Unexpected Houseguest

[Archangel]

My daughter would have moved into the insect Zoo if they would have let her. her passions in order, bugs, lizards, dead things, Japanese, and Aname.

Her choice for school, Become an embalmer, while studying Asian studies at ASU so she can go to the forensics school in Japan, with entomology as her minor. Should keep her occupied and out of the house for a few years..

Her room looks like the Smithsonian insect zoo. I don't travel inside it without a paid guide and a bottle of raid.

Apart from the spiders which I dislike, I love the rest of her collection. And yes the Arizona desert is very alive and very fragile. The state offers something for everybody, Snow to 120 degrees. If you come please respect our short supply of water and always be prepared. I have seen more then one day with greater then 60 temperature changes, morning to night.

My son found the shortcut. He's always wanted to be Japanese. He had a "fan club" (really) who sort of sponsored a stay a few summers ago. He realized he wouldn't be able to stay then. He came back here, took the one year course for Teaching English as a Second Language, met a Japanese girl here, married her and they moved to Japan. Now he has a job teaching English, which pays higher than most Japanese jobs, higher than most here. He has an art dealer selling his art, they found him a job doing cartoon, anime, voices. He also sell cyberpet supplies on his wife's website. She was able to be an independent designer which is good since, in Japan, women have to be a certain age before they are culturally allowed to make real money.

My point is that the traditional North American way may take too long to get where she wants to be. (BTW, my aunt is knighted, so she's a Dame, based on her work as a Forensic Pathologist, so go girl.)

Has she seen the Victorian Funeral fashion section of Tokyo Park? It's weird, the whole park is weird.

For Arachnophobes: my son sent a pic of a statue in downtown Tokyo. It's a giant spider that straddles the sidewalk and you walk underneath it. Some of you will be crossing the street, I'm sure.