 23rd went about as I expected. A few notebooks, a few test questions, but nothing much of note. I got some more recorded of The Wizard of Oz. Simona is saying...
February 17th through 23rd
I have no memory of anything that happened of note on Wednesday the 17th. Likely nothing of not happened. February 18th was a pretty okay day. I went with Sam to Shibi elementary. It was a pre...
February 16th and 17th
Well, yesterday ended up going pretty well. I got all of my flash cards studied, more or less. I gave myself a “review tomorrow” pass on more than I should have, but if I get it wrong too many ...
February 9th to 16th
Well, it seems that I’ve been away from this far too long. On the 9th, I know that I wasn’t feeling well. I missed part of tea ceremony. I showed up, everything hurt, and I went home. It was j...
February 8th and 9th
Yesterday was my last day at Tomarino. I spent time with the two girls in 6th grade, and we went over their daily greetings for middle school. I can see why Matsumoto is so critical of the smal...
February 4th through 8th
I don’t remember much of what happened on Thursday. I didn’t exercise, and I don’t think that I got much sleep. Friday was another rather dull day. I had one class with Matsumoto Sensei. I go...
February 2nd and 3rd
Well, I got through the day. I, rather boldly, left work two whole minutes early so that I’d have time to rush into my house, change clothes, and go on my walk/job. I made it in quite good time...
January 29th through February 2nd
Well, the nomikai on Friday was a rousing success. I had a great time. The party was fun. Found out that Matsumoto is either divorced or separated from her husband (I love when I’m let in on g...
Loose
Really, I’m losing more and more connections. It’s taken me a long time, but things are breaking down. I feel more and more isolated, more and more out of touch, more and more out of reach. I l...
On this day
On this day, January 29th, in the US, January 30th in Japan, Amanda got engaged. I’ve mixed feelings to put it mildly. I feel that a book I hadn’t quite finished is now gone forever. So much to...
January 28th-29th
January 28th and 29th Well, Matsumoto sensei didn’t need me for anything yesterday, which worked well. Though I did have to do a bit more grading. I did get nearly 10K steps in (finished it as ...
January 23rd through 28th
Saturday the 23rd was a fairly dull day. The only thing that happened of note was my guitar lesson. And the blizzard. I hadn’t been able to practice all week, due to feeling so ill, and was dre...
January 20th-22nd
The demo at Eshin went well enough. I ganbatte’d it like woah, and I even impressed Matsumoto, which is not a thing that generally happens. Really, though, my teacher was the star. I just foll...
January 19th and 20th
January 19th and 20th Well, having worked through third period, and ALT’d a class for Inori Sensei, I went home. I was a wreck. I’d barely eaten dinner the night before, and I’d not been able ...
January 15th through 19th
Friday night I had tea ceremony. It wasn’t particularly good, but it wasn’t particularly bad, which is better than it was for a long time. Nothing’s really changed in class. I’ve mostly change...
What Changed
Last night, I had a really nice talk with a Singaporean JET named Jessica. She’s struggling with life in Japan in some ways. I told her a little bit about me and about my story. How much of it...
January 13th through 15th
The night of the 13th was suitably dull. I managed to get my exercise in, plus Eikaiwa, and guitar. So far so good on week one. It feels like it’s been longer, and I don’t know if that’s good ...
January 12th and 13th
January 12th and 13th Yesterday was a very productive day. I wrote quote a bit in prosebox, I studied quite a bit on Anki, I went for a long walk, I cleaned the house a bit, I stayed under my ca...
Feelings
Let’s talk about them. At times, I lie awake and am just overcome with certain sensations. Feelings of powerlessness are overwhelming at times. I remember, in sixth grade, I went to a party at ...
Star Trek
I wish, I really wish, that I had watched Star Trek TNG when Amanda told me to twelve years ago. I wish I had watched it at an even younger age, to be honest. When I think of television shows w...
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
Good song. Check it out. This year is not a good year. I’m going to be thirty. I’m living in the ass crack of Japan. I’m broke, I’m fat, I’ve not accomplished literally anything I had hoped ...
December 22nd through January 12th
Sadly, this is going to be a break in the usual list of what I’ve done. I can’t give day by day accounts as my vacation was so long and dull that very little of note or merit really took place o...
