Oh what the eff, I just put him on the blogroll a month or so ago. Nonetheless, as he puts it, "life changes" happened. The skinny:

* He was a librarian, and that field is circling the drain.

* He was going to become an IT peon, but in a perversely lucky way didn't have the resources to ruin his life.

* He is 50 (almost SDB's age!), so no JET.

* He is going to teach English in China.

* His blog is officially blocked by The Great Firewall of China.

I think he's going to wean off anime while cut off. It happens to most in these circumstances. China is going to be tough, those xenophobes are even worse than Japanese, plus they are completely unethical (basically steal everything and double-cross you at every turn, so get paid cash after every lesson or never). Going in without working Chinese seems too bold for me, but fortune favours the bold, so good luck to him.