Posted by: elephantdreams on: October 20, 2009
Tonight I bought a cool shirt that says “FISH AND CHIP”, with a heart with the American flag in it. HA! It’s got long sleeves so it’s perfect for the weather. I wore it, and took some of the most hilarious purikura I’ve ever taken.
Purikura is short for Purinto Kurabu (Print Club). It’s a [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: September 15, 2009
Today at Rogakko, I taught the students the story of Dreamcatchers, and we did arts and crafts. Later, we had a Ballet workshop with the entire school.
Lieutenant, please file today under “Super Special Awesome”.
Other great stuff:
I climbed the Bizan in the dark, and was not eaten by wild dogs.
I learned how to play a song [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 23, 2009
So the more I read about the things happening in Iran, the more it was seeming that as a number of countries (read: the US) have some interest in the situation, their fingers were perhaps pulling the strings behind the spontaneous outbreak of a color revolution.
At first, that made me feel crabby, because a [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 5, 2009
Currently Rocking the Heck Out To: Gavin DeGraw
Current Activity: Cleaning up after houseguests/1 am apple fritters/midnight hilarity
Yesterday I was correcting papers, and I saw this sentence:
“I think “mottainai” is down charbache important”.
I looked at it. My JTE looked at it. We scratched our heads. I wrote a question mark (What the heck are you trying [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: May 18, 2009
This post is dedicated to my Dad, who gave me the appreciation for gardening.
No, I didn’t garden today. But I did go outside and attack the sports field with a hoe for 40 minutes with the rest of the school.
Saturday is our undokai at Deaf School, our sports festival. For preparation, we have to [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: May 16, 2009
I woke up today, Sunday, glorious Sunday, at 6 am. As I went to sleep (glorious sleep) at 1 am, I think to myself that maybe I ought to just stay in bed for a bit more. And so I do, laying there, idly turning over some thoughts that had visited me in my dreams. [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: January 29, 2009
A few things from the past week:
Simone and I rode the train home from Ishii after the Burn’s Poetry Supper. Getting into Tokushima, Simone had to switch trains, so we listened to the train announcements as we were pulling into the station, and were able to figure out which platform she had to run to [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: October 28, 2008
Cool things that have happened lately:
I bought a nice scarf. It’s getting cold out!
I decided on my Halloween costume. Now all I have to do is get off my lazy bum and actually MAKE the darn thing.
Big American Shop does NOT sell Big American Clothes. It is a trick!
Talking on Skype. Yes, that’s right! I [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: September 16, 2008
Today is Wednesday, hump day. Today is also Practice Test day for the ichi-nensei ) first graders = 10th grade) and ni-nensei (second graders = 11th grade), which means I have no classes until 3:20, when I will play bingo with my 104 class. Hahahah! Take that, education system! Except that just leaves me with [...]
