I'm having one of those nights. I'm bored and lonely. I miss home badly. I'm sick of watching all my favorite TV shows alone, playing video games alone, cooking alone, eating alone, cracking jokes to myself. It's so sad to see something really hilarious or touching or depressing and have no one there to share the moment with you ( Read more... )

Here in Kochi, the weather is in a weird transition phase between spring and summer. The days are hazy and warm with a slight bite of spring chill still in the air. One minute I'm reaching for a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off the back of my neck and the next I'm pulling on my jacket. The evenings are so sweet, though. There's a perfume of newly ( Read more... )

I feel something very close, like watching a wave crest. It's happiness and creativity incarnate, a slice of euphoria, a sweet perfume in the air, a weight lifting off. Time begins to race, hormone and histamine levels rise, nothing stands still. Everything comes to life as if shedding stone skin ( Read more... )

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( A great piece of Engrish and an interesting cake )

It's that time of the year when spring seems so close and yet so very far away. It's been raining six out of seven days and when it's not raining, it looks like it's going to start again at any moment. It's a really good thing I decided to keep my kotatsu out because it's been cold. So, so very cold. February is now officially my least favorite ( Read more... )

The weather last weekend was wonderful. I didn't even need a jacket and actually went out in 3/4 inch sleeves at night. That's how gorgeous the weather was. It was nice today too although I did need a sweater, but tomorrow the temperature is dipping right back down in the negative numbers Celsius. Boo. I'm not complaining too much though because ( Read more... )

Forgive me if this entry seems a bit messier than my usual writing. I spent eight hours today teaching cooking class and now I am so beat that I can barely move. It's nice though that I got a day and an hour of daikyuu. I think I'm going to have to use some of it tomorrow to go home early, though, which kind of defeats the purpose of gathering ( Read more... )