I gave in and bought a Wii.
I played a decent amount of Wii at Alex’s back in the US. While it was fun at first, once the novelty wore off I realized it really lost its appeal to me. That all changed when Smash Brothers came out, followed by Mario Kart. I’ve been itching to [...]

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At the beginning of every school year the teachers in the city play a huge game of musical chairs, so JTEs get swapped around and are placed at different schools for seemingly random reasons. Since the school year began a few weeks ago I’ve been getting to know my new JTEs.
At the school I’m currently [...]

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All told, I rotate between four middle schools and around nine or so elementary schools. Back when I first arrived in Japan my reputation for unicycling sometimes preceeded me (apparently word travels fast), so it wasn’t uncommon for me to show up to a school and they already start asking me about unicycles. This particular [...]

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I never really made a post about it, but awhile back I added a map that has all of the locations I (and usually with Beth) have visited while here, plus a short writeup about and usually a photo of the location. Anyway, as of today, April 17, 2008, it has been updated.
Go check it [...]

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Really long-ass post ahead.
IntroductionThe Japanese school system is on a trimester system, with the school year ending in March then beginning in April. Having a merely two week break between the end and beginning of the school years doesn’t really give enough time off to let the batteries fully recharge and make the new school [...]

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The contest to make something finished a bit ago, and the winners announced, but unfortunately I’ve been too busy to really acquire everything and mail it out… until now!
In the end I decided that due to lack of entries the two disqualified entries (from Ryan and Jeff Jeff) would be considered valid. They will both [...]

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