Max Brooks
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My name is Max, English teacher in Japan, lover of video games, RPGs and miniature painting.
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February Begins
White rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits. It’s February, the worst month! I never know what to do in February, it suddenly hits that we’re a month into the new year and the belief that I have plenty of time to accomplish whatever it is I want to do this year evaporates into thin air. I respond in two ways, procrastinating or working on random little tasks. We had entrance examinations on Monday, so while I still went into work we didn’t have any exams to do, but I got everything prepped for the rest of the week. That means tests, exams and presentation grading!
By Max Brooks17 days ago in Education
31 Years
Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeee! Monday birthdays are the worst. I mentioned last week that we’d got Indian food the night before precisely because I was so busy on Monday. I had two classes, then prepping my syllabi and then preparing game and presentation materials for Tuesday.
By Max Brooks25 days ago in Wander
The Feel of Nagasaki
My sleep schedule is fixed! I went to bed at 23:00 on Sunday and woke up at 7:00 rested and energised. Unfortunately, I had a little cat sleeping on me who refused to be moved meaning I still had to lie in bed for half an hour until she allowed me to get up to shower.
By Max Brooksabout a month ago in Wander
Back To Work
My wife believes wholeheartedly that the week starts on Sunday, however I cannot abide by that and begin the first full week of 2026 on Monday the 5th of January, the last day of the winter break. We originally plan to drink some energy drinks and power through from 1:00 AM all the way through to the evening in order to fix our sleep schedules which have been ravaged by two weeks of no routines or outside influences.
By Max Brooks2 months ago in Humans
37 Yen Coffee, How Bad Can It Be?
I am not a coffee drinker. I tried y'know, I really did. But alas, it is not the drink for me. Unfortunately my parents, in-laws, colleagues and most of my students all love coffee. Until recently I was getting my energy through caffeine pills, Monster energy drinks and power-metal blaring through my headphones loud enough that my phone starts sending me health warnings.
By Max Brooks8 months ago in Feast
Oh my God I've been here a year
Okay. It's taken about a year but I think it's finally sunk in. I live in Japan. ... No. Still hasn't sunk in, this still feels surreal. Every so often I'll look out my office window that has an absolutely breathtaking view across the bay, or be walking to work and look up and see hawks circling in the sky and the first thing I'll think is "Holy shit, I live here.".
By Max Brooks3 years ago in Wander
I was never going to buy Hogwarts Legacy …
I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a few days. It’s about Hogwarts Legacy so if you're tired of hearing about the "wizard game" don't read. It's fine, honestly you deserve the break because it has been everywhere. But the people buying it have been being very, very weird about it.
By Max Brooks3 years ago in Gamers
SWAT the Hell?
I'm back on the Halo Wagon. 343 Industries released the tokusatsu themed TROOPER armour for Halo 2 Anniversary, and anyone who knows me knows that I want my grubby weeb hands all over them. But before I can make my dream Kamen Rider and start gunning people down to RealxEyez I first need to earn enough Spartan Points to buy the damn things.
By Max Brooks3 years ago in Gamers
