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... )

going to go ahead and start this off by straight up saying that this past year has been amazing. 2018 has been a year of firsts. a lot of firsts. firsts that have been both mind blowing and humbling at the same time. i’ve learned a lot about myself and am still processing most of it, but i hope to capture some of the more important things here ( Read more... )

jlpt: ...apparently they`re changing the jlpt again in 2010. starting in 2010 every section of the jlpt will have a minimum passing score and if you fail even one section of the test you fail the entire thing... depressing. god, there`s no way i can pass 1級 in july now. ;-;

swine flu in japan: Japan goes into mass hysteria over the initial ( Read more... )

maybe i should forget about trying to go to grad school and just focus on getting into/through a good Japanese language school... after all, going to grad school for translation wouldn`t even be possible without near-native fluency in Japanese in the first place... >_>;; and perhaps graduating from a good Japanese language school in Japan and being ( Read more... )

i've been putting off typing this entry for many reasons, but i guess i might as well get it over and done with. i am making this entry public only because i`d rather certain lj-less people know of this entry`s... "stuff" without me having to tell them.

( wth to do with my life )

i walked to the grocery store after getting out of class and when i came out it was hailing and windy. and then, out of no where, it started to hail harder for a few seconds, followed by loud thunder + a lil lightning ( Read more... )

....busy busy busy.

i'm too tired and blank right now to do a proper update, but i wanna update with a few things:

- got the NANA 7.8 manga. :3 it's SO awesome. i'm so lucky i went to Powell's when i did and found it, but someone else had beaten me to the rest of the japanese NANA manga... ;-; oh well-- i stole what would have been their gem! >:D ( Read more... )

absolutely gorgeous Blood (red) Moon was out tonight... I love seeing them.

...too bad such a beautiful moon may have had a hand in the large earthquake which sent a massive tsunami into the Solomon islands today ( Read more... )