So, it's a new year and my self-imposed one year hiatus from Hetalia fandom is over. In the meantime, I've been reading Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of WWII by John Dowell, so that I could get a better grasp on the history for my big post-WWII America/Japan fic.

( Cut for length, it's kind of an essay... )

I google "tailoring guide" looking for sewing tips and come up with pages of WoW guides.  Oh internets.

So this past weekend my parents and I went out to dinner with some older friends of the family.  They're very cool people, since they're all retired they just spend their time traveling around the world and have all sorts of stories to tell.  The ( Read more... )