School, what's up tomorrow, and an easier way to read my blog

First of all, today was technically my first day of school, although it was only a half day and most of it was taken up by the entrance ceremony and sitting around waiting for my host brother. I had to introduce myself once to the teachers and then a second time to EVERY student in the gym. That unpleasantness is behind be now though, and everything else was really fun. The students were all cool and the teacher speaks really good English.

Second, try and guess where I'm going tomorrow. I'll give you a hint: it's the last place you could possibly think of. Give up? I thought so. Universal Studios Japan! It should be really fun. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures.

Third, so, if you're reading this it means that you want to be kept up to date with all the posts on my blog incredibly easily. It requires a little thing called RSS. You can easily subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog by going to an RSS client online (Bloglines) or downloading one (NetNewsWire for Mac or SharpReader for Windows) and subscribe to http://beninitalyandjapan.blogspot.com/ and that should be it! Now you'll be able to either check Bloglines or your desktop client for an update. It's actually incredibly useful for keeping up with friend's blogs, not to mention all of the "professional" ones such as Wired, Engadget, and my personal favorite, Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things. There are millions of blogs out there, Bloglines is the best for finding them. Many of them are incredibly interesting and informative. Have fun and welcome to the blogosphere!

Ja ne.