it's not life that matters but the journey...

oh but the sad thing is, Japanese women seem to look good no matter what. even in the humidity, they don't sweat, they don't have smearing makeup, and they don't get frizzy hair. I get all of that! oh well, that's just life.

I didn't realize Avatar had a global warming message. was it a good movie? I don't know a thing about it. well when I lived in Seattle, there were no air conditioners, but it never really got that hot. but we did have central heat. and in apartments you can't really control the heat much, at least I couldn't in Chicago. but in Chicago we needed as much heat as possible or we'd die!

that's sad about Ryokan being more expensive to maintain - that means they will be more expensive to stay at. but hopefully they won't all go away.

oh, I hope the school gets huge. but there's still a chance we might move to another part of Japan, so I don't know what will happen with the school. we still haven't got any interested students yet. we need more time, I guess.