It's been 14 weeks since I've last posted. Maybe longer. And I'm sure everyone is wondering where I went, what I've been up to, and more. Or maybe you're actually happy I finally shut up and you the peace and quiet you've been waiting for since you've known me. I'm not that talkative and annoying, am I? (Maybe it's better if you don't answer ( Read more... )

Today was a good great day. Woke up and went to bonsai this morning. Ended up volunteering there for about two hours, cutting one of Sensei's trees. His friend is also a car dealer, and he just happened to have a car for 20万円 (just under $2k), which is exactly what I'm looking for. Toyota MarkII. Big, especially for Japanese standards, and a ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning to a clean place at about 10:30. I think I've finally caught up on my sleep because I didn't feel awful waking up like that. And I'll bet I sleep easier in a clean place too. There's some kind of disturbing energy in the environs if it's full of clutter. Anyone sensitive to energy like that will sure know what I mean ( Read more... )

I get the "to have shoes that fit me" part, and it applies all too well while in Japan. Ideas on the rest?

This will be brief, but it's just to say that I am indeed still alive, I still kick but I don't bite (too hard), and I'm doing well. For those who were worried about me during my disappearance from LJ, I'm sorry. I know it's been since February since I posted. I got busy, stuff happened, I went to Ireland for a couple weeks, and now I'm back ( Read more... )

For whatever reason, I've always been fascinated by personality tests and the like. I found this one which, based on a fixed set of adjectives, attempts to define how you view yourself vs. how others view you. Although I think there are two flaws in the methodology - you can only pick up to 6 adjectives and it works best with a large number of ( Read more... )

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Sensei went to Osaka again today, presumably for business purposes, so yet again, we had no lesson. Jolene's in Osaka too, so I guess it's good timing for her so she doesn't have to miss another lesson, but I've been really itching to get back in there and work on a few projects lately, so it was a bit of a letdown for me. Fortunately, we're ( Read more... )

I overslept a bit today, but I suppose I'm allowed since it's the weekend. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), my friend also overslept today and didn't call me to hit the gym until about noon. He promised his cousin he would go up to the mountain after and help them build some steps, and since I had nothing to do I ( Read more... )

I finally fixed the outlet at my bathroom sink. It's only been broken since, oh, when I moved in? And of course I choose nighttime to fix an outlet that's tied to the circuit with ALL the lights in here. But now I can get a little wall-mount shelf and get my shaver out of the bedroom. And I don't have unsightly yellow tape covering a ( Read more... )