Tuesday, June 20, 2006

www.pandora.com

My friend told me about this website. It's free radio. I'm listening to it now...The Organ. You make stations of artists you like, and they play music based on the sound and genre of that artist.
Kyle, those speakers are so good. I can play my music really loud too becuase the walls are made of concrete so you don't hear your neighbor. It's awesome.
I don't watch TV cause I don't have one in my room, but my friends from class, Lee Jeung, and Boseung, told me about this
Japanese TV drama today called, "Attention, Please." It's about a flight attendent who works for JAL, and her co-workers. It was outrageous, man. The most dramatic part of the episode was when the flight was delayed because a door was showing up on the monitor as being open. There was an old guy and some lady complaining, a crying baby, then the main character starting singing "Happy Birthday" to the baby, because it was its birthday, and everyone starts singing, then the "system malfunction" gets fixed by some guy who took charge of the situation for the first time. Come on. I'd rather watch Steve O get bitten all over by a bunch of ants.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

I

So I will begin to introduce my friends here to you.
This is Natalie and Linda. We are in Nagano, a few hours away from Tokyo, at my school’s “camp.” It’s the school’s small resort really, there is skiing in the winter, a hot spring, golf, a lake, a gymnasium, and meeting rooms. The whole school was there for three days and two nights.
Nathalie (wearing pink) is from Columbia. When I first saw her I thought she couldn’t be older than me, but on the contrary Nathalie is 22. She hates spiders, and likes it when I talk with a Southern accent. Next year she’s studying photography.
Linda is my age from the Marshall Islands, but grew up in California and Hawaii. She tells me Marshallese folklore, and traditions. We joke about how small the islands are, and how small Nathalie is.
Linda’s leaving though; she’s going back to Hawaii at the end of the month. She’s had the past few months to think about what she wants to do, and I think she’s doing what’s best for her. I’m going to miss her a lot.