Saturday, November 13, 2004
First Snow
pictures added on November 13th, 2004
Today we had an honest snowfall. There was no accumulation on the streets, but grass and artificial surfaces got a nice coat. My blister fell off this morning so I was ready to play basketball again. We had substantially fewer people so we were able to play half-court instead of full-court. A good workout was had none the less.
Later I attended an "information meeting" regarding the JET Programme. If you don't know, that's the Japanese government-sponsored program where foreigners like me are brought to Japan to teach English. I fully intend to participate after I graduate in 2007. The meeting was really weird, as the speaker was a former participant rather than an official from the program. He clearly wasn't prepared, and he seemed quite melancholy. Some of students confronted him on his lack of preparation, asking questions he wasn't prepared to answer and noting when his meandering contradicted earlier remarks. I guess it was a moot point, since I knew I wanted to go and I'll probably be at another one of these meetings in my senior year.
Dinner was oddly tasty. I never considered fried mozzarella an entree before.
Tonight's Anime Gamers Alliance meeting was special. I hadn't attended in a few weeks because of other activities, and Mikhail asked me to bring my copy of Perfect Blue to screen for the club. A few people left during the show, for whatever reason, but those who stayed told me they liked the movie.
Busy day tomorrow. I'm quite the schemer.
Today we had an honest snowfall. There was no accumulation on the streets, but grass and artificial surfaces got a nice coat. My blister fell off this morning so I was ready to play basketball again. We had substantially fewer people so we were able to play half-court instead of full-court. A good workout was had none the less.
Later I attended an "information meeting" regarding the JET Programme. If you don't know, that's the Japanese government-sponsored program where foreigners like me are brought to Japan to teach English. I fully intend to participate after I graduate in 2007. The meeting was really weird, as the speaker was a former participant rather than an official from the program. He clearly wasn't prepared, and he seemed quite melancholy. Some of students confronted him on his lack of preparation, asking questions he wasn't prepared to answer and noting when his meandering contradicted earlier remarks. I guess it was a moot point, since I knew I wanted to go and I'll probably be at another one of these meetings in my senior year.
Dinner was oddly tasty. I never considered fried mozzarella an entree before.
Tonight's Anime Gamers Alliance meeting was special. I hadn't attended in a few weeks because of other activities, and Mikhail asked me to bring my copy of Perfect Blue to screen for the club. A few people left during the show, for whatever reason, but those who stayed told me they liked the movie.
Busy day tomorrow. I'm quite the schemer.
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