New layout! (still under construction) My aversion to my computer is slowly (very slowly) going away. Since September, it served simply as something that played my music and videos. I didn't really write many emails, I NEVER logged into AIM/etc (sometimes ...Read More
...I will be on my way to Tokyo, then on my way to New York. Home, for the first time in about a year. There is much gluttony to be had, and air conditioning to bask in. Baseball games, and beaches where the ...Read More
Gasp! Two updates in less than an hour! Unthinkable! So I've come to realize recently that there's just SO many things out there that I have little control over. What I do at work can be controlled, but only to an extent ...Read More
...no more, no less, that's the magic number (props to whoever knows what song that's from) So yes, three is the magic number. Three what you ask? Three attempts to get my Japanese driver's license! Yayyyyy! Funnnnn! It wasn't very fun, but yes, it ...Read More
So, after trudging back to work yesterday no better off than I was when I left on Wednesday evening, I came across this: Question My original driver license expired on a date that was less than five years after I passed my ...Read More
number 57: a trip to the DMV (or RMV, or whatever else you may call it) is absolutely infuriating I took a day off from work today, and went down to Sapporo to start the process of changing over my NY ...Read More
Hokkaido is ALIVE. Everything that was asleep under the snow for the past 5 and a half months is back with a venegance, especially the fuki (pronounced "foo-key," not the other pronunciation you're invariably thinking of) which is seemingly everywhere. I ...Read More
A Good Idea at the Time Red Sox players appeared to be heroes last week when they staged a 66-minute strike in support of equal pay for managers, coaches and trainers for their season-opening trip to Japan. They were, as it ...Read More
Japan Games Almost Stuck on Tarmac As has been common for the past few years, two MLB teams play their season-opening game here in Japan, at the Tokyo Dome. A few years ago the Yankees did it, as did the Mets; ...Read More
It's been over a month since my last entry. Mom, Dad, everyone else... Sorry. I'm alive. -- Read More
