This is almost literally the first moment I've had to just sit, catch my breath, and update this thing since getting to Japan ( Read more... )

Hallo, folks ( Read more... )

1. Got promoted to green belt at Judo tonight. Hurrah! (I had a hunch it was coming, and thus probably didn't look properly surprised) No more crossing-guard-orange belt for me ( Read more... )

So, uh, I'm still alive ( Read more... )

Dear Big and Bright World,

Hey. I missed you. It's good to be back.

Leah

In other words, I'm done for the semester, and I can take a few precious hours to be free before I have to get to work on that whole masters thesis thing.

Just a few more days, then I can be around people again and get back on AIM and talk to people. Just one test and one paper to go.

Just a bit longer...

The comment on youtube that I left regarding the whole Kamikaze mess got responded to by the original poster. Ahem. And I quote ( Read more... )

Well, I just almost got killed on the highway on my way home ( Read more... )

I went to youtube tonight to see if I could download a video of Kamikaze attack footage I found for tomorrow's Japanese presentation. Then I looked at the comments. One said, "Well, what can you expect from terrorists?" The other said, "There are still many Japanese today who are willing to become KAMIKAZE ( Read more... )

First of all, happy birthday, Margot! (Okay, I'm thirty-five minutes late, but... still) I hope you had an awesome birthday, and will have an awesome year.

Secondly, I know that I'm feeling tired and emotional when I get teary-eyed at the end of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when all the little kids get to go home and their parents are so ( Read more... )