tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54802392011-04-22T10:05:34.459+09:00just a little bit of what's goin' on in my life here in japan. enjoy & feel free to leave comments.kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621334288185434564noreply@blogger.comBlogger7701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480239.post-25053260491669143522008-05-20T14:18:00.003+09:002008-05-20T16:45:39.413+09:00

excellent kick save...by a pitcher!?!Awesome Baseball Save By Pitcher - Watch more free videosjordan who?now here's not what to do...the best nba dunks partIthe best nba dunks partIIbreakin' ankles n droppin' dimes!

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- football phenom cody paul. this kid is dope!- this is how japanese scientists are spending all their time- star wars (sweded): a cardboard hope- all of you supporters of the organic little men...little did ya know...- mr. t brings boy out of coma!?!

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- reporter owned by sled- fifa street

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some more interestin' stuff that i've come across...- for all the garfield fans out there...ever imagine what it would be like to read your favorite comic without garfield? i bring you garfield minus garfield- macbook air mistook for possible terrorist paraphernalia?- in light of the upcomin' release of the 4th installment of the indian jones storyline, why don't ya check out the raiders of the

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just thought i'd update a bit with some pics from da past half-year or so.this is more like a year ago, but it's from our annual 花見 @ 代々木公園this is from dinner with my great-uncle joe when he came to visit. can't believe he's 90 with only 1 lung and touring japan...hide & satoko's weddingami's bday partythe kubota going away party @ roy's in 六本木ヒルズchillin' @ brian & 咲's wedding reception w/

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here's some stuff i came acrossenjoy...- new elmo- rejected promotional starwars stuff- dubai architecture

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wow, it's been almost a year since i last posted!? well...just wanted to let ya'll know that i'm alive and well. i'll try to update more frequently but can't promise anything. aite then, pz!-kaz

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announced @ gdc last week, sony's playstation home...- video demo- some more pics- an interestin' article with reference to william gibson's "neuromancer"

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an interesting (and more accurate) representation of the 50 biggest movers & shakers of the web.

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i know it's been a while but i finally got to posting about my trip from a few weeks back when i headed to 大島, which is an island located south of 神奈川県 for the 6th annual jhs girls vball rainbow cup.2月9日-10日金曜日-土曜日met up with 東京都江戸川区小岩第五中 at 竹芝 pier. was good to see hashimoto-sensei, izumi papa & mama, haru, a parent i met before and some new parents i haven't met before. the girls were 元気 as

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hashimoto-sensei rubbin' it in yoshida coach's face

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Tanabe sensei and the Oshima farewell

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Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

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so today was the tokyo public high school announcement day. good to here my students come up to me and say, "x 合格しました" which means "i got into x high school". to see how happy they are as well as the smile on their faces is something i will never forget...

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with the superbowl this weekend, i thought i'd share this si photo article about the dumbest questions asked to players at the superbowl.

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basejumpin' at it's finest

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sup everyone. i kno, i kno, it's been a minute, huh? well...i've been super busy the past few weeks and today is the start of my winter vacation. some sports stuff that caught my eye:1. the grapple in da big appleboy oh boy, was this interesting. this situation is way more complex to the common fan. however, as much as i respect 'melo's game, he is a big wussy when $h!t goes down. "lemme

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iTalk - the ipod phone by Appleinteresting mock-up of one marketing firm's image of what apple's ipod/cell phone might look like...

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A's moving to Fremont!?!WTF!?! Whatcha gonna do?? Ghostride yo Volvo!

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.......\('o')/

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labron james unbelievable 3'shmm...guess who i have in one of my yahoo leagues...

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Form Voltrona trip down memory lane. other than robotech, probably one of my favorite cartoons growin' up.

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huh? just been busy, as usual, with the normal grind of tryin' to make a livin' out here. wanted to let ya'll know that i'm alive & well. have tons of pics to post but that will come at a later date...so until next time, see ya when i see ya!kaz out...

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sup everyone! sorry for the long hiatus, just been busy with a few things and still tryin' to get connected at my new place.probably the most important news is the birth of my nephew: reese kazuo yamaguchi weighing in @ 7lbs.9oz. and 20". fantasy football season has started and i'm currently losing my matchup to tri (i only had 1 guy play so far) but we shall see how the season goes. i

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so i moved again last weekend in the hot n muggy weather. thanks to some good friends, the move went quite smoothly and quickly. still need to take care of all da logistics that come with moving but should be able to with all this free time i have now. as for the place, it's a lot bigger (to hold all of my junk), have my own kitchen and closer to da station. also, with moving into my new place

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- dance dance revolution extreme freestylethis gots to be an old vid cuz is ddr still popular?? Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Freestyle - 50,000 dogs slaughtered in chinathat's a lot of food wasted, no?- check out youOS, a web-based (ajax) OS.

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so they're closin' down the マツキヨ (matsumoto kiyoshi) in my hood. i've been goin' there ever since moving to 薬園台 but i guess things like this happen. sure seemed like they were doin' pretty well.after their last game of the jhs career, we had a little shin dig @ the local 焼き肉 joint. here is the pic with my 3rd year girls from shibayama jhs and 宮本さん.had aki's bday the past weekend. had a bbq @

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Mac Spoof: Performancecompare this to the some of the original get a mac cm's

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messin' with a new site design (ajax side menu). let me know what ya think.

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a little while since my last post. the weather has been strange here, not officially summer yet since it's still rainin' like every other day. so there's this huge heatwave goin' on back home. some places are reaching almost 50C (about 122F)been busy with helpin' out my old vball team and gettin' them ready for their last tournament. it's kinda crazy to see how much they've grown over in only

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the controversial sony psp ad in holland.google founders' private jetdell's next-gen desktop pc

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italy wins the world cup in pk shootout. why zidane decided to head-butt somebody in the chest is beyond me.- nintendo sends president bush a ds lite and brain age for his 60th bday.- e-distribution for ps3- google is now recognized as a verb in merriam-webster

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Air Up There 720 Dunk

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七夕today is tanabata which literally means "seven evenings". most of my students really don't know the story behind it. but i guess you can say the same for american students about american holidays. a pretty lax but volleyball filled weekend. not much else goin' on except that i have tons of laundry to do. as for da world cup, it's italy & france in da finals. since france beat my 2 teams,

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a new method of disciplinesince the weather has been really muggy lately and starting this past week we're able to use the brand new air conditioners in the classrooms, the 9th grade teacher threatened to turn off the a/c if they didn't become more active in class. i was surprised at how well the students reacted to the threat.n.korea decides to test out some missles by aimin' them at japan.

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so what do ya'll think of the new nba ball?

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梅雨it is now the time where i hate the weather for about 4 months (from june -> sept) because of: A. rainy season where it rains almost every day for a whole month, makin' travelin' a real hassleB. heat & humidityi have no problems with heat (summers in sac that reached 110+) but the frickin' humidity. bein' from cali, there is not such thing as humidity. C. typhoon seasonwtf!?! it's just like

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things have been goin' aite. some stuff that i've been doing for the past 2 months or so:- moved into a new placehere are pics of my empty place. it was a good 3 years...- hung out with my big sis jamie and her friend aileen- back to back hanami @ 代々木公園 & 薬園台公園- went to the sakura city tulip festival, didn't know there were that many kinds of tulips- grubbin' brazilian bbq for ikko's bday.

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久しぶりjust wanted to let ya'll know i'm alive and well. tons of stuff has transpired over the past 2 months. a lot of good and a few bad. will try and give a full update later. please be patient. kaz out...

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brothers together...yesterday, for the first time ever, all of mama's "sons" were together. tho it took a little bit of a struggle to get our oldest brother to come thru, he showed up to the dismay of his wife and newborn. the last week of school is here.kaz out...

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graduation, futurelast friday was graduation. it was your standard graduation (this is my 3rd one) but i really felt that the student body president's speech was very moving. probably the best one so far.it's been a hectic past 2 months, searchin' for not only a new job but a new place. the one place i thought i was goin' to get fell thru. so now i'm kinda back at square1. might have to go

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tears of joy & sadness...today the 9th graders found out whether they got into the school they wanted. i would say that for the most part, i was sayin' おめでとうございます but there were a few students who were cryin' their hearts out. a happy but yet a little sad day today...

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has been a minute since my last update. just been super busy with all kinds of different things which include finding a new job and apartment. next update TBAkaz out...

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valentine's daywell, today is valentine's day. however in japan, it's a little different than back home. girls give guys chocolate/candy. then on march 14th, called "white day", guys give girls white chocolate/candy. crazy stuff at school today...can't really go into everything, but it was fun to see for the first time, a girl who came to school with highlighted hair, get the black spray

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jeanette's bdayafter a long, long fri nite, just chilled at home, did tons of laundry and finished watchin' disc 1 of lost. headed over to makuhari for jeanette's bday @ sho & ami's. ami prepares & cooks food in hyper speed. jeanette & megroup shot -shogroup shot: ami, me, jeanette, sho & haruout like a light...she also got some 宇都宮餃子(utsunomiya is known as the gyoza town) from a friend

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TGIF!!!well it's finally friday and i'm sure glad it is. it's been a rather long week and i still can't seem to shake this cough. finally got my cv done and sent out. was stressin' a bit now that the time is just around the corner. however, not as stressin' for my 9th graders. today is 特色化選抜発表, when high school entrance results are posted. it's about a 30% success rate but the 70% still

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a birthday party weekend (i kno, i kno, sure it's been like 2.5 weeks)fri, january bday party:met up wit: b, rick, sean, eug, junj & jt in 'buya and headed over to tucano's, churrascaria brasileira (brazilian bbq). the food was awesome. i would have to say a tad bit better than barbacoa. thx guys for the great time. sat:recovery day...sun, dec/jan bday party, house warming party:met up wit:

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some pics from my bday party w/my 幕張 family.pics from my trip to 熱川ikko's 新年会

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i'm happy to be typin' this post on my pb. after bein' w/o it for almost a week and havin' to resort back to usin' a pc for my everyday stuff made me realize how much i like osx and how much i love my pb keyboard. probably the best keyboard to type on whether it be desktop or laptop. plus, havin' a brand new, fresh hd, it's always fun to recalibrate all your settings, etc. was able to restore

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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

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a misc updateit's friday the 13th...had a bday dinner the other nite for ginpei and me. can't believe he's already 1 yrs. old now. has some grubbin' sushi from the local sushi joint and of course some: karaage and gobo kinpira. was koo to play around with shinba and even watch him play this naruto fightin'/puzzle game. jodie foster is in japan now, promoting her new movie...flight something.

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merry xmas and a happy new yeari'm back in freezin' cold japan after a nice warm vacation in singapore and malaysia. this trip was something new for me and i really learned a lot. don't feel like recappin' the whole trip (i'll try do that with pics) but here's a short summary:the trip got off to a bad start when this guy sittin' next to us on the flight over to singapore decided to drink like a

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been a while since my last update. just been busy with all the logistics that come with goin' to another country for 8 days. got my re-entry permit at the chiba immigration office. it was probably my best experience there. went in the afternoon after lunch and there were quite a number of peeps there. however, when i took a number, i only had to wait for like 4 other ppl. so i quickly

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in da news...- an mit professor debunks the 8 myths about video games- xbox 360 launch in japan...not so good...it snowed for a very short time the other day. kinda weird cuz half the sky was blue and the other side was cloudy. it has been super cold lately, especially in the mornings . when you can see your own breath, you know that it's pretty cold.only 1 more disc of 24: season 4 left.

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in da news:- google earth is finally comin' to osx!- an interestin' article about the disneyland in china- disney is changin' winnie the pooh's christopher robin with a "tomboy-ish" girl. wtf!?!- a pretty darn complete site full of video game midis- what is up with sony these days. yet another security hole in their cds...

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here are some pics from ikko's end of the year party:my table settingthe sashimi (the far one on the left with ginger on top is whale!)the various props/accessories for karaokehiratsuka sensei & mamathe layout of our roommama rockin' da micmaira (daughter) & kita (pops)mama and me cheesin'soon to be father, nakamura senseiezure san gettin' his mask on...it's dancin' timekobi san & yours trulykumi

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it's a sad day for school lunch...found out this mornin' that the cafeteria's fryer has broken and it's gonna take 3 weeks to fix! wtf!?! so that means the food for the rest of year is gonna be just ok, not grubbin'...in one of my lessons i teach at nite, i learned a new word from my student: 命掛けで, which means "at the risk of one's life". another thing that i learned is about your dreams on

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tgif!!!man, it's been a pretty long week. yesterday, i had to meet with a city council man and discuss the city's english curriculum and answer questions concernin' my feelings with bein' an alt...all in japanese!?! luckily for me, it was in a small office and not in front of the whole city council. since i was downtown, a ran a few errands and did some shoppin'. on the way back home, i ran

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much lovezion i(zion, amp live)just want to give a shout out to zion i for sportin' our gear. if ya'll don't know who they are nor heard their music, let this be an introduction. check them out @ here.

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firefox 1.5 released!try out the black japan theme, it's pretty dope!nintendo revolution is comin' out @ next year's e3 expo.for all you mac photo enthusiasts, aperture is now shippin'on monday nite, had dinner @ いっこ with my big sis, 戸板先生. it was good to catch up on things. made some future plans for the annual koiwa vball tournament with teams comin' from all over japan. also, she is goin' to

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in da news:- holographic rival to blu-ray/hd-dvd- dual-core battle: amd vs. intel- wanna try to hack the 360? it's a tad bit harder than the first xbox...here are some pics from 幸's 送別会:

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R.I.P.Pat Noriyuki Morita aka. Mr Miyagi1932-2005was a long week even tho there was a day off on wednesday. been busy with making and correctin' the 9th grade midterms. on da 22nd, taught my students that today was a special day. the english teacher thought i was goin' to explain to them about thanksgiving, but i quickly corrected her. it was the day that the xbox 360 is beign released.

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24 & madden marathon weekendthis weekend was a pretty chill one. didn't do too much but watch like 5 discs (3ep/disc) and finish my 1st season of my madden franchise (won the superbowl w/carolina). 24: season 3 is pretty good, but up until the last 3 episodes, it hasn't been as good as season 1 or 2. i'll make a final synopsis after i watch the ending. next up...season 4 baby!!! the madden

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ranthad the worst class of the 9th grade yesterday and had to regulate on them. they have absolutely no common sense at all. 不常識 it's one thing to sleep in class cuz you're not preventin' anyone else from learning. however, if you're havin' a conversation with another student from across the room, then i have a problem. imagine 5-6 different conversations goin' on at the same time when

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first of all, i wanted to congratulate cal and brandon for finally gettin' the store open. ya'll definitely gotta check them out for the dopest kicks! wakin' up the other day wasn't so bad even tho it's a saturday. however, watchin' the last 5 episodes of 24: season 2 til 1 in da mornin' didn't help the cause either. i must say tho, the last few episodes were dope! jack bauer is da frickin'

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tgif, ポッキの日i wish i could tgif but i can't since i have to work tomorrow. we have　授業参観, where the parents come to observe class.today is ポッキの日, because the date; 11.11, resembles the fine japanese snack. finally was able to get caught up on 24: season 2 after almost 3 years! hopefully i can finish it by this weekend. after that and firefly, gonna check out lost: season 1. am a little sore

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weird weather...awesome weather saturday, pourin' rain on sunday (at least 1.5 inches) then blue skies the past few days. i guess i should be happy that i haven't caught a cold yet. also, since the weather has been so up n down, i haven't fully set up my kotatsu yet. probably gonna finish it up by the end of the week.firefly & family guybeen watchin' firefly for the past few days. interestin'

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it's been a quick week since it was a national holiday yesterday (文化の日). was able to get a lot of stuff done around da house. we have part II of our computer trainin' today in a little bit. then i'm finally meetin' up with buddy hitoshi, who i haven't seen in like half a year. finished up the dvd video of my school's chorus festival. not bad for my first idvd project. also updated my

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had the big draft on saturday. some background:- it is the 8th year of the league- it's a keeper league- 20 team league- 5 teams dropped out from last year- 4 new "expansion" teams this year (i'm one of those)- top 7 finishers from last year won money from the pot (￥85,000; ￥50,000; ￥35,000; ￥25,000; ￥15,000; ￥10,000; ￥5,000- the top 7 draft order is reversed. ie., 1st place picks 20th, 2nd

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it's been rainin' for da past 10 hrs!! aaarrgghhh....anyhow, most of my free time lately has been studyin' up for da big 20 team, $800 grand prize draft this saturday. the latest big trade was j.magloire for d.mason. gonna have to make adjustments to my draft sheet. the chiba lotte marines won game 4 last nite to sweep the hanshin tigers in the japan world series. bobby valentine becomes the

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a new addition, bday dinner, circus, wifi network, fantasy football, japan seriesjust want to announceronan wong7.7 lbs, 22 in.congrats to russ, arlene & brysonso on fri nite, had 2 buddy's bday dinner @ sakura. good times, met one of da guys' old buddies. had way too much nihon shuu. almost got into a fight. took chinami & ai to the circus on sunday morning. it was pretty interestin'. saw

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in da news:- pretty big (6.5) earthquake last nite. phone lines were tied up for like 15 min. luckily, nothin' fell. click here for more...- da nba has a new dress code in effectnot sure why the players think this is such a big deal. it's not about race. it's part of their job. when the people who pay you tell you there's a dress code....what do you do? sure you can complain, but in the

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looking backtoday is the 16 year anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. on oct. 17th @ 1704, a 7.1 on the richter scale earthquake shook northern california for 15 seconds. at that time, game 3 of the battle of the bay world series was takin' place @ candlestick. i was playin' football outside w/my buddy jon. my father told me durin' previous earthquakes that he could see the ground move

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apple does it againnew imacs are pretty dope. same price but totally upgraded. mighty mouse, new gpu, built in isight and front row w/remote.new video ipod. pretty dope. a lot thinner than the 4th gens. same price. good thing i waited. think i want a 30 gig ipod now.with the new vid ipod comes a new itunes 6.

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what's on my mindthe furutas left today. our circle is slowly startin' to migrate back to cali...hmmm....big announcement should be comin' from s.jobs tomorrow. yanks lose = me happy! (down wit da evil empire) i think st. louis deserves to win the pennant this year. still debatin' whether or not to join this high stakes, 20 man fantasy bball league. should be really fun and competitive.

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so, it seems as tho i'm gettin' some comment spams lately. just turned on word verification. so screw all you coment spammers! in da news...- not sure what s.jobs is gonna talk bout on 10.12, but rumors are sayin' a video ipod and/or upgraded powermacs and powerbooks. - ntt docomo's prototype 4g serviceOfficials from NTT DoCoMo say the phones could receive data at 100 megabits per second on

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sometimes you just have to...today, durin' 3rd period (the rowdiest 8th grade class), i had to unload the fury on one of the distractive students. i gave him many chances to get his ish together. first, just ignored him. second, stopped my lesson and gave him the stare down. it was only about 5 min later that kid decided to test my patience and receive strike 3. i raised my voice to about a

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da weekenda pretty packed weekend i must say. chilled with the ikko crew on fri nite. since chi-mama was there, the topic of conversation was a little, hmmm.....i mean A LOT edgier. it was really interestin' cuz i've never been with the fam when this subject was talked about. next day, woke up hella early to get to 運動公園 for the city jhs relay marathon. my school's girls placed 4th and the

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rantso, it's been a pretty long week, especially today. usually when i have classes all day, the day goes by really quick. but boy was i wrong. have also been given an assignment by my boss to check and correct all these city school documents which were translated into english. i've gotten about 6 of the 45 done. started up kotor2 (knights of the old republic 2, for ya video inclined peeps)

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in da news...- dell releases it's "lexus" line of computers- google updates it's video service- motorola ceo says, "screw the nano!"- palm comes out with a windows treo!?!- if ya'll are sick and tired of gettin' all that junk mail, here's something ya'll should give a try.- if ya'll like spiders, check this out!so the weather has sure cooled down a lot lately. it went from super muggy to dry,

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havin' only a 3 day week was nice.on tuesday, had to city hall to get some work done and talk to some peeps. had dinner with mikie and junko. it's still hard to fanthom that junko is married now. short day at school but a meetin' @ city hall. got to talk with suga a bit and then went with miyazaki back to his place. man, his mansion is pretty dope. he gotz da whole top floor, decked out.

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体育祭, kaoru & yoshi's bday, a night out on da town, entourage, showin' peeps around, yokohamahmmm...it's been a long, long 2 weeks. had my 3rd sports day on sat. it was pretty koo cuz i saw some new events. here's the crazy event that i've never seen beforei also didn't lose this time when i ran. had kaoru & yoshi's bday shin dig in ueno. met up with: aki, hide, hiyan and the birthday girls.

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back to reality, best yakitori, movies, mos burger, tiger & nanoas i check my tracker for this blog, i've noticed that i've gotten more hits durin' the time i was back home then after i did my trip entry. one would think that it would be the opposite but who knows. i saw a lot weird search entries that linked to my site. some stuff even goin' back to over a year!so, been back in school for

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first off, just want to wish my mom a happy birthday (sept. 6th)as well as sept. 5th babies: brandon & lark

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da trip homewords can't even come close to describin' the time i had back home. it was a super crazy and busy time, from chillin' in da bay, headin' to sac, back to da bay, then down to LA, then back up to da bay. it was good to see da fam, da homies as well as meetin' some new peeps along da way. here's da summary...da bay, pt.1tho da plane was delayed 1.5 hrs @ da gate, it was cool chattin'

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帰省i'm finally goin' back home after 'bout 21 months. can't wait to see my niece, fam & friends. next on that list is all the bomb @$$ food that i'm gonna consume. aite ya'll...i'm outtie. see ya when i see ya!kaz out...

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now that i found out that blogger has a built in image uploader, i've decided to upload some random pics from the last 2 weeks. all photos taken with my brand new baby, panasonic lumix fx8 enjoy! here's some roasted tuna head. utterly delicious!!!

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some grubbin' seared sushi

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平成１７年８月６日：江戸川花火大会

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平成１７８月６日：江戸川花火大会

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平成１７年８月０６日：江戸川花火大会

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in da news:- a great page 2 article about the seven deadly sins of sports- summer sonic '05 startin' tomorrow!would love to just check out da roots, but not too down to pay that high of a cover- korean man dies after playin' starcraft for 49 hrs straight!man, more and more of these cases are comin' out of korea. they got some issues over there....- mac osx for intel cracked!?!it was only a

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in da news:- sasaki strikes out kiyohara in final gamehave some pics from the edogawa hanabi taikai, but since my pc is on da fritz right now, i'm still explorin' other options to upload pics. any suggestions? i'm currently messin' around with flickr. mon nite, had dinner with shizu. went to this one restaurant that was havin' half off on beers. can't beat $1.50. met up with yoshi and his

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nothin' much goin' on except gettin' ready to go back home. in da news:apple- apple introduces the mighty mouse!- new apple store in shibuya- itunes japan sells 1 million songs in the first 4 days!been workin' at city hall the past 2 weeks. got to see a lot of: my father's friends, my sister's friends, as well as my friends. not a day goes by that i don't see an old friend. probably the

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blog 2005.07.26it's been a hectic 2 weeks so the updates have been lackin'. da vball update:my last year girls' team lost their first, then won their next 3 out of 4 games! they made it to the last game on the 2nd day. this year girls' team beat the #1 team from the last tournament and then continued on to the finals. unfortunately they lost to last year's top team. then we had to play the

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the day after...in celebration for the all the school clubs' summer tournaments, we had a big dinner for all the teachers/coaches. it was a good bondin' time and got to talk to teachers in a more relaxed environment (and state of mind). the nijikai was at this karaoke place that was a pretty good walk from the restaurant. was totally impressed by 若山先生's rendition of もののけ姫. the head of the pta

kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621334288185434564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480239.post-1120804209871927562005-07-08T15:01:00.000+09:002005-07-11T21:15:31.636+09:00

dilemmas, good times, constant changesman, i've been pretty bad with posts lately, huh? the weather has really been weird lately. it's been rainy, then hot, then cold, then rainy, then cold, then hot, etc.. today is pretty muggy. i'm always rushin' back to da teachers' a/c'd room. so last week, i had my first nomikai with some teachers from my school. went to ちゃんこ鍋 place. the owner was is

kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621334288185434564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480239.post-1120460185132261652005-07-04T15:40:00.000+09:002005-07-04T15:58:47.886+09:00

change, spontaneousness, futurewell...based on a lot of feedback, i've gone to a simpler template with less bells and whistles to hopefully correct some of the problems ya'll been havin'. let me know if you're still havin' probs, k?chilled w/futagaki and noriko @ sala. good time to catch up with futagaki. it seems that noriko knows everyone at that place. hung out @ cha cha afterwards.got up

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