I had an AWESOME time chilling at the apartment of 

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Now, I just have to get cracking on packing >_<;; Butbutbut that task will be made easier with the contents of the "Awesomeness fromTuti's INNER SANCTUM" dvd, so even that is looking brighter!
Ganbarimasu! (^o^) /

Ok, so no notes posted yet---gomen!!!  A board of education guy dropped a bomb yesterday---they found another JET job and, since i said i want to stay in Japan, they expect me to apply.  It's still in Shiga, though, and I REALLY want to be in Tokyo and be Courtney's roommate AND be closer to the awesome guys that reside in Tokyo.   Plus, they won't even tell me WHERE it is or what kind of school.  "It's a secret" he says.  Well, I need to know.  If I want to stay the whole "bird in the hand worth twice in the bush" saying would apply here and I should accept since I'm not sure if any other situation is going to work out.  HOWEVER, it's not where I want to be (heck, i don't even know what side of the lake!) and ...my gut reaction is no.  Eliz. is pointing out that I got her a job in the boonies and now want to leave, but by the time I found her the job I had thought that I was stuck going home anyway.  As dependent as it sounds, I need to be around friends, to have some way to GET to friends, and this could be even further from Tokyo and my other friends ><  I remember what it was like when I first got here, to my boonies job, and there was no one really my age and my efforts to hang out with teachers was fail since they've got families that they don't even get to see much since they don't get out of school until 6:30/7/8 pm.
    I guess if I take the JET job it gives me more time to look for a non-eikaiwa job and it will help me stay so I can study the language more and try to get ready to take JLPT 2 in a few years.  Ahhhhh, I feel really conflicted, though.
   Berlitz or Interac sounded really great, but I've found forums bashing both but the people won't say WHY.  That makes me suspicious (some people just seem to like to b**** and moan) but I wish I could get more feedback.  I think I have to accept the JET job for now and use the time it gives me to look for better.  I just don't like the secrecy, pressure, or timing because it doesn't even let me see how the interviews play out,  and I have to tell him by 11AM  Today. >_<;;;;

I GOT TO SHAKE DAIKI`S HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was in disbelief...even when I got to the point where you could SEE them standing there in their teal shirts...and when I was one person away the terror had sunk in...but then the SWEETNESS that is Wasshi took my hand and said  `thank you` in a really calming voice!  So...I relaxed a bit and then THERE WAS DAIKI!!!!!!!  I was on the verge of tears so all I could say was `anou, Daiki-chan... &hands him present& totemo tanoshikatta arigatou gozaimashita!`  He gave a huge grin and bowed his head when I gave him the present and when he did that his face was even closer and I thought i was going to die because of overloading on his cuteness and cool energy!  Ok, yeah, so I turned into a raving fangirl with this first post but...seriously, it was more wonderful than i thought a short handshake could be.  Yayyayayayayayay!!! ^_^  ヴィヴィ！