Below are the 9 most recent journal entries recorded in riceyboy's LiveJournal:

Monday, October 1st, 2007
6:55 am	I'm just posting this to remind myself: I need to write about my trip to Osaka/Fukuoka ('cause it was awesome). And, I need to post about this weekend, although it was fairly uneventful. Sorry for the slowness... I'll get around to doing this hopefully soon :-P. (Comment on this)
Monday, August 6th, 2007
8:24 am	I's gonna die A couple quick things: 1) I climbed Mt. Fuji! I feel accomplished, but I also feel like I'm going to die. 2) Coming down Fuji was the worst experience ever. It. Never. Ends. And, Erik and I (Erik from UR, who I went with) could NOT get back home that night, and to make a long story short had to sleep on park benches outside of the train station that same night -___________-;;; NOT fun after climbing >_<;; Just have to make it through 3 hours of work, then can pass out... I think I can, I think I can... Current Mood: drained (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
4:20 pm	I know I suck 'cause I don't post ever, and I have a LOT to talk about... but this is a FYI post :). I'm gonna be in Tibet from tomorrow 'til May 8th (Japan time). Sooo that's why I'm not around ;). Wish me luck! I'll take lots of pictures :) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
7:00 pm	Holy shit I'm posting Now that we have that out of the way xD I'm posting 'cause today is a day that is most definitely worth remembering, because it's the first day where I've had a LAST class with my Junior High 3rd years (who are leaving in March). There are a million other things I probably should talk about, but I want to remember today 'cause it was... well, interesting XD. A little background... My 3rd years are so special to me because during that awkward transition period between "ooh, the cool new foreigner is here" and "we like him a lot/hate his guts", they always made me smile. Granted, our conversations consisted mostly of penis jokes/sexual humor (by our I mean their attempts at English towards me), but nevertheless, I always got a kick out of being around them. They were genuinely interested in me and making me laugh. The other kids were trying to decide whether or not they actually liked me. The Kendo kids were silent, the classes were painful, etc...  Needless to say, everything has picked up a lot since then, and I guess despite my lack of sports ability, people like me around here. So anyway, I had to sorta say goodbye to one class of 3rd years today. I'll see them for the rest of the week and again in March, but it won't be the same... and there are no more classes. It was actually quite sad... I didn't expect it to be quite like this. But here's the craziest thing of all xD. So, Japanese kids are friendly, but they aren't particularly affectionate. I mean, they roughhouse with each other. sit on laps, etc... but I rarely see people hug, let along kiss each other. Yeah, you get the idea where this is going xD. So one of my boys who is really friendly and wonderful was doing an assignment in class. They were just doing a worksheet, 'cause this wasn't actually supposed to be my last class. I was supposed to have one more, but I'm at a different school that day. Anyway, I was going around the room and helping them all out with their work. I went up to his desk to see how things were going and he said "Ah Robaaaat (how they pronounce Robert), very long (talking about the workbook)" And I said, "Ah yes, very long workbook. ganbatte! (like, do your best)" He then puts out his hand and says "Aww Robaaaat" and I shake hands with him. This takes a minute, and when I think it's time to let go he continues to grip on and kisses my hand. I laughed and turned red (which really is the manly way of saying giggled and blushed), and said "Aw, thank you". I tried to take my hand away AGAIN, and he kissed it again... and then one last time, before I bent down a bit, pulled my hand away and started patting him on the back "Thank you, I'll miss you too." I was flattered and kidna unsure how to react O_O;. When the class was actually over, he jumped up and gave me a huge hug with a side switch in the middle. I.e. switching from my left cheek with his left cheek to my right cheek and his right cheek. Yes, I'm talking about the face you sickos. I think he's going to miss me xD. In other crazy japanese news, I have a few interesting quotes: First year boy: Do you like Shouji? (another boy) Me: Yes, of course! Do you like Shouji? First year boy: No, I don't. Me: Why? First year boy: He has... mother complex! Me: *dies laughing* Not a quote, but we managed to base half of Taiko practice around Sailor Moon. It takes a special kind of person (and some Japanese people) to do this. All I have to say is, if i quoted all of the weird/funny shit my kids said, I'd give Cosby a run for his money. My kids say the darndest things. Eat your heart out, Bill. Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 25th, 2006
9:36 pm	Christmas Well, first things first,  MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLES!! Second of all, I suck at this updating thing... I'm just such a lazy butt tard. I just made that up :-D. I do have a quick story I'd like to share, though, before I forget it o_o. I was in a Taiko performance one Sunday up in my town called Hitakatsu, and it went real well, only made one small mistake. Anyway, a week later, I was down with David, Aaron, Evelyn and David #2 in the town of Kechi which is about an hour and a half south of me (same island, obviously). We decided we wanted some ramen and went to this yummy looking ramen shop to get some. It was around closing time, but the people were kind enough to let us in. Once we sat down and got out our water and were looking through the menu this one lady kept pointing her cell phone at us and staring. David thought that maybe she was taking pictures of us which is sort of creepy given the whole... asking us would perhaps be better thing. But after a while she ran up to me and pointed to the phone and what do you think was on it? Yep. An entire video of my taiko performance. She asked me if that was me, and I said yes, and she seriously spent the rest of the night in absolute bliss that she got to meet me xD. So cute and pretty flattering ;). She basically kept running back and forth between the kitchen and me showing the video to us and then the ladies in the kitchen. She thought I was super jyouzu (talented). Anyway, yay cute stories. I made the trek across the world - about 30 hours? Travel time was only like 20 (including the slow-ass ferry off my island) but waiting tacked on another 10 or so o_O;;;. But I'm in good ol' New York for the holidays. This actually wasn't the original plan... I was supposed to meet my family in California for Christmas, but my grandma had a fall (she's alright - relatively) and they couldn't make the trip. Sooo I went allll the way home. And, to be honest, it feels good to be here. Anyway, enjoy your holidays everyone! Eat, drink, be merry, try not to flash anyone or run over old ladies. Sound advice, I think. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
2:48 pm	Yoinked from Gaylee's journal... I think it says it all. (Kawaii is cute in Japanese) Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Monday, June 5th, 2006
8:44 am	Because D.L and Rachel are trendsetters... "If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you." I've had some fun with responses. So should you ;). (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
11:41 am	On a complete side note, I don't really use this for my updates, as I already have a pretty blog elsewhere... This is just for communities/posting things I want a lot of people to read. My other blog is at Pitas (Comment on this)
10:56 am	I don't really use this at all, but just to get this out there... Yeah yeah I know there's a lot of bullshit out there about the "free" stuff. However, having seen my good friend Mike receive a free ipod from one of these sites, I decided that it wouldn't hurt to put in 10 minutes of my life to sign up for one. Anywho, for those of you interested in the xbox 360 (I wouldn't buy one, but a free one sure sounds nice) the same site that did the ipods (and is legit, obviously) is doing xbox 360s, and other various things (nanos, desktop pcs, etc...) Anywho, it's really not a big deal, you sign up, do one thing (they're not really that painful) and get however many more people to sign up through you and you get it for free. Really, the hard part is getting other people to do it. Buuuuut hopefully people will realize that it's actually POSSIBLE and sign up. So without further ado... here's my link to the free xbox 360 http://xbox360s.freepay.com/?r=23119956 If you want a desktop pc, or variant thereof I have one of those too http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=23120209 I'm not expecting anything, but if you're skeptical... it really does work o_O Frightening as it may sound, you get what you want. We'll see what happens! (Comment on this)