Arrival!

Oh man, what a day. Today was my departure for Osaka, Japan, where I will be for the next 4 months or so. Before leaving, a bunch of people told me: "Oh man, you have to keep a journal while you're there." I figure a blog is better, because then someone besides me will read it. Maybe...? Had to get up at 4:00 AM to leave for my flight. Left at 7:05 for Dallas, Texas, and then from there at 12:05PM for Narita Airport "in" Tokyo. Then another short flight from there to Osaka, where I was picked up by my host mother. My host mother speaks a little bit of english, but for the most part just Japanese. Host father only speaks Japanese. Communication is a bit tough for now, but I'm already getting better. Shared a beer with my host parents, which I liked. Asahi is pretty great! Also watched a fair amount of very straaaaaange Japanese TV. My family here has a bigger house than I was expecting, for Japan. It's 4 floors high, with each actual floor being fairly small. There are a bunch of bedrooms on my floor, because I guess my host family has hosted a lot of students, and some at the same time. The only real complaint I have so far is that there is no internet at home. Nooo! This means I'm stuck "borrowing" signal from unknown neighbors, who have networks that seem to disappear randomly. I lose connection often when I have it, and I often don't. Luckily there's internet on campus. This means that these posts will be written... when I write them, and then posted when I'm able to get internet

access. When I get a more stable connection, I'll upload the pictures I've got so far. Well, I haven't slept in around two days now, so it's off to unconsciousness for me.