I have all my materials for Sheffield, so I will be sending those out by the end of this week. Hopefully I will hear from them soon about when I will know (definitively) whether I am in or out.
Miki is leaving for Tokyo July 30th. I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm excited for her. Tokyo is an amazing place full of amazing and crazy things. Hopefully she doesn't get swept away by the huge crowds in Shibuya, but I think she'll be fine.
Must finish writing essays and other things for jobs in Japan. I also need some sort of headset for a skype interview.
Meanwhile, Ronald Mallett is building a time machine:
So I decided I don't just want to go to University. Because my program is distance learning, I'll only be meeting up with my classmates twice a year. That's pretty lonely, so I think the best course of action would be to get a job.
So far, I've gotten two interview offers, and I'm in the 2nd stage with another school. I haven't passed 2kyuu yet to be able to get a non-teaching job, but I don't think I would want to work in a Japanese company anyway.
So I talked with immigration at Detroit, and they informed me that there is no such visa as a "general" visa, and that I had mistaken the heading of "general" as the name of a visa. I was actually looking at the cultural visa (which they gave me specific instructions on how to get).
As it stands, though, I'm looking to get a job for an August or early September start, so that I don't have to worry about renewing a tourist visa, or scurrying to get a cultural visa. It's too much work, and I hate all the red tape.
In other news, Miki has gotten her apartment, and the former tenant has decided to leave her a television, a couch, and a shoe rack. How lucky is that? I think the apt. already comes with a refrigerator, a washing machine, a toaster oven, and some other stuff. All I need is a rice cooker and some nori.
