a merkypie in jpan

Yep. This is gonna be the last post from America. My next entry will be from Japan! ~Reflection timez~ This has been one crazy ride. I look back on the old entries when I was applying and think, ” Wow, this is crazy “. I don’t think I imagined the JET Program application process to […]

Two more days before I spend nearly a half week knee deep in orientations. My fellow Group A JET friends have been in Tokyo for two days now and are probably at some seminar as I write this entry. They’ve been keeping our group updated on what is going on and how it’s like. It […]

Right now half of my friends are in hotel rooms or at home preparing to leave Freedom and arrive in Pikachuland to spend a year or more catching Pokemon and fighting off evil monsters from outer space in their giant robots with the help of Godzilla.  In another six or so days, I will be […]

This past weekend I’ve been tasked, with some help, of shoving a shit ton of clothes and other knick knacks into two suitcases. I had planned on bringing three, but $200 dollars for a third suitcase is breaking the bank and with no guarantee of finagling this third suitcase for free, we’ve came up with an ingenious […]

There’s less than two weeks to go before I start a new chapter in my life in another country. It’s really surreal. I’ve been having so many different emotions these past few weeks. Everything from a euphoria of, ” Oh my god! ” to utter dread and fear, ” Oh god, I don’t think I […]