So I began the year by reading Murakami's "Norwegian Wood".  Having heard so many people rave on about this book I had high expectations, so I was quite disappointed when it basically turned out to be a love story.  I expect to be pleasantly befuddled by a Murakami novel, not puking in my mouth from post-pubescent wallowing.  Toru Watanabe is ( Read more... )

There are more men on my balcony this morning.  Fortunately, it looks like they're here to take down the scaffolding which has surrounded my building for the past six weeks or so.  I wish they'd clear off though.  I want to open my curtains.

Well, having finished Season 2 of Supernatural I'm now at a complete loss for what to do with myself.  The ( Read more... )

I am stupidly stupidly stupidly addicted to Supernatural.  I will have to stop myself watching it, just so that I don't finish the whole of Season 2 in one week.  And look, I even have an icon.

My attempt to got to bed early last night failed when I got a story image in my head and then other things kept coming out of my head after it, and it all ( Read more... )

I have a very clear memory of having a pot of Vick's Vapour Rub with me in Japan.  However, searching in the only places it could possibly be have turned up a goose egg.  I can even see the bloody pot sitting on my sink shelf in my old apartment.  Perhaps it was one of the sacrifices to the gods of house-moving.  Anyway, it turns out that Vicks is ( Read more... )

There appears so be some contention as to which day exactly is the worst day of the year - January 19th or 24th.  I think I can probably say that mine so far was a mixture of the 24th and 25th.  After a late night on Friday (a friend of mine is being transferred to Sapporo, so we gave him a send off until 2.30am at the local), and a Saturday which ( Read more... )