Quake 3 Urban Terror?
December 28, 2003
Anyone up for it? (This mostly means you Dennis but if anyone wants to play…) I can’t play fast paced dm games since I live an ocean away but some strategic gunfire and sniping should be ok maybe. It’s a crazy 300mb download but hey, that’s why we’re on broadband right? Anyone? Hello?
Merry Boxing Day
December 26, 2003
Yeah while you’re having Christmas, I’m having my Boxing Day. Christmas for me was sort of half boring. I had to work on Christmas! Yes, they do that in this country. I had some coffee with some cohorts afterwards and then went home. Happy 23rd to my baby who shares birthdates with Jebus. We went to the Hard Rock last night and had some Christmas chicken dinner and an appy platter. That was the extent of my Christmas. Still happy though. Today is my first of 11 no work days! Woohoo! I changed the left bar a bit - it’s for my sister really who couldn’t find my email even if I tattooed it on her palm. Replace the [at] with @, of course. Check out my camera on the tripod yo. Off to the cool party tomorrow. Ah yes, Sunny got himself a domain… if he’d only update now.
Merry Christmas, fools and Happy New Year.
No Title
December 23, 2003
Last night I had my first ever kids lesson. I had been wanting some change from the normal stuff I do so I decided (in July) that I wanted to do kids lessons. After a 5 month wait (which is really fast compared to other things), I finally got “trained” and had the lesson yesterday. Most people abhor the thought of doing kids lessons because there are some “special” kids out there that really make your life a living hell for those long 40 minutes. The teachers I’ve talked to who do kids lessons seem to really love it but hate the special kids.
For my first lesson, they handpicked a student who was described in her communicative ability test as, “the model kids lesson student”. She was 11 years old and was as bright as a 200 watt bulb. She was so smart and cute that the 40 minutes went by so quickly. Not only did she laugh at all my retarded antics, she used the language that was introduced too (that being four simple prepositions of “under, in, on, beside”). We played a couple games of Pokemon Hangman (ingenious new game concocted by yours truly) and Othello. I know they give really good kids for the first two lessons but wow, this 11 year old really impressed me and alleviated a lot of fears about teaching kids. I may soon learn to enjoy kids… *shudder*.
There are two more working days this year and then I’m off for 11 days. Eleven full resting days to ponder about the myriad of happenings this year and relax. There’ll be a semi-big party on Saturday with my Japanese friends (I’ll be the token foreigner!!) and some other odds and ends.
I’m going to Korea at the end of January with a friend. I just got the holidays approved and now I’ll have to buy tickets and shit. Should be fun though.
I’m bored today and no one is online. Sorry I missed your message Dennis, I was playing Red Alert 2 and I think I saw your message right as you logged off. Rats.
Finale
December 20, 2003
So today might well be the last time I go to the girl’s company. Yesterday and the day before, I helped clear shit off the shelves and rummage through stuff for any salvageables. I found a replica Beretta and nabbed it. It’s sitting menacingly on my shelf. It looks so damn cool. Throughout my childhood, I’ve had in my posession guns but nothing as realistic as this. The closest things I had were Super Soaker 30s and some of those plastic frisbee guns. Oh, the Nintendo Zapper came pretty close too.
Today, we’re going to keep an eye on some dudes who are going to cut through the shelves and clear out garbage. The shelves are essentially metal frames bolted to the wall so there was no feasible/economical way we could’ve gotten rid of them. It’ll be cool, they’re going to use welding guns to cut through the metal. I’m hoping to get a picture from afar of the sparks and shit.
All I can say is… it’s sort of sad and happy that the place is done with.
I bought a camera bag and a cheap tripod yesterday. It’s sweet.
Purple… Monkey… Dishwasher
December 16, 2003
I’ve been neglecting my little site lately but I will not apologize. It is my site. Let’s just blame it on a lack of news and effort. I’ve been having a pretty relaxing little while. I’m just catching up on Japanese class and laundry piles and bits of correspondence and the such. I’ve been trying to avoid the weather because it is god awful cold now.
Anyway, I put up a picture of the temple that’s near my house. I took a dozen pictures there and I think this came out the best - that is, it was the least blurry and had the neatest lighting. Looking back though, I wish I took it at a faster shutter speed because the leaves on the trees are too blurred… not the effect I was looking for. Also, a new webcam. I couldn’t think of what to ‘cam so I just snapped a pic of good ol’ me. Dennis said it was the first time he had seen me in a year when we webcammed on messenger. So, here I am! It’s been noted that I’m the splitting image of Keanu Reeves a la Matrix. It’s true you know!
Yet another empty update today. I promise that when the first interesting thing happens, I’ll be here to write about it.
EDIT—
Actually I do have some things to say. Firstly, doom3.com, oh man… drooling sexual appetite increasing.
Second, I saw The Last Samurai on Saturday and i absolutely loved it. Tom Cruise was a minor character in the movie, the big star was Ken Watanabe, who played Katsumoto. Mr. Watanabe’s presence on screen was about 50,001 times stronger than that of Tommy boy. He is my new hero. Not only is he the embodiment of COOL, he was bald in the movie and still looked cool. As a man suffering from a receding hairline, I feel a bit better that bald men such as Watanabe can still be sexy and awesome. Oh man I so want to be a samurai now and cut shit with swords. Oh yeah, they had ninjas in the movie too. If only they took out Tom Cruise and made the whole movie about Ken Watanabe and the samurai folk, I would’ve watched it twice in succession.
Did You Just Say Parakeet?
December 10, 2003
Oh man. Oh man. Strong Sad on caffeine is definitely awesome. It was one of the best sbemails ever. I totally have to set this up… I’ll buy the coffee, someone find a bag of sad over and we’ll inject caffeine into his bloodstream. Oh man that was cool.
And did anyone else think that video of Super Mario Bros. 3 being finished in 11 minutes was amazing? It was more than amazing, it was… divine!
Blechy Update
December 08, 2003
I have really been meaning to update but everytime I load up blogger, my mind draws a blank. I quickly withdraw from my original intention of writing.
I wish I had something interesting to say about what’s been happening lately but sorry, shit out of luck. Work has been slightly more interesting ever since I passed my demo lesson test. My schedule (and therefore my overall sanity) has been nicer and lighter. I’m getting “training” for other types of lessons and it’s looking to be a busy run right up until the holiday.
This year luck let me pop her cherry. I work on Christmas Day but I get the next two days off as my normal weekend. The holiday begins right
after that so I get a slight 2 day headstart. I return to work on the 6th and work 3 days until the weekend. It sure beat last year. I worked Christmas last year and got a full 8 group lessons while everyone else had a breezy 2 or 3 lesson day - the only reason I got the royal shaft was because I was still on “probation”. People on probation (during my day) got shit on pretty badly. Now the newbies get a slightly easier start. I heard it’s because the new teachers have been getting complaints and not because the company had a change of heart and decided to let the fragile, new teachers have an easier time adjusting to the place.
I’ve only had a couple of chances to use my new camera and I have one complaint about it already. It’s too damn hard to use! I’m not talking about the controls or button layouts, I’m talking about getting a nice clear shot. Many of my shots are slightly out of focus or blurred because I can’t hold the damn thing still for the 1/10th of a second. For the life of me, my hands shake more than Tokyo during an earthquake. I think I’ll have to get a tripod or else have anyone who views my photos suspect me of being a Parkinsons sufferer. The very few pictures that aren’t blurry though, really rule.
I’m hoping for more practice during this holiday break. If we’re lucky, I want to travel somewhere close with the girl and take some pictures of some sort of traditional Japanese thing.
I hope to update before Christmas but if I keep up my pace lately, then I’ll have to wish y’all a Merry Christmas. Did anyone other than the girl notice the cute ass Santa hat on my webpage?
