Why Try To Change Me Now - Fiona Apple (Originally by Cy Coleman)
I didn’t know this song existed until about twelve hours ago, when I heard it on the most recent episode of House, and since then it has reached a play count of 10 on my iTunes.
Wait— make that 11.
Just saw these childrens’ books about Barack and Michelle at the local bookstore. I’m quite certain the Obamas are more popular here than they are in the US.
Continuing with the theme of “sea creatures that we fry and eat whole,” yesterday we had fried shrimp for lunch—with eyes and legs and all. But we also got a sweet potato crepe to go with it! (in the plastic package in the middle)
Saw this in the drugstore the other day. Apparently “Jesus Body” is the hottest new diet pill on the market in Japan. I wonder if they mean you can get a body like Jesus’, or if it’s an exclamation, like “Jesus! Look at that body!”
One of the other teachers at my school drew my portrait! Pretty damn good.
Anonymous asked: youve probably had this question asked many times, butt how did you start life in japan? and when?
Not that many times, actually. I moved here pretty recently—July of last year—because I got job teaching English through the JET Programme. It’s a fantastic job and I’m really lucky to have it. I can’t recommend it enough. It’s really tough job to get, too, despite the fact that they have more than 4,000 teachers in Japan every year—so I guess that speaks to the quality of the program. In fact, I was waitlisted for JET and I didn’t expect to be coming, but they called me in June and said “You’re in and you’re moving to Japan in one month.” Then I had one of the most hectic and stressful months of my life.
But it’s all good now.
It’s been a good while since I posted a picture of my school lunch, so here’s what I had today: a typical Japanese salad, some bite-size fried fish (the entire body), a bizarre miso-ramen concoction with corn and quail eggs, and, of course, rice.
The sun was especially bright this morning as it rose over the snow-covered mountains and rice fields
Tumblr user thirdworldgirl has been in Haiti for the past month and hasn’t updated since the quake. I sent her an email last week, but she hasn’t responded. Maybe internet access isn’t easy to come by over there now, but I’m worried. I’ve been following her blog for over a year and she’s a wonderful person. Anyone know/heard from her?
EDIT: She and her family seem to be safe, so that’s excellent news. Looking forward to hearing from her whenever she gets the chance.
The song Auld Lang Syne does exist in Japan, but somewhere along the way someone made all new Japanese lyrics for it and changed the title to 蛍の光, or The Firefly’s Glow. The general theme of the song is still the same—this sort of mix of nostalgia and hope for things to come—but it’s not a New Year’s song here. It’s instead a song that a lot of stores play on their PA systems 10 or 15 minutes before closing time, to let you know that you need to get your ass in gear.
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