Below are the 10 most recent journal entries recorded in mactokyo's LiveJournal:

Monday, May 25th, 2009
11:39 pm	Sunday in Nagano to Narita Drum Festival Trying to get as munch uploaded before I head out to Okinawa! ( Read more... ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
12:35 am	Finally have time to update again! Let's go back in time. First, you may notice that I've added the "Read more..." links so this page will not take forever to load. Just click on them, and you can see the pictures! This was the day I went to my interview at the gallery. ( Read more... ) More coming soon! (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
11:49 am	Goal! During orientation, we were asked to state a goal we hoped to fulfill in Japan. After hearing about 30 people say their goal was to get better at Japanese, I decided it would be more interesting to say something fun, so I said "I want to go to the Kishidan concert in April." Kishidan are a Japanese rock band known for dressing like biker gangs of the 80s, crazy concerts, and bizarre music videos: Today, I will fulfill my goal! The concert is being held at the Nippon Budokan, which originally was for martial arts and other sports tournaments, but know is also used as a concert venue. The first concert there was the Beatles in 1966, and at the time there was a lot of complaint that having a western group perform would ruin the Budokan. Obviously, it turned out okay, but that's my interesting tidbit for those that have no interest in Japanese music :) Sadly, it's raining all day, but I'll try to get some pictures of the building. (Comment on this)
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
6:30 am	Mon-Thur So, on Monday afternoon I did a bit of shopping with some of my friends.( Read more... ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
9:19 pm	Mass photodump So much to write about, so many pictures. I’ll try to do my best and cover the interesting points from the last chunk of days.( Read more... ) Current Mood: accomplished (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
10:52 am	Quick update I don't want to use too much of the host family internet, so this'll be quick - pics coming tomorrow, I promise! 1. On the way back to our apartment, I took a slightly different street, and just before I turned to head back to the normal one, I spotted a Book-Off! And I only spent about $16, and got 8 manga and 3 CDs! I love the cheap aisles. I also signed up for a point card, which was fun because I couldn't really understand the vocab, but lickily I was carrying my address with me, so between me and the store people, we figured it out :) 2. My host mom helped me, and now I have a ticket to go see the first Kishidan concert in three years next month! YES~! 3. Today, without any input from me, the student from Thailand here for the weekend said he wanted to windowshop and that he likes cameras, so today we are going to eat lunch and wander around in AKIHABARA for those that don't know, this is the area of Tokyo famous for electronic stores, and lately as the gathering/shopping place for anime and manga nerds. On Sundays, some of the roads switch to pedestrian traffic only, and people dress up like anime characters or maids and wander around. It should be fun for all, if a little surprising to the host parents :) 4. My host mother invited me to go with her and her friend to Nagano for Golden Week! (sort of a national spring break.) My host father will be in Nepal. Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
5:21 pm	HAHAHA So, all the homestay students are sitting in the office, waiting for their host families to pick them up. Most went sometime between 3:30 and 5:30, but guess who's marked at around 6:00ish because both parents work??? It's like daycare all over again! I am highly amused. Current Mood: amused (2 Comments |Comment on this)
6:06 am	Orientation, orientation, orientation Today was full of the above. To give you an idea, ( Read more... ) Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
9:47 am	Arrived! Here is my pile of stuff. It's more than the program suggests I take, ( Read more... ) Current Mood: tired (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
7:48 am	Off I go!! Finally, I think I have everything assembled. After one short flight and one very long flight, I will be in Japan! Current Mood: excited (2 Comments |Comment on this)