Okay, I'm back. It turns out I have longer things to write again, and I still have this LJ account, so I guess I'll use this for long-form writing, Tumblr for the photography, Twitter for smart-aleck remarks, and Facebook for whatever it is that Facebook does ( Read more... )

Well, as needs change, so must the tools we use to meet them. I've been over on Tumblr for a little while now, at http://stochasticjack.tumblr.com.  It's a little more in line with what I'm trying to do now, which is shorter writing and more audio/visual stuff.  I'm doing a LOT more music and photography now, and LJ is less well-suited for that.  ( Read more... )

Sorry it's been a while but I've been busy.

One of the things I've been busy doing is reading old archive entries from when I lived in Japan, until I realized just how counterproductive that is. I'm going to get back there, and real soon, too.

Other than that, just trying to stay sane by working on a bunch of stuff. A bunch of stuff ( Read more... )

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Called Yoshimi and finally got through. She's fine, although there's a little trouble getting some kinds of food at the supermarket ( Read more... )

I haven't heard from Yoshimi yet; she lived out near Narita the last I heard.

The morning of the earthquake, Martial pointed out that exactly one year ago to the day, we were in Tokyo, hanging around Shinjuku, Jimbocho, and Kichijoji with Yoshimi, Beni, and Akane.

I hope everyone is okay.

Okay, real quick, then I'm going to bed. I've been just knackered all day, plus it was snowing like crazy in North Bend. Then they closed the Interstate, at the exit to our warehouse, so I had to drive in the long way, which is less than fun in a big truck ( Read more... )

Five Awesome Things:

1. Got my goals sorted yesterday and set up a new LJ to track them;

2. Sang last night at Tula's;

3. Made myself an EXCELLENT baked salmon fillet for dinner;

4. Going to sleep early for once;

5. Didn't have to do too much at work today.

Been so busy enjoying my three-day weekend that I haven't posted up my Five Good Things ( Read more... )

Today's Five Awesome Things:

1. It snowed a bit, but didn't stick; then it just got sunny.

2. Found out today that I have a three-day weekend coming up.

3. Getting ready to plan the next show with Cara.

4. Got home to find my DVD set of season 4 of Ranma 1/2 has arrived from Amazon ( Read more... )