Moments later...

The waiter came over and, in all of his Japanese politeness, cooked the rest of what I ordered for me b/c I burnt the next batch of mini-hot dogs and bbq ribs. Besides the smell from burning meat, there were some small, but noticeable flames coming from the grill. If you know me at all and you ever thought I was joking when I said I don't belong in the kitchen perhaps this drives my point home :-D
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See! I cook!

At a korean bbq place! :-) damn near burnt my fingers off trying to cook this ish!! Good thing it was ridiculously delish. Kinda pricey at \2000 but it was all you can eat for 90 min so please believe that I ate all I could. Woo hoo for having to walk home!
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HUGE anti USS George Washington protest

Its my first protest! So cool! Nice to see democracy in action, even if its against me :-D
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Would you pack this in YOUR child's lunch!?

I _think_ these are supposed to be used to pick things up with in a lunch box. I'm not trying to judge the Japanese for their placement of the prongs on this, but really??!!
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I know the Japanese are modest but...

This takes it to a whoooooole new level

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Does it really matter what this is an advertisement for?

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And the picture a day begins...

I couldn't resist the bagels and lox. Its a nice little bit of familiarity in the morning :)

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Aaaaaand I'M OFF!!

So the week before I came to Virginia was pure INSANITY!! Getting the house ready for my tenant (who is already driving me nuts), making sure I had everything I needed (which I didn't) and saying good bye to everyone (which sucked!) made things go by really, really fast. It kinda seemed like I was going 200MPH and then when my dad and grammy bear dropped me off at the airport somebody slammed on the brakes. I kinda didn't know what to do...so of course I bought 3 newspapers and did the crosswords in the airport since my flight was delayed :-D I started work the day after I got here and it took me all dang week to get my computer access so I've pretty much done nada at work. Everyone seems real cool and laid back though so I can't complain too much!

My last dinner in Tucson with Joey, Debbie, Grammy Bear, and Dad.  Of course we had sushi :) 

 

Dropping me off at the airport

 

My first day of work!

My itty bitty apartment; this is good practice for wherever I live in Japan.