It's been just over six months since my last entry here. And things are 110% different. At that, it's been just over five since I came back from Japan. How things fly past me...to think, if I'd left the day I came back, I'd already have come back. Again ( Read more... )

Neutral pre-script: I uploaded a ton of photos, so be sure to check them out here. More on the way, of course ( Read more... )

So I'm just sort of laying here in bed, staring directly ahead. I see my desk---part of it, given I'm below it but most pertinently two hats hanging off the lamp atop my desk, which I've incidentally never plugged in. Normally my laptop was situated right in front of said lamp, but this was before I came to my senses and realized I had a laptop ( Read more... )

Can't believe it's been 6 weeks since I last came here. Well, now I can, but before right around the one month mark it felt only like two weeks or so, maybe...but after that, the gravity of that fact began to set in so now that's...plausible seeming ( Read more... )

Once again, just dropping by to let everyone know I'm not dead ( Read more... )

First off, sorry for the complete lack of actual updates, even despite my assurances to the contrary. It has been a bit hectic here, but to say I'm too busy to keep folks informed is a complete lie. Even here, the sort of laziness seems to strke hard and fast, but in the meantime I will provide some...dare I say, filler ( Read more... )

Here's my mailing address here at the international dorms ( Read more... )

Well, it's been about a week here, but it feels like forever. In a good way. And I'll be honest in saying I don't know where to begin ( Read more... )

Sup folks, just letting you all know I got here alright.

That is, I'm not an accessory to an international news story.

That is, I am not dead.

More to come later.

So I depart for Japan inside of 10 hours from now. I don't know how to feel.

I feel like I'm going to die. That's not to say I have a feeling I'm going to be killed over there (not to jinx it, either), but more along the lines of...I feel like I'm never coming back. Granted, it's almost 5 months, which is a long time, but, still...it's 5 months ( Read more... )