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I still can't escape. Today it was bright, sunny... and drizzling. Weirdest weather ever.

Tomorrow I leave for Osaka, my former host family invited me up for the weekend. Yay!

I cannot escape dripping water.

Ever since my gas went out a few weeks ago, the hot water spigot has been dripping. It seems to get worse each time I use it. That's pretty maddening.

Added to that is the thunderstorm going on right now, that I have to go back out in because I have to meet my friend for her weekly English lesson...
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As I try to sleep, my mind starts wandering from subject to subject, settling on seemingly random thoughts and events from my past. Things I haven't thought about in a while.

Tonight, I started thinking about a friend of mine from college. For our first two years we lived on the same floor in the same dorm. We hung out occasionally, usually with other friends...
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I... have an appreciation thread: S_Z no matsuri. Taureolt started it.

I'm so flattered! I never thought I would be on the radar for my own thread, this is such an awesome pick-me-up. Thanks!

And then, to cap it off, I got a package from my mom today. She loves sending me surprises and whatnot, so who am I to argue with free stuff?...
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If anyone wishes to understand my Current Crush, all you have to do is watch this video:

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Tip: Stick it out through the first song and let the lust set in!

Today was the graduation ceremony at my favorite school. This is particularly upsetting to me because I only teach up to junior high, so now that these kids are heading to high school, I won't see them anymore. I wasn't nearly as upset at the school yesterday because it's in my neighborhood and I'm sure I'll still see them around (like I do now), but...
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I was reading through my old handwritten journal at work today, the one I used while I was in Osaka 3 years ago. It's amazing, history really does repeat itself. A lot of the issues I had then, I've had again this time in Japan. And going back even further, since I started this journal around my freshman year of college, it looks like I'm...
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Lately I've really been questioning the line between natural ability and acquired talent. How much of one do you need, how far can the other take you?

I have things I'm good at. I knit and sew. Make sweaters and costumes. Have sold things and won awards. These are the types of things that come to me pretty easily, so I can learn more and...
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I am very very very very very sick of the alphabet right now.

I was sick last Friday, so the school had me make up the classes I missed today. That meant I taught 5 periods straight, and there are only 6 periods in the day.

Time to forget my troubles with more Soul Calibur <--- only slightly obsessed right now.

You know it's gonna be a long week when it's only Tuesday and you're already sick of children, and you're only working at elementary schools this week.

On the non-complainy side, a friend of mine had a spare tv sitting around so she gave it to me. I haven't had a working tv since around November, so this is great, not so much for Japanese...
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