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Monday, November 30th, 2009
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2:47 pm - (i still use a lot of XC metaphors. [really though? i should start training again.])
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Standing at a new starting line.
Eyes intensely focused, mind darting to think about the course, then calming to focus on breath.
Fingers tingling, muscles tensed for the jump.
Ears hyperaware, listening for the start signal.
The signal saying GO. RUN.
I'm ready to start. I'm resisting the temptation to look at the runners beside me, or to look over at the people standing on the sidelines. I'm ready to run run run down this path, over that hill, jump over roots that threaten to trip me up. Up hilled pathways, under low hanging branches, around corners, possibly even through tunnels.
My heart is beating with my thoughts.
it's time to run it's time to run oh man oh man it's time to run run run run run go go go run run
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| Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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11:23 pm - kids re-enact the thanksgiving story
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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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3:23 pm
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| Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
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10:53 pm
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For some inexplicable reason, I really, really want to talk on the phone right now.
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| Sunday, October 11th, 2009
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12:45 am - jia thinking...
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| Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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11:49 pm
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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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10:43 pm - reasons not to eat fruit in the dark
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It got dark but i didn't feel like turning on lights yet. I went into the kitchen and got a peach as a snack. I took a big bite and I thought to myself, "meh, i wish this was sweeter. i'll have to choose better next time."
I kept eating it. Some bites were sweet, some bits were just not tasty. And i got to the middle bit around the pit--the part i usually tend not to like as much? But when i got there the pit broke evenly into two pieces---this never happens! A little red flag went up in the corner of my mind...
So i turned on the light, and lo and behold! Half the peach was actually kind of moldy. And the pit was actually hollow and filled with mold too, which is why it broke in two so easily.
Good points of this experience:
- learning that it is good to examine fruit before eating it
- learning that mold doesn't always make food taste that extremely horrible (then again, i don't really have any other known experiences eating something so moldy)
- not wasting a peach
Bad points of this experience:
- i think i might have eaten more moldy bits than i'd like to think (though hopefully, the acid in my tummy will just break them down harmlessly, and i won't get sick or anything? but in elementary school they always told us not to eat moldy fruit...)
- the peach did not taste that good
Pick your favorite moral of the story:
a) examine fruit carefully before eating it
b) eat fruit in a well-lighted area
c) what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
d) eat watermelons instead of peaches
e) other
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| Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
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8:13 pm
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| Sunday, June 14th, 2009
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11:21 pm - comments on the day
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Time is passing absurdly fast.
Today was mostly a lovely and fun day with friends.
But also there is a lot on my mind i'm trying not to think about right now.
I hope tomorrow is a good day, even though i will probably just want to stay in bed when i open my eyes in the morning.
When I got back to Niitsu, i got hit on by high school boys.
No matter how much sleep i get, i am still sleepy all the time, and i wonder why.
The sun comes up too early now, and wakes me around 4am when i know it's not time to be awake yet.
But i had a delicious piece of chocolate tonight (thank you, T!) which increased my joy and also readiness for sleep.
Eigo noto sucks. There aren't any words in it, and it seems more appropriate for 2nd or 3rd graders than for 6th grade.
I bought cookie flavored tea today, but didn't get to try it yet.
I can't believe it's already the middle of June.
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| Monday, June 8th, 2009
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9:06 pm - this is your chance to get free or highly discounted limited edition and rare items
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Let me know if you want anything from my apartment, including:
my biggest warmest softest blanket
5x shelves (?)
(potentially) region free DVD player
skateboard
3x winter type boots
hand mixer
shampoo, conditioner, body wash, soaps
cleaning supplies
3x towels
6x houseplant
various markers, pens, teaching materials, and other ALT related junk
a (fake) christmas tree with ornaments and various holiday goods
devil horns
bits of a pig costume
earl grey tea that is not my favorite but is okay as long as you don't oversteep it
a wide selection of books (ask me)
various candles
cork bulletin board
paper lamp (with light bulb!)
cold "medicine" (thick lemony powder that when added to water makes thick lemonyish water that does not make your cold better at all really)
various flavors of incense
1x big bottle of maple syrup
1x bag of panko
1x haunted alarm clock
Have at it.
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5:45 pm
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tiny houseplant. i'm sorry i tortured you when i felt sad. the sight of you made me even sadder, made me cry more, so i put you outside in the blazing sun with nothing to drink. and i forgot about you. i remembered a few days later but you were already gone, and i can only hope you are reborn elsewhere, far from here, and that you won't be angry with me. i'm sorry.
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| Monday, April 13th, 2009
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11:58 pm - mini post for now
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-PNG was awesome
-hanami was excellent
-I can't say i've fully re-gotten used to everything here in Japan (especially the "i live by myself" part), but i'm working on it
-the kids at daisan elementary school make my heart overflow with joy (and, i get workouts from playing with them). today was my first day and everyone is so nice, and i wish i'd had this school when i first got here because i think i would've been a lot less grumpy
-my burned toes are okay now
-adventures in internationalization!
child: the sun must be very strong in america, right?
me: why?
child: because your skin is ever so brown
-graphs are like friends
x-axis, y-axis--cousins i grew up with, played with
while z-axis lurked in the background--the older step-cousin who didn't visit often.
math is delicious
-after all of that, i still don't quite understand what "social class" means
-i have successfully blown up a balloon and tied it all by myself
-and now i must sleep because i know tomorrow my body will be sore from all the playing with schoolchildren i did today
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| Friday, March 20th, 2009
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10:12 am - things to do
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We leave for PNG tomorrow (tomorrow!) and i still have 3 million things to do, it seems.
I still have not found a hat. (I have much hair, you see, and it tends to not fit...)
And I don't know if a guitar in a soft case is a carry on or a check in item (anyone?)
There is a small part of me who wishes i was on the other malaria meds because i enjoy trippy dreams, but i'm fine with the one i'm on. (Real life gives me trippy dreams naturally, so who am i to complain! Hee...)
Things to do:
-packing
-returning library book (it's on someone else's card, so i probably should)
-finding a hat and maybe another pants
-paying bills, getting money from the ATM
-cleaning my apartment (because it's quite the mess now)
-sending letters/boxes i've been meaning to mail for a month now
-baking a gift for scott and tomoko who live upstairs but will be moving back to canada or something before i get back
-call my parents
-water all the houseplants
Things left to eat:
-2 potatoes
-2 onions
-about 7 strawberries
-one package of mushrooms
-1/4 of a cabbage
-4 apples
Things to put in someone else's fridge:
-opened 1 gallon of maple syrup
-jar of black bean sauce
Let's see if i can do it all before bed tonight...
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| Monday, March 9th, 2009
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12:27 am
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| Friday, February 20th, 2009
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12:00 am
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I wonder if there's any sort of extra (interesting, non-sketchy) job i can do (that gives me money) without having to leave my bedroom?
Also, i am selling my guitar. Also, i am selling the electric mixer in my apartment. Also, if other things in my apartment might be desirable to you, we may also talk about me selling those things as well.
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| Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
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11:00 pm
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I'm all the way better now, but it took a while, and it wasn't fun, and there's more to the story, but all that really matters is that I'm better now.
Also, it was my birthday yesterday, which was nice, but i don't feel any older really.
My body tells me i should sleep more, including during the day and behind the wheel, and i think this is a problem. I think we may have gotten used to the being sick mindset where it's okay to sleep whenever you want because a) you've taken sick days off from work, and b) you're at your apartment where (presumably) nothing so dangerous will happen if you do happen to fall asleep. I feel like i need to work on this.
I still need recommendation letters! And not sure what to do about this, and starting to have minidoubts about my plans in general...
I got burritos by frozen mail today, which brought me ultimate joys and giggles and happy tummy rumbles. (Thank you, T!)
No matter how much of my hair falls out in the shower (and it looks like it's a lot), my hair is still getting longer (bigger?). However, instead of cutting it again, i think i want to see just how long (big?) it can get (before i can't handle it anymore). I sort of wish i could do that braiding thing at the front (sort of like in my graduation pictures) so i wouldn't have to tame my hair with bandanas and hats all the time, but it's too hard for me to do by myself, so we'll see. There's also a small part of me that wants to tie it back with a black headband and make little round earrings out of wood, but perhaps that project can wait.
I guess since my body says i should sleep more, that's what i'll do right now...
current mood:  sleepy
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| Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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2:45 pm
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Flu-like symptoms and labored breathing, lots of coughing. Fever of about 99.5 F. Called in sick to work, rolled over and went back to (labored) sleep.
Woke again around noon, got out of bed around 1pm, and made lemony tea, which i drank. Fever around 100.06F.
Went back to bed.
Woke again around 2pm, made a huge pot of sweet potato soup. Fever around 100.76 F Had forgotten my appetite is extremely reduced while i'm sick. Ate only about 9 or 10 bites, put the soup away, and am now lying in bed again. Fever at about 101.12F.
It just keeps going up and up, doesn't it. My body is sore, i can't stay warm, and eating/drinking makes me feel worse, not better.
I hate this.
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7:34 am
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| Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
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10:05 pm - crafty bits
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Stole this from the excellent ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hikaru_no ~
Haven't made anything in a while (besides snowflakes, alphabet cards, and other bizarre english board type things) so this'll be nice i think.
The first seven people to respond to this post will get something made by me. [And I don't mind mailing things.]
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- What I create will be personalized and intended for you.
- It'll be done this year (2009).
- You will have no idea what it's going to be. It may be a drawing, a piece of fiction, a bookmark, a mixed CD, some meta or a scholarly essay, or some new craft that I haven't thought of yet. I might even bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
The catch? You have to put this offer in your journal as well, and make seven things for your friends!
<3
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| Thursday, January 8th, 2009
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1:42 pm
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