Blarg computers, random funnies

So my computer has been having tantrums lately, and I've dealt with them best I can. To eat up some time I brought it into work today and had Nick take a look at it. Apparently the hard drive is almost gone and the battery is pretty much fried. So when I get home I'm gonna back everything up and pray for the best lol.

Just got our second paycheck yesterday,they take quite a it out for random stuffs, but that is the same everywhere. Hopefully now I can start saving up some money, pay back some that I have borrowed, and take a trip to Akihabara sometime soon ^_^ For those of you who don't know, Akiha is the main electronics district of Tokyo, and has many shiny objects.

Today Nick and I are meeting Katsuno-san from the board of education to see our new (old) car. We don't know if we will be able to use it or not right away, but both of us agree that a trip to Iida is in our immediate future. This is just too much in the boonies sometimes. Also, I would loove to get a cell phone to be connected.

It is so odd with the schedule I'm on now, I'm going to bed at 9:30-10 and waking up at 7-ish. Normal hours, not going to bed at 2am and waking up at 12pm :D System is trying to get used to that, and all of this Japanese food is still somewhat messing it up. We eat the school lunches everyday which are tasty, but not something I'd cook for myself (except for the daily rice). Yesterday I had my second "I ate what?!" moment, where I thought I was eating one thing and it turned out to be something completely different. There was a nice salad of tomatoes, herbs, and what looked like little stringy pieces of Parmesan cheese. Even tasted a bit like it, just a little tough. Turns out that was squid. ^^;

Monday and Tuesday are our run around and do alot without breaks days. The rest of the week is waay more laid back. Today we only helped in one class. The 3rd year students took a monthly English test yesterday, and they went over the results today, so there goes 4 classes right there. Yay for internets and laptops.

I spent the last period yesterday and the morning today mass-producing dragonballs. Yes, dragonballs. Hirota-sensei wants to use them to help the 1st year students learn counting in English, since each ball is numbered 1-7 by how many stars it has inside. Now THAT was fun ^_^

Speaking of dragonballs, there is a DBZ mmorpg being made in Korea o.O
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-24/dragon-ball-online-mmorpg-new-trailer-video-posted

Also, Vicky sent me an awesome link of people shaving poodles to look like other things, Some of these are AMAZING!!! I was looking at this during work and trying to keep a straight face....but failed miserably. Ah well.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208913/The-poodles-transformed-pandas-horses-snails-creative-grooming-dog-shows.html#ixzz0PCNPXuSZ