remember me rearranging my furniture? when i got home after this monster quake, i was quite happy to have done so. the space of floor on which i sleep had nothing there that wasn't there when i had left in the morning ( Read more... )

thursday morning's quake was just a warm up, i guess ( Read more... )

first, there was an earthquake this morning at about 6:25. woke me up about a half hour before my alarm clock was supposed to. that was the extent of the damage in my apartment. no doubt they felt that 6.1 a bit more roughly 200 miles northish, where they're closer to the epicenter, 55 miles from the coastline ( Read more... )

here i sat sunday night. the kotatsu running and keeping me cozy warm. (remember the kotatsu is a short japanese table with a heating lamp underneath. set it up with blankets and you've got this friendly cocoon of warmth. caution: may cause drowsiness.) then, my feet started cooling off. so i made to turn the kotatsu back on, only to realize that ( Read more... )

i forgot to tell y'all about the weather last week ( Read more... )

i've heard that many of the locals take the train to aeon mall to go see a movie. i didn't understand why. our town has its own mall, complete with a movie theater. why pay over 2000 yen in train tickets, then another 2000 yen for the movie ticket, plus more yen for concessions ( Read more... )

it's not a headache. it's sinus pain. it's been recurring for about a week. i went to the doctor this week, what with having developed a runny nose and lots of sneezing with this dry cough. but no fever. at least not in my book. i don't consider 98 a fever ( Read more... )

egads, this computer is small. when you only work on this one small computer, you forget that. but when you start switching between the 9 inch wide and the foot wide computers, it strikes you how small this little netbook is ( Read more... )

okay, a not so short summary that lives up to my tendency to make novella journal updates ( Read more... )

so, about a week ago, i made one preparation for going home for xmas. if i'm going home, why not bring some money with me? so i went to my bank and pulled out money. figuring, instead of mailing it home, i'll take it home. so i went to the ATM and pulled out most of what was in my account, leaving what should be way more than enough to cover any ( Read more... )