soooo i experienced my 2nd earthquake yesterday and decided to start logging the earthquakes i feel.  unfortunately the smaller ones are almost impossible to feel if you're on a train or bus.  I usually notice when i'm sitting on my ass at my computer.  yesterday's was a Mag 2.0 in my area, but it was 4.0 elsewhere.  as long as they stay small, earthquakes are, almost fun.  I guess it's good that we are having many small quakes though.  It's much better than it being absolutely still for a long time then deciding to pull off a mag 10. 

i'm so tired, i'm not sure what i'm doing up at 3 am.  i need to go to bed.  night.

Tomorrow marks 3 weeks in Japan.  I wouldn't say I'm having any trouble adjusting.  I think people are just making it sound more of a big deal than it actually is.  Sure I don't know how everything works, but it's not like I'm joining an African tribe.  Japan is developed, has access to everything, so it's really not that hard to figure things out.  Having a developed public transportation system also means I can go anywhere I want without really having directions or paying attention to roads.

The funny thing is I don't miss my friends back at home that much - sorry.  I got used to it from being at college and not seeing any of you, so it's no different from that.  I made a bunch of friends here already - although I'm the youngest of the group.  Good thing I took up swing dancing at college because that's what got me my group of friends.  Just went to one dance, remembered their names and saw them the week after, and I got invited to a bar that night.  Then one girl invited me to her jazz band performance, and that was today.  I also met a girl at dance who is here for 2 years teaching the bible. Jesus freak I know, but she knows a bunch of Americans so maybe that can be another group of friends. 

Work is a killer during the week, but at least it pays money. I will be extremely poor though until the 25th when I get paid.  Alright.. gotta go to bed.

i don't think anyone reads this anymore... but anyway, since i have no friends here...

I saw my aunts/uncles during the past few days and got pretty drunk with them.  yesterday the train i was on was delayed and i wondered why, until i found out someone had jumped onto the tracks to kill themself.  yes, they succeeded, so i was standing within a 100 feet of where the person jumped.  today too, someone decided to end their life by jumping onto the track.  seems like it's a popular solution here.

my phone costs $70/mo.  but it has gps, i can use it as a wallet, watch tv on it, listen to music, take pictures and movies, look at maps, browse the net, read comics, and a bunch of other useless crap i will never use.

well.... i really need to exercise.. 

i left your country

i made my move from the US to Japan yesterday.  It doesn't feel weird to me at all.  hopefully everything goes well with work now. 

i guess i'll update more when i feel like it.

i keep forgetting this thing even exists. lots have happened since the last update about 2 weeks ago.

I did get the job with Abbott Japan and will be flying out on June 23rd to Tokyo, Japan indefinitely.  I think I will be updating here much more frequently when I'm there because I won't have any friends and the time difference really screws up my chances of talking to anyone on AIM.  I'm not sure if i mentioned this before but I will be a marketing research analyst in the strategic planning & development dept.  I'll be working with a few specific drugs.

So.. what else?  I've been cleaning my room by pretty much throwing everything out.  Seeing friends for the last time... well.. probably not, but I'm just pretending that for now.  And I also went to my last swing dance in the US last friday.  But again, that's probably not the last time ever.

One more week of cleaning and learning more about my industry.  Then off to Japan...