bumblingmumbler

Just ate a dried baby dead crab, husk and all...  It was the size of a marsh mellow but it's dead baby blue eyes had still looked up at me and said, "Don't eat me."  But I did.  And it was ok.  I think I have sand in my mouth though now.

I had some of my work featured in a gallery about a foreign look at Japan.  My friend set up it and asked me to bring some of my stuff in.  All in all 6 of us brought work in and we all got to share it with a lot of people.  It was fun... and awkward. But ya... I had a cool time.

The Art Gallery Site:
http://himming2008.jugem.jp/

A newspaper article showing me off to the world muhahahaah:
http://himming2008.img.jugem.jp/20100307_1685394.jpg
(My buddy is the guy standing up across from my pictures.  He is fluent in Japanese and put the whole thing together.)

I had a teacher walk up to me last Friday.  He brought one of the English teachers with him and asked her to translate for him.
As translated,
"I hunt bears. 
 'I hunt bears with my father. 
 'My father is a bear hunter.  [ mimics pointing a gun and shooting ]
 'We kill the bear and open it. [ mimics ripping open the bear ]
 'And we use it for ..." [ I forgot what he said particularly]

He then hands me an empty case of bullets and asks if I can "get him more" for his father.  He explains to the English teacher that its really difficult buying bullets in Japan and that sometimes it can take up to 6 months delay.  Thus, if I know of any way to purchase bullets please help him.

He wasn't actually asking me to smuggle in bullets... but to be honest I have no idea how to actually help him out.  Too bad. I tried e-mailing the bullet company about the proper way of importing bullets into Japan but considering how oddly suspicious my e-mail looked I can't imagine I'll get a response.

Every year in February this town has a Snow Festival where they serve Boar and Bear soup.  I am kinda worried that if I don't get the bullets then maybe next year's Bear Soup will be canceled... Then no tourists will come, and no one will make money...etc...  My failure could destroy the town.   OH THE PRESSURE!

Still... Funny way to finish a Friday at work while grading papers.

So over the course of this year students have broken 5 different pains of glass.  I think its all the first year gang.  They always claim an accident... but...

Last year there was only one incident of glass breaking.  Somehow glass fell all over a student.  He looked quite out of it in class.  I kinda am curious how students approach this whole glass breaking thing.  I always thought it was difficult to do.

That and the school year is about to end.  I'm sad to say goodbye the the oldest class (3rd years).  But i'm happy to welcome the new younglings in.  I have had two years of elementary school so it will be cool to see them turn into junior high school students.

Hmm. Just ate whale for school lunch today.  Midway through eating my small chicken tenders someone pointed out that it wasn't chicken...  Heh.

Hmm... I was just reading this article and I was thinking that, wow, talk about a bad time to strike up more commotion for the 'US Military Base in Okinawa' conflict...talk about a prickly issue with North Korea so close by.  I imagine this will be an awfully frustrating problem for Japan's new party and for Obama, considering the two countries only met just recently about this issue -- without accomplishing much.

U.S. soldier mum on fatal hit-and-run | The Japan Times Online