Update

Howdy all,

So I haven`t been posting to the blog recently because I no longer have the internet in my apartment! I will get the internet up and running again when I return from my Christmas trip on July 7th. Long and frustrating story involving truckloads of Japanese red tape and foolishness. Until then, I have no way of contacting the outside world (no phone or internet) from within my apartment. I`m writing this post from a computer at school and trying to decipher all of the Japanese characters that are taking the place of the usual English words on the blog-post-template. I might post this blog or delete the whole damn thing when I push...this....Japanese button.....cross your fingers........ *