Evidently the incredible painful clenching of my chest, the squirming knot in my stomach, and the increasingly panicked breathing I've developed whenever I've had to go outside for the past two months are symptoms of my incredible anxiety running a muck and manifesting in full blown agoraphobia. I never really thought about it before this past ( Read more... )

I have finally surpassed 100 completed items on MDL!! I realize that this should show that I have *no life* whatsoever, but I am celebrating it because I have used it to help me study the Japanese language. If you need 10,000 hours to be able to claim any level of proficiency in a language, watching TV is a helpful way to apply and practice new ( Read more... )

And HE IS RISEN ( Read more... )

Its been a busy week for me, but it's ALMOST Easter break, which means... well, it means doing a ton of homework, but it also means that I will hopefully get some time to get my life settled ( Read more... )

I feel much better after watching a translation of a recent Ninomiya-san interview.  I am very thankful for such silliness to exist in the world.  Now I am watching Mr. Brain again, which also makes me feel better.  I find the opening scene to the series very compelling, but I do always wonder what it actually has to do with the show.  The actual ( Read more... )

I don't know whether I should say "on a happy note" or "on a pitiful note", but I am almost at 100 watched items on MyDramaList. I am somewhat proud of this, and somewhat ashamed, because it shows what I have been doing with my life ( Read more... )

I am still trying to figure out how to get involved with these online communities. Those whom I try to comment-to-join-and-press-the-button with all seem to be dead, which is rather sad, or aren't open for memberships currently. Its rather frustrating, haha. I wish I had more time to really put into hunting these communities, but I mostly seem ( Read more... )

Hello my nonexistent ones.  I just wanted to touch base and let you all know I have not forgotten this blog amidst my many, many classes, homework assignments, and extracurricular education in Japanese and Japanese culture.  Things have been crazy lately, but I thought I would just let you all know that I am working on yet another set of blogs, ( Read more... )

Some might recognize the title of this entry as being the title of a poem by Richard Wilbur (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/aupoem98.html if you'd like to read it). While I am not often thinking immediately upon my waking of angels, peace, ( Read more... )

DING DONG THE SIP IS DEAD ( Read more... )