time for the annual New Year's meme. 2015 wasn't a bad year. in many ways, i feel like life finally stabilized this year, having fewer highs and lows compared to years past. even if stability comes at the cost of few high points in my life, i'm still grateful for the lack of low points. hopefully 2016 will be the year of progress towards something ( Read more... )

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made nimono for the first time tonight following a recipe i found at a grocery store. it was UBER easy to make and is utterly delicous ( Read more... )

obligatory stuff: Sports Day at Namegawa today started out awesome-- it was very interesting to watch because it was different from any of the previous Sports Days i`ve been to, it being a small school and all. the ES & JHS students were combined and divided into two teams and there were even events for kids from the local kindergarten & adult ( Read more... )

first, let`s recap the earlier part of this week shall we? this will be a long entry.

( classes @ Misato JHS )

by the time i got home last night i was too tired to update and i had missed the 9/11 movie. :`[ even now i dont feel like updating, but i should update atleast a little about the past week...

( wednesday stuff )

first off, thank you to everyone who commented on my last entry! your ideas are all very much appreciated and have been noted. <33333 :]

the verdict is in on my VAIO. i had been wanting one and now i have one. a reason to throw it out the window and/or over my balcony buy a new laptop! >_yeah... i had been wanting reason to get rid of the thing ( ( Read more... )

last night, my laptop died.... :`[ i had left it to get ready for bed and when i came back Vista`s bubble screensaver was on, so i tapped the keyboard to take it out of screensaver mode and it just froze and wouldnt respond at all. i did that the night before too, actually, but what it didn`t do the other night was not boot back up. :`[ i ended up ( Read more... )

i have drooled over them for almost 2 years-- so small and cute and oh so portable little things that they are. when i was shopping for a new laptop a year and a half ago i wanted the smallest thing that i could get without it being too small for regular usage. i ended up getting a Sony VAIO C71b with a 13.3in display because as cute as the ( Read more... )

Backstreet Boys.

it's been, what.....? 10 YEARS??? practically. and yet they're back, with 4 members instead of 5 (Kevin's gone! D:), with their old singles being played in stores in Japan around displays featuring their new album and posters ( Read more... )