So many costumes, so little time...

Err de Toilet

I finally made it to Kyoto! I even got a fancy little room at a hostel. It's as wide as I am tall, and covered in expensive tatami mats. It also comes with one confusing feature...

Sweat

My wife called me and told me to head to Kyoto. I can get there with my rail pass - I just need to find a bus or train... Or a hot-spring public bath!

Found

I gave up when I found this lovely little river to rest near. That's when I finally got a call on this newfangled phone I bought! I now know where my wife is, and more importantly: where -I- am!

Lost (and not in Translation!)

A smarter guy than myself once said "I shoulda taken a left turn at Albuquerque." I think following tourists will get me back to a big city - but which one? I got to 'purify' myself at this temple island, which also has lovely deer on it.

Mystery Shinkansen

The address I was given turns out to be a train station. I was told to show up there by 2pm. I guess it's time to take one of those famous 'bullet trains' I've heard so much about. (They're called "Shinkansen" by the locals.)

Tokyo Streets

Finding an address in Tokyo is hard! Lots of stuff is in this moon-scratch they call 'Kanji', and the stuff I CAN read is confusing. I was able to find a 'konbini', which is what they call corner stores here. That's actually a local approximation of 'convenience' as in 'convenience store' Thank goodness for the Americanization of the world!

My Airplane

The start of my unexpected journey to the East - but heading West - as the crow flies, and as the sun crosses the ocean ahead of me - giving me 30+ hours of daylight in a single day...

I took this video Sunday, but forgot to post it to the High School Video Diary project until this afternoon!
I added a pic one of the kids took of me!

"Volunteer" Duty
I have never learned how to negotiate. My latest talk with the principal proves it.

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Too much Free Time

With half of my students on suspension half the time, and the community center closed for earthquake repairs - I'm having trouble finding things to do with my time!

I'll have to visit the ice-cream shoppe and then go hiking to find those old Primbobi Indian sites my grandfather would point out when he was alive.

Oh, and I have all those library books to return. Perhaps the crowds at the library will finally have subsided and things can go back to normal there!

Is this where I type the Subject? \\\\\Drawing

I've been getting lots of questions from the students at both the elementary and the High School about making more drawing videos. I feel like that's not quite what the Beckinfield HS Project is about, but I'll see what I can do.

Whoo-boy! Scary new techno-bloggie

The town of Beckinfield is constantly surprising me! The local high school students started a project where citizens of our sleepy community begin to create video blogs.

Now, if you know me (and if you're reading this I cannot imagine you don't!) you'd be shocked out of your skin to hear that I'm USING A COMPUTER and posting videos about my life!

Anyone interested in joining our 'Working with Clay' Tuesday night class at the Community Center should let me know, or sign up on the list in the front hall. We still have a few slots open to anyone in Beckinfield who wants to learn to master basic pottery and sculpture!

Please note that we do not use a spinning wheel, so there is NO OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE THAT SCENE FROM THE MOVIE "GHOST"!!!

Check out my videos
on this newfangled web-a-magig.

Or just visit the "Home-Page" in your Intenet Web Connector to see everyone's videos!