Music by Chris Leeson, lyrics by Me. "Together" I wrote as a Freshman, "Apotheosis" was written specifically for Chris. I know they're a bit long, but they're a bit of an experiment. I tend to write a lot (there's a whole stanza cut out of Apotheosis) and the way they're put together, there's a lot of pausing and bridging and suchlike. There's ( Read more... )

A number of things have happened in the last couple months I've neglected to journal away at, partly due to eternal busy-ness and partly due to eternal laziness. I hardly know where to begin, but let's talk about
( Prospero )

So I meant to continue along my previous strand, relating back to my colleagues posts, but at the moment I have an epiphany to sketch out, inspired by...House. Yes, I've found a pocket of House episodes hidden on the web and have been trying to catch up (you'd be surprised what a help reading some kanji can be on the internets), and yes, I got the ( Read more... )

Today, I got onto the topic of metaphysics with Kaori over dinner. These things happen. Very interesting conversations, though rare, because they are made infinitely more difficult with the language barrier I now face. As Kaori told me, "Today's William is difficult." Luckily, I'm accustomed to explain things in very simple terms.

So we were ( Read more... )

today I have officially been in Japan six months ( Read more... )

for a long poem/play(?) I'm thinking about scribbling at here and there, called "Little Girl Lost: A Faery Tale".

Mother’s Lament

Are you here, my love?
Are you hid amid the forest gloam?
Come back, come back,
Return to Mother’s nest!

I’m here, Mother, here, Mother,
Here, Mother, here!
Come here, Mother, hie, Mother,
Hie, Mother, here!My darling ( Read more... )

By the way, I've forgotten to mention this...Anyone truly interested and aware has probably already seen the news the NOVA, from what I know the largest of the five Big Eikaiwas, has crashed and burned. Bankrupt. It was a huge deal, with teachers not getting paid and getting kicked out of their apartments as NOVA floundered the last couple months. ( Read more... )

Don't worry, the millennium may still be upon us! I'm reading "The Name of the Rose" right now and it's making my mind wander in strange directions. Interesting passage ( Read more... )

But on the bright side, I am officially 2/3 through my novel and quickly approaching the 100,000 word mark. Morella (the younger) and I both caught a fever at the same time, but mine was not nearly so bad, and I had Kaori to nurse me back to health. At the moment I am sipping a rather nice Bordeaux, quite cheap as well, for Japan, and munching on ( Read more... )

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