Two albino scouts swim with the ship

Hey, just hanging out on an ordinary monday night. Had a good weekend, hung out with a lot of people, which was a nice change. Friday night and Saturday I was over at the other Higashidoori ALT's apartment, where three of us played some military tactical simulators for a very, very long time. It was wicked fun, the most video games I've played since, well, actually the only video games I've played since being here. There was lots of "Cover me!" and "I need artillery on this intersection!" and "Mediiiiiiiiiiiiic!"

We also made tacos and fajitas. It was a good time.

Saturday night we joined the local gaijin crew for a game of Texas hold 'em, which I had never played before. I came out 150 yen ahead in the end, which was cool. We also watched Peewee's Big Adventure because it is a very sweet movie.

Sunday was spent cleaning etc. It amazing how much time I can kill getting stuff done around the house.

Tomorrow I head off to the school that's the most difficult for me, the one with only 18 students total. This time they've combined the lower four grades into one class, which should help me, but I don't know how effective it'll be for the students. I'll give it my best shot, though. I've prepared like crazy for tomorrow, so I'm not too worried about it. That doesn't mean it can't all blow up in my face.

I've been working out like crazy recently, just because i finally have the time and the routine to do so. The other ALT here makes fun of me, because I live like I'm in prison, playing guitar, doing pull-ups, and making a weekly phone call to my friends and loved ones. Speaking of which, I now have internet phone, which I will try to use more often, probably before I go to school for like twenty minutes so that I can catch everyone at normal times.

Also sent out some postcards to folks whose addresses I have, which is not a lot. Basically, if you are on Facebook or are my grandparents, you get a postcard. There's some pretty sweet Ingrish or just plain bizarre ones that I grabbed, mostly rabbit-focused.

Got excited about having internet access at my house, so I kinda went a little nuts on iTunes music store. Unfortunately, I download from the US store, so I basically have to leave my computer on for a week to get everything I bought. Awwwwwkward.

Well, time to cook me some dinner for the week. Take care.