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Day 06 - Food that you swore you would never eat but now love (or tolerate).
See! I said it would take less than six months for me to post the next day of this meme, and it did! I'm so efficient ( Read more... ) -
Day 05 - Which, if any, Japanese mannerisms or expressions have you adopted?
I'm finally starting up this 30 days meme about Japan again. I got stuck on this one for a long time because I didn't really retain any Japanese mannerisms, unless you could shucking my shoes off the second I enter any dwelling. I pretty much did that before, though.
So, the end! Day 5 is done! Day 6 won't take another six months, I promise! -
Oh, LJ. I should update you more often.
I started to do one of those New Years recap posts, then never finished it. Maybe I will finish it today and post it. Or maybe I will take a nap. You don't know. I'm a wild woman. I do as I please. Someday I should also finish that Japan meme. And update my other blog. And run one million errands. And skype with people. LIFE IS BUSY ( Read more... ) -
Day 04 - What's your favorite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
Okay, I’m going to be truthful here. I did not spend huge amounts of time off the beaten path when I lived in Japan. I did travel a lot, but I mostly went to places that are famous and well traveled by others. My favorite place that’s not necessarily in all of the guidebooks was probably my friend Laura’s apartment. Or should I say apartments - she ( Read more... ) -
Japan Meme Day 03 - Most interesting person you met.
This entry was difficult to write for a variety of reasons, which is why it is coming so long after the last one. Number one was I met so many interesting people while I lived overseas, so who to write about? Number two was once I had decided, how much should I write? How much do I want to invade this person’s privacy on the internet? I am going to ( Read more... ) -
Day 02 - Describe your neighborhood in Japan.
I lived in a town called Atsugi in Japan. My actual neighborhood was called Aiko Ishida, which was the name of my train station. It was on the Odakyu line, about 50 minutes from Shinjuku and 40 from Yokohama. Basically, what that means was I lived in the suburbs, but was close enough to the city to easily go in and party on the weekends. I used to ( Read more... ) -
Japan Meme - Day 1 - A picture of you "in Japan".
I am totally pinching this meme from Laura, and am going to try to write 30 entries about Japan. We're coming up on a year that I've been home, and I think this will be a good chance to sort out some things. I left Japan very suddenly, and I have a lot of unresolved feelings about that.
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keep me in your heart for a while
When I was a little girl, my mom had to travel on business a lot. One time, I was really sad and asking her not to go. She gave me a little ring in a red pouch and told me it was a promise ring, and she was going to leave it with me and she would get it from me when she came home. It was a promise that she would never leave me, she'd always come ( Read more... ) -
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So, I don't talk about my feelings a lot on the internet. People who know me know that I'm pretty open, often to the point of making other people uncomfortable. As upfront as I can be, though, I am often very reserved when it comes to my real feelings about a situation ( Read more... ) -
You Go Around Like You Know
So, I'm going to start writing in my travel blog again. I took an extended break for a while - writing it stopped being fun after Mom passed, so I decided to go sort my stuff out in private. A lot of that stuff has been sorted and I realized that I enjoyed writing about stuff I did, so here I am. Back in action. Starting with the awesomeness that ( Read more... )