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Your Life in Two Suitcases or Less – Revised

Last year I posted a guide for future ALTs in Japan on how to pack for a year (or more) in Japan with the constantly shrinking baggage allowance. Since then I’ve decided a few things on my original list were not so necessary, while some are much more necessary than I made it out to [...]

An open-letter to my neighbor

Dear neighbor to the south of me,

I don’t know if you remember our little encounter on our way to the mailbox. The reason I don’t know if you remember it is because I think you may have been drunk, that’s the only way my brain can comprehend how incredibly rude you were.

You always start off [...]

Not My Best Week Ever

Like the title says, this turned out to be not my best week ever. I had my JET interview Tuesday, and I think I got so worked up over it that it made me physically ill on Wednesday, then Thursday my cat (well, more like my mom’s cat) was acting funny so we took her [...]

How “Ladamania” came to be

I’ve always wondered why a good number of people in Eastern European counties visit my website, then Jeremy posted a very detailed post about how Lada is a Russian brand of car that released the very popular Riva. Fans of the car have dubbed themselves “Ladamaniacs” and there are other “Ladamania” websites out there.

My “Ladamania” [...]