Not really opening this up for discussion here*, but there's some stuff that's worth thinking about. (Via Naamah's LJ: http://naamah-darling.livejournal.com/404684.html) Go, read all the links she's offered there. Seriously ( Read more... )

Good (mostly) news to balance the crap of this week - I went shopping today and have a pretty new dre$$ for khlara's wedding this next weekend. It's long and flowy and doesn't cling in the wrong places and I look like a big, busty gal and it hides my problem skin on my back and shoulders. Huzzah ( Read more... )

I am SO not ready for tomorrow's exam. I'm tired, I'm cranky, the homework I did to practice didn't stick with me at ALL... yeah. Work was hell, too. (Seriously, I know I wasn't in yesterday, but it FREAKS ME OUT when I realize someone has disturbed my cube space. Seriously. Freaks. Me. Out. And it was my manager, too. ;__ ( Read more... )

Updated againEach of my online profiles ( Read more... )

Heard the new Tuesday ( Read more... )

Absence clears the mind
Of the bitter taste of pain -
Oh yes, I recall
Just how hard it is to sit
Through karamono lessons.

Tea lessons tonight for the first time in three weeks, and the first advanced lesson since December. Ouch. I intend to shed 10 pounds if for no other reason than to be able to sit seiza for more than ten minutes. Jeebus, my ( Read more... )

Uff-da ( Read more... )

Got SO much more done today... Kinda ( Read more... )

I am REALLY tired for having done not-a-whole-lot today; got up early (read: before 10 am on a weekend) to take Mom to the airport, which was a rather bumpy task (she was running late and needed to yell at someone, I was in firing range), hit up Mitsuwa for Monday night's miso soup ingredients (and the fall edition of Kimono Salon - sssh! I haven't ( Read more... )

So, after spending my break time today reading about more and more (largely impossible to do on one's own) obi musubi worth trying, I came home, drank two large glasses of sake and limeade on an empty stomach, watched Shoot 'Em Up (a silly, violently pointless movie), and am now wearing my men's yukata and a hanhaba obi that's at least 25" too ( Read more... )