Oh where, oh where has it gone?
March 10th, 2010 Posted 11:25 pm
Today was full of HAPPY. I’d give you a list of all the things that made me happy today, but it would take too long. I’m dancing around the apartment bothering Shannon and singing the chicken dance song because I’m so happy. You should be happy, too!
March 10th, 2010 Posted 12:16 pm
Krispy Kreme is opening up a shop in Nagoya! The only problem is… I’ll probably have to wait in line for 4 hours before I even reach the door. I think I’ll wait until the madness has died down a bit before trying my luck, but I’m so excited! Sugary unhealthy goodness right here in my city! Before, I think the only Krispy Kreme in Japan was in Tokyo. Maybe they’re spreading out across the country trying to spread sugar addictions and cavities far and wide. Do you think the dentists help finance the new shops? Hmmm maybe it’s a great big conspiracy.
Or maybe it’s just another donut shop.
March 2nd, 2010 Posted 12:12 pm
Hello, beautiful sunny day!
March 1st, 2010 Posted 2:06 pm
I am back! The poor mini lost it’s hard drive and needed a new one, so I took it into the shop. I got it back on Friday and have finally (almost) finished checking and restoring my backed up files. Thank Mac for Time Machine. LOVE! A lot of things happened this week that I wanted to remember to tell you, but they’ve pretty much all slipped my mind for the moment. Instead I’ll tell you that I woke up early this morning because of a weird dream I was having that involved making photocopies, teaching, and weird killer wasps from a book I read recently (I recommend reading “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins).
February 19th, 2010 Posted 2:43 pm
My computer is currently out of comission so if you don’t hear from me in the next few days, that’s why.
February 15th, 2010 Posted 1:18 am
I was just checking the schedule for the Olympics for tomorrow and I realized Apolo Ohno already medaled!! He won silver in the men’s 1500m!
February 15th, 2010 Posted 1:03 am
Well, there I went and jinxed myself quite soundly. Been making my way through a rather nasty cold which peaked on Friday when I very nearly left work 6 hours early. My boss brought me some “miracle medicine” that he discovered last time he had a cold and it worked wonders for him, and it did the same for me. I am recovered now but for a cough and minor sore throat. I spent all day today lounging around recovering and watching the olympics being re-cast over and over again. Go USA! They’ve been replaying the women’s moguls over and over again because the Japanese favorite was disappointed in her 4th olympic games by coming in 4th place. But two Americans won gold and bronze, so I’m not unhappy. I really hope they’ll be airing the men’s speed skating because I am a big fan of Apolo Ohno. I also really wanna watch the figure skating because Johnny Weir is awesome. No problems there because the Japanese folk love the figure skaters, in fact I think 3 of their medal hopefuls are from this prefecture. I know that one of my students goes to the same high school as Asada Mao. Anyways, I think I’m gonna go to sleep soon so that I can wake up at a reasonable time and watch some more olympics. I love the olympics!
February 10th, 2010 Posted 1:10 am
Time for a mug of hot cocoa and a nightly update. Today, the weather was dismal; cloudy and overcast with occasional bouts of rain. I came home from work, had a bento from the conveni for dinner, and watched Persuasion again. Darcy cuddled with me a bit and massaged the back of my left leg in the process of settling down. Then Shannon came home and told me about her date. Now I am sipping hot cocoa while wrapped in a blanket and sitting in front of my computer with the space heater on medium. Happily, I am already in my pajamas. Sadly, I have a sore throat that I am afraid will turn into a cold. That’ll teach me not to get a stupidly short haircut in the coldest part of the year.
Tomorrow is Wednesday. I look forward to sleeping in a whole hour longer than usual, taking forever long to shower and get dressed, making honey wheat scones with grits and eggs for brunch, and then wasting time on the computer until I have to leave for work around 2:20. Wednesday is also the day I teach a classfull of 11th grade girls who are currently obsessed with cursive. I taught them how to write their letters in cursive two weeks ago, last week they practiced composing sentences in it. But this week, being the week of Valentine’s Day, will probably be spent gossiping about the boys they like and who they are going to give chocolate to and blah blah blah. By the way, have you ever tried writing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in cursive? It’s surprisingly difficult because you have to remember where all the i’s are so you can dot them and heaven forbid you forget to cross the x.
I do believe that’s all the nonsense that will flow out of my brain through my fingers this evening. I am going to go rinse out my mug, take some echinacea to stave off the potential cold, brush my teeth, and then cuddle up with two kitties while I read myself to sleep. I wish you all a pleasant day or night!
February 9th, 2010 Posted 12:06 am
Summer and I made plans last week to see a movie on Saturday. I get off work at 3pm and I usually make it back to my apartment around 4pm. We thought there would be a later movie, but they only had three showings and the last one was around 4pm, so we missed it. Instead I stayed home, cooked dinner, and cleaned the apartment. Remind me to tell you a funny story about my cats… Anyways, we rescheduled until Sunday. We were going to go to the only showing of the movie, but it was sold out. In the last 3 months or so, that happened at least half of the time we tried to go to the movies. Stupid movies. Stupid us. You can reserve tickets online up to one hour in advance, but since we have point cards for the theater, we don’t like to buy the tickets online because we don’t get points. So we always show up and get turned away because the movie is sold out. Grr. Oh! But I am excited because District 9 is coming to Japanese theaters this year and I’ll be able to see it. My sister told me it’s awesome sci-fi and you know I love that.
So, funny story about the cats… Last weekend I went to a different supermarket than usual and I had to buy cat food but they didn’t have the kitties’ usual food. Instead, I bought a different kind that they have eaten before. I started feeding them the different food on Monday. On Tuesday I came home from work to find little brown blobs on the floor in the hall. I couldn’t quite figure out what they were, because it didn’t look like Darcy’s usual vomit. It wasn’t until I entered the cat’s room that I realized it was shit. There were three brown puddles on the floor and a few in the litter box and the tiny drops in the hallway and living room. Obviously, the different food did not agree with their digestion. In the 4 days until I could go to the supermarket that I know has their usual food (I tried two others in the intervening time), I went through almost three rolls of paper towels cleaning up their poo. It appeared to be so bad that they didn’t always make it to the litter boxes in time, which explains the little blobs and puddles, but I felt so bad for my kitties. I will never feed them that food again. EVER.
Enough of that shit (literally), I’m going to go to a concert on Thursday. It is a national holiday and my old Nova students that are in a band will be performing their own songs for the first time! They were strictly a cover band before, but now they will be playing original songs written by their lead guitarist. And, I’ll be able to buy a CD! I’m so excited. The band is named Godfakers, so if you ever hear about them in the future, I taught two of them English!
