Oh tartar sauce...

Newest RST. Enjoy!

Let's enjoying matsuri: Take 2

The sakura have come and are almost gone, but it was a wonderful, pink-filled couple of weeks.

Here's part two of our festival fun. The only thing I really missed out on was going into the haunted house D: Ah well...til next year!

hana yori dango

The sakura are finally in bloom! yay! and as much as I love those adorable little flowers, what I really had been looking forward to was the sakura festival and all it's wonderful food stands ^_^ Thus I truly believe in the old saying 花より団子 (hana yori dango = "food before flowers")

But seriously, the sakura season is awesome, albeit short. And no matter how many pictures I take, they can't do justice to being in the presence of the real thing. There is just something very satisfying about walking under hundreds of sakura trees in a row. They are romance, beauty, and joy all rolled into one. I can totally understand why Japan is so in love with them.

I apologize for any loud noise in the background of this video. The festival is a busy and happening place ;)

Spring has sprung!..........almost

I hope you are all enjoying your pleasant weather. I am still waiting for mine ^^;





Note: It was brought to my attention that I say "um" and "uhhh" a lot in my videos. I checked and sure enough....wow. I don't think I do it when I'm actually talking with people...I hope....

- Melissa, you're so well-spoken!
-uhhhhh umm uhhhhh......thanks ^_^

Yes, I teach children how to speak proper English. Scary, isn't it?
(OK, but in all seriousness, I do NOT do that with my students, just for the record)

So I made a very conscious effort this time to reduce the number of times i use them so I don't sound like there's something wrong with my brain. There are plenty of other reasons to give you that idea ;D

But if you hadn't noticed, please just forget everything that I just wrote here!

sea is for cookie...

::insert interesting title here::

phew, it took me a while but here is an update on the past few months.

Dogs don't know it's not bacon...

...and neither does Melissa. Enjoy!



A real blog post soon! I think.... ;)