http://negativespace.net/gusto/ en-us 2008-07-26T06:11:43-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006600.html Arrived in what is called Incheon yesterday, which is pretty much Seoul. But I booked it onto a ferry after a long bus ride, a taxi that took me to a train station instead of a ferry terminal, and inside... matty-b 2008-07-26T06:11:43-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006595.html Tokyo can take all your money away and give it back in dumb-ass ways. maybe i had fun tonight and spent all my money. but maybe i didn't. but i do remember drinking on enoshima beach at noon. and soon... matty-b 2008-07-22T11:29:37-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006544.html Year! That's a popular way Japanese like to say "Yeah!" I get it in emails. Is this new? Or am I getting old? My 28th birthday is on the way. I am going to buy myself a computer, and book... matty-b 2008-06-27T00:11:35-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006516.html In other news, I drank curry flavoured soda pop last night. Sachi picked me up a bottle of the putrid stuff. She also picked up a bottle of fried-octopus dumpling soda pop as well. Also bad. I love not working... matty-b 2008-06-15T20:52:51-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006492.html New pad good. Got a six mat tatami room with a garden outside. Tatami mats new. Great smell. Got a 4.5 mat kitchen with a private bathroom. High cielings. Bath. Shower. Private. Small building made of concrete (as opposed to... matty-b 2008-06-02T20:16:23-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006393.html I will use my free-time and study the Tokyo music scene. This will include going to one or two shows a week and purchasing CDs. I will also research promoters, venues, record labels, studios, managers, and so on. By the... matty-b 2008-04-24T00:51:35-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006386.html New weekend. Starts in Shinjuku after work on a Saturday at five-thirty pm. Work begins on a Wednesday at six pm. That's a lot of time! Ended up firing my band after the show. Gotta work on making contacts with... matty-b 2008-04-21T01:08:10-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006363.html Done the first week of classes. Less stressful than I thought it would have been. Though my attention to paperwork is my main concern. Yes. To be in charge of my own classes is a satisfaction I have never dealt... matty-b 2008-04-12T10:33:07-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006357.html w00t Got a new job. Never going back to Junior High School. Once was enough. Though the timing was nice with the collapse of NOVA soon after I started at JHS. New job looks cool. Central Tokyo. Shinjuku and another... matty-b 2008-04-09T00:34:54-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006240.html I don't know why but I feel the need to announce that I'm seeing somebody, quite steadily, and am quite happy with her. She's Japanese, an ex-student of mine -- so cliche. But we get along and she's nice to... matty-b 2008-01-25T03:22:54-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006198.html happy new year folks! brought it in with a bang on a consumer island made of garbage! no shit! there was a giant sky wheel (ferris wheel) with a great view of rainbrow bridge and tokyo tower. and so on.... matty-b 2007-12-31T18:48:55-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006071.html Gotta love the weekend! Too much went down. Staff party on Friday, met some cool teachers and Samurai Katsudon. A crazy guy but we get along. Saturday -- dinner with Sachi followed by drinking and eating with my old friends... matty-b 2007-11-05T02:02:16-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006057.html Weekend is coming up real darn soon. The past two days were spent herding 14-year-olds around a room and directing them towards Halloween activities. It's hillarious. You tell the kids to go to one wall so that 'we can take... matty-b 2007-11-01T06:37:49-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006034.html Pretty good week. Got the album details figured out, and it may turn out to be way cheaper than anticipated. Have also picked up a lot of private students in the past while. Hopefully by Decembre I will have increased... matty-b 2007-10-25T04:35:16-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/gusto/archives/006011.html Well, another night in Shibuya. Really, for all it's worth, I would have rather listened to my own songs drinking bottled beer by meself than trying to schmooze witha bunch a bunch of rock musicians. I actually don't like rock,... matty-b 2007-10-19T10:13:44-08:00