my dad

i found this among maria's pictures. i love my dad.

i miss my nihongo senseis - i'm going to try to sneak a visit with them before i leave for nippons.

today i went to a japanese class at carneige library with ben. the senseis there were nice, but i miss mine :(. they gave me natsu no otchya! i'm off to eat at OMFG T.G.I. FRIDAY's ARE YOU KIDDING ME? because my gramma gave me a gift card to there ^_^.

lately:

walks in schenley park

stuffed cabbage

how many cals you count?

Seiyo

for those of you who may not have heard already, i will be living in Seiyo, Ehime on the island of Shikoku, Japan. here is a run down of the place:


seiyo is located in southern ehime (the area in bright pink is seiyo city borders). it's climate is temperate with a low of about 34F. it sees all 4 seasons but snow in winter rarely sticks to the ground. ehime's number one export is the mandarin orange (mikan). seiyo, the city i'll be working in is an amalgamation of 5 smaller towns into one city > seiyo.

i'll leave you with this cute intro video to Ehime! (in english)

world rally championship

i've been passing some of my time getting back up to speed with this year's rally. you can easily find full length coverage at any torrent by searching for "WRC 2008".