03-31-2009, 01:29 AM
As for me - I hit up ComiSite in Matsue and scored some sweet loot today.
I spent way too much money (about $65 dollars, and it's just a small, out-of-the-way store), but I had a fantastic day.
The ice cream I had today was pear flavored*. Our prefecture is famous for its pears. The mascot for our prefecture is a pear/bird in a sailor outfit, actually (don't ask). His name is Tori-pi (pron. Toh-Ree-Pee). Tori means "bird", and our prefecture's name is "Tottori". The one I had was a half/half cone - the other half being vanilla from Daisen Farms, located on the local landmark Mt. Daisen.
*side note*: I have had a Green Tea McFlurry before, and it was delicious. Mmmm.
And as for the cards, I only got a couple of boosters today, but all I had a picture of was the box. The cards are in Japanese, of course.
04-28-2009, 12:18 AM
I'm looking forward to Golden Week, the big holiday here in Japan. I've got one teaching day tomorrow, and then nothing until Thursday of the week after. WOOO! My partner in crime Jeremy has already left on vacation, so I'm covering his classes tomorrow while he's in London visiting the folks.
I'm excited about the break, but for different reasons than you might think. I've only got four teaching weeks left in this job!! Four weeks... it hardly seems real. One of those weeks is only three days long, too, and another will consist of the new teacher shadowing me the whole week. I'm leaving the school, saying goodbye to all my students (which I'm sure will be rough on me) after the first week of June, and my goodbye party is going to be May 31st. I'm still in the midst of planning it, but invitations have already been sent out. I'm going to be using the time off this week and next to look for a job! Hopefully, I'll be able to find something relatively easily, and figure out just exactly where in Japan I'm moving to after the first week of June.
Wow... so many memories I've made here. It hardly seems like it's been a few months, let alone a year and a half. I am super pumped about traveling in June and then going home (HOME!!!!) around the beginning of July, though. It's gonna be a helluva birthday party on July 2nd (my 25th), and again on July 10th (my mother's 50th). My brother's birthday is on the 14th, and my cousin's wedding is the 11th, so I've got more than a few reasons to be home then. I'll be staying for around three weeks, I figure, before going back and enjoying a nice month or two of vacation in Japan and then starting my new job.
04-29-2009, 09:55 PM
Well, anyway, I made it out to Hobby Japan in Matsue this afternoon. ComiSite didn't have any ARB, but Hobby Japan did! I bought 8 boosters. I was hoping to get a Maelstrom Pulse, but that didn't happen, sadly. Here's what I did get:
- Unscythe, Killer of Kings
- Vedalken Heretic
- Finest Hour
- Soulquake
- Retaliator Griffin
- Mayael's Aria
- Glory of Warfare
- Identity Crisis
The worst part? Out of those... NO - zip, zilch, nada - Qasali Pridemage. That makes me a sad panda.
I'm surprising myself by remembering the new cards, though. I can remember what 90% of the cards I'm looking at do, even though I can't read them. And I did get 2 x Intimidation Bolt, which is awesome.
The card I love most out of what I got? Sigil Captain. I can't believe that guy is an uncommon! Can you say casual G/W mana ramp/ Storm Herd deck with Supply and Sakura-Tribe Elder? I know I can.
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Posted May 1, 2009