by Mike Costanzo | Apr 19, 2009 | Friends
Ever since Facebook began to assert its unassailable hegemony over our friends’ social lives, we’ve been blogging less and posting less pictures than we used to. But, those days are over! Yes, friends, I found a way to LINK our blog to our Facebook...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 19, 2009 | Audio, Graphic Design, Mike
Hello again my beauties!!! Hopefully by now you’re expecting some fresh new artwork, and sure enough, I have been busily doodling away in these past few months! Time is short today, so I will skip my usual introductory ramblings and get right to it! Welcome once...
by Mike Costanzo | Feb 16, 2009 | Graphic Design, Mike, School
Whew! This has been a busy season for both of us! Not only was Jen blessed with a wonderful new job, but Mike had been super-busy with school these days. Not only have his classes been a lot of work but he (and all of his crazy counseling cohorts) have officially...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 7, 2009 | Audio, Graphic Design, Mike, Vacation
A few years ago, I discovered the Digiblog Theorum (Digital Camera + Free Time = Blog). Well recently I discovered a new (yet similar) theorum—the VacaDigiArt Theorum (Free Time During Vacation = New Digital Artwork). And just to prove that it works, allow me to share...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 25, 2008 | Graphic Design, Mike
Ok, so some of you must be wondering by now, “More digital artwork? Does Mike even study at all these days?” Thankfully, the answer to both of those questions is yes; I am indeed studying, but I’ve also had some wonderful opportunities to do a little...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 12, 2008 | Graphic Design, Mike
Howdy folks, Long time no blog, eh? This week is Reading Week at RTS –which means I have no classes this week!!! Yup, I get to stay at home and read, read read–whoohooo!!! Acually, I desperately needed this week, both for school stuff–I’ve got...
by Mike Costanzo | Sep 16, 2008 | Friends, Jen
Welcome to our home! We’ve been promising for awhile that we’d give everyone a tour of our new little place, but it’s been pretty busy. Jen’s finally settling into a new job, and Mike’s getting into the groove with classes, so we figured...
by Mike Costanzo | Sep 7, 2008 | Artwork, Devotion
Have you ever wondered what the Bible would look like if the most common 150 words were ranked, made into different sizes, and arranged together in a huge ‘word cloud’? Well, I hadn’t either until my sister Lisa introduced me to Wordle.net. If you...
by Mike Costanzo | Aug 29, 2008 | Graphic Design, Mike, School
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that I (Mike) am an artist at heart, and that over the last several years I’ve been growing in both my artistic sensitivity and technical ability. (And I cite Bring It On Down To The Downtown as...
by Mike Costanzo | Aug 21, 2008 | Friends, Video
If you’ve been reading our blog, you know that we’re avid amateur comedic filmmakers–in other words, we love to make crazy videos and post them on YouTube. 🙂 Well, while we were visiting our family and friends in Maryland, we got an email from our...
by Mike Costanzo | Aug 21, 2008 | School
Okay, I don’t usually do this, but here’s a flash-in-the-pan blog for ya: Yesterday and today, I had off of school thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, and while I was initially disappointed about missing out on all the good stuff going on at RTS, the extra time...
by Mike Costanzo | Aug 10, 2008 | Friends, Graphic Design, School
It’s been a very full month for me (Mike), but yesterday was officially my last day of summer classes at RTS this semester!!! Whoohooo!!! I still have some schoolwork that I have to do (rather a lot, actually), but it still feels good to be “done”...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 31, 2008 | Moving, School
Our apologies to those of you who are better about checking our blog than we are about updating it! We did indeed make it safe and sound to Orlando, and by God’s grace, not a single thing we own was scratched, cracked, or broken! We arrived on Wednesday...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 7, 2008 | Graphic Design, Vacation
The first morning, Jen and I walked down to the beach at around 6am. The sun was already up, but the beach was so still and calm that it was like another world: Later that week, we noticed the huge amount of beach erosion that had (apparently) just taken place. Where...
by Mike Costanzo | Jun 23, 2008 | Mike, Scenery, Video
For those of you who appreciated ” Bring It On Down To The Downtown ,” here’s a new music/dance video that’ll get your toes tappin’ and your hands clappin’! Everyone, it’s time, so… ” Let’s Get This Party...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 11, 2008 | Mike, Teaching, Wakakusa
This past Friday, I (Mike) had my best day ever since coming to Japan. It was my last day of teaching at Takine Elementary School. Now pretty much every time I teach at an Elementary School, I have what I call an “Edward Bloom” day—a day where you get to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 12, 2008 | Friends, Missions, Travel
The day after we got back from Kyoto, we embarked on the second stage of our winter adventures. This time, we went to Sendai to stay with an OPC missionary family, Murray and Tsuruko Uomoto. We had met them briefly in May when we visited the Cummings, but we wanted to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 4, 2008 | Culture, Missions, Prayer, Travel
For months now, Pastor Tajima (our pastor from Koriyama Baptist Church) has been encouraging us to visit his sister, who lives in the historic city of Kyoto . Apparently, she loves to host folks from out of town, especially if they have never seen the city and its...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 24, 2007 | Faith, Music, Video
Back in November, I discovered a poem in my daily devotional by William Jay (published in 1828) called “Though Dwelling With Strangers Around” . The words were so powerful, I decided to see if anyone had ever put it to music. To my surprise, I found...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2007 | Holidays/Special Events, Missions, Teaching
For the most part, opportunities to talk about God or share one’s faith are rare in the job of an ALT. The reason has less to do with religion in public schools (many students have Shinto charms on their bags or pencases) than it does with the fact that everyone...
