Archive For April, 2008
Wii
By Rodent | April 24, 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]