02-07 - 10:39pm

This my second night here in my new place. Our cat is meowing at me feverishly as he hasn't been fed in 9 hours and that's hard enough for me; I can't imagine the poor kittie's famine. The place though is really nice, I'm in the tatami room and I have plenty of space to spread out. The previous tenant left his bedding here, so now I'm up one sweet blanket and some good funiture, which I have put to good use. My roommates, Dave and Ty are both really cool guys. Dave is from Canada, Ty is from Georgia.

Work is going well, I'm a full regular instructor now, and have received good comments throughout. Kerry (my area manager) complimented my training post task, apparently it was very well written. Blah blah blah. Sorry, I'm used to being complimented on things as if I actually put effort into it. Alright, Narcissus, let's move on.

So, I seem to be standing at the border between settling in and being settled. I know I keep talking about it, but, in a month I will be (gasp) financially stable(?!?!?!?!). And with that will come the stability I need to really make a life for myself here. But let's bring you up to date on the rest of goings on, yea?

I've been writing music with my friend Bryan, which has been nice both as an outlet and as a creative exercise. There are no women in my life, as has been the case for Lord knows how long, and it doesn't appear as if that will change in the near future. I've gotten out a bit to see Tokyo but nothing special, just Roppongi and its ilk. I took some nice pictures of the snower here a little while back, of which I will post pictures someday.

I found out a friend from the dorms freshman year in college is living here as well, somewhat predictably, and she lives in Kofu, about 4 hours from here. She's moving to Tokyo though in March, so that will be nice. I haven't really seen or talked to her in nearly 4 years. It's always good to find old friends again. It's weird how when friends, who maybe even weren't the best of friends, find each other again, somehow their bond is strengthened in the renewal of their acquaintance in proportion to the length of time since they knew one another. It's amazing how much comfort we take and value we place on the familiar. It's also nice to know how much things cycle in our lives, how much things never really disappear forever.

That's all for now folks. Thanks for reading.