DAME NINGEN!

Or sucessfully translated as loser! Lol luckily one of my teachers got this tie for me which you'll see in the next picture...as a kids here automatically think scary. I asked a students what I was, they had no clue, on kid even guessed dracula!







This was by far my favorite group! We had a skeleton scavenger hunt, just imagine all these kids running around in the dark with flashlights looking for skeletons with creepy music blasting and it being pitch black. The other teacher I work with had two costumes, and kept switching in order to scare them...couldn't stop laughing!

Anyways I can't wait for Halloween week to be OVER!!!! As easy as it is it's rough controlling kids who are hyper as f*** because they're having so much fun. One more day!!!!

Busy weekend!

Who's that handsome fellow with a mustache in the local mag???



wait...lets take a closer look on a different page :P



discovered this today (Sunday)while waiting for my driving lesson. My teacher happened to be an hour late. HEY BUD! WTF, don't make a lesson Sunday morning @ 8am and forget about it DICK! This Japanese drivers license is definatley going to be a hassle to get :( I love the procedure for getting out of the car....

1. Unbuckle your seat belt.
2. Look for cars coming...wait
3. Open the door 15 cm and look again
4. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But! You can't look, turn off the car, open the door 15cm and then get out...the dude got pissed when I did that! Eff you dude get here on time if I'm paying you $60 an hour!!!!

Anyways on a lighter note....peep out the End of craft week!!!







I really like this one by Hikari...this girl rocks! The little chica throwin up the peace sign in the other photo..


Anyways I need to handle bizniss around here. Would love to put up some funny pics of the rest of my Sunday but that will wait till later. Gotta take out the trash and rest up for another busy day off!! ARRRRRGHHHH!!!!

A quick glimpse of my week!

It's going by pretty smoothly. CRAFT week is awesome, next week party week...my job is so easy :)

And...the cat has been way cool lately, raising her right :)




...killin time while trying to get my japanese license(it's going to take forever)



..it's funny when people ask me to clock them out, lol takes me a minute


This is Karin, she is hallarious, always has like 5 bags with her. We pick her up from the elementary school across the street before she comes to our school. Basically she talks to me in Japanese and I respond in English and she understands...cool chica



Diggin the soccer ball!!!



Finally kicked that bug I had too! w00t! Did a little hike this week, hopefully I'll have my license by next weekend granted I don't fail my test, cross your fingers. The weekend is looking pretty chill, might peep a hockey game on Saturday. Driving lessons(!) Sunday morning and might do a hike in the afternoon. Zombie movies in the evening...for some reason I've been playing a lot of chess too....bring it on Bobby Fischer!

Why am can't I stop playing John Legend?!?!

Haha this is all besides the point!

Yesterday was probably one of the funniest days of snowboarding ever! It was the season opening of Yeti resort, it's on the other side of Mt.Fuji that I'm able to see. Being in the Halloween spirit as I mentioned in earlier posts if you wear a costume you get in for free...and people wore some costumes! Also, snowboarding with a beard is harder than you think!!!! Very intesting to see people snowboaring in costume too! I highly recommend it!

Hmmm should I show my favorite first??? Nah, here was my get up...



It was pretty good for being free. Lol there was actually another Santa on the slopes but it was all good...really funny day. Here's some of the Shenannagins(sp?):P








I thought this was an interesting couple, French Maid and weird guy with a suit on one side and all funky on the other :P Anyone know who he is???





Ok and this guy needs some explaining!!!



Unfortunately I didn't get any shots of him snowboarding down hill with that table eating those mikan's! He had two boards connected to the bottom of the table(kotatsu) and a pillow taped to his ass....mind you he was only wearing underwear!!!!! Doing all this while trying to ride down... Luckily he had a buddy with him who was trying to ride down on a surfboard!! Hopefully you can see him in this pic...



...It took him a long time to get down :P Lol I was really surprised to see this when I was in the lift line...



Haha lined up right next to a golf course...It was interesting to see people lining up for puts while I finished just my run, Japan is an interesting place huh!?

Ok and for my costume winner!!!THIS GUY!



I could not stop laughing after I took this pic!! AY YAI YAI this country blows me away sometimes this was hallarious! Nothing really to say that pics can explain...here's some other snaps of the day, Enjoy!

Even Chich is getting in the Halloween Spirit

AHHHH.... I've been working out and excercising a lot, and now I think I may have over done it because I'm beginning to get the feeling that I may be getting sick :( That and a teacher at UNITAS just got swine flu so I'm super paranoid :(

But, I'm pretty sure that's all it is! I'll keep everyone posted!

B

And the winner is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Mr. Ride Agenda 08-09

Yay I just wanted to give a big shout out to mom and dad for supporting me so I can achieve this awesome milestone in greatness.

...Runners up(a very close 2nd)



a mr.Nitro 155 lookin pretty(lets call it ms. Nitro) but her flexibility wasn't cuttin it... girl you better start doin yoga YA FEEL ME!!!!

and the "sorry I can't make it rain" 3rd prize goes toooooooo...



I'm sorry but 700 big ones for a snowboard is RIDICULOUS!!! Nobody should ever pay that much for a snowboard....because the only people who really need that quality of a board will get free them by their sponsors. But I was stoked my RIDE AGENDA 156 has just as much flex as that rome "wafair" :P It was a super deal so I'm very happy. Even happier that I'm going snowboarding IN OCTOBER!@!!!!!

I decided on a costume too!!!!

Well...lift tickets are about $20 and costumes everywhere are about $40...so I'm really wasting my time & money finding a banana suit. As neat as that would be I'm actually going to be going as Santa Claus.... haha just because UNITAS(where I work) has a fresh Santa suit on deck, which was last worn by ME during the last Unitas Christmas Party! Also (lol) it's something for sure all the Japanese people will recognize...which is good. Funny enough Harajuku girls just happened to pop on....YES, only two people who read this blog will understand :)

ALL I GOTTA SAY IS WHERE'S A COMMENT FROM BIG NEWS GUY RYAN SIMS :)???????????????
Ryan is currently getting his news caster on via southern WA..... he will most likely be making it rain very soon on CNN, stay tuned :P

OK!

So after buying my snowboard had to castle it up...it was Sunday after all.... my view...one of the last warm weather days like this I think...



WAIT!!!!!

lol before laxin it up at the castle I finally got sushi at one of those places where it's all on a rotating track and what not.... SO FUNNY!!!!!!! Ok so there's the sushi on the rotating cart right...then you can also order fresh sushi and it comes express on a diffrent track!!! So nuts! VERY FUN....



The pics really don't do it justice...when you see your sushi coming and the tray is disguised as a bullet train, HA! why can't Japan get crappier and crappier so I come home faster!!!!! Ay yai yai so funny. Also Hello Kitty juice boxes if you'd like...



one more :)



So yes! Sunday was very good. Even played a game of Monopoly with the rules being "no speaking english" that was way rough but I survived. My friends aren't joking around with the studying anymore so I hope I can step up to the occasion!

Last of the Jalepeno's, so stoked they're bit spicy...fall is here I think they won't last another two weeks ( :( ) but I think i'll try and dry a bunch of seeds out and keep em for next year!!!!!



Alright well I think I'll just keep it to mostly pics this time around... I hope everyone had a good weekend!!!!!! Saw pics of the fam(FL) laxin on the boat...Homesick and not but can't wait to get back home when the time comes. !!!!!!!!!

BIG PLANS!

this month that is....

I'm refraining from going out tonight(FRI) even though I have an unusual amount of energy and am even a border line hyper. Maybe it's from the cat, whenever I get home she's always pretty energetic.

Work today was great! I have 5 classes and time really flies by!!! I even had to start an hour early kind of because I'm helping an old teacher I used to work with prepare for an English test(CHINAMI IS HALLARIOUS). Handled some bizniss at the gym too!

Maybe I'm just stoked that it was PAYDAY = JYEAH. But jeez I have many plans this month AND I still need to book all my tickets back to amurica :P

Oddly enough...these were some of the only pics I took with my phone this week... I really hate this kid...well sometimes. He's very smart but I've figured homie out so we kind of have this mutual respect for each other. If he does well in class, I give him custom mustaches from the stamps I hand out at the end of class... check it.

Jeez that couch is ugly! Unitas is so ghetto I can't believe it. Everything squeaks when you walk on it in the main office. I bet a minor earthquake will make it crumble... lol the elevators don't work(5 story building) and we just have copy machines in front of them. I don't even think there are 5 chairs of the same make in whole place! I'm in charge of the Haloween shenanigins and can barely get anything for a budget it's ridiculous. But it's also the easiest job I've ever had!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I speak English...that's it! But it's also rough coming up with enough stuff to fill an hour with incredibly dull people at times...or even staying awake. Some days that's a killer, and I'm talking when I'm 4 coffees fresh and my first class has me yawning every time I'm reading!

But inside and outside of work everything's going great. Fall is coming and it's getting pretty chili at night. Talked to the pops the other day on skype...I can't wait to come back for the holidays and chill with the 252(aka Me, my sis, and padre). He brought to my attention that it may be the last Christmas we will all spend together for a long time. And we(the 252) have had some pretty rough ones. This will by far be among the best, except when I got a brand spankin new vw gti!!!! unnnnnnh that car was sweet... let's see if I can pull through the depths of my memory(or computers) and pull up a pic... :) maybe a movie will work...
well hopefully that will load but who knows...in this vid. blake! my best bud.

Anyways next week goin snowboarding! Going shopping for a new board AND a costume this weekend. I will be sure to post some pics of that bizniss as well as possible prospects of a board I will be riding this season( I know you all are on the edge of your seat for those pics!) anyways I'll end on another pic of my awesome cat... I kinda feel like a weird parent, I know I take a lot of pics of this kitty but I just gotta show youz!!!!!!!!!!!!

that phone is ringing in my head again...

A typhoon is coming!!! and the weather is great, maybe why I liked living in Seattle so much. The weather over the weekend was very nice though and Sunday just did some bike riding around the city, fed some fish, chilled out at the park and ate dried squid! I think I realized I'm pretty acclimated to things around here when I walk into a combini and this is what I set my sights on..



oolong tea is the bizniss around here I probably drink 5 of those bad boys a week!

Anywho things are going pretty good over here. Just found out a ski resort opens 10/17 which is ridiculous!!! What's even better is if you wear a costume you get in free??? Any ideas on what I should be...lol for some reason I was thinking I should be a banana. That would just look pretty amusing coming down the mountain and doing some tricks as a banana :P

Lately I've been speaking a lot of Japanese!!! I'm super motivated because conversation with some of my friends is really funny! Speaking is probably what I like most about living in Japan, and understanding...I was at Denny's today doing a little tutoring and overheard a conversation and understood it. Haha sounds funny writing but I was happy about it. Also today at a different part time gig I though maybe I should be a teacher!!! This was while playing with kids at my kindergarten and a tiny lobster was basically being tortured by three 4 year olds. What a time for an opiphany!!! The poor guy was in a portable tank with like an inch of water, and the kids were moving it around with the handle of a jump rope. Basically it didn't look happy but I was able to tell them to calm it down you wouldn't be so happy if you were him right now :)

But, I want to be a science teacher...teaching English really isn't too fun. English is rough!!!!! So many little things that are funky with this language it's crazy, happy it's my first to say the least. I figure high school science(like biology) would be awesome. Or maybe anatomy. Something fun to talk about you know?!?!?

Aight here's some other pics of the weekend.... Sunday at the castle doin some frisbee action!




also took a pic around sunset of my city!!! HELLO KOFU!



This next one is pretty funny. Lately I've been picking Chi-chi up and using here as a guitar whenever my only Ramones song comes on... Judy is a punk. It's really fun because she lets me...but when I get really into it I use her paws as a microphone. Hey it's better than an air guitar :) I call it... "Guitar Kitty!" very original I know.


As I posted Miss Chi-chi decided to lay down and put her head right on my left forearm...lol now every time I type I feel bad because he head's moving all over the place :(

Anywho... check out what I picked for part of my dinner tonight. And lately, the jalepeners are just a touch spicy.... = NICE. Ohhh, fresh basil with pasta = happiness.



Woohoo!

did a little pasta with scallops, veggies, and vino. Not a bad busy day off. Ohh...check out some of my students... Here's my favorite Friday class!




and Saturday sisters... Kimiho(glasses) and Nichika...they came in early and were cracking up at how I was dipping my bagel in my yogurt(no cream cheese!). Nothing wrong with that!



Alrighty that about sums things up! Hope to hear some costume ideas!!!! Basically I'm talking to you Katie since you're the only one that reads this! Or maybe my good bro Ryan Sims(Holla) but he's busy being a news anchor(really!!!).

ようううううううううっし :)

She likes Colbert!