Yeah, so, 2014 has been kind of a bust . . . with one exception: I was able to cross a country off my "I wanna go there list"!

The current Places I Want to Go list (in no particular order):
Argentina & Chile
Lithuania, Russia & Poland
Slovenia/Croatia
The Ukraine
Iceland/Faroe Islands
Jordan
MoroccoNew Zealand ( Read more... )

Well, I have my next international jaunt all planned out and (mostly) paid for. Awoo! I'll be retracing some steps I've made before (an embarrassingly long time ago), however, I'll be making a few detours to collect a couple of countries I haven't collected yet.

( A travelogue in vague Hetalian silhouettes sous le cut . . . )

So . . . even though I was relegated to my own borders this year, I managed to log 5,800 km in my car from May to September. (4,700 of those were July and August alone). I drove the length of this country without even leaving my province.

Kinda funky to think about . . . . .

Also: YAY ROAD TRIPS.

I think I've always had a bit of wanderlust, but going on three international trips in the past three years has really kicked it into high gear. And the older I get, the more I want to do it before I'm tied down to things like a mortgage or, heaven forbid, an immobile body. Work has conspired to keep me within my own borders this year, which has ( Read more... )

Things I'm still getting used to since my return from Japan two days ago:

- sitting on chairs
- dairy products
- the absence of rice in my larders
- the lack of adorable cartoon animals on otherwise serious signage
- efficient public transit
- sleeping (stupid jetlag!)

*sigh* Two weeks is not nearly enough time to explore Japan. It's not even enough time ( Read more... )

You know that "create a Hetalia fan postcard" dealie that Funimation ran a couple of weeks ago? Right. So, for some deeply incomprehensible reason, I felt inclined to make a postcard and send it in. This surprised me because a) I've never EVER written a fan letter before and b) I don't make things. I don't do art. I can't draw to save my life. ( Read more... )

1. Please to be forgiving the Latin; I've been reading a lot of Asterix comics lately.

2. Q: How many LiveJournal accounts can one person have? A: Probably more than three.

3. I think this is going to have to be my all-purpose account (once I figure out the nature of my purposes. Perhaps purpoises?).

4. TBA