No scanner blues.
2April 8, 2008 by miki
It took a bit…
I worry about there being some redundancy in posting the full image here as well as up on the other site, but I guess if it’s easy enough to click a few buttons to make the .jpg’s pop-up, might as well.
It’s also been a while since I’ve hit this particular site and overquoted lines from the cartoons therein, but check out a recent good ‘un on Homestarrunner about webcomics. Still plenty of life left in those ‘toons. Feels like college all over again.
Met all the new teachers at school today. It was nice to not be the nervous, confused person trying to get themselves oriented this time. New faces have a way of giving the work environment just that tiny extra zing to make another year of school seem a bit more inviting. I’m glad for that, as those small prickles of doubt had crept their way into my head over the past week again. Changing faces, and places too… I sit in a new spot in the teacher’s room now… means that the workplace can’t be an entirely stagnant environment. That’s the hope I’ll stand by at least. As long as I can keep those feelings separate from the time I spend fishing for other adventures out here. Plus, I finally have my own computer station with internet. Woohoo! Oh, a worldwideweb of possibilities await.
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I pity the foo’!
0April 1, 2008 by miki
OK, back. Happy April 1st. Foo’.
Uploaded some pictures from the trip. Also did a mass amount of laundry and house cleaning today that working then monologuing then packing then rushing off to catch a six hour bus didn’t leave me time for. While acting out in true domestic fashion, I sucked in the air of solitude and thought, ah! Just me at last! No more crowds, no more running male commentary from the two travel companions, no more sense of obligation to look at everything historic within a given time frame! If this be bliss, me hanging around the apartment all day, singing along to modern poppy Vampire Weekend (nice and fluffy), and getting kicks from turning leftover eggplants, garlic, and shredded cheese into a satisfying meal, that only means I need to slot days like this into my life a little more frequently.
Damn, son. Might as well cinch an apron around your waist and call you Martha. Or Lucy.
Yeah, well, call me girly and I’ll still kick your ass.
There are more details from the trip to give.. the pretty pretty pink sakura, the Osaka neighborhoods, the capsule hotel stay. Lots of monkeys. My brain’s currently stuck in present mode though, so while I build up the will to recount the past, you can just hit this Flickr link to get you to Kyoto and Osaka.
No tricks involved. Well, perhaps.. none except for… this!
And if that was the first time for you, then I am officially not the last person on earth to learn about this video.
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ends and odds
1March 23, 2008 by miki
Happy Egg Day!
No religious hullabaloo for me today, but a rather eventful Sunday nonetheless. Today, along with other JETs in Shimane prefecture, I performed the Vagina Monologues in Matsue City. Our version of V-Monologues pulled stories from A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer, a collection also edited by Eve Ensler. My reading was “Blueberry Hill” by Christine House. The turn out for the event was much smaller than the amount of effort put into the show, but the performances themselves went quite well. Though it’s never as apparent to people in the audience as it should be, a lot of heart goes into these voluntary productions. It injects you with a lot of spirit to be around these women and men on and backstage, whatever the turn out.
Tomorrow is closing ceremony at school. This marks the end of the academic year for students and for some of my teachers. After that, students move on to the next grade and some of the teachers get shuffled off to new schools. The yearly changeover of faculty is a bit strange for me to process, seems you can’t allow yourself to get too attached to working with any one instructor, but for now all I’m anticipating amongst the English sensei is one new person added to the current four. A woman as well, and the other four seem pretty excited. Should hopefully be a good year to come.
Tuesday marks the start of spring break. I’m headed back towards Osaka and Kyoto in hopes of finding sakura and exploring the more famously traditional parts of Japan. If I’m lucky, I’ll have lots of pretty pictures to upload later when I get back.
Spring is in full effect now. There are some chilly evenings, but overall, the weather is warm and the sunny days outnumber the rainy ones, so it’s kind of amazing to think that the eight month marker has past. Thoughts of California drift in my head often.. there’s so much going on these days. Weddings! Babies! Vaginas! (that is, for one particular OBY/GYN resident… ;)) I hope someone saves something for summer 2009.
Remember, summer 2009. It’s a good time, y’all. Plan your life changes for then. 
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