And on the 31st day God said...

let there be internet! so yeah I have been here for over a month and I just finally got internet set up in my place. The delay was bc I needed a foreigner registration card before I could get internet and while I applied for it like the day I got here, I just got it about a week ago. Anyway, to make a long story short, I finally feel like I am back in touch with the world and can find out what is going on in the world since I can't read Japanese newspapers yet :-)