The thing I hate about the time after New Year’s is the return to normalcy. That wonderful period between just before Christmas, and after New Years, is kind of an unreal state. Only essential things get done, otherwise people are just marking time at work. Because of the amount of
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This year is definitely not starting out according to plan. The S.O. and I were supposed to go to the shrine today to say intentions for the New Year. Turns out she still did not feel 100% plus it was freezing rain today. So we stayed inside, at home. Talked
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Well its the first day of the new year. It’s kind of hard to believe that we are in the second half of the decade already. It only seems like yesterday that I was in the states, enduring a quiet new years and plotting my escape from drudgery. Now it
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Today was pretty good day. Which is good because on the whole its been a so-so year. However even a so-so year here, still beats any of the so-called “good” years I spent living the “typical”, mind numbing, soul smothering existence I had with my ex and my ambition……….. Tonight
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Its new years eve! I love the whole traditon of a long boozy party, with the countdown to New Years, followed by sloppy kisses with whatever willing member of the opposite sex you can find……( Unless the wife or girlfriend is there….in which case you have to give her the
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Today I went with the S.O. to into downtown Tokyo. We went to meet a friend of hers from her days working for a big bad American corporation. Her friend still works for said corporation as a project manager and engineer. He is , depending on your point of view,
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Just got back from a drunk-ex at the club. Won more rounds than I lost ( proving the old adage “You can’t lose in a crowd…….”. ) Lots of truths and lots of cash exchanged…. Anyway……. Here is the “Great Communicators” take on the matter: “Some continue to think of
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Tonight, in keeping with the rest of the un-welcome change that seems to be ever present these days, the NHK TV show “Project X” had its last broadcast. Project X is a weekly documentary show on NHK that documents achievements by everyday Japanese, or groups of Japanese. Its been on
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I hope every one had a great Christmas and that Santa brought each of you something you wanted. I got what I wanted mainly because I had to pick it out myself. Some of the spirit of the occasion came rushing out of my sails when the S.O. asked if
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