I finished my taxes! They were a bit more complex this year than in previous years, but with the help of a copy of Turbo Tax, I was able to get some money back! That’s my small victory for the weekend ( Read more... )

Ok, it’s seriously been too long since I put words under my name here.  Sorry bout that, everyone.

Watched the 13th episode of the new Battlestar Galactica last night (yes, I know-I “obtained” it because it’s been running in the UK since October).  Anyway, last week the British post-program announcer lady said episode 13 would be the “ ( Read more... )

It's been a week away from Vesta, and I'm starting to miss it. Weird, I know. My in-laws are visiting from Japan from the 16th until the 26th, so it's been kind of a busy few days for me. Frankly, work was less tiring--maybe that's part of the reason. And of course I miss seeing all my cool co-workers! (The uncool ones are not missed at all, ( Read more... )

One more Christmas party, come and gone.  This was my 5th one, I think.  I know, I know...it's sad really.  But they pay me, and leave me alone, for the most part.  I guess I value that.  And I suppose it helps that I have the inexplicable, and sometimes irritating, ability to be content in most situations I find myself in.

I gets more surreal ( Read more... )

{sigh}....today is...or was, at least, an I-miss-Japan day.  These come around every so often.

I suppose one of the downsides of having been to a lot of places is you get these "grass-is-greener" flashbacks, where you want to go back and check to see if that other place you lived before may offer a better deal than it did when, for one reason ( Read more... )

OK finally, I'm going to write something. It's been a busy few weeks, I guess (though it never seems like it at the time), and I haven't had much time to do anything but work, come home, eat, read something on the Net, watch some kind of video, and go to bed ( Read more... )

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my wife thinks LJ is kind of scary. she seems to think somebody is going to stalk me. so the people that know me will just know me, and the people that don't will have to ask or something. I don't know why exactly, but here I go anyway :-) She's so busy she probably forgot already!

I finally finished the kotatsu today! That's the japanese under- ( Read more... )