Hi! Yes, I still have an account and it is still a paid account. I must be stupid, but i do enjoy having no ads. Anyway, my regular blog is going through some annoying issues at the moment. I wanted to post this awesome trailer for Rurouni Kenshin :-D ( Read more... )

In a desperate attempt to lure tourists back to a country plagued by radiation fears and constant earthquakes, the Japan Tourism Agency‘s proposed an unprecedented campaign - 10,000 free roundtrip tickets.

The catch is, you need to publicize your trip on blogs and social media sites.

10,000 Free Round-Trip Tickets to Japan by Akiko Fujita
I was ( Read more... )

I am reading Bakuman. It took me a while and I really should've gotten there sooner, but hey, I was busy... with something... just don't know what ( Read more... )

So I haven't been blogging or anything useful anywhere for a while. I am trying to get used to my new move and the new amount of travel involved. Oddly enough, though I am at a more expensive than previous apartment, I am actually using less money over all. I think all the impending doom stuff helped me more than I realised. I won't be able to do ( Read more... )

Ok, so apparently despite warnings, I found myself pulled into the Twilight Saga. I didn't have the same detachment from the second book. Though I found myself attaching and detaching at weird times. Like it was written one way and then changed later. It was a weird. *sigh* All with the result that I will prolly finish the series by this time next ( Read more... )

I friended athena8 because of Saiyuki and stayed friended because she posts many things of interest. Today I was drooling over her short entry about a Japanese fusion restaurant in the Penn Quarter of DC... and the pics of the food contributed to the small puddle that formed on my desk. If I plan a trip to DC, I definitely want to add this restaurant as ( Read more... )

I am a bit annoyed to have not been doing updates, but really I don't have time for them anymore and since I have to log into the site to do the posts and have access to all the features that I love, it just isn't convenient anymore ( Read more... )

Deepest Sender still isn't working as awesome as it once did. I am thinking I must be the only one experiencing probs since I don't see any commentary on fixing it. But Meh, not important, what is important is my new Japanese Language Learning Tool, one that complements my classes as nicely as JapanesePod101.com does:

I am so feeling giddily geeky today ( Read more... )

YAYS! Finally found a class I can most likely take! On September 16, at 7pm (EDT) I am going to be attending a free beginner's Japanese lesson. If I like the format, etc, I will be signing up for 14 weeks of 2 1-hour lessons ( Read more... )