I'm kind of shocked no one has read "The Sound and the Fury", it is one of the most amazing books I read in high school, and while it was assigned reading, I read it again on my own. Faulkner is great and everyone should read it.....I think now they are doing an off Broadway version as well.

Thursday I hung out in Nihombashi organizing the classroom for the new year, and then headed to Odaiba with Miu. We met up with Chizuru and Lindsey for a Hawaiian festival there. It was fantastic, hawaiian food and dancing. It was nice to meet Lindsey too, seeing as how she lives in my neighborhood, and she is pretty cool(another New Englander). Gotta go back to Odaiba during the day and wander around, great area and good shopping lol.

Spent the day in Nihombashi yesterday. It was nice hanging out with Atsuko, Minako, and Yuki, however for some reason I couldn't stand the two foreign teachers. I had never met Julie and Mary-Anne so I thought it was going to be great to meet two other teachers who do Mikihouse, and while they were both very nice, they were a little strange and young for their age. Julie seemed to have interesting stories to tell but she would laugh at just about anything and Mary-Anne seemed just a bit childish and her interests are just different from mine. I mean this was the first meeting so normally I would give someone a chance and just wait and see, but for some reason I just immediately couldn't stand these girls and I really wish I had chosen to go to the office instead. They could very well  be amazing teachers for all I know, but I doubt we will be heading out for a drink any time soon.

 to Kua Aina last night and had an amazing pineapple burger also bought this great new watch for just 3000 yen. Today is lunch with Tanya.

If all works out the work crew is coming out tomorrow night and crashing at my place and then we are all driving to the safari park in Shizuoka Monday, but at the moment it doesn't look like that is going to happen because Grant might not be able to make it. Either way I am just excited for a short Golden Week break and it will be nice to relax.