Should be home now, so let's be quick. Saw Kamakura...saw a dead shark, saw a couple beautiful shrines, a massive Buddha. Bekichan was lovely company. Her Japanese friend nee pen-pal turned out to be, as expected (by myself and Mandichan), a 'sleaze,' to use her word. Shogunai. (that's my new Japanese que sera sera.) The trip picked her up. I do ( Read more... )

I know this will be a pathetic entry after all this time, and yes I do have volumes to impart on my interested viewers...but I just don't have the ability quite yet. Need to get to Akihabara (in Tookyoo) to get a computer, all very difficult. Tookyoo is about an hour and a half by bus and not too expensive. I spent the weekend out there two weeks ( Read more... )

Just another quick note. I haven't the presence of mind to write anything substantial. I think that if I stop to think I'll just forget this whole thing...and with that whole point-of-no-return thing, I think I'd just lose cabin pressure and all my internal organs would spontaneously jello-ify. Strawberry, perhaps. It has just occurred to me that ( Read more... )

...is not fun. T-minus 20 days and counting. This is crazy. Leave it to GEOS to do everything at the last minute second again. Maybe I should start packing now, hmm?

So I start my graveyard shift security gig tonight. I'm officially nocturnal, though still adjusting. I figure this will be a good transition into Japan's timezone. And I should have lots of time to read, which would be nice...I haven't been getting nearly enough done lately, reading or writing, and I have a lot of new interests and ideas. My new ( Read more... )

Dear AT management,
This is my letter of resignation. If you have any questions concerning where to put it, please contact me at 666-6666.Well, this is the letter I wanted to hand in yesterday. But if I actually quit, I wouldn't be able to receive any benefits. Instead I'll just make them fire me and try to collect unemployment. Chances are this ( Read more... )

This doesn't seem nearly as groovy and rare when I pulled it off of Xian's journal and she got the same thing...but I think twelve questions is hardly a sufficient indicator.

Your Personality is Very Rare (INTJ)
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That's Engrish for Writer's Block, btw. Yes, between lack of time and a strange paralysis whenever my fingers touch the keys, I haven't gotten much done in a while. On the other hand, my time has been spent getting me into a much healthier place, and I seem to be going interesting directions...And I've finally found the solution to the block: I ( Read more... )

Ye know on earth, and all ye need know.

Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn. I heard this quoted recently in the movie The Order, a fantastic movie which I can't believed I hadn't seen until now. It's always cute when movies try to work in something a little more literary, with a little more gravitas...I just wish the writers would at least look it up ( Read more... )