<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar.g?targetBlogID\x3d5480239\x26blogName\x3d..::+kaz\x27s+blog+::..\x26publishMode\x3dPUBLISH_MODE_BLOGSPOT\x26navbarType\x3dSILVER\x26layoutType\x3dCLASSIC\x26searchRoot\x3dhttps://myseikatsu.blogspot.com/search\x26blogLocale\x3dja_JP\x26v\x3d2\x26homepageUrl\x3dhttp://myseikatsu.blogspot.com/\x26vt\x3d-46073640090300997', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>

what have i been up to.....that is the question, huh?

well...the past 10 days or so have been pretty chill with a little hiccups here and there.

a new housin' complex near my house has repaved the road i take everyday to/from school which makes climbin' the hill a whole lot easier.

last last weekend, went to makuhari to practice with ami's team. haven't played vball in such a long time, maybe 3 months (teachers' rec doesn't count). after playin' for 4 hrs, took a nap and then headed over to her mom's house for my bday kimchee nabe dinner. met their new exchange student, 19 yr. old cat from texas. was koo to be able to talk computers, games, etc... jeanette also came thru (tho rather late) as well as hide. fast forward >> 6 hrs.: i wake up, on the floor with 2 other ppl in the livin' room. realized that fell asleep (ok, ok, ok...passed out). woke up and had some breakfast that mama made and ami came by later and dropped me off at the station.

lately my powerbook has been laggin' for some reason and on monday, jan.16th, my pb would not start up. so after my meetin' on wed, headin' to the ginza apple store. the genius bar girl tried all kinds of things but to no avail. so i decided to go ahead and get it serviced. had to sign this sheet authorizin' them to erase everything if they can't recover anything. it's gonna cost a lot of money which means i probably can't go snowboardin' this season. so i'm typin' this on my retired dell inspiron 4000 (p3 700MHz).

as far as work is concerned, i was in an 8th grade class and noticed this kid with some crazy lookin' hair. turns out that he tried to buzz his hair with scissors!?!?!
when i saw the homeroom teacher tryin' to clean it up, i volunteered my services. i've cut a student's hair at every one of my schools now. i've noticed some of the 8th grade classes have...can i actually say it...been improvin'.

was able to start season 6 of my madden franchise. t.moore is still my h.c., holmgren still my o.c., fired belicheck and hired j.fox (my old h.c.) as my d.c.. don't remember who my special teams coordinator is. didn't change my offense except for my guards. I didn't resign my vet rg and traded away my lg. both were pro bowlers however gettin' up there in age. so my 2 young guards have now been promoted to block for s.renick(hb) and protect p.manning. on def, made some changes to my fs, rolb & re. traded away the aging m.rucker(re), w.witherspoon(rolb) and i.bashir(fs) for younger/more upside players. i also implemented a cover 2 defense (previously just a 4-3) which allows me to run 3-4 as well as some crazy nickel/dime packages.

last friday, headed out to atagawa in shizuoka prefecture with some teachers from my last school. one of them has a vacation place out there. took about 4.5 hours to get there by car (which is about the same distance from sac <-> slandro.) ate & drank a lot and chilled in the outdoor onsen. next day, it started to rain a bit and after a while it turned into snow. we went to this one restaurant on the water that one of the teachers remember goin' to about 20 yrs. ago!?! it was still there and i had some grubbin' lobster miso soup, aji sashimi, grilled aji, fried aji bone. once we left, it started to snow again and then it started to really come down. when we got back to funabashi, there was hella snow everywhere. like inches!!! it continued to snow throughout the nite. when i got back to my place, the snow on the steps reached all the way to my calf!

yesterday was ikko's shinenkai. it was a pretty small party with just the regular regulars. oh...btw, i want to congratulate nakamura sensei and chie with their new baby girl, yukako (born on jan. 8th) mama and yasuko made tons and tons of grubbin' food. i ate waaaayyyy too much. a great time indeed...

well, gonna try to go home early today to avoid the black ice that'll probably still be there...

-kaz out...

an interestin' article about japan's declinin' birth rate

“”