finished the rough draft of my presentation at a big international language teaching conference in Tokyo (and no, I won't get to have any fun, aside from free stuff from publishers and the like)
I think I'm about as prepared for my classes as ever. I hope it actually turns out to... Read More
Ha! Only four tries? Impressive! Or maybe not... guess that depends upon the last JLPT you actually passed... not so impressive if you could pass level one, I guess.
Hope all y'all in the states have voted or are on the way, and all you other expats mailed in your ballots a long time ago. That said, I just found maybe the most accurate headline for this election:
The GOP Should Lose, the Democrats Don't Deserve to Win
Certainly not Bush, but then again I wouldn't want Tony Blair over in the UK to win again either. Can't win either way. Whoever comes into power puts on their corporate hat on, and thats that. More of the same, just minor changes in the cash flow direction to different voting demographics.
Have known for ages that I'm surrounded by the same agents of fear, misery, and deception, but I was unable to sense them.As I become better able to hear, read, and speak, I notice them more and more.
So here I am at home on one of the last days of my vacation, with a twisted ankle, and three party invitations I gotta turn down cuz I'm walking like a pirate. Perhaps if I fashioned a sort of peg leg disguise I could pull it off?
This may be totally incoherent so anyone who stumbles upon it, beware.To the few friends i still have on sg,thanks for coming round.
I write tonight because i realize my way of life is untenable and i feel unable to change it. Work drink work drink etc.What happened to dreams? So many. And tonight i've met people who totally disprove that japan is the lazy... Read More
xoxo!