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Wow, world traveler. Welcome. :)

It's pretty nice in a town, except that everyone assumes I speak perfect Japanese and rattles off at light speed. I can understand when they talk slowly, but that's about it. My "leopalace" (a chain of cookie cutter apartments) is rather small, and there's a bathroom in the kitchen (lol, just...

4x4? Capsule hotel? I'm not actually in Tokyo, so it's a different experience this time around. I'm in an Ibaraki town of about 50k, right next to one of 150k. But there is a lot of farmland. I go to Tokyo on the weekends to get away.

Eh. It's hit or miss. I like Japan (this is my second time here), but the students are mostly little brats who won't listen.

Name's obvious from the username, but I'm also known as defunctzombie. I'm an American teaching English in Japan. I promise to keep my articles as focused as possible. ;)

You know, from what I saw in stores while I was in Japan, no one was in any hurry to enforce this law (especially as far as homoerotica for women is concerned), so I really wonder how bad this one was to catch the government's attention.

Yes, it's sad, especially since the GBA FE is one of only 2 ever released in the US. Though I didn't realize it before posting, but last week Yoshi did get released to the WiiU eShop so maybe there's hope.

I wish we thought of using rage-quit as a part of my group's study. We just went for Ghostbusters-style "zap if you lose" for our reaction measurement test. Tee hee.

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Seriously, I would starve if it weren't for McDonalds and Yoshinoya/Sukiya/Matsuya (beef bowl shops). Japan's diet is based on fish and odd vegetables. They actually use a lot of mushrooms and bean sprouts, which I do like, but most Japanese food tastes weird to me. I'm here for my job, but I...

As for physical, I'm probably a 2. No smoking or drinking, but I do have some ailments. I got shingles at age 15 (15! Almost unheard of!), dry skin, lactose intolerance (from a childhood injury to boot, not from genetics), irregular months, and vitamin deficiencies- you name it, I might have it...

I remember when white was the normal computer color. Then black was suddenly in, and white boxes were "uncool". Now it seems white is making a comeback.... :)

Escaflowne? Not exactly a beginner's anime. XD Reading manga in Japanese is really the only way I have time to study anymore. Though I prefer to read it in English, the genre I like rarely gets licensed so I have to buy the Japanese versions. Thank god for Book Off, otherwise I'd be broke...

As much as I love the old Looney Toons and Tom&Jerry, my favorite cartoon will always be Muppet Babies. Looking back on it now, it's dripping in 80's style. Any scene without the babies is pure Marvel. Hint hint, Disney. You now own the Muppets, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. I think that takes care...