Ack.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, that is how I feel right now. I don't know what it is about me but I have a tendency to get myself in over my head. Must be some sense of overwhelming self confidence that I probably shouldn't have. Feels like the energy rut I've been in is cycling out and I've got a lot of better focus. I'm teaching a math course and the whole teaching math thing is new for me. I'm working hard at it and I guess it's going ok, but this is probably NOT the job I sh...
Remember the movie Aliens when Ripley want to blow up the planet and the company guy says "no way" because it is too expensive? Ripley had the best comeback-- "They can bill me!" This is probably a vague parallel but... it seems like a lot of stuff that hasn't happened has not happened because no one authorized it. Whether it's using the city buses to evacuate people or the bringing in of troops, it seems to have slipped through the cracks of someone else's job or no one told me. Yet,...
Or somewhat. I wanted to post this mostly in reply to some long, long ago blog that someone made complaining that the US helps everyone and no one helps the US. Link We are all in this together! It makes me happy to see neighbors helping each other out!
Maybe I unknowingly clicked some buttons. Dunno, but my recent articles are anything but. Puzzling Any ideas?
Sheeplester: one who controls or manipulates sheeples sheepleitis: the condition of becoming a sheeple explacuse: what is said when it is not clear if making an excuse or giving and explanation.Join in the fun! What words can you create today!
Foreverserenity has a good discussion going about computer literacy. Link This blog is somewhat related to that, but mostly to a comment that someone made about a teacher saying (note the attempt at neutral terms here) why watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet was as good as treading he book. I really don't want to discss that issue here as arguements can be made for both sides. I also don't have the background to that comment as it wasn't included in the blog so I don't want to dis...
I was doing pretty well on this for about four days. Day 5 was a non post day so that I could go do stuff instead of sit around. Then tragedy struck. My hard-drive crashed completely. It happened gradually in dribs and drabs so I was able to back up all my documents except for my precious links in my favorites folder. It could have been worse. It could have been the big bang, and the repair shop upgraded the hard drive to 60G! Good for my little laptop. And since my computer ha...
I meant to blog about this a while ago. For some reason, our hot water is only a trickle from the kitchen faucet. For another reason, namely laziness, we haven't called the rental management company to have it fixed. We don't have a dishwasher and and it irritates the nuts out of me to rinse dishes in a trickle when it is my turn to wash. I really get pissed off. It's kind of funny if someone ranting amuses you. I could never figure out how my husband gets it done so quickly. Final...
The is a product or brand of beauty products in Japan called Asian Beauty. The spokesperson is Chen Tsui, the actress from "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." Obviously, the woman is gorgeous and a good choice by the marketers for a front person. What I hate about the commercial is that it usually shows caucasian women being jealous of her, giving her snide looks or getting the flap of Chen Tsui's coat in their faces. There's a series of commercials along this line. My question is this,...
In Tokyo, It feels like we get a noticeable earthquake here about once a month. I'm sure there are tremors going on all the time that I don't notice. Since July, there have been three earthquakes that shook enough to make me start to wonder if I had to think about taking cover. Luckily, they just shake stuff and no damage done. Enough shaking happened today that the trains probably stopped though. An interesting side effect of the earthquakes is the physiological effect it has one me....
I want to create a website. The purpose of it is to hopefully sell some photographs and some fiction that I write. I would also like to be able to put a blog on there (just for me) that I could ideally link to from my cell phone (or am I dreaming on that one?). I know that my first step is to buy a domain name. Step two is to choose a company for web-hosting. At this point I am considering Netfirms. I am considering them because "Top 10 Review Sites" Link had it in their top ten and...
Still working on the master list today and I got a lot of it sorted out. It's mainly made up of long-term projects which will take a lot of steps to get done. Yesterday was a pretty good day in that I got everything done that I planned. I just didn't plan a lot because I had major events going on. Today was a strange day. I spent most of my time working on the list but not getting a lot done. I had to do a lot of reading though. Good enough, I guess. Tomorrow I will read some ...
A picture I took of ayame when I went to Kamakura in May
On another thread I was talking about praying mantiss and then got onto suzume bachi. A giant hornet 2.7-4 cm long, and very poisonous. Now if you're feeling adventurous or would like a little bit of that suzume bachi power yourself you can try out this drink at this site Link 34 % alcohol and 3% suzume bachi extract. Kanpai!