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Because it really is pathetic just how many hours of endless, passive amusement the Internet provides me (all when I ought to be doing something else), I thought I would share with you some of the most humeous sites I've come across recently.

The Chronicles of an African American English teacher in Kyoto, Japan.
Apparently some people can't believe this guy is factually representing Japan. I guarantee you that everything he says is true. ALL OF IT. It's really like that. And yes, it's an enthnocentric viewpoint but that's what it's like living overseas. I laughed my ass off when I read his editorials.

The Masked Grader. Some dude, a student at UT Austin, found a bunch of old papers that students had neglected to pick up. So he wrote comments on them in red pen and left them for the morons to find. I guarantee you'll find it shocking that college Freshmen can be this ignorant. It made me slightly nauseous... or was that the laughing?

Justin's coming down this weekend-- his first two-weeks-in-a-row stint for a long time. We're having a long visit, even, from 5PM today until early Monday morning. I feel like it's a bloody conjugal visit arrangement. What kind of way to organize a relationship is this?

OK, really, I'm not complaining... I'm used to it already, but it still sucks.

Valentines Day is lame, but we have dinner plans at Chanterelle on Saturday and we'll be running the 4-mile Truffle Shuffle on Sunday. In between now and Monday, we're gonna cook meatloaf and red potatoes, and maybe irish stew or lasagne. You see, my whole friggin life revolves around food. It happens pretty much every winter and I'm not sure how to prevent it or even if I want to. So I'll just fixate on delicious meals for now.

Work on the magazine is going well, all things considered. I'm not in a panic yet, as everything still seems feasible, but I really have to start hauling ass on writing my features. It's what, Week 6 of the 10-week term now? GUH. Anyway, this is what I've got on the docket for the publication:

Editor's note
Masthead
Table of Contents
Hajimemasho (getting started)
Languate tips
How-to Corner
Feature #1: The Life-Cycle of Culture Shock
Photo Essay: Mount Koya
Feature #2: Profile of Mike Bell, Dragonfly Forge smith
Feature #3: Engrish and Bad Kanji-- T-shirts
Travel Tips
On Screen & Page (anime/ manga)
Reviews (CD, book, movie)
Food column
Literature section (translation)
Comic
Endnotes

...

etc.

Everything's at least had some sort of planning done for it, and most things are partially or fully written. It's going to be a damn lot of work, but at least I've got the Internet to distract me.