Good day.

It's about 9 PM, I'm jamming some Crowded House/Finn Brothers on shuffle on my computer, and I just got back from my 3rd night in a row of having ramen for dinner. That shit is just too good. Today, I had miso ramen at the chinese restaurant near my apartment/school. I met up with three teachers there- Nagazawa-sensei, Matsuura-sensei, and Oke-chan (can't remember his full last name, but he told me to call him 'oke-chan' because we are 'mabudachi' or best friends, cute right?). They're 24, 24, and 26 respectively and our mutual abilities (or lack thereof) of each other's native languages are enough to get by and have a good time. Before that, I rode my back all around Tsuchiura, just to see what I could find, and I THINK I found a sukiyaki joint. Not sure, but they had pictures of thinly-sliced meat and an area in the center of the tables for a hot-pot. I will have to investigate furthur, for shizzle.

Tomorrow, I teach two kindergarten classes. It sould be fun and really cute. Then I head back to yon-chu for more sports festival practice. After the festival, Saturday night, the plan is to go out with all the colleagues, eat really good food, and get totally wasted, so i'm looking forward to that.

My only complaint right now is that I wish my japanese was better. A lot better. Imma study hard. Ooh, "Fall at your Feet" just came on- nice.

-ryan