Awaji-shima 10k, 2.22.09
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Special powers
I usually like to keep the news pretty ho hum on here, but allow me a Kate Winslet moment here while I abandon all modesty. When I won my Aunt's Oscar pool last year for the first time, I figured I had gotten lucky. After all, it was my first full year away from the states since entering the pool and I had to rely more on guesses and illegal downloads than actual observation of Oscar "buzz."
When I hit on the first fifteen awards on this year's show, however, I started to second guess my logic. In total this year, I correctly guessed the winners in 22 of the 24 categories and scored a total of 275 of 300 possible points. Now I'm not a math major, but I think that's something like a 92% success rate, which in the grand scheme of me guessing things is Nadya Suleman crazy. I don't have all the answers, but I'm starting to feel like as long as I stay in Japan, I can't lose. And if you don't believe that, I've got $150 in crisp new bills (OK, in invisible savings account money) to prove it.
I'm just saying.
Make it rain.
When I hit on the first fifteen awards on this year's show, however, I started to second guess my logic. In total this year, I correctly guessed the winners in 22 of the 24 categories and scored a total of 275 of 300 possible points. Now I'm not a math major, but I think that's something like a 92% success rate, which in the grand scheme of me guessing things is Nadya Suleman crazy. I don't have all the answers, but I'm starting to feel like as long as I stay in Japan, I can't lose. And if you don't believe that, I've got $150 in crisp new bills (OK, in invisible savings account money) to prove it.
I'm just saying.
Make it rain.
Monday, February 16, 2009
An all-star, then
I found this photo of New Jersey Nets point guard David Harris when I returned home in December and thought it might be worth posting. In a time when the NBA is enjoying perhaps an all-time talent surplus, it should be noted that before he was Big Ten Player of the Year, or was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks, or put up 41 points and 13 assists against his former team, or suited up for the Eastern Conference all-stars tonight, Devin Harris was 17 - and looked like this.
It should also be noted that the man to his right enjoyed a slightly less successful intramural sports career, and is now awaiting his call to the NBA.
It should also be noted that the man to his right enjoyed a slightly less successful intramural sports career, and is now awaiting his call to the NBA.
Friday, February 13, 2009
On teaching English in Japan
Linked by a friend, from the Japan Times Online:
I have only had two experiences team teaching (the pairing up of a Japanese teacher with a foreign teacher in the same classroom.)
The first time was when I first came to Japan 17 years ago as a new English teacher. I thought the experience was for my benefit, to help me learn how to teach. It was a very pleasant experience because I had no idea what the Japanese teacher was saying.
My second experience team teaching was more recent, at a private junior high school. This time, I thought the purpose of team teaching was to assist Japanese teachers in teaching proper English pronunciation. But when I asked why team teaching was required for Japanese first-year junior high school classes, they said the purpose was to help the students make the transition from having a Japanese teacher to having a foreigner teacher. Hmmm.
Looking out at the sea of 12- and 13-year-old girls sitting obediently in their seats, each with her own personalized blanket over her lap, I thought that perhaps it was true that these little Linuses needed help making the jump to a gaijin teacher.
The jump has more to do with the fact that Japanese teach English as a subject, whereas foreigners teach English as a form of communication.
When I was teaching the students the words "these" and "those," I wrote them on the board and we practiced the pronunciation. The Japanese teacher quickly jumped in to make sure the students understood, by writing the pronunciations in the Japanese katakana alphabet above each word.
The pronunciations had been translated as "jeezu" and "jozu." Huh? Was I misunderstanding something? Perhaps the students had some hearing impairment I didn't know about.
"Jeezu" and "jozu?" Perhaps she meant Jesus and Job? Or maybe they were teaching the students to speak English with a German accent.
Next in the lesson came the word "they" which curiously was not translated as "jey," but "zey!" No wonder students think English is so complicated.
The Japanese teacher explained to me that the students didn't understand the "th" sound and she was just putting it into a more understandable form for them. Like sanding down the rough edges, so they could pronounce it more easily.
When I was teaching singular to plural, I wrote on the board "peach" and "peaches," and had the students repeat. But the Japanese teacher quickly jumped in to the rescue by translating the pronunciations into Japanese as peachy and peachies. I just smiled. Now I know what's behind that plastered on Japanese smile that cashiers have. When you haven't a clue what someone is saying, just grin and bear it.
Little did I know, this was just the beginning. The teacher would go on to change the entire pronunciation of the English language. It was as if I had just handed the teacher a butcher's knife and told her to have a go at the English language.
"Is," became "izu." "Aren't " became "aanto." Smile! I told myself.
As the teacher went away at it on the board translating English into Japanese English, it got to the point where a mere piece of chalk was not enough to make all the necessary changes. Even the butcher's knife was getting dull. And this is when I noticed the teacher had brought her own tool box.
She opened the toolbox and my role suddenly changed from that of a teacher to t hat of an assistant passing instruments to a doctor doing linguistic surgery. "Pass me a hammer and chisel!" the teacher said, and she deftly chiseled out the "r" in the word "horses." After a few more taps and cuts here and there, she had transformed "horses" into "hoshizu."
"Bring me the anvil!" said the teacher, with much excitement. I struggled to lift the heavy anvil up to the podium. She lifted the word "wolves" straight off the black board, held it in some burning flames for a moment, and started hammering away. I watched incredulously as she reshaped the word "wolves" into "oorubuzu."
"The ax!" she demanded, while eyeing an entire sentence I had written on the board.
But just then, I heard a very loud noise. It was so loud, the students held their hands over their ears.
The door opened and the dean was standing there. He looked at the teacher and said, "You requested a chain saw?"
English chain-saw massacre
By AMY CHAVEZI have only had two experiences team teaching (the pairing up of a Japanese teacher with a foreign teacher in the same classroom.)
The first time was when I first came to Japan 17 years ago as a new English teacher. I thought the experience was for my benefit, to help me learn how to teach. It was a very pleasant experience because I had no idea what the Japanese teacher was saying.
My second experience team teaching was more recent, at a private junior high school. This time, I thought the purpose of team teaching was to assist Japanese teachers in teaching proper English pronunciation. But when I asked why team teaching was required for Japanese first-year junior high school classes, they said the purpose was to help the students make the transition from having a Japanese teacher to having a foreigner teacher. Hmmm.
Looking out at the sea of 12- and 13-year-old girls sitting obediently in their seats, each with her own personalized blanket over her lap, I thought that perhaps it was true that these little Linuses needed help making the jump to a gaijin teacher.
The jump has more to do with the fact that Japanese teach English as a subject, whereas foreigners teach English as a form of communication.
When I was teaching the students the words "these" and "those," I wrote them on the board and we practiced the pronunciation. The Japanese teacher quickly jumped in to make sure the students understood, by writing the pronunciations in the Japanese katakana alphabet above each word.
The pronunciations had been translated as "jeezu" and "jozu." Huh? Was I misunderstanding something? Perhaps the students had some hearing impairment I didn't know about.
"Jeezu" and "jozu?" Perhaps she meant Jesus and Job? Or maybe they were teaching the students to speak English with a German accent.
Next in the lesson came the word "they" which curiously was not translated as "jey," but "zey!" No wonder students think English is so complicated.
The Japanese teacher explained to me that the students didn't understand the "th" sound and she was just putting it into a more understandable form for them. Like sanding down the rough edges, so they could pronounce it more easily.
When I was teaching singular to plural, I wrote on the board "peach" and "peaches," and had the students repeat. But the Japanese teacher quickly jumped in to the rescue by translating the pronunciations into Japanese as peachy and peachies. I just smiled. Now I know what's behind that plastered on Japanese smile that cashiers have. When you haven't a clue what someone is saying, just grin and bear it.
Little did I know, this was just the beginning. The teacher would go on to change the entire pronunciation of the English language. It was as if I had just handed the teacher a butcher's knife and told her to have a go at the English language.
"Is," became "izu." "Aren't " became "aanto." Smile! I told myself.
As the teacher went away at it on the board translating English into Japanese English, it got to the point where a mere piece of chalk was not enough to make all the necessary changes. Even the butcher's knife was getting dull. And this is when I noticed the teacher had brought her own tool box.
She opened the toolbox and my role suddenly changed from that of a teacher to t hat of an assistant passing instruments to a doctor doing linguistic surgery. "Pass me a hammer and chisel!" the teacher said, and she deftly chiseled out the "r" in the word "horses." After a few more taps and cuts here and there, she had transformed "horses" into "hoshizu."
"Bring me the anvil!" said the teacher, with much excitement. I struggled to lift the heavy anvil up to the podium. She lifted the word "wolves" straight off the black board, held it in some burning flames for a moment, and started hammering away. I watched incredulously as she reshaped the word "wolves" into "oorubuzu."
"The ax!" she demanded, while eyeing an entire sentence I had written on the board.
But just then, I heard a very loud noise. It was so loud, the students held their hands over their ears.
The door opened and the dean was standing there. He looked at the teacher and said, "You requested a chain saw?"
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Reasons for living
On August 20th of 2007, I wrote the following in my journal:
A funny thing happened in the past couple weeks in that I've stopped worrying so much about my adjustment to Japan. That's not to say I've necessarily found my footing or escaped the anxiety of communicating in a completely new language, but I'm quickly building things - concrete, substantial things (namely, friendships) - that can make for a great life, not just a great day or week. As much as I don't like to admit it, this is my new life. Maybe just for now, but a new life nonetheless.
I began this blog less than a month before the above entry was written to try to, in a way, wrap my arms around my experience here and dole out in small pieces bits of information I saw fit for public consumption. While I've always in some way written about myself (albeit with a motherly protection for personal relationships), it's been a glossier and altogether more streamlined version of me. Truth be told, I expect that's unlikely to change any time soon. But when a friend recently asked me my reasons for staying in Japan next year, I felt that an honest and sincere answer was not only the polite option but also the necessary one. Below is more or less what I told him (or, you know, her...)
When I came to Japan, I felt that I was looking for something. What that "thing" was I'm still somewhat unsure of, but I suspect it had less to do with happiness than it did challenge and adventure. Through the course of 18 months, and weaving through journal entries like the one above, I think I more or less found whatever it was I was looking for. And what I've found now is that I enjoy life at the end of the tunnel (or at least somewhere in the middle) more than I thought I might. I thought I was being cryptic last January when I posted a U2 single cover on here, but it's probably more likely that I was just being an asshole. Being lost is sexy, yes, but being happy and comfortable ain't so bad either. I've started shopping for a better TV and new furniture for my apartment, and I in no way feel guilty about that. We middle-class white kids like to listen to indie rock and turn our backs on conventionality and run away from what we should have been happy with all along, but we should also be able to appreciate those moments in which everything seems right. For every Christopher McCandless out there there's someone like me who finds he's content right where he is - and when compared to freezing to death in the Alaskan wilderness, that's not such a tough fate to swallow.
So in a word, I'm happy. Fulfilled might even be a better word. I may not be making facebook albums or twittering about how amazing my life is (i have the best friendz evr!!!), but I don't think life works that way anyhow. What appears on this page may never match the nakedness of what gets put down in my journal, but complex emotions weren't meant to be organized in triangle points under a drop-down archive menu. Just know that I'm happy, and that's why I'm staying. Maybe just for now, but happy nonetheless.
A funny thing happened in the past couple weeks in that I've stopped worrying so much about my adjustment to Japan. That's not to say I've necessarily found my footing or escaped the anxiety of communicating in a completely new language, but I'm quickly building things - concrete, substantial things (namely, friendships) - that can make for a great life, not just a great day or week. As much as I don't like to admit it, this is my new life. Maybe just for now, but a new life nonetheless.
I began this blog less than a month before the above entry was written to try to, in a way, wrap my arms around my experience here and dole out in small pieces bits of information I saw fit for public consumption. While I've always in some way written about myself (albeit with a motherly protection for personal relationships), it's been a glossier and altogether more streamlined version of me. Truth be told, I expect that's unlikely to change any time soon. But when a friend recently asked me my reasons for staying in Japan next year, I felt that an honest and sincere answer was not only the polite option but also the necessary one. Below is more or less what I told him (or, you know, her...)
When I came to Japan, I felt that I was looking for something. What that "thing" was I'm still somewhat unsure of, but I suspect it had less to do with happiness than it did challenge and adventure. Through the course of 18 months, and weaving through journal entries like the one above, I think I more or less found whatever it was I was looking for. And what I've found now is that I enjoy life at the end of the tunnel (or at least somewhere in the middle) more than I thought I might. I thought I was being cryptic last January when I posted a U2 single cover on here, but it's probably more likely that I was just being an asshole. Being lost is sexy, yes, but being happy and comfortable ain't so bad either. I've started shopping for a better TV and new furniture for my apartment, and I in no way feel guilty about that. We middle-class white kids like to listen to indie rock and turn our backs on conventionality and run away from what we should have been happy with all along, but we should also be able to appreciate those moments in which everything seems right. For every Christopher McCandless out there there's someone like me who finds he's content right where he is - and when compared to freezing to death in the Alaskan wilderness, that's not such a tough fate to swallow.
So in a word, I'm happy. Fulfilled might even be a better word. I may not be making facebook albums or twittering about how amazing my life is (i have the best friendz evr!!!), but I don't think life works that way anyhow. What appears on this page may never match the nakedness of what gets put down in my journal, but complex emotions weren't meant to be organized in triangle points under a drop-down archive menu. Just know that I'm happy, and that's why I'm staying. Maybe just for now, but happy nonetheless.
Huh?
Fair enough, but you're telling me the Academy passed on their shot to award Lil Wayne and brag to their friends after the show that they also voted for Obama? Did Weezy or Radiohead even have a real shot at this thing? I'm just trying to figure out why rap artists even attend anymore.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Grammy picks
The Grammy Awards are tonight, which means that the out-of-touch National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will again reward those artists who made the most consumer-friendly music this year. While I don't always agree with the nominations or the night's winners, I do find it fun to make my own picks every year. Here are my choices for the artists and songs I think should (read: not "will") win this year's awards in what I consider to be the most noteworthy categories:
Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
* Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
* Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo
* Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
* In Rainbows
Radiohead
My pick: Lil Wayne (although for perhaps the first time ever I can honstly say I enjoy all these albums)
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Chasing Pavements
Adele
Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers
* Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers
* Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis
Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
* Paper Planes
M.I.A
Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
* Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
My pick: Viva La Vida
Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* American Boy
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
* Chasing Pavements
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
* I'm Yours
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
* Love Song
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
* Viva La Vida
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
My pick: American Boy
Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)
* Adele
* Duffy
* Jonas Brothers
* Lady Antebellum
* Jazmine Sullivan
My pick: Jonas Brothers
Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)
* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
* Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
* Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
* Death Magnetic
Metallica
* Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
My pick: Viva La Vida
Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
* House Of Cards
Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
* I Will Possess Your Heart
Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
* Sex On Fire
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
* Violet Hill
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
My pick: Sex On Fire
Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Modern Guilt
Beck
* Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie
* The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley
* Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket
* In Rainbows
Radiohead
My pick: My Morning Jacket
Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* American Gangster
Jay-Z
* Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
* The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
* Nas
Nas
* Paper Trail
T.I.
My pick: Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Lollipop
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
* Low
Tramar Dillard, M. Humphrey, Faheem Najm, Korey Roberson & Howard Simmons, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
* Sexual Eruption
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
* Superstar
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
* Swagga Like Us
Jeff Bhaskev, D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris, Plain Pat & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
My pick: Lollipop
Full list of nominees here.
Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
* Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
* Year Of The Gentleman
Ne-Yo
* Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
* In Rainbows
Radiohead
My pick: Lil Wayne (although for perhaps the first time ever I can honstly say I enjoy all these albums)
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Chasing Pavements
Adele
Eg White, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Steve Price, engineers/mixers
* Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Markus Dravs, Brian Eno & Rik Simpson, producers; Michael Brauer & Rik Simpson, engineers/mixers
* Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis
Simon Cowell, Clive Davis & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, producers; Craig Durrance, Phil Tan & Ryan "Alias" Tedder, engineers/mixers
* Paper Planes
M.I.A
Diplo, producer; Switch, engineer/mixer
* Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
My pick: Viva La Vida
Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* American Boy
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
* Chasing Pavements
Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele)
* I'm Yours
Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz)
* Love Song
Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles)
* Viva La Vida
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
My pick: American Boy
Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)
* Adele
* Duffy
* Jonas Brothers
* Lady Antebellum
* Jazmine Sullivan
My pick: Jonas Brothers
Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)
* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
* Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
* Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
* Death Magnetic
Metallica
* Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
My pick: Viva La Vida
Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
* House Of Cards
Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
* I Will Possess Your Heart
Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
* Sex On Fire
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
* Violet Hill
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
My pick: Sex On Fire
Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Modern Guilt
Beck
* Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie
* The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley
* Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket
* In Rainbows
Radiohead
My pick: My Morning Jacket
Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* American Gangster
Jay-Z
* Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
* The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
* Nas
Nas
* Paper Trail
T.I.
My pick: Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Lollipop
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
* Low
Tramar Dillard, M. Humphrey, Faheem Najm, Korey Roberson & Howard Simmons, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
* Sexual Eruption
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
* Superstar
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
* Swagga Like Us
Jeff Bhaskev, D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris, Plain Pat & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
My pick: Lollipop
Full list of nominees here.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
We're putting on a musical
Almost a month into rehearsals and there are visible signs of progress everywhere. For example, a completed script and official poster:
I meant to get these up earlier, but my busy schedule (i.e. reading Lord of the Rings) has kept me off task. A scant peek, to be sure, but there'll be more to come soon.
I meant to get these up earlier, but my busy schedule (i.e. reading Lord of the Rings) has kept me off task. A scant peek, to be sure, but there'll be more to come soon.
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