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Chop Chop
Today marks the first day I cut up a credit card ( Read more... ) -
日本
I'm not sure why, but I spent all morning reminiscing about Japan. It actually hurts that I'm not living there right now. But I still question whether it was Kyoto or the amazing people with whom I lived that made it such a memorable experience ( Read more... ) -
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The crisp wind, the brick paths, this autumn feels a lot like Chicago. -
Full Moon
My body hurts. Almost like the day after the first skiing trip of the winter. Except a few times more painful.
Friday night, there was a full moon, and as with every full moon, I got really antsy. Like, an I need to move kind of feeling. And nobody was around Friday night, so I was extremely bored and irritated. Irritated enough that I biked to ( Read more... ) -
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I just walked through Harvard Square, and with the dim lights, crisply cold weather, and fireplace aroma sprinkled around the shadowy sidestreets, I want winter to arrive. Yes, maybe hasty, but it felt like Christmas, and I don't feel like ruining the Japanese autumn about which I've been reminiscing since March ( Read more... ) -
Job Job Job
I'm kind of excited about my job, even though I have no idea really what I'm officially doing, making it -- of course -- difficult to explain to Elena at lunch, entirely not convincing her that what I'm doing is worthwhile*. That in itself deserves a small 'heh' and then a look at the ground all Ito-先生 style ( Read more... ) -
料理
I'm making a concerted effort to cook more, especially in the realm of Asian food. Inside of two grocery runs, half of the week's food budget went to Super 88, where I picked up 4 liters of おい茶 and a 20-lb. bag of medium-grain rice. Dreamily, I want to eat rice at least 3 or 4 days out of the week, but I'm not sure if that will happen. I have, ( Read more... ) -
Double the Fun
Tonight was pleasant ( Read more... ) -
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Even though I had a wonderful two hours at my new job today, I currently have a migraine, which, on top of the extremely awkward events (many plurals) that occurred from Thursday until tonight, has utterly ruined any chance of being in a good mood.
I wish I could just end the night already, by hopping into bed with a book, but I can't see ( ( Read more... )
