Contact post?

I'm debating the merits of a contact post...

For now I'm going to put some general information and then edit it later!

I will be living in Yokohama in Shimoda Student dorm while I attend Keio University in Tokyo. I am in the JLP and will be studying for a year.

Japanese cell phones don't use direct numbers for text messages, but you get a mobile e-mail address along with your contract. I will put that one up here as soon as I get a phone!

The journey has (not quite) begun

Ah the wonders of a study abroad blog! I'm not entirely sure why I felt the need to create a new blog when I already have a livejournal, but that thing is so full of Arashi and ridiculousness that I thought it might be prudent to have a space that doesn't scare my relatives serves a few more purposes.

My goals with this blog are to keep my loved ones updated on my general happenings in a manner which will hopefully avoid all sorts of rushed, intermittent, and uninformed emails on my end. You probably don't know this about me, but I'm flaky and bad at follow-through!

I'm being my awkward midwestern self again and taking on several ambitious projects abroad, including but not limited to:

• This blog
• Classroom Connections (I write letters to 3rd graders!!)
• a tumblr about 自動販売機

I may even post some in Japanese, something I've been petrified to do since forever because writing is probably my weakest area... Yes, I know avoiding it won't make it any better SHUT UP YOU'RE NOT FUNNY YOU'RE RUINING MY DREEEEEAAAAAAMMSSS

それでは、よろしくお願いします