( Read more... )

I think I miss everyone.

Hi, everyone. What's new?

So I'm back in America now. Hi.


( Read more... )

I took a bike ride back to the hospital today, for a followup blood test. The results were both expected and irritating, or else unexpected and exciting, or any combination of the above - depends on how much water's in your glass. The unbalanced chemicals in my blood continue to inch back to equilibrium, and the vein jutting out of my right arm has ( Read more... )

It's been a while, but... well, I'm copying this almost verbatim from my Facebook account. Enjoy ( Read more... )

I'm all about soup, lately. As recently as last week, I would lament that I couldn't make soup, and all of a sudden I realize I've been eating it every day. You mix broth, carbs (barley, potatoes, noodles, whatever), vegetables (this is the only way I'm able to eat leaves without regretting the decision), protein (beans and eggs are my favorites) ( Read more... )

How can the same men who sang this:

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
Such are promises; all lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

and this:

"Hang on to your hopes, my friend ( Read more... )

With soba soup in my belly and a Doraemon Special wafting out behind me, I prepare to, in a few scant hours, bid farewell to 2008 ( Read more... )

I think this is the longest yet. Suffice to say, it's been another hell of a month, and I'm job hunting again. On the other hand, I adore my current room and roommate, and there are some prospects. I just needed a break from TALKING about it all. That job wasn't the worst, but for some reason, it was sapping my energy. I spent the last few weeks of ( Read more... )

Love and luck on that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving. I'd like to gloat that it started earlier here, but it hardly counts on a continent that wouldn't know a cranberry from a cherry tomato, and whose resident "sweet potatoes" are, well, yellow-tinted potatoes that are creamy and sweet, as opposed to bright orange, stringy, tuber-esque ( Read more... )