Eh, I like plants and have lots of pictures of plants. I suppose this will be a plantful interlude between shrinery and templery. Being a plant nut, I have lots of fun pictures of plants.

( Lotus )

For those that are unaware of those things Japanese, Japan has two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism. I'd try to explain these for better clarity, but you're probably better off using Wikipedia. Shrines and Temples are in many places. They are mostly pretty cool looking. From the most crowded city to areas where rice fields outnumber people, ( Read more... )

On going photo journal insanity! Due to some sort of great fortune/Emm's host father being in the Rotary Club, we were invited by the rotary club to go to Aomori to see the Tachinebuta Festival. Tachinebuta literally means standing floats. The wonderful thing about going with bunches of people decades older than you is that the bus stops a lot for ( Read more... )

On going with the journal of slowest posting speed ever ( Read more... )

Getting ready to head up to Boston and see a friend who has graciously provided area of living while I head off to an interview/interviews. That however is totally not as interesting as Japan ( Read more... )

Japan! It's a place roughly the size of California. Many strange (relatively speaking) and wondrous (also relatively speaking) things seem to reside in this country ( Read more... )

I took the quiz. Yep, life is meaningless. Not too surprised by the results but still unsure. Very different from being Jean Grey as is the result of some quizzes I have taken. I guess not quite that different. Eh.. Once I finish loading photos, more Japan will appear.

( Marvel Quiz )

Hello! I invite you fair readers to the beginning of my psychotic catch-up LJ posting for my journey to Japan. My computer died, so it wasn't very useful there (It's like I'm pushing a rock up a hill.. Forever!). Photos will be cut to be viewed at your discretion ( Read more... )

I have returned from Japan. Blah jetlag! I will cease being groggy someday. For the time being...


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Guess I'm not going to grad school. Time to look for jobs and go back to the drawing board.
Slow system of doom.