| I've slowly been losing interest in "EFL Hell" but recently the strip has also been under attack from several different angles. A while back I became obsessed with drawing on my furniture (check out my wardrobe at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7) dancingmadness). Finalizing graduate school has required a number of forms and some agonizing to boot. Some time in the future I'd like to do a "real" strip with characters, storylines, my own website and a backlog of strips so I'll still have something to post if I want to take some time off. Not sure if it will happen, this September I'll be moving to England to study for a Master's Degree and I've no idea if I'll have the time necessary for such a project... or if I'll be able to think of any good concepts.
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| I sort of promised myself I'd never do this joke because it seems like a cheap shot but I was forcefully reminded of this situation when a teacher friend of mine told me her daughter had collapsed on the job. She and her husband are both very worried and are desparately trying to convince their daughter to change careers. Although she did not explicitly say so I got the feeling my friend is absolutely terrified at the thought of karoshi striking her daughter. I would be too.
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| It often happens there's not much work for me to do at the end of the semester. In a note unrelated to this strip, just the other day my most productive activity was going to the eye doctor and being diagnosed with conjunctivitis. Since it's easy to catch when your eyes are dry they gave me an eye moisture test. After squirting a numbing agent in my eyes they stuck pieces of paper on my freaking EYEBALLS. These absorbed moisture during a period of five minutes and measuring the amount of moisture absorbed showed them that my eyes were ten points of moisture below where they should be. That was an odd day.
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| This is another true life tale, even the punchline misunderstanding. It has been one of the most annoying problems when working with my students and it's been very difficult to explain to them what they're doing wrong. Just thought I'd share this awkward situation because you could live in Japan for years and not know about the issue if you don't make a certain fashion choice. (A Punchline Note to Readers Outside of Japan: A certain notorious and infamous symbol has been associated with peace and harmony in several eastern countries for 3000 years.)
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| This is a genuine conversation repeated almost word for word. The major difference is I only thought the godawful punchline instead of actually saying it.
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| Well, I've been off the air for three months. Partly it's been the applying to grad schools and partly I've been wondering if I'm good enough to even bother doing this. But you don't get better if you don't practice so I'm going to try and get back in the saddle. In regards to this particular strip, I identify very stongly with Groucho Marx's famous quote... "I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me as a member."
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| Well, the election is over and it was pretty strange to observe it from a distance. I feel disappointed but not defeated. 2006 is just around the corner. In regards to the strip I've decided I need to have another Assistant Language Teacher for my alter-ego to bounce things off of. My new imaginary friend is Belgian. I just get so irritated by the Franco-phobia in the United States recently... especially "freedom fries".
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| Little departure here. For my twentieth installment I thought I'd share some of the stuff I cooked up during the month and a half I took off from "EFL Hell". This has nothing to do with living or teaching in Japan, but here it is.
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| These people have a presence around the world. I have personally been approached by them in Slovakia, Hungary and Japan. And they always speak impeccable English. (Only once did I have the presence of mind to pretend I spoke Spanish and nothing else.)
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