Back to being sick again. Once again, same sore-throat sickness... it sucks, but now i have medicine. Hopefully it'll kill it. Tommorow is day off, so I will be doin laundry :) Fun fun fun.

Yes folks, i am alive.

I am in Fukuoka now - living with Max and Shelly in the "laundry room" their spare room. most of my stuff is still in boxes and suitcases...

Work is well... crappy. I miss my Ishibashi students and kids a lot... now I've got... housewives, stupid stupid housewives.

But such is life. For now anyway. But I am here. I am rarely on messengers anymore, due to my change in work schedule - but I am hoping that will change, maybe in april or may. That's all for now!

I'm turning my computer off now and packing it up for my move tommorow... see ya'll soon!

So, I am known around my Nova school as the anime guy. The person who loves animation (Disney, Japanese, etc), and a lot of my students are amazed at how many shows I've watched... so here they are, for your viewing pleasure.

Japanese titles included first, followed by English.

あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION - Azumanga Daioh
美少女戦士セーラームーン - Sailor Moon
アキラ - Akira
ベルセルク / 剣風伝奇ベルセルク - Berserk
青の６号 - Blue Submarine No 6.
Blood: The Last Vampire
ちょびっツ - Chobits
Makai Toshi Shinjuku - Demon City Shinjuku
ファイナルファンタジー - Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ - GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)
HAND MAID メイ - Hand Maid May
マクロスプラス - Macross Plus
超時空要塞マクロスII Lovers Again - Macross II
獣兵衛忍風帖 - Ninja Scroll
ラブ ひな - Love Hina
ナルト - Naruto
テニスの王子様 - Prince of Tennis
ウィッチハンターロビン - Witch Hunter Robin
らんま１／２ - Ranma 1/2
もののけ姫 - Mononoke Hime
Majo no Takkyubin / 魔女の宅急便 - Kiki's Delivery Service
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi / 千と千尋の神隠し - Spirited Away
ロードス島戦記 - Record of Lodoss War
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Shin Seiki Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion
バンパイアハンターD - Vampire Hunter D
バンパイアハンターD - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
吸血姫美夕 / Kyuuketsu Hime Miyu - Vampire Princess Miyu
プロジェクトA子 - Project A-Ko
.hack//sign
百獣王ゴライオン / Hyakujuu Ou Golion - Voltron
Pokemon
Tatakae! Chô robot seimeitai Transformers - Transformers
天空の城ラピュタ / Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa - Castle in the Sky (Laputa)
ルパン三世　カリオストロの城 / Rupan Sansei: Cagliostro no Shiro - Lupin III: The Castle
of Cagliostro
風の谷のナウシカ / Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind

Yay! Natalie Portman won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe! Good job to her. Now it's time to take an Oscar!

New pictures have been added at my website!

A visit to Ginkakuji Temple, some new shots of Kiyomizu Dera, Penguins and Denny's!

I've been reading my Jewish communities, and lately, there have been a lot of posts about places like Jdate.com (a place for single Jews to meet and such) having non-Jews join the sight... in hopes of finding that good Jewish boy or girl...

And I don't really understand it. I mean, as far as I can tell, there's not a real difference between most people irregardless of religion. But the posts always make it out to be that girls should just find that "nice Jewish boy", or that guys should look for the "Jewish princess".

I dunno - it struck me as odd... since i went to my OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD Yahoo personal and found an email in there from some super-religious girl (Christian), and she even commented on me putting down Jewish as my religion.

Strange - it's something I'll never understand....

and I have got to start packing soon! Watching 5 episodes of Dead Like Me in a row doesn't help the packing situation much. And tommorow is Lost and Alias episodes to watch after work. must pack.... but now, sleep!

Current Mood: contemplative

Well, today was the day Max and Shelly left to go back home to Fukuoka. I think they had a fairly good time here, although Shelly was sick for most of it, and Max was getting sick today. Luckily, we got Nyquil for em, and hopefully it'll kill it in time.

I can't believe how busy New Years is here. We went to Kyoto on January 2nd, and it was packed. I took them to Ryozen (giant buddha temple) and Kiyomizu Dera, and it was just incredibly packed. The bad thing was, due to it being sunday, Kinkakuji closed earlier than expected, so Shelly didn't get to see the golden temple :( I'll do better next time! Oh, and we ate at the Japanese Denny's! It was exciting to see Dennys, and their different menu and such!

On the first, we went to Kaiyukan aquarium - which Max had problems with due to the aquarium and the water and such - but I think Shelly enjoyed it :P And then we had dinner where we cooked our food in little fryers at the table - that was cool. I also learned how to play the taiko drum game - I enjoy it, and am now dedicated to making myself better at it.

Yesterday, we went to USJ - where, holy f'n bejeebers, it was busy... because everyone has new years vacation.... we waited in line anywhere from 45 minutes to almost 2 hours for things. I just cant believe how busy it was. And then we ate at Hard Rock! Oishi des!

Today, we ate at Yodobashi Camera at the Italian restaraunt. Then I said goodbye and they left for their shinkansen!

Now I begin the January time of packing, selling, throwing things away, mailing things out and just getting ready to move to the southern island... a bit scared and nervous, but hopefully all will go well :)

And now, it's time to go! Till next time!

Happy New Year from me to ya'll... from Japan, to every other country :P

Hope 2005, Year of the Cock... err Rooster, is good to you :P

I'll write some more later, but for now - soon to sleep. Must get ready for Max and shelly's arrival.

I can't believe the death toll has almost doubled since I went to bed yesterday. I just can't imagine the destruction and loss of life. When I was in Israel going through a tower of the Children's Holocaust museum (built for all the children who died during that time - which is very creepy and disturbing, since there are pictures of most of the kids who died during that time), I remember one of our Israeli guides telling us something his Rabbi had told to him.

The Nazi's didn't just kill 6 million people, they killed the future generations of those who died. So let's go with an example. We'll use me.

Me -> Kids -> Their kids -> Their kids -> Their kids, and so on....

So if I died, all the future generations that would have followed are also dead.

I remember what an impact it had on me then, standing outside of the museum, with several people I didn't know - some crying, some solemn, some just not saying anything. I understood what he meant... it's just.... I dont understand why we keep building weapons, and people keep dying, when nature can do it. It's not coming out how i'm thinking of it. Basically, man does not need to try to take natures place as the balancer of life and death. Man just needs to start seaking peace.

I guess that's it...