Because I haven't in a while, lunch for tomorrow is somen (thin flour noodles) and a ham and cheese omelette:

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It hasn't stuck at all, but at last it's snowing! This is far preferable to the stupid rain. I am hoping for a white Christmas ( Read more... )

The humidity is starting to get really uncomfortable. I think that I am much better at tolerating cold than wet heat. I should have gone for Hokkaido.

Things that make me happy lately (all food.. orz):


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I sent in my tuition and visa stuff to Keio today, so that is pretty official now.

I tried playing this game for a little bit today. It's called 99 no namida, and the concept behind it is that sometimes crying makes you feel better and relieve stress, so you answer some questions about yourself and how you're feeling and it gives you a short ( Read more... )

On the bus to MIT today I was rewatching my old iPod videos and I stumbled across Jin's TOKIO medley. The second song is one of my all-time favorites-- it has ingrained itself into me. Ever since I heard it in 2002 in mukodono, I have never been able to get it out of my head ( Read more... )

#1) I am SUPER EXCITED for the Cat Street drama, as the manga is my favorite thing ever in spite of its sloooooooooooow updates.  Tanimura Mitsuki doesn't really fit my image of Keito, but we'll see ( Read more... )

I totally missed this story back in March apparently when it came out, so maybe not all of you have seen it either?  This newspaper says that Jin's brother, Reio, is debuting in a movie at the end of the year called "Sanjuukyuumai no nengajou" [The thirty nine New Year's cards]... which the governor of Miyasaki prefecture is also going to be ( Read more... )

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in less depressing news, I might actually like my major.

I was apprehensive before because I had declared it after taking only an intro course -- that I was not that in love with -- but I'm in American politics and World politics right now and I really like them both.  It might be the teachers, too, but the material is just very interesting and I ( Read more... )

Sony is lowering the projected price for PS3 from $540 to $430.

It's still ridiculously expensive. Save your money from buying the games and the plug-ins and the memory-- you could probably afford a laptop.

Nintendo's new console is going to be $215. I still ♥ you best, Nintendo.

The video game industry has changed SO MUCH since Duck Hunt. :(