I hear the echoes of heels at night.

Girls here don't seem to think they are adults unless they are constantly wearing heels.

久しぶり！

It took awhile, but the stars have finally aligned just right to move me to blog. I guess I let things get a little out of hand. I'll give you a very fast rundown of whats been going on though in chronological order and with pictures!

After returning from Korea, a bunch of friends showed up here in Japan including homeboy-Ravi and girlfriend-Jen. Sadly I can't really remember what went on. But looking over my pictures I at least see some Karaoke (what else in Japan).



With that done, it was time for exams, this wasn't nearly as tough as I thought it would be. I think I maybe have overstudied (is that possible) considering what was expected of me, and the fact that I had solid grades going into the finals anyway. So in the end I finished off the semster with:
International Relations = A
Intensive Japanese = B

Still, to celebrate, a few friends and I snuck up to the top floor of one of the Sophia buildings. Brought ourselves a few drinks from the コンビに (convenience store)　and enjoyed the sunset over 新宿(Shinjuku).

After the semester was over, there wasn't much left in the way of things to do and time wound down as I wished some students safe trips back to their homes. Its sad that some people were only here for half a year and I won't be seeing them again next semester. Especially since, they are going back to their home countries and so my chances of ever seeing them again is pretty slim. Thats why you have to be glad for the advent of sites such as facebook, or even just the internet in general.





居酒屋(Japanese-style bar)


回転寿司(Rotating Sushi Restaurant... you are charged but the plate... and that 'just one more' mentality always ends up costing me)

Anyway, a few big bits of news to cover. Break here in Japan was from February 1st to April 11th (yes I'm still on break) and I had no clue what it was I would do for that time, so...
I moved out of my homestay (unhappily)
I returned home for a little over a month (happily)
I returned to Japan reinvigorated and ready for a new semster (happily)
I moved into a new apartment (happily!)
Friends from my school in VA are now here in Tokyo for the next semester (including Jen)
I got a job

So in celebration of me being back on the blog.. I'm going to update you on all these topics... later... maybe one update a day... who knows!

In the meantime, I'm back... thanks to everyone who claimed to actually be reading the blog and told me while I was at home...

See you tomorrow.

Here is me at a penis festival... in case you thought you weren't going to check my blog