I went to Shimokita yesterday for a Chinese study group. I'd never been -- and it has such a cool/trendy reputation so I went early despite the horrible weather to walk around. It has a nice old school shopping street and some hidden cafes and stores, but I wasn't that impressed...

A nice small bookstore on a side street:

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I will be very impressed with myself if I can get through this summer without causing myself bodily harm. It's so ridiculously hard to muster the will to eat, much less cook or... well, remain upright ( Read more... )

I have no appetite. I am constantly woken up at night either by heat or by the train noises outside because I keep my windows open.

I have no will to do anything inside, and no will to go outside and be rendered a sweaty mess in seconds.

What is summer good for, anyway? I'm definitely not a fan.

One caveat -- on clear nights, the stars! It is ( Read more... )

I think I had forgotten just how wonderful it feels to be busy for an entire day, and racing against yourself to finish everything that needs to be done. I've felt super great lately, and I think this signals good things for when my co-worker leaves and all of this work is mine.

Being bored is awfulMy project right now is translating and ( Read more... )

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... )

I was thinking about going to a zoo on the other side of Japan today(!!) but I woke up to my alarm at 6:15am and was definitely not feeling it. Oh well.

Instead, I went to a port/fish market nearby and walked along the beach.


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It's 49 degrees outside and cold but I've spent the vast majority of my life in Chicago and in Boston, where it's at least 10 degrees colder. My pride will not allow me to turn the heater on yet, but....... I need gloves to be comfortable in my room. Augh, these obstacles ( 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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up at 7, then 8:30am
left for school at 9:30am
class until 4:15pm
worked on a paper until 5:30pm
went to shibuya and shopped for wenjin's birthday present (lush products, cake, and a marimo) until 7:30pm
met w in roppongi hills at 8:00pm
walked around, waited for our names to be called at the restaurant until 9:00pmate, walked around, went to a ( Read more... )

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