Today was all set to be super-productive. I would ship boxes at the post office, I would get change for all of my 1 yen coins at the bank, I would sort the garbage to throw out for tomorrow, and the apartment would sparkle with cleanliness. And all by 5pm. That was the goal, yes ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I had my final dentist appointment before returning home. My teeth were fine, and the brown spots I was worried about were just stains from the massive amounts of tea that I drink here. :P They came off easily in the cleaning process, and now I have sparkly white teeth again. It was hard to finally say good-bye to my dentist. He has been ( Read more... )

I am going to have such a case of weather snobbery when I get back from Japan ( Read more... )

The packing and moving preparations continue, and I would estimate that I am about 3/4 of the way packed. At least, in regards to everything that I will be shipping home in boxes. There are probably one or two more boxes left to pack, and then I can ship everything out ( Read more... )

After weeks of listening to people on the Internet, even on the f-list, babble about amazing movies that they have seen in America that I won't be able to see for a long while, I can finally say that I've seen an amazing movie in Japan that no one in America is going to see for a while ( Read more... )

Farewell Party was tonight. It went... much better than I expected, to be honest.
( Soubetsukai )

I have finally finished a rough draft of the reference letter! Huzzah! Now, I will send it out to prospective editors; however, that is a fairly short list at the moment. Any volunteers? I won't try to proofread it myself until tomorrow, when I've had a bit of distance from it ( Read more... )

Ah, the real Japanese summer has arrived at last ( Read more... )

I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with Hum and Boca Rola ( Read more... )

Well, I just finished watching the first episode in the season finale of Doctor Who ( Read more... )