Today (as in February 3rd, today) is Setsubun, which means it’s time to cleanse the evil spirits from my home. Unfortunately, I like my evil spirits, so instead I went around and cleansed some of the other JETs places.
Usually what happens today is that the father of a family puts on an oni (demon) mask [...]

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The ride to school yesterday was far more eventful than any occurrence at school, and it all began in a crosswalk.
Every morning there are lots of people, mainly high schoolers and some older people, who walk or bike to their schools/jobs. Yesterday, like most any other day, I was a member of this crowd. We [...]

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Oh, the musical opportunities I’ve been passing up here.
This evening Beth was able to go back in time and mingle in with a bunch of goth high school Japanese girls–the fantasy of many men and a dream come true for Beth, I’m sure. You see, tonight Beth fulfilled this fantasy by attending Dir en grey’s [...]

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Oh what a night. It went from cheap to really fucking expensive quite quick, and it all started when I messaged Mark and asked what he and friends were doing…
At about 9:15 I got a response that he and Chet were heading over to Kenji’s, a very small local hangout that’s literally under the parking [...]

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I wasn’t in that great of a mood tonight. Japan was starting to grate on me, and I really just wanted a big cheap pepperoni pizza.
To alleviate some of the night’s boredom I turned on my TV and flipped around, hoping that something good would be on.
My needs were met.
When I turned on the TV [...]

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So far I haven’t exactly been a fan of the oncoming winter here, and it’s not just from coinciding with the low point of the culture shock curve.
For the past two months or so the sun has been setting annoyingly earlier and earlier. There’s no daylight saving time, and even if there was it [...]

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