Tag: Japanese
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New Years Recap
2022 ended and I decided I would try to write a little recap of the past year in terms of what I’ve learned and what my goals are for the future. I don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions because it seems trivial and forced. I prefer to reassess my long standing plans for my…
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Catching Up
Boy howdy, a lot has happened in the time since my last post. I suppose I’ll start chronologically with finishing my application to the JET Program. I actually submitted it about three weeks early but I had to run around getting forms signed by my doctor clearing me for the possibility of moving to Japan…
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Midnight Diner
My newest immersion obsession has been Midnight Diner and the sequel Tokyo Stories. I put off watching this for so long because I completely misunderstood the premise and it has definitely been a learning experience. I have a bad habit of judging things harshly without any real investigation into their substance. I think this is…
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Blame! And Adaptation
I fell down the Blame hole again as I seem to do about once a year over the last three years. I originally read the manga back in July of 2020 during, what was for me, the worst period of the pandemic. I had largely enjoyed the months of May and June but July was…
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Erased
I spent my weekend watching the live action adaptation of Erased, or 僕だけがいない街 which is based on a manga about a young man who can go back in time for the purpose of saving someone from dying. In his late twenties his mother is murdered and he is framed for the crime so he hurls…
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Long Break
I took a very long break but I wasn’t idle the whole time. I’ve written a kind of ridiculous amount of pages in the last couple months, probably around 50. I’ve been wanting to start a youtube channel just for funzies so I tried my hand at writing some scripts and it is as hard…
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After a Brief Hiatus
I’ve missed the last few days because I’m honestly feeling a little run down lately. I think it’s a combination of getting older and also having all of my goals be really distant and amorphous. In the short term I really don’t have any desires other than taking photos that I’m satisfied with and staying…
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