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Hello all...it has been quite a while since we last spoke.What have I done over the last 2 months? Well I'm glad you asked...I am in Japan now. More specifically, I am now living in Hamamatsu. My girlfriend and I are currently staying together in the living space above the office until we save up a bit more yen for a new place (we just left the last place we were at because the neighbor was racist and terrified of me, the white devil). She complained and it became a mess so we said "f*** you, goodbye." I am working full-time now, both at the family's snack bar and main company (which makes sushi lunches for funerals). Those that haven't been to Japan will not likely know what a snack bar is...it's nothing horrible, just not for me. Mixing drinks is one thing, but actually having to... Read more »

So here I am...totally stressed out on the eve of my great migration across the United States and the Pacific Ocean. Will my voyage end happily ever after or am I destined for failure and depression? Only time will tell. To those unfamiliar with my situation, I have a girlfriend in Japan (she's Japanese of course). I met her when I was living in Nagasaki after I graduated high school in Portland, Oregon. It's been 3.5 long years since we met and 3 since I returned to the U.S. for visa related issues (I didn't have one; not the credit card. ). Anyway, I've been traveling back and forth between Cleveland and Hamamatsu since then (she came here for 2 months in '06) and neither of us can get a visa for the other country unless we finished school or are married. I am still 2 years out from... Read more »