Monthly Archives: September 2012

MegaPost, Part Three: In which Aaron tragically fails to write about food

The point I would like to drive home with this final post in my series of three, a point I feel I unfairly neglected in my previous two, is how much of an incredibly awesome time I am having in … Continue reading

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MegaPost, Part Two: A guided tour of my new house

Further sights in and around my neighborhood. Oh yeah, you can click all of these to enlarge them. My last post was a bit heavy on the blathering and rather picture-poor, so I am going to try to sit back … Continue reading

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MegaPost, Part One: My first week of teaching

Most schools seem to have these little sanctuary places. Their primary purpose seems to be to provide teachers with a place to smoke. I have so much to tell you about the past week-and-a-few-days I’m not sure how to organize … Continue reading

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Journey to Tosashimizu

Originally I wanted to write about my journey to Japan in two posts—one for the first leg, from Minneapolis to Tokyo, and one for the second, from Tokyo to Tosashimizu. Then I realized that not enough interesting stuff actually happened … Continue reading

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A (Hopefully Brief) Pause

Well this is a bummer. Theoretically this is the part where the blog actually gets interesting, because I’m in Japan and stuff. I even have a bunch of cool pictures to show you and some fun stories to tell about … Continue reading

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A reflection on my last weeks, written on my last day

Sorry for the wait. The past two weeks have been a little busy. The penultimate week of August my dad came to visit. He’s been in Canada (Alberta, to be more specific) most of the summer for his new job. … Continue reading

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