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    Two tiers of protected posts…


    2010 - 07.18

    Posted in Practicalities | No Comments »

    I have found that I need two levels of protected access:

    1) Very personal processing that I am only comfortable sharing with my closest intimates.

    2) Posts about people that I have met on my travels that might find my website and whose feelings or reputations I don’t want to hurt with my honest negative experiences.
    Since wordpress doesn’t seem to allow me to assign people to groups with different levels of access, I have created 2 different passwords.

    Those of you on list 1 already have the password.

    Those of you on list two is everyone I know. However, you will have to email me to get the password if you are interested in reading one of those posts. The password will always be the same across posts, so you just have to email me once.

    Unfortunately, there is no way to tell, when you see the password request box, which tier it is on, so you may well try the second password and get denied if it is locked to the first subset password. If you would like to hear more about the subject line feel free to write me and I can give you a not-quite-so-intense version, because I desire feedback on all levels.

    I hope this makes sense! Email me to ask if you are confused, and to get the password.

    Protected: Leaving Nikko, Back to Tokyo


    2010 - 07.18

    Posted in Nikko, WWOOF | Enter your password to view comments

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    I love the upswings the best…


    2010 - 07.06

    Posted in Nikko, WWOOF | 1 Comment »

    So a WWOOF host got back to me! On July 8th I will be helping out at a lodge in Nikko, one of the most famous places for temples, waterfalls and onsen! Not much to complain about, especially as the physical labor potential is much lower that some of the other ones that I applied to (one was with a lumberjack, even)! They need help with hotel-like tasks, and their website, and landscaping tasks. So I get paid in 2 days, and then it only costs $30 to get there, and I will be able to save most of the rest because the work is in exchange for room and board. So they have net access so I can do interviews and apply for jobs while I’m there, too! So, as long as I don’t die of starvation tomorrow (which would be really impressive) then this should cover the difficult patch until I get a job. I should be able to stay with them until then, I think. Yay! and PHEW!

    Protected: Private Posts will be Password Locked


    2010 - 06.23

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    I will now be in Japan on the 24th of June!


    2010 - 06.14

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    I am so grateful to my supportive friends who have encouraged me to trust myself. I am so excited about getting to Japan, I can’t even believe it. And I found a couple teaching jobs that look less corporate and more creative, too! And one of them is even right on the coast in shingu, which is farther away from tokyo than I think I want, but close to osaka, which will be fun in its own way. I’m not sure how the beaches are, but I will head by there in a couple weeks to find out. And I’m never sure how to explain in a professional manner how fun and silly I am… “goofball who can take things seriously when needed” doesn’t sound official enough. So excited! I cannot WAIT to go swimming in the ocean, watch the sunset from an onsen, and drink miso soup all day long! Vacation, here we come! *bounce*

    Oh yeah, and 4 days in Shanghai, too! whee!