This is not actually a proper write-up of my trip to Europe in April/May, it's actually just a cut-and-paste from an email to a friend, but eh, better than nothing, ja?

( Cruising the Mediterranean )

Going to be in Europe until May 18, won't be reading LJ until I get back, ta ta!

...I didn't finish my blind_go fic.  :(

Ploughing through the snow
In a 20-horsepower TANK
O'er the cars we go
Laughing all the way MWA HA HA HA

Wow, make my LJ profile page more ugly please. Was going to post a screenshot of how awful my profile page looks on my monitor--the words are running into each other!--but decided that would take too much effort and probably everyone is seeing the same thing, right? Or is it just my weird screen resolution on my widescreen laptop?

Anyway, I went to ( Read more... )

AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!

See I had this stupidly long LJ post filled with clever turns of phrase about my trip to the Bay Area and seeing my boyfriend and his family and my cousins and aunts and the gorgeousness of Monterey and Napa Valley and meeting tarigwaemir in hippie-filled Berkeley and how we had tea and crumpets and smiled sweetly at each other with gnash'ed ( Read more... )

So I've been back in Vancouver for almost three weeks now, and I'm already taking off on a trip to San Francisco for a couple weeks to visit my boyfriend. Since I have no job and no life at the moment, it's the perfect time. :) I've been "visiting" a Japanese course at the local university, but it's not for credit and I'm not paying for it (the ( Read more... )

Today I forgot to put on my indoor shoes when I entered the school.

But I did remember to change my shoes on my way out. But since I was wearing the wrong shoes at the time, I ended up walking home in indoor shoes. Didn't realize it until near bedtime.

I blame jetlag.

Am totally behind on reading my flist, still haven't finished reading the blind_go ( Read more... )

So ( Read more... )

Today my students asked me my age and I answered truthfully (twenty-three). Her response was along the lines of, "No way! I thought you were way older! I thought you were older than _____-sensei!"

The teacher she was referring to is close to forty years old.

ASDLJ;AIE'LFJAWE'LFIALNV'

Also, I've been called old lady (and old hag once) by young ( Read more... )

Today I saw the prince of tennis at the local courts, I kid you not. I was passing by on the bus when I saw an old man hitting a ball against the wall NITOURYUU style! He had a racket in each hand and was hitting alternately with his left and right without missing a shot for the 15 seconds or so that I watched him. How awesome is that ( Read more... )