i'm up early on a sunday morning. me??? woahhhhhh. i'm so disconcerted i just had to write an entry about it. is something keeping me up at night? maaaaaybe. oh, i just realized how dirty that sounded. i meant my thoughts are keeping me up. they're all packed in there fighting for room in my consciousness.
another thing to add to my plate is update magazine. its a local english publication thats marketed toward resident foreigners living in kagoshima. its basically a small spread with event announcements and feature articles. its quite popular with JETs b/c most of us get our information from this magazine. anyways, i thought i'd keep my journalism portfolio somewhat up to date by volunteering for update and i met with the editor last thursday. apparently update magazine is under some tight funding and might shut down in april. this is because Yuki (the editor) is quitting in april, and unless they find someone else to take over for the (very) small renumeration, update will have to shut down. i was very shocked and sincerely disapppointed b/c update really is a valuable resource to us gaijin. so i told her i would round up some volunteer writers and see where it goes from there. i wish it were as easy as that. the point of update magazine is to inform foreigners of local events, but in that regard should be headed by a japanese person. to promote internationalization between japan and the world, it doesn't make much sense for gaijin to be writing to gaijin. ne?
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