Edging towards a verdict.

I have been accepted by the JET Program, a fairly competitive system sponsored by the Japanese government, wherein native English speakers with an undergrad degree in pretty much anything move to Japan, and help teach English in public schools. So have several of my good friends, including one Fig and one John.

According to the powers-that-be, I am to be placed in Kyoto-fu; that is to say, Kyoto Prefecture. Hopefully that will put me close-ish to Kyoto proper, but the prefecture is pretty stretchy, so I may end up out in the country somewhere. Either way, I'm pretty happy. (Coincidentally, both Fig and John are relatively close to the Kyoto area, so we may be able to see each other now and again.)

Whereas most people know their exact city, though, I haven't been placed that specifically, yet, so the waiting continues to some degree. I can't wait to find out.

In the meantime, things which need doing:

1. Buy nice clothes for the workplace.

2. Send a few things to the Japanese Consulate and my recently departed alma mater.

3. Save up some cash working for the man, a.k.a. the DeKalb County Library System.

4. Spend time with as many friends as I can wrestle to the ground.

5. Review my quickly fading Japanese.

6. Many, many more things that fail to come to mind at present, I'm sure.

As Beck might warble: "People gettin' busy."