Usually I avoid taking part in Internet memes because, well, I’m just crabby like that. But I felt bad after Ana said that she had tagged me because she wanted to know more about me. Ah, guilt. Would I do anything without you? My middle name, Ian, is the Scottish form of John. John is [...]
So the other Mike at work1 has been talking to me about trying to be more productive in his life. He’s been reading a few books, trying out a couple of the strategies and generally attempting to get more stuff done. This must be contagious because I’ve been feeling it, too. I’m not sure if [...]
So the wedding is finally over and I’ve had enough of a break from it to be able to write about it without degenerating into convulsive fits. It’s still not clear why I brought this on myself. To repeat again, Rui did not want a wedding. My wife was happy with the way things were. [...]
I have a new job. There. I spent a while trying to work out how to say that and ‘blurting’ seems to be just about the best method. I work for the Sakai City Board of Education. They were my previous employer while I was a JET and have been kind enough to reemploy me [...]
Here’s the list for things to do this weekend. Yes, I do have a place for this type of thing but I’m hoping that by putting it up here it’ll haunt me. Meet up with Joel for dinner tomorrow. Develop proof for why liberalism is the only logical form of society. Eat. Bring Crap Comics [...]
I feel like it’s been a while since the last update (according to the archives it’s been about a month ago but it seems a lot longer). So, let’s update. The good news is that I’ve passed the coursework component of the College of Law. Hooray! This means that I’m one step closer to being [...]
You know when you have one of those good days? Friday was a good day for me. Not only did it follow a holiday on Thursday while preceding another on Saturday but it was the first day since the end of my College of Law course. I don’t know if I’ve actually passed everything yet [...]
Well I’m back in Australia again. This is the second time in as many months and both times it was thanks to the course that’s been the bane of my existence since July. Well, OK, maybe ‘bane of my existence’ is a little strong. Let’s just say I’m really going to be glad when this [...]
Where did September go? Some of it I spent in Australia as part of this Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice I’m doing by correspondence. The rest of it I spent either preparing for that trip or recovering. I’ve got some posts I want to write up so hopefully I can get around to that before [...]
I wrote up this entry on paper first but I can’t get it to sound right so I’m just going to blurt it out and put it up for you all to read. Don’t say I don’t care. So my time on the JET Programme is over but I’m still working to improve the English [...]