I recall
when I was twenty-three
wondering how anyone could fall in love with me.

But now I'm old
and I'm well past twenty-five
and I can't seem to fall in love no matter how I try.

-Old 97's

You know, I say my problem is that I can't find anything I enjoy, but there have been so many times in my life where I've thought, "How cool would it be to do THAT," yet not even for two seconds did I seriously consider trying it. I just automatically assumed that I wouldn't be able to do it.

That is some bullshit. I should have at least thought ( Read more... )

It's a good thing we aren't getting actual grades in my tea ceremony class, because I wouldn't be getting a very good one. Today we had class in the tearoom, and I had to be the group leader, because my other classmates ratted me out to the sensei that I hadn't done it yet (thanks, guys). That meant I had to be the first to do everything during ( Read more... )

I already talked to Betsy on the phone about this earlier today, but man, I am seriously having a hard time finding classes to take next semester. The available courses and a few descriptions have been posted online, but even though I keep browsing through them, I can't seem to come up with a schedule.

The frustrating thing is that I have a lot ( Read more... )

This is what my roommate gave me for my birthday last month.


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All right, it’s a new year, and I’m resolving to make a renewed effort to chronicle the various weirdnesses of Japan while I spend another four and a half months here. Today: grocery stores.
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Twenty-seven days until I go home for Christmas! I've decided to take a break and head home to Ames, and I'm already really glad I'm doing it. I need some time away from Japan and Japanese to help me figure out whether I still even like it. Taking a couple weeks off will be good, I think ( Read more... )

This is going to make me sound like a huge nerd, but I think that right now, my favorite thing about living in Japan might be my Japanese Writing class. I don't enjoy the class periods themselves, and I don't enjoy the million kanji that I have to memorize for Wednesday's midterm exam which I'm going to fail. But I do enjoy our weekly composition ( Read more... )