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i`ve been putting off updating this lj at first because i`m lazy but then i got distracted by (read: obsessed with) a project (which i`ll mention further on) and yeah.... when i start something and then become determined to finish it i tend to ignore everything else. ^^;
ANYWAY.
saturday, after 3 days of waiting, i tried 2 of the pickles that i posted about making 2 entries ago and THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! i tried another 2 today (i`m trying to take it slow!) and they`re even more awesome!!! VERY garlicy (more garlicy than dilly almost) with much zest and a BIG kick! perfect for me who loves spiciness in a pickle. 8) i declare this food experiment to be a complete success and i WILL pickle more things in the future, not just cucumbers! okra is the next thing on my list....
saturday i found out about animal shelters in Japan for the first time and to me (non-existant) surprise most of the ones that i found, upon further investigating the topic, were founded/established by foreigners! go fuckin figure. some that i found are
by the time i`d looked over JCN`s site, which was the first site i found, i had made up my mind that i would sponsor a cat! it`s the least i can do not only for the poor cats of Japan but also for me. Japan`s animal situation pisses me off so much... don`t even get me started.
ANYWAY, after much debate and internal torture i decided to sponsor Sumi-chan at Japan Cat Network.
see Sumi-chan`s profile [ here ].
if i go to Kyoto sometime i`m definitely going to try to visit her. ^-^
as for the project that i`m working on and want to get back to-- the other day i was enticed by Wordpress whispering sweet nothings into my ear and yeah... now i`m playing with Wordpress and making a new blog that will revolve around esperanto and language stuff in general. it will mainly be written in esperanto, but i`ll probably throw in some Japanese and the very occasional English as well. this lj will continue to be my main blog for english and daresore for japanese.
now, back to work on my new blog`s layout.
ANYWAY.
saturday, after 3 days of waiting, i tried 2 of the pickles that i posted about making 2 entries ago and THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! i tried another 2 today (i`m trying to take it slow!) and they`re even more awesome!!! VERY garlicy (more garlicy than dilly almost) with much zest and a BIG kick! perfect for me who loves spiciness in a pickle. 8) i declare this food experiment to be a complete success and i WILL pickle more things in the future, not just cucumbers! okra is the next thing on my list....
saturday i found out about animal shelters in Japan for the first time and to me (non-existant) surprise most of the ones that i found, upon further investigating the topic, were founded/established by foreigners! go fuckin figure. some that i found are
- Japan Cat Network - founded by 2 foreigners and based in Kyoto, but active in Tokyo as well.
- Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK) - founded by an English woman, based in Osaka.
- HEART Tokushima - founded by a foreigner, based in Tokushima!
by the time i`d looked over JCN`s site, which was the first site i found, i had made up my mind that i would sponsor a cat! it`s the least i can do not only for the poor cats of Japan but also for me. Japan`s animal situation pisses me off so much... don`t even get me started.
ANYWAY, after much debate and internal torture i decided to sponsor Sumi-chan at Japan Cat Network.
see Sumi-chan`s profile [ here ].
if i go to Kyoto sometime i`m definitely going to try to visit her. ^-^
as for the project that i`m working on and want to get back to-- the other day i was enticed by Wordpress whispering sweet nothings into my ear and yeah... now i`m playing with Wordpress and making a new blog that will revolve around esperanto and language stuff in general. it will mainly be written in esperanto, but i`ll probably throw in some Japanese and the very occasional English as well. this lj will continue to be my main blog for english and daresore for japanese.
now, back to work on my new blog`s layout.