Did you eat crabs?

I did too.

So, living in Japan, English is seen as 'very cool' because everyone studies it, most people can't fathom how people learn this shit, and being fluent in it is very highly regarded by just about everyone. This has led to a lot of clothing being produced that has written english on it, which of course, is cool. Now, if you'd kindly view the following Dogen video, you can see how this goes pretty quickly.

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It is a very special feeling when small children want your attention. Not in the, 'do you have games on your phone' or 'can you buy this for me' ways, but the 'will you play with me?' kind. Nothing makes your heart melt faster.

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Have you heard the Call of the Night?

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In about five days, I start Christmas/New Years (more the latter here in Japan) break. because of that, today and yesterday were my last days at this school until January, and that means we were doing a holiday lesson, this time centered around Christmas. I'll be doing this again over the next three days, but my dear School Marm will only be there for part of Wednesday.

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Is this the right time?

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Song unrelated.

Today is my last day at school, and just about marks one year in Japan for me. So, what to say about it? So much has happened and so much has changed in a single year when, before, I felt static and stuck in a place I'd never wanted to be. In that case, let's start there.

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2024 has come, and with it came Japan's biggest earthquake since 2011. We got hit by a whopping 7.6 on the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture at about 4:15PM on January 1st.

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Since I can't reasonably go see my family this year, I went to see The Pillows in Okayama yesterday for Thanksgiving.

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Funfact: the title was stolen from a small child's T-shirt. I smile every time I see 'Japenglish' and I am so sad that I will not see it anywhere near as often in the coming school year. From middle school onwards, and even in some elementary schools, the students wear uniforms, and that makes me sad. The hope is that the students can make me smile as much, but I have my doubts. Of the classes I will miss, which are about half of them, my 3-2 class from my third school I will miss the most.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas~

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So lately, there's been this song based on spongebob going around, and I am addicted.

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Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do
Life's been good to me so far.

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Once upon a time, I had the bright idea that I would write a big ol' superhero story. I wanted weekly releases, I wanted it to be serialized like a shounen jump manga (I.e. the people that produce one piece, chainsaw man, dragonball etc.). When I came up with this idea, it was the story of an AU Applejack who was sometimes a super hero based on the song, I'm no superman by Lazlo Bane, and

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