Wow, man, so I have a semi contract job that goes once every other week. I won't get paid much, but at least I'll be working with some of my friends. I need to find a job that will be steady and pays me decently. I'm not sure if my parents will move yet, but I'm kind of worried that they will. I know for sure that I'm going to stay in my hometown, but if i can't, I'll have to go with my parents. I don't know. I don't have a real job and I don't have very many job skills in terms of my education. Only Japanese and I have to work on that more than i have.

Hmm...maybe I can pick up freelance translating jobs. Most of the jobs out there are translating in terms of Japanese. If I get good enough, then maybe a company will hire me full time. I'd definitely like to get into the video game business, but I'm not sure if that would be good for me. The pay will be good, but the time constraints....I'm not sure if I'd be happy working long hours like 14 hours a day. But I'd be willing to do that if it it means doing a good job and getting things done by the deadline.

Man, I need to do something other than play video games. Hmm...maybe I should read Japanese articles online again. Yeah...it will be a good thing to always keep up my Japanese.

I got these books before I left Japan called Brave Story. I heard about it because there's a video game out for both the PS2 and DS in Japan. I think that it's coming to the US also. I like the Japanese voice actors a whole lot better than the US voice actors. I think that expressing things originally written in Japanese is done better by the Japanese voice actors. Most of the time I can't stand the US voice actors. Which is one reason why I bought video games in Japan even if they were going to be released in the US later on. I think however, that I just need to study Japanese everyday and do some work in it while I have no job. I need to pass the Level 2 proficiency test in Japanese. That will help me get jobs later on. Man, my books that I mailed home won't come until at least a month later. I shipped them surface mail...which might have been a mistake. I'm wondering if they'll be wet when I get them.

At my old shipping job, some packages were wet because some of the trailers that were used had cracks in the ceiling. So you'd get some wet packages from the rain. Or, from the docking bay area and the trailer, sometimes water woulld leak through the flap covering the trailer and get packages wet depending on how much rain poured down. But it wasn't serious. The only concern I have though is that puddle on the ground of the trailers do cause some damage to the contents. I'd be really sad if the books I brought with me from the US to Japan got damaged on the way back to the US. But oh well.

It was crazy how much stuff I had in my aparment. I accumulated a lot of stuff living in Japan. Shipping it cost a bundle. But it's better than leaving it there in Japan. I'm glad I did ship it though. I got all my stuff out of the apartment and I didn't have to throw away much. Well, I threw away a lot of trash. That was about it....and some food items and some items I bought that I couldn't bring with me.

Anyway, I'm babbling right now. I should get going while the day is young.

Well, I'm home now. Man, I need to find a job soon. We'll see what happens though. Man, I haven't really blogged since I left Japan. Not much is happening nowadays in my life. School was the most interesting part about my time in Japan. But I'm also glad that I don't have to lesson plan anymore. I never really got to explore Japan. But I'm not much of an explorer anyway.

Anyway, I'm really tired right now. I shouldn't have drank that coffee last night.

My lot in life...not a bad lot, but one that requires me to depend on God a lot more than i have been doing. Anyway, I don't know what the heck I'm doing here. Or what the heck I will be doing in the future. But I do know that God is good. I went to church again in Tokyo with my friend. I need to make it to my church here in Yamanashi this next Sunday. Man, I don't know what to say. But yeah, definitely hearing a message about LIFE is something that i need to hear more of. I lost my direction these past 7 months. I probably could have made more of an impact here, but I think that I need to go home.

I don't know what will happen to the people here, but I hope that the person after me will be a good person at least and will be a Christian. I guess I should pray more. Anyway, don't know what else to say. There is a need, but I think that I need to rest. I don't know what to say, but I wasn't planning to stay in Japan for more than 2 years. I stayed here less than a year. I don't know...I don't know why I'm here. I guess I'll never know until much later.

Anyway, I'm going to miss Japan. I'm going to be a fish out of water again when I return. I know that I'm going to be a little abrasive when I come back. heh.

I'm wondering what I'll be doing as a job when i come home. I wasn't offered another year, so I'll be coming home in April for sure. Maybe I can beat these games that I bought and then sell them. heh.

Anyway, I think that I need to stop the madness and stop buying so much. I'm going to be on a very limited income soon.