the rusted countryside.

well, today i went for a ride to akayu, takahata, and yonezawa. it was amazing. the countryside here is incredible. all of the trees are rusting, and all three towns are in a broad valley. its so beautiful. when we pulled into akayu, i decided that i wanted to live there. its small. 30,000ppl, but so nice. two main streets. everything i would need for daily life. its so beautiful it kills. there are hotsprings there. i cant wait. i went on the drive with my boss, arimoto-san. hes truly great. he bought me ice cream and took me by his junior high. i love this man. he smells like an old man too. thats the funny part. yuko, my boss, said that he is very generous and calm. which is exciting.

as for that lesson, it was my first, an adult lesson, with one woman. we talked about twins. it was from a text book. and i thought it went okay, i was really nervous and just getting the feel for the material. she and i also have to get used to each other, then perhaps the lessons will happen at a better pace and more successfully. fuck, i cannot even talk.

right now im mooching space off of jason again, using his computer and hes singing and playing his guitar. were getting along quite well, but i feel like im always imposing. which sucks. i hate being around all the time. i need to get working on my japanese and find some friends. someone to cuddle. i appreciate all of his hand-holding and friend-ship, but i feel too reliant. but alas, whats a girl to do? his performing of music is great. at rough roll on monday he:s playing a gig, so, uh, you should all come! ha ha.

well, its almost 10pm, and i have to go away soon and go to sleep. tomorrows a national holiday and that means, no work! so, im going to sleep in and try to find an open post office. the atms at the post office are the only ones which accept international debit cards. and hey, the government is trying to privatise the post-office banking system. news about privatization of the worlds largest bank

okay kids, have a good night, im sorry that there are no apostrophes, this japanese keyboard stuff is really inconvenient for my northamerican-trained ways. xoxo di.