As probably happens to quite a few blogs, other things in the world intrude, and the blogging has to take second fiddle to real life. For me, it's the knowledge that I'm going to have to rent a Japanese apartment (about 2 months of rent up-front for first-month and deposit, and about 3 months worth of rent in a never-seen-again institutionalized bribe they call "key money." That means it costs you $4000 at the start to get into an $800/month apartment), but also that I'm going to have to get serious about getting rid of this mass of clutter I call an apartment while at the same time meeting my deadlines. There's also the visa stuff and other personal business...

The saving grace is that in previous years in Japan, I find that my writing increases dramatically when I get over there. Writing has been a good substitute for therapy when I need to get frustrations out or just feel like communicating in English. So the blog should pick up pretty well a week or two after arriving in Japan.

But also, in the meantime, there are days when I just have to run on at the keyboard, and this is my site for that. It won't be regular, but I imagine there will be things to get off my chest before the move as well.

So the dojo will be mostly self-study for present. Anyone who needs a question answered, Contact Sensei still works, and I can usually get a response out in a few days of receiving the question or comment. But unfortunately Sensei's Ramblings will not be an everyday affair for a few months. Sorry about that.

Talk to you soon,
Sensei