back in kyoto in one piece and feeling a bit fatter (was fed so much) meeting the parents was mostly a success. momo got me this stuff when she went to tokyo last week or something she goes 'heehee...mention how cute and good ponyo was? well, it was feeling   ketsumeishi's new album is win listening to   マジでライブする5秒前 by ケツメイシ

my body decided to catch a cold a few days ago. except it felt like a fever/sore throat death-thing i went to the hospital because i guess that's what you do when you get sick nomatterwhat i...least he watched it with me. translating when necessary. feeling   need to get off my computer listening to   Heavenly Psycho by 関ジャニ∞

at nara(todaiji temple); they thought i had food and were following me i was showing them i had none deer that knew where the food was located. they all hung around the food stands and whenever someone...here but will probably get to go see ponyo on the 1st feeling   sitting in a comfy chair listening to   Disturbia by Rihanna

naoya looks teeny here, haha. foreground/background dimensions... super hot & muggy here but the news was saying showing pictures that i think meant it's supposed to rain/have thunder storms....around. TONS of stress gone just because he knows where everything is and there is no confusion when he can just talk for me. meeting up with risa & nozomi later today! i'm excited to see them again

After reading Ceremony and starting Japanland I have realized one thing about writing about other cultures. I like when natives write about their own culture, even if they are only a half-breed or 3rd generation. I like when outsiders write with criticism, awe, or excitement about other cultures. But what I don't appreciate is when outsiders use the culture to gain some sort of middle-age insight...

So it's cold, but not super cold yet! Which means super happy crazy Japanese clothes meme time! Stolen from taconaco !

After a ridiculous 11 hour plane ride, I'm now in Tokyo for two days of orientation! I'm right about to go to sleep. My body's so tired but my mind's still running in circles. Shower was awesome though. I miss everyone so much! \(;w;)/~~

...Northwest and the East Coast could receive the blunt of tsunami waves. Apparently we get hit roughly every 500yrs and it's been 350yrs since the last major event. I've watched two installments of Japanland, a show about a woman who travels through Japan while she is training to become a Judo master. In the first episode, she visits a house of sumo wrestlers, sees several competitive shrine races...