http://thejinx.org/site Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:38:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “This is a shout out to all my homies, my momma, and Jesus! Word to your mother.” This quote—by Ghandi, if I’m not mistaken—describes the basic purpose of this website in a nutshell. TheJINX is essentially a way for me to share ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/first-entry/ The next few entries will be a scrambled attempt at catching everyone up on what it is I’ve been doing here in Japan. I’ll start out as general as possible and try to slowly work towards more specific events or points of interest. The original title of this ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/where-the-grass-is-more-international/ Well, it’s finally here. I have worked out enough bugs to get my new–and I hope “improved”–site up and running. First a few comments… The perceived benefit of this Wordpress upgrade is that 1) you (a.k.a “the reader,” a.k.a “both of you”) will be able to interact at a much greater ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/at-long-last/ A bit belated…but…here is why I generally don’t like the idea of Valentine’s Day: Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that make those with feel like they’re not special enough 364 days out of the year, and those without like they’re…well…just not special at all. Let’s examine Valentine’s Day ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/valentines-day/ While the Archive section is slowly repopulated, please feel free to look at the archive section of the old site. The menu will not take you back to the new site, but you can navigate around the old site to your heart’s content. Again, I will be reproducing ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/archives/ So before I continue with entries about my time in Japan, I want to say that I ate cow’s heart last night. This in itself is not such a bad thing, as I did—for about 4 hours or so—gain all the powers of a cow…as one might expect from eating ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/chuck-it-in-my-mouth/ On March 20 th, at 10:53 a.m., I awoke to a magnitude 6.0 earthquake which, from what I can tell, originated between my mattress and box spring. The quake—the strongest in this area since 1898—lasted a full 30 seconds. This 30 seconds when calculated through “earthquake-time” conversion (about the same ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/wake-and-shake/ My trip to Cambodia was a huge success, and by “success” I mean…I got parasites. Giardiasis to be exact, which is depressingly less exciting/arousing then its other name—“Beaver Fever”—would have you believe. I also have a cold…and jetlag…and that "It’s getting hot in here" song by Nelly stuck in my ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/beaver-fever/ Alright, I’m back from the bathroom for a bit so I should probably take this time to write something about Cambodia. The pictures still aren’t up, as I take photos with a very un-digital SLR camera. And though it may be difficult for some of you younger readers to fathom, ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/herbal-jazz-fish-in-the-cambo/ I just want to preface this by saying that one of my JTEs (Japanese Teachers of English) just told me that she would “see me in the ground.” We’re having a fire drill today so I’m going to hope she meant that she’ll see me outside, but still, it was ... http://thejinx.org/site/index.php/the-joys-of-teaching/