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Little bit of this, little bit of that Wednesday March 22

This has been one crazy week. Who would have thought it's my spring break.

Let me begin by saying that I am very ecstatic to have Justin and company visiting Tokyo at the moment. I knew someone would take me up on my free tour guide offer at some point, and it only took six months. The summer is still available, folks. Or is it?

I've been neck-deep in the job hunt for fall, and it looks like I have a decent lead at one company that I've had my eye on. I have no doubt that I'll get a job here in Japan; I have never worried about that. The issue is getting the right job for me, and thus avoiding what Michael referred to when he gave me a "talking to" last December. The summary of what he said was to watch out for meaningless jobs. When the bills come, you need money, and to combat that, you have to find something, anything (English teaching, et al). Unfortunately, that stops you from having the time to do other, cooler things. To an extent, he has a point. That's the beauty of advice. You can listen to it all, and decide how much is appropriate for you. I am lucky to have older brothers who have trailblazed ahead of me.

In this case, though, the advice is solid: if a job doesn't help you grow, don't do it. Done and done. The definition of "grow" is where Michael and I may differ, but we're both willing to accept the other's viewpoint. The current position I'm seeking will be a new direction for me, and I'll talk about it more, uh, if I get it, but for the time being I will say what I've said from the beginning about it: it will open doors for me, not close them, and you all know how I feel about that.

This past weekend and early week was very busy guiding the group around Tokyo and Yokohama. We went to Shinjuku and walked to Shibuya on Saturday, Yokohama and Kamakura on Sunday, Ueno and Akihabara on Monday. They went on their own to Kyoto yesterday (Tuesday), and so I have a couple of days here by myself to actually do some posting here, finish some homework before school gets going again next week (what?!), and get ready to hear one way or another about this gig.