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HARRY POTTER
Sometimes I go for 24 or even 72 hrs at a time only speaking roughly 20 words a day. Thus when I want to speak to someone…words don't willingly come out right away. Since practice makes perfect, I’ve taken up a ritual where every night before I go to bed instead of simply reading Harry Potter, I read Harry Potter out loud (occassionally in a British accent). Lately the words ‘shoulder,’ ‘world,’ ‘roar,’ and ‘wizardry’ are giving me trouble. Should I be worried?

BROADWAY
We went to see Movin' Out. I missed hearing live music. I realized that all those songs that are used over and over again on movie soundtracks are Billy Joel songs. And it's no wonder they use them over and over again because they're amazing. The main vocal/piano was an understudy, but his voice was so expressive that it couldn't have been done better. Coincidentlly gay pride was going down in the same Tokyo area. Except we weren't too sure if there was actual pride because some people were covering their faces as they passed cameras. But I guess it's good they still have one... In November I'm seeing two Johnathan Larson's. Tick Tick Boom and Rent. The former in Japanese, latter in English.

JET
I just finished helping with out the Gunma orientation. Nothing interesting to report, which is what I'm reporting... no cute guys... Next week four days of English Camp up in the mountains...

SUA - New Class
I saw the 6th class aka class of 2010 in the Seikyo Shimbun. Someone will definitely be utilizing the handicap access this year, but it looks like she's on a battery operated type so it shouldn't be as hard as we imagined it to be. On a whole it looks like an older bunch, or they're tall or something. I get the mature and humble vibe from them. But surprised at their size...I wonder how many of their fellow applicants the 85 had to fight off to end up in this picture. Although few, they brought in some new countries: Poland, Romania (maybe he/she's a vampire), Malaysia, and Taiwan. Contribution noted.
Up to this point there was a way of making the class feel special somehow, but I gotta say you'd be hard pressed to find something special about this class in context of the founding (but I'm sure they will). It's official, half the school has never had the pleasure of being in our glorious company. Our influences are waring thin. I'm feeling detached, and these things I wonder: how their food is, if they still have core classes, if Phat can find students he likes, if the pool table is still alive, if there's a student that got in on his/her 6th try, which one's will date cafeteria workers, and who will question administrative authority and think they're the first. I guess wether they can change the school's future or not, I'm sure no matter what they will be forever changed. Anyway good luck to them, cuz it's easy to make traditions whereas changing them can be a lot harder.

Good Hunting.