Well, January has been interesting to say the least

Thems the snowboarding days of January...lot of them free which is good and super discounted. Finally I actually decided to document how often I go snowboarding...I go a lot! Lately it has been a little theraputic, not for my finances but jeez immigration stuff has me frazzled.

Went today with the president of a company that wants to hire me and they said NO! I have one more chance, which is tomorrow. The company is going to Tokyo immigration to try again. If they say the same thing they said today I need to be out by 2.6.11! A very interesting thought which I think you would agree with.

At least I got to see chi-chi today! We needed to print up another contract and my girlfriend has a printer and the president of Borderlink(the company) was heading in that direction so after we met with him and signed a new contract Haz went to finish getting ready and ms.chi-chi was around. She definitely recognizes me it's really funny, even to see how she looks at me, I think she's a little mad because life there is good, but at my place it was way better because I'm more fun!!!!!!



hmmmmm...anything else going on??? Snowboarding a lot...getting better every time I go I've never progressed so much in a season in my life!



It was pretty cold last night though. Night riding is pretty but the resort my friend Chris and I went to is really busy in the day time, and it was super packed hard snow at night. After two days of snowboarding prior to last night my knees and body just weren't really feeling it. Thankfully when we got there we asked some people leaving if we could have there passes and they gave them to us for free!!!! Timing is everything!! It also helps to be super nice and know a little J.

I will definitely know how good or bad my timing is for living in Japan come tomorrow....what do you guys think??? Either way it's win win but this tour de Japan things are looking up. I have a lot of really cool job offers. Day jobs and night jobs...and the owner of the Vault mentioned me working there again part time. Although it's not the best there...it's like Japanese class x20. I really can't tell you how beneficial one night is there. It's like 8 hours of speaking japanese because nobody understands you. Speaking more of timing;

5 minute games mind you...I'm PLASTICBEACH


...yes that'd be 48 seconds vs someone who's supposed to be better than me! It felt good to say the least.

Anyways cross your fingers for me tomorrow everyone. THANK YOU!

UGHHHHHH

I WANT TO COME HOME SO BAD!

But I know I should just try and make it out here! I have had a couple interviews now and it seems like everything for April is locked down...with the combination of both interviews I had it seems like I have my pick of anywhere I want to live in JAPAN! It's too early right now since the school session doesn't start for a little while(April) but it feels good thinking I can pretty much do anything.....if I pull through with a visa.

Anyways I'm broke! My last day was last Monday!!! And I know I shouldn't have but I went on a snowboard trip...it was the best time of my life though....best snowboarding in my life for never really hitting a jump or rail!!!! I'm talking Powder waist deep....I smash through it so fast and steep I can't even see because I'm creating mini avalanches behind me. Then the snow settles and there's powder as far as the eye can see!!!!!!!!!!!!! Started @ 9 and my legs gave out on my by 2 I was charging so hard!

Picture??? OK



Anyways when I came back to reality I got back on it. 17 days until my visa expires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I should be applying by Monday at the latest, I'm going to go into immigration tomorrow to ask for another extension I think because the last company that I talked to on the phone said they would apply for me in a heartbeat but even if they applied tomorrow they said....the time for processing would take at least 2 weeks :( So I'll start how I finished... UGHHHHH

I hear wedding bells(lol @ mom!) just kidding!!!!!! Anyone want to fly me back to amurica :) :) :) :) :) :)

well well well in a bit of a pickle!

MY VISA DIDN"T GO THROUGH!

and now my passport looks like this!



lol I actually have a new visa...for one more. It's called designated activities!! Man that sounds really cool and all, it'd be really nice if I had a designated activities visa for like 5 years!! I'd feel way cool :P

So now my current options are!

Move to Gunma(a prefecture close to here) and work possibly
Move back
Secure a job here in the spring and move back in the meantime
Crying and self pity
go to Korea and come back on a tourist visa and work part time jobs
get married

lol those last 3 aren't really in the equation, except one usually sets on right before I go to sleep. This week should prove very interesting...........any thoughts. I'm talking to you Katie my only loyal follower lol

HAPPY 2011

This past year went by really fast! I can't believe it. It was even surreal working just because even work went by quick! Which makes me think this next year will be flying by as well.

I can't believe this year I'll be 28!!! Never thought I'd be where I am right now when I was in highschool thinking about what I'd like to do with my life, but it's going well so far.

Had a great ski trip to finish off the year in Hakuba with my friends...check out the ride we went it!



It was a very fun trip...although I hate waiting on people sometimes when there's fresh powder and everyone wants to 'stick together'. LOL Ok I"M NOT COMPLAINING!! I'm just sayin! hahaha one of my resolutions was not to complain so much! and tune up my manners!!! I thought of the latter when I asked someone if I could use their wax to wax my board before the powder day...and I didn't even think to wax theirs up to say thanks. SO! I'm going to try and work on that, that's just not ME! :P I'm talkin about this guy josh!(who also was that guy involved with the salt in an earlier post)



The trip was great! I love going to the resort that we go to...the owner and I have become friends, considering last time I went I went down a closed course to destroy the powder and got caught, using his season pass and they resort took it! I felt pretty bad but it was kinda something that made things a little more memorable. It's so funny everytime we come too when I call him to confirm he's like, "Brian I put a room full of 5 beautiful girls right next to yours!" and then he introduces us at dinner it's hillarious!!! He really knows how to take care of his customers. Don't worry you guys I'm not a scumbag(japanese = uwakimono!) I stay faithful to the GF but hanging out with pretty girls is better than hanging out with ugly dudes!!!

I'll be sure and try and snag a picture of Kato next time I head up to Nagano!




Last day was epic(aka 2nd day)I went to sleep at like 9:30 the night before and was able to wake up nice and early and get up to and off the gondola by 9am the next day, ahead of everyone else. Smashed powder solo jamming to my ipod for about an hour and a half until I saw everyone else. Met a cool family on a different gondola and cruised with them for a little while too. People on the resorts here are just so much more friendly than back home sometimes it's amazing.

Going to the local shrine today for new years(shogatsu) pretty popular thing to do for the holidays. I'll take a pic maybe :P those tweetharts will definitely be seeing something!!!