Haha, so I go to this JET website all the time that has a bulletin board on it, and so today I was like "people, know anything about this place???" and someone was like "yeah" so they sent me an email and an offer to buy their car from him. He basically said it's really rural, but very nice, and that a lot of the people in JET get together on weekends (tho not my predecessor, who is a loner), but you can also go weeks without seeing people. Honestly, i do that on a much smaller scale with a lot of my friends, so i guess it may not be particularly bad. Also, I found out I would be located at one school, not moving around much. I'm not sure how I feel about that, I kind of like moving around a lot, but I'll probably be able to get a lot more done at one place than at a lot of them. Also, there are at least 40 JETS on the whole peninsula, they apparently are also the only foreigners there. hmmm. well, more later
ETA:The guy I got a hold of is the JET in the next town over. weird, huh?
So I got my JET placement yesterday, and it's Kazamaura Village, Aomori-Prefecture. In English: Middle of Nowhere. It's pretty much like the Wyoming of Japan. Physically beautiful, with hiking, mountains, skiing, beaches, etc, etc, but no one lives there. The place where I would live has a population of 3000, and there's a city of 50,000 40 minutes away by car. Apparently there is no high school there, so I would be teaching junior high and elementary school. I'm kinda excited and scared at the same time, but I have to say, if i would have picked somewhere, this would not be it. I'm gonna have to think about this one, definitely.
I have the house to myself till thursday, ha ha ha ha ha! i am very happy about this.
However, I am not happy that JET has not told me where I am going yet. I need to know these kinds of things!
I want an iBook. With a 14 inch screen. And i don't want to pay for it. well, i'll pay for it, but I am only buying it right before i go to japan. I also want to buy a whole bunch of DVDs because I know i will want american tv, and i will want certain things. I especially want a DVD of Wet Hot American Summer.
I was very sad to see some old friends go this weekend, as i won't see them for a while. But, you know, this weekend was a little bit of closure to an era for me this weekend as well, as this was the year in which i was supposed to graduate, so I feel that emotionally I have finally graduated as well, hopefully.
Turning 21 this Saturday!!
This concludes a summary of the random thoughts in my head today
