This weekend was supposed to be great; me myself and I, relaxing no people just time to write and talk online, cook a little, maybe bake a little, post some letters and potter with my plants…so much for that. I should’ve known on Friday that this weekend was just destined to be shitty. On Friday … Read More

I don’t like it. Well to be more acurate, I don’t like SG-1. I had this gut reaction to the episodes that I saw before leaving Britain but was unable to accurate defend this reaction. I don’t like that. So every evening (more or less) I have sat down in front of the TV and … Read More

It has gotten markedly easier for my elementary pupils to win stickers as of today. I have an introduction to The United Kingdom (which is really four countries: pause for gasps and cries of `honto?`) which I have now done for over four hundred pupils; only five hundred more to go, this is taking so … Read More

I sometimes wonder about how I personally define real. Skimble and I went to watch bunraku today which is traditional Japanese puppetry. The sets are elaborate and the puppets are about a third the size of real life. In fact all the puppets are are maskand wig with clothing and hands. There was an explanation/demonstration … Read More

Four hours of karaoke will do that to you. I feel strangely drunk and yet I haven’t touched a drop. People are built by their memories and also by what touches them but I still cling to the belief that the only way to be in control is never to let what touches know that … Read More