Welcome to the Gaijin Chronicles (temporarily the Kentucky Chronicles). Throughout my stay in Japan this summer, this will be my blog. I considered doing a normal blog site, but those are too boring and I have a bunch of free time and knowledge. When the full website launches in one week, there will be even more FAQ’s, a comprehensive map of Japan and where I am each weekend, and much more!
As a test run, I decided to recount my journey to Kentucky, but I didn’t do much interesting other than see my new house (which most of us won’t be moving into for another year) and see an awesome comedian. If you haven’t taken the tour of my new house, you can click on the picture at the top of the page and you will be taken to my Flickr page. As far as the denizens of Kentucky go, I only saw a few tractors driving on the highway, and only noticed a minimum number of people with missing teeth. I guess we’re in the fancy part of Kentucky. A giant Jiff factory is near here, and I’m told the area smells of peanuts. Delicious.
Anyway, I expect to be updating my blog at least every weekend. I will have occasional notifications through Facebook, but your best bet is to just check back every once in a while or sign up for notifications of when I do something worth talking about. You can do so over on the right. Be sure to let me know what you think, and much like China, the bad Korea and Fox News, I have free range to only allow comments that please me 
Also, if you have any other ideas for the site, let me know.
CONTENT WARNING!: Heavy sarcasm will be used throughout my blog and should not be viewed by those who have no sense of humor or don’t know my personality. Japanese don’t use sarcasm, so I’ll be backed up from holding it in all the time. This is my outlet. HOWEVER, my blog will be PG13 tops so all of my friends and family can read it. Maybe later there’ll be a section in the “back”, but that will be blocked of with a curtain or whatever they do at family video. I’ll just ask a question about a cassette tape or a VCR or something, that way kids won’t be able to access it. We’ll see.
My first post will probably focus on my plane ride there, and due to my usual inability to fall asleep on a plane, I could be up for 30-something hours. I might go crazy, but it’ll be fun. Also follow me on Twitter for more frequent updates @Baconmaster120. Be warned that my Twitter may not be as “censored” as this blog.