Anne Coulter is a CUNT

Why the hell is it that people with the most outlandish ideas about their opposition are the most popular? She drones on about liberals this, and liberals that; as if there is this cookie cutter block cut laying about somewhere that creates the "liberal mind." She has lost it, utterly. Do not get me wrong here; this is the exact same thing I noticed at University, where I was labeled a jack booted republican for the slightest deviation from, shall we say, "The party line." Again, are all republicans the same? Do people not realize that they are exhibiting classic us against them mentalities?

I admit to being a social liberal; nothing you can say to me will EVER convince me that gays, black folk, or any other race or creed is any worse or better than I am, but you are welcome to try. I will listen if you do. ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL. Though I am having a real hard time loving Islamic extremists, cute and cuddly they are NOT.

So anyway, I am now teaching 6 lessons a week at 5000 yen an hour. Not bad, but I only wanted to work 2 nights a week. I just cant say no to the money! I will be blowing a good chunk of change this month, I tell you what. I have been averaging about 2500 yen a day so far. With nothing to do, I shop. I should hike, but I have to work at night, and every hike I know is at least an hour a way on unfamiliar roads, and it is HOT-damn hot, as Robyn Williams might say. Its the kind of hot that hits you as you walk out of an air-conditioned room-100 degrees and raining hot.

Saturday I am heading to my first onsen in Japan, with my favorite school, Kusai Elementary. It is will be expensive-about 300 bucks (36000 yen), but I am assuming it will be worth it. Since it is a teacher’s trip, it is not a profit-making venture, and every dollar may be well spent. Or, not. We shall see.

Alan Jackson

In response to some strange comments, I feel compelled to clarify my last post. 6000 yen is NOT enough to buy a hooker in Japan. That is reference to the money spent on food, drink, and karaoke in Nagoya last night. Really, are all your minds in the gutter, and if so, why are you asking me censor potential hooker references?

Anyway; tonight I making Tom Kha Gai for a friend dropping by later-not the one with the impressively short skirt, but this one has attributes enviable in and of themselves as well. Well, it will be a kind of Tom K; about half of the ingredients are unavailable, or at least I cannot read the labels on them. Either way, I do not have em. Like most things I make, it will be a strange variation on the theme of X food.

Also, I have continued to spend recklessly on this second day of vacation. I purchased a DVD-RAM drive, for about a 100. I am just now starting to burn some of my old media to DVD. I have to make some room so I can download Northern Exposure in its entirety. I am very excited to return to Sicily, Alaska and see some old friends, and moose. Soon…

Ok, so I will post some pics of last night for the curious-mentally curious, all you bi-curious will have to find your interesting pics elsewhere. My friend Usami and I put together an evening at a restaurant in Nagoya for about 10 people. We had a dinner set that included a spicy, spicy bubbling hot pot of kimchi, pork, and various other goodies. A nomihodai (all you can drink), and assorted side dishes representing variations on the theme of spicy.

Next we hit up karaoke in Le Jac-complete with YET ANOTHER nomihodai. My voice was crap, but I drank away my pain!

Anyway, check it out, and be sure to look for any above mentioned points of interest.

ELVIS

6000 yen. Best Cash I ever spent. I swear that skirt was 6inches, and she too shy to talk. Where am I, and do I deserve this?

Coltrane

Well, I have a three day weekend that started about 7 hours ago, and a bottle of decent sake-reishu, if you can believe what a coincidence that is. Of course, I do have to return to work again on Tuesday, and then find a way to make it through the rest of the week. Two days, to be precise. I am off again on Thursday-though I do have a part time job in the evening on Thurs. Sounds good, but what if I told you there was more? Thursday is in fact the start of my summer vacation. I will not return to work again until the 5th of September. I have six weeks of paid vacation to take-what ever shall I do? I joke, but I really don’t know. A nice problem to have; I know, but I am legitimately concerned that I may actually drink myself to death out of boredom. I don’t know if you know this, but Sake comes in big damn bottles, and there seems to be a never ending supply here.

I did not get into the Japanese class I wanted to take; though I did get on the waiting list. It was the summer intensive class at the YWCA. I am now in the market for a replacement class, but I dont think I will find it. If only I had discovered that class sooner; I could have made it happen. Of course, I only have to kill three students to get in, and so it is theoretically possible still, but probably not worth the hassle and mental problems such a course of action entails. Best to save that one for when you really need it.

So anyway, my online club is not performing just yet. I am working at a less than diligent pace to put it together, but I have found that people suck. I have developed a pet peeve; besides that I despise the term Gaijin, I mean. I am sick of people asking me, within the first hour we meet, without fail, to teach them English. I am debating adopting an "I don’t speak English for free" policy to combat this trend. Language leeches are the bane of my existence. International Japan my ass. If your only reason for meeting with foreign people is to practice English; you are an ass, and a boring one at that. You know most of these people learn the language to travel, and then when they arrive they EAT ONLY JAPANESE FOOD? Ass masters; the lot of em!

Bush

Ok, so its been awhile since my last update, but I am back now-no worries. It was a pain to update when I only had a connection at work, but I now have internet at home again-in my own name and everything! It is costing me about 55 a month for it though, so it better stay up! Good thing I have that part time gig; that helps a lot.

So here are some pictures for you; a pic of me on the top of some damn mountain I hiked up. In Japan, they do not use switchbacks very often, so instead of an even ascent, I walked straight up the damn mountain. Imagine my surprise at that. It was a great hike though.

After that is SCHOOL LUNCH! Just a little introduction what the kids, and me, get here. Hope all is well, and look for me online again!