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For the most part, things are going very well for me right now.  I'm a week and a half away from going to Japan, Sarah and I will soon be going on our spa vacation in Hot Springs, I've been going back to my codemonkey roots, and I've been having fun getting reacquainted with an old friend.  The one thing that sucks is that I miss Alex and Kevin terribly.  It's going to be weird not being with them this year....

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Yet again, it has been a while since I've updated.  I've been easily distracted.  Anyhoo, it's pretty late, so I'll just do a quick post.

I was contacted by the person I'll be replacing in Japan.  I now know that I'll be teaching at Nagahama West Junior High School.  Wee!  I'll be usurping her apartment, too, in a building called High Life Morii.  The Nagahama Board of Education puts all JETs there, so I should be among new friends.

Speaking of new friends, I've established an e-mail friendship with a girl named Myra who will be a JET in Nagahama as well.  She's very nice; I can't wait to meet her in person.  Too bad she's not teaching at my school.  She'll be at Nagahama North Junior High School.  At least she'll be one of my neighbors!

We caught a 6-ft alligator in my backyard.  See Facebook for pictures.

The light fixture on my ceiling exploded a couple days ago.  There was blue fire and much screaming/running on my part.  Long story short, I'm now living off of flashlights and lamps until the electrician comes to install the nice new light fixture my mother and I purchased.

I want a boyfriend.

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So, since I officially got the letter from the Consulate.....

*drumroll*

...I will be teaching English somewhere in Nagahama, in Shiga prefecture, in the glorious nation Japan!!  ^-^

For the GoogleEarth-impaired:  http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/keitidid/Nagahama.jpg.   The large lake is Lake Biwa.  The larger body of water on the top-leftish side is the Sea of Japan, which meets with South Korea. 

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This blog is sorely in need of an update.  I'll do it quickly, since it is four in the morning at the moment....

College is done.  No more papers, exams, or anything of that sort for the foreseeable future.  This pleases me.  I just need to survive all the pomp and circumstance of graduation.

I sent Prof. Shade a very sappy letter telling him how much I've appreciated him over the years.  The boy doesn't have internet at home, though, so I'm stuck biting my nails awaiting his potential response.  I like to think my letter will make him all weepy.  He always struck me as the weepy type.

I got a phone call from a certain person in a certain country in a certain ocean -- an "I'm not supposed to call you until after you get a letter from a certain embassy" type of call, if you catch my drift.  I have certain information now.  I've announced this verbally to some people, but will refrain from spelling it out here until I actually get a certain letter from a certain embassy.  I don't want to get the certain person in trouble; he was really very nice.  Nutshell: details forthcoming.

Alex and I are going to girl it up and go shopping tomorrow (technically today).  This pleases me, because my parents came up here today to take home about half the stuff in my dorm room.  Because of the graduation variable, my sister will have to be in the car, taking up the space my luggage normally would.  I didn't want to be forced into being strapped to the roof of the station wagon, so I volunteered to part early with some of my stuff.  Too bad it was all of my more entertainment-type stuff.  I now have very little with which to stave off boredom.  Thank goodness for YouTube.  And FFnet, Mediaminer, and AFFnet....

Note to self:  Call madre.  Camera.  Memory card!

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Just five more papers, one presentation, and five exams to go....

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