Impact Statement

As of today, February 10, 2006 I have about 6 words of Japanese under my belt, and no real teaching experience, I am due to depart for my new home in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan around March 23.

The goal of this blog is to help downplay the insanity of life ahead for my worried family, and entertain my bored friends. I expect no short list of adventures stemming from my complete and utter lack of understanding of the Japanese language and culture, my inexperience living off of a salary and paying all my bills, and general tendencies to procrastinate extensively and party slightly harder than is usually expected.

What this will not be, is a diary prolonging every boring and sordid detail of my trip to the mall and my feelings about some new girl I just met who doesn't like me. It will not extrapolate on every thought that flies through my head through the day to day. So at the very best it will be scattershot, probably anachronistic, and possibly exagerated. At the end of the day though, I will not have to worry about facing the wrath of Oprah's Book Club.

Wheat Out