here to make my annual appearance on this blog for the 2019 edition of a meme that i've been doing for a ridiculously long time at this point. as ridiculous as it is, it's actually become an instinctive habit at this point and is also something that i actually enjoy doing. if it weren't for this meme, there would honestly be even larger chunks of ( Read more... )

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... )

this year was a very... stagnant year. in some respects, nothing really happens. 2014 seems pretty blurry... but when i look closer, i realize that there were a few significant things that happened this year, i guess.


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wow.... can't believe it's already been a year since i came back to Japan. i can't believe that i haven't updated livejournal since April, which as far as i'm concerned might as well be a year ago itself. i also haven't been checking my friends page at all, so i know i've missed out on a lot of important things in other people's lives... sorry ( Read more... )

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it's been a very... VERY stressful past week. i'm certain i've at least gained several gray hairs and have shaved a few minutes off my life expectancy. >_ ( Read more... )

...time is about to start flying. monday i start training at the call center for 8 hrs/day, 5 days/week. that, combined with the long commutes to and from the place, is going to leave me exhausted allll the time up until my departure. :/ i'm getting anxious about what this training will entail... and i really feel bad about going through all of ( Read more... )

to recap:

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sigh. it's becoming hard for me to remain optimistic having had all these interviews without any job offer yet.... it doesn't help that i'm suffering from PMS induced depression right now, which has made getting out of bed a difficult task ( Read more... )

....so i've been really lazy and meh and have been putting off updating lj. my bad ( Read more... )