bugger
today was my first day of class. after some yapping in the classroom, we headed out into this lush valley where there was a pretty amazing high ropes course set up. man, i haven't been on one of those in ages. it was good fun getting back into it. a lot of the other people i'm in the course with have experience in ropes and outdoor stuff, which is great, but they got a bit impatient and aren't very good at taking direction. it's amazing to think that people like that are going to take other lives in their hands. eh, who am i to be judgmental? i think i'm just feeling a bit down; it seemed that every time i tried to make a suggestion, someone would look at me funny and then ignore me, though sometimes later someone would eventually use my advice. i think they just tuned me out like they do the telly. practically everything on the telly is from the states: er, the sopranos, indiana jones and the last crusade... i'm in sort of a bad mood and i think i have a headache from being outside all day, in the land of no ozone layer, with the glare from the sun. and i'm hungry. poo poo.

but on a happy note, i do want to say that i am enjoying this, and it's good to focus on the fact that i will be trained in all this outdoor stuff. apparently, in japan, they pay their whitewater rafting guides good money, and you can make even more money being an english tutor. who knows, maybe this will lead me to japan one day, or to even something more grand and less far from home.