I'm here now. I am nothing if not a starter of new online journals. This is number seven or so to date. I have a sort of cut and run mentality with these kinds of things. I see each journal as a project, and when it is finished, or when I am no longer satisfied with it, I move on. I still have trouble writing about day to day events or ( Read more... )

How the fuck did I think I would a) have time to travel anywhere that I would like to travel before heading back to the States and out to Rhode Island, b) be able to move to Providence with no apartment lined up in advance and no stuff to take with me minus a couple of suitcases, and c) set up a livable apartment (with NO CAR to drive around and ( Read more... )

Astrud Gilberto rules the universe. I've been listening to a lot of female vocalists lately, and to a decent amount of bossa-type things, and to a decent amount of croony-type things, and not a bit of it has hit me like this.

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After a good seven months or so of nearly always eating in restaurants, I am trying to cook for myself more often. I took a break from Japanese cuisine tonight to make this and it was absolutely delicious. I am feeling particularly proud because I basically just halved the recipe but eyeballed all the measurements, putting in what I figured would ( Read more... )

Can anyone recommend any good baking-related communities? Having become fairly competent with cookies and breads, I am now mostly interested in recipes and decorating ideas for beautiful cakes or cupcakes. I have become obsessed with beautiful cakes in recent times. It's difficult to bake them in Japan (no oven), but I want to become a cake ( Read more... )

I used to be all about overdisclosure, especially when it came to online journaling. Now I am gradually discovering the value of keeping things closer to the breast. Not that I feel I have to be secretive; there are plenty of people I'm comfortable confiding in if I so desire. It's just that it seems to go hand in hand with a newfound (and hard- ( Read more... )

I need a bicycle to get to my next school and will probably go shopping for one tomorrow! I want a pastel one. Or a flashy red one.

Back to the hospital once again. Cyst still present, same size. The doctor pressed into my abdomen with his hand as he did the ultrasound and I watched it move on the computer screen. A kind, non-English speaking receptionist walked me over to the lab to have a blood test done to rule out ovarian cancer once and for all and then to the MRI ( Read more... )

Just now, while browsing MySpace, I got all excited because someone moved me into their Top 8.