It's Anne!

Hello my lovely friends, I am doing very well. I hope you are too, I am having a great time with the students here and I am absolutely not afraid of them. And guess what now I have a pimp ::shit:: I mean a boyfriend, he takes care of me very well. I have made many friends here as well, they're mostly from Brazil and the Philippines, but they're really nice people...they're very hard working. So Allison is blogging for me....and I'm a prostitute unable to communicate to the only person who feels suspicious... of my lack of contact.

The Darkside

Im here at the new Apple store in Ginza....they have like Djs here and everything its a little strange.... Im actually thinking about going to the dark side and getting a Mac and buying an ipod its like totally the new age. ....ok this conversation is like totally boring..... um..... I spent a lot of money at Tokyo today.....

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha

Alright I haven't typed in English in a long time so....here I go. The Japapnese male teachers will not talk to me or even try to come near me with a ten feet pole!! What the hell is wrong with them? Examples: this one Physics teacher....or some odd reason he wanted to know my full name and the Kanji. so he asks the VP when he's like two feet away from me...and I hear my name so was like "what" then he comes talk to me. its like talking directly to me must be like a faux paux.... any way I don't get it. I'm closer in age to my students then the teachers so I almost want to just hang out with them....but I know that would be wrong... I still don't like the popular prissy girls no matter what age I am. its like they're so....I don't know how the hell do they get that way? I don't get it. Oh yea I saw the first raoch in the house......omg. while I was in the shower it was creepign up on me. I screamed; it was humongous. really people. I sprayed the whole bathroom.....it was steamy from the spray plus the steam from the water. it was huge...like a baby rat. ewww ok I'm getting chills just typing about it. I've made the decision to get internet in the house. oh yea I should fax the application. so on Monday I have to go to the ghetto school.....yea...it's a dangerous paradise...

I blogged: Times 10

ok since there's a block on the schools computer I couldn't blog forever!! I've been e-mailing myself my own blogs so that when I can get on, BAM! Anyway I went to English camp (top English students from Gunma Prefecture high schools gather). It was fun, but be warned that when I return to the country I ...will...speak....like....this... apparently when you teach English for awhile you speak slow slow slow. I'm going to Tokyo this weekend.....watch out.....ok a little sleepy.

Another Blog

for some reason I can't read Mitzis blog its the only blog thats blocked at the school. I do almost nothing at school.....well thats not true Im nerdy so I keep myself occupied by reading the JET hand book. Im going on camp with some of the Gunma English high school speakers. Lets see how well taht goes. I really have nothign to say.....Im just bored out of my mind. Oh yea and Congrats to Ellie on her new car....although I dont think she reads my blog, but thats ok... Im saying it anyway!!! grrrr....dude. Im bored. omg. eeeeeeeww. these are my feelings people. how come the typign test doesnt work anymore. ok... I should study japanese or something huh???....hey allie are you taking the national test thingy??? Its in december thats a little too soon for me. Everybody has somethign to do but me....the male English teachers wont even speak to me.....I wanna go do something...I wanna meet sexy japanese male friends from Gunma University so I have someone to flirt with. Well actually I flirt with the Maebashi Board of Education head, the History teacher here, and soon I will try to flirt with my aunts friends son who is about 30. mmmmmm yea old men why do I love them so much??? they're so unattractive when they're young.

To be Asian, or not to be Asian?

at Tokyo orientation my roommate was Elisa, incredibly annoying theatre girl, cannot stop talking about herself or her accomplishments, never ever once does she ask about you. But I kept my cool which I am very proud of I managed to still talk to her. THEN on the bus from Tokyo to Gunma she's chatting with others I pretend like I'm sleeping. Guys in the back says yea its kool to be gaijin in Japan there are perks, then annoying girl says (in a rather loud voice), "Yea, I'm so glad I don't look Asian!"----------------- that's, when I decided I don't need to think about her or talk to her. But I kinda got to put her in her place when we had the big reception with all the Gunma prefectural big wigs, we were all gathering and it was me with Mizumura (important man) introducing me to the big wig japanese men as the person who can speak the best Japanese (for some reason she insists that she can speak better....) I talked it up with them. Happy ending. ps...I thought I was being a bitch for hating her, but afterwords the word on the JET grapevine is that they ALL hate her. Vindicated. Yet sad.

This is a Pen.

So I'm suppose to correct something for the website and here's something the students wrote.... I quote "We are happily acting twice a week with tenn people. All memebers are working on teh practice hard so as not to waste the time of the valuable amount, though wtice a week are little We holds out aiming at winning a prize int eh rally thought we all are beginners." Go JAPAN!!!

XXXX University of America

Ok so continuing: what happened at the Nomikai...it was generally pretty fun. One thing though they asked me what university I went to and of course I had to say SOKA university and they were like oh....there's one in America too??? I was like yea......and then one teacher said....oh then Daisaku Ikeda must be kamisama I was like noooooo not really.....end of story....I told him in theory that the school and the religion were separate. Was that enough? I don't know no body brought it up after that......

Steam!

Man some people are annnnoooooyyyying...there's this one woman here that cannot address me even though without a doubt she knows that I speak Japanese. she would ask questions about me when I'm right there!!! a little annoying and the admin. basically human resources on the first floor this one particular lady there talks to me like I'm two....I know I look young but I ain't no toddler, talk to me like I'm conscious. sorry blowing off steam. We're going to a "nomikai" with the second year teachers....a little frightened....the motto "what happens at the enkai, stays at the enkai." I'm bored but I'm planning Septembers lessons...eeerrrr...Oh yea and everyone apparently saw and talked about my application therefore, they know that I went to Soka University.... ha.....now I always have to wonder when somebody snuffs me if it's because they don't like women or they don't like the Gakkai...........damn it. it's fuckin' scary here. I feel like a Nazi in downtown new york. Oh yea and I bought a $350 yukata...

Contact Me

hishi-machi 4-2357-15 gunma-ken, kiryu-shi (yuubin bango) 376-0001 Cell: 090-4179-2719 call me or like mail me or like something I need human contact that I'm familiar with. My mail address to the phone anntakayama@ezweb.ne.jp uhhh yea REMEMBER that guys!! ok signin' off better do some work.

"English Leeches"

I'm having fun going to Izakaya's and partys...but I've ran into several "English leeches" they only hang around you to practice English, they don't really want to hang out with you. Went to a picnic, then we went to the Cooks apartment and we basicallly fit like 40 people in this small ass apartment, THEN we all went Karaokeing....aren't these people crazy...I mean I'm all for going out one after the other but this is insane....I think I'm getting old....I'm the type of person that stays with the group until the very end but...I couldn't make it...they went to Denny's after the Karaoke, who knows where after...of course there were some hookups. Anyway...I'm still getting situated...I'm waiting out on a lot of things until I get my paycheck....like Soy Sauce. Also I found a thrift store for old school girl uniforms...if I find a cute one I'll get one for ya Jess. Any takers??? Actually for Halloween I was thinking of borrowing one and walk around school see if they notice (notice how I say this with anticipation that they actually might....). Anyway a lot of flirting going on...This one guy Nat is really cute...he's from the UK, I think I like accents.... a little superficial but hey that's what lifes about right girls!! Oh yea from time to time I'm like "should I shave my arms?" What'd ya'll think? Got my AU keitai. Living by yourself is pretty scary, like right now I'm still moving around the house like there's someoen living with me, but I bet in like 2months I'll be laying on the table watching tv........naked. Yoshi, ganbarimasu....should I go to the SGI.....meah.......

The Onion

two articles in the Onion almost busted out laughing. http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4130 (This is news in brief) Bush To London Bombers: 'Bring It On' WASHINGTON, DC resident Bush officially responded to the latest round of London transit bombings Monday, challenging terrorists to "do their worst." Said Bush, in a televised statement from the Oval Office: "The proud and resilient people of London can take anything the forces of evil and cowardice can throw at them. They will never live in fear of you. Bring it on." Prime Minister Tony Blair thanked Bush for his comments, inviting him to visit London and ride the Underground in a show of solidarity.

Yoda it.

I'm bored shitless....like Alllie they haven't given me anything to do, I guess its understandable since the summer vacation isn't over yet. the guy next to me is talking about soccer but I can't keep up....I really don't have interest in anything....I need to care....give a shit so to speak. My predecessors pretty funny, he was encouraging me to take up smoking I was like oh yea for chatting and sort he's like no to give yourself cancer....I don't know just think of it being said in an liverpool accent. I don't have anything else to say. I guess I'm weird....I even feel weird in Japan so I must be werid....American I am. Change I did. oh yea I wanted to ask you guys what the hell is up with the ending of 2001: Space Odessey???

My Haunted Mansion

Ok so the house is waaaaaaay to freaky yo, seriuosly no joke. the first time I saw it wasnt so bad since there were other people there and plus it was the day time. anyway....after everyone was gone and it was time for me to get to know the place....ooooooooo freakie dickie. First of all the house is way to big for me to even feel safe in you know what I mean? It's too big to spread out my presence so that the ghosts wont take over... it's a fuckin' old house it even has the otsukemono floor if you know what that is...I keep the lotion that I bought in the US there so it doesn't get too warm.

Did I already say the people at the school are totally nice?? Anyway it was hard getting situated apparently my predecessor wasn't joking when he said there's somebody crazy living behind me...he apparently cut the satellite cord that runs outside the house twice..and he has a speech impediment...oh yea and he occasionaly throws his garbage into my yard. I haven't had the wonderful chance of meeting this fellow but I hear about him from different sources. All "weird." I bought like a bunch of stuff from another ALT that's moving out for really cheap. so the tv and stereo helped to keep me company...I don't turn on the radio or tv too loud since "the guy" lives right behind me and you can basically hear everything like you were in the room so...my predecessor said he thinks thats why he cut the cord since it was too loud. I don't wanna run into him anytime soon so I just keep it down. On top of everything else there must be like 20,000 types of bugs in the house all together, you can do a whole biological study on the damn place....my very weird Administeration Vp said "think of it as camping in the wilderness"...I was like thanks man, you try living there. Oh yea and there was an after shock or maybe it was an earthquake....about a 4pointer they said. so do you stand under the doorway??? Does this rule apply to old broken down homes?

So in addition to the very cool and upbeat smarter girls school that I'm teaching at, I also have to teach at this technical school that is apparently a little different....welll they're not as smart and there are boys there....that's all my vp told me I was like ok so....they are boys there....I've seen plenty of those....I don't think any advances from little high school boys is gonna phase me any. well unless they're cute. sorry ew.. I wouldn't.

Dude, Where's My Country?

Alirght so Im already in Japan and Im not really freaking out since the people at my school mostly consists of shy and really kool. My supervisors like around her mid-20s. Im already invited to a drinking party with my new collegues. The weirdest thing that happened to me while I was here was that when I was introduced to like non-English teachers my supervisor was like "dokushin nandesuyone"...meaning hes single ....ok.... (theyre already playing matchmaker) anyway they just finished cleaning the house and Im going to go see it today. You know how I was saying that the girls at the school are probably swooning over Dermot but....hes not that attractive so they wont be that dissappoited on that point anyway. Anyway I hope I have friends....some of the teaches here are really young; the youngest two people are the same age as I am. I can't believe I'm gonna be here for a year....I guess that's not that long since four years at Soka wasn't that long. man....it's in the air. we'll see what happens. what's going on with yall....

Here I Go, Here I Am

Ok so I'm here at the Keio Plaza hotel, its probably the nicest hotel that I've ever been in. We went out last night with Naoko, SJ, and Rumiko. We're gonna be here for about another 2days... a little bored... meeting people... it's very hot and humid as you all can imagine. Let's see... my plane was about 2hrs late, I played cards with two other Asian nerd boys on the plane (which was fun), I actually talked to people, the white people won't talk to me, the Asian and the black people don't seem to have a problem with me, the whole freakin' day I've been to workshops, and then dinner we stand waiting for speeches to finish and then we can drink, Tim was already drunk...Anyway, Hi from Allie and Timothy...Alli will blog later. Let's see what happens (next).... I will be out of contact for at least a week... signing off Houston.

The Boogey Man?

So here are the pictures of the dreaded house, I'm a little frightened by the bathroom, does it frighten you?? If you look closely you can see the pit drop to hell under the boards...














Anyway I've been working for the temp agency for awhile and I've had three jobs each about 2days in length. It's fun ya'll, you should try it one time. They treat you like a god and offer you jobs left and right. Then when you go to your job sight if you don't do anything terribly wrong they'll offer you a full time job: seriously folks everytime I went to a job they asked if I can work there permanently. Today I was at the Regional Transportation Communications Department and basically I was a typist for managers from Phoenix, Sacramento, Las Vegas, and our beloved Orange County folks. It was fun, they were all old men and you know how much I like old men. Well these one's were sooooooooo cute I want my husbands to be like them, they're sooooo sweet! The OC guy offered me a job. They want me to do two more jobs that I have to turn down cuz you know what...she said it was a "high-profile job" what the hell does that mean?? But it sounds kinda kool...I've never had a "high-profile job" before...this is so much fun I almost considered not going to Japan, but at the pace I'm going I'm makin' about $70 a day not even close to Japan. Anyway definitely am recommending this. You get to have a different job each time, which is what I really need since I usually get bored of something on the third day the second day is pushing it. You also learn a lot too, today I basically learned how to put together a fleet of buses and what's needed to build one. It was funny listening in on their little "exec" meeting. They all have their little lingo. Actually the funny thing is it made me want to be in their line of work I was thinking hmmm...maybe I'll go to engineering school and become a 5M mechanic I don't know what that is but apparently it's fuckin' high paying as hell. Probably a lot of school though, shit. There was one woman there, she was from OC, but she was aggressive. You know she was kinda uptight, someone you don't want to piss off. It seemed like it was out of necessity. I'm not sure if I want to be that. Anyway just reporting my excitement.

Why, Oh why?!

If I were to stay in Las Vegas, I would go see Jerry Seinfeld who's coming in August. If I were to stay in America I would go to my first dentist appointment. If I were to stay in Las Vegas I would save up to buy a white 3-series BMW. If I were to stay in Las Vegas I would watch "So You Think You Can Dance?" and keep watching "The Cut." If I were to stay in Las Vegas I would go see Avenue Q playing at the Wynn hotel coming August as well. But then I think of all other "things" I will be leaving........and aaalll is weeellll. I'm working.

Day of the Week

Happy Official Monday!!!!

llegar a una decisión

Ok so I'm going with the house, $80 a month is too good to pass up and plus you guys gave me unanimous adivice to go for the house. I worked 13 hrs. straight for this temp agency I'm with now, the next day I worked a 15hrs. day until midnight, and the next day they wanted me to work from 5:30AM the next day. Can we say illegal? Anyway I will need the moola since I will need to buy a washer and other amenities since mr. predecessor is staying in Japan and will be taking my washer, etc. to his new place. I got my int'l driving permit, just in case I won't be driving...biking to work. I got nothin' here. Join the BookClub.