07/06/2005: "The feelings that never quite go away.."

So.. hey. Still alive and such! Unfortunately, I've been in a less-upbeat swing over the past few days, so I haven't really felt up to writing, replying to e-mails, or any of that important "social" stuff. If I still haven't replied to your e-mail.. sorry about that.

I really don't have much time to be on right now.. I have my laptop with me today since I was going to show some pictures to my cultural arts english class and I didn't feel like doing it on a PSP (screen's too small, and takes too long.. I'm lazy). So, I need to run down to the place, plug the laptop in, and dump a bunch of files off from cd so I don't have to worry about load time and such. Now that's dedication.. I guess.

Haven't really done much of note lately, I guess. Just rode on the bus with the kindergarten kids yesterday and today, taught a class at a technical college this morning, and have another class tonight. I also bought a manga volume last night that I'm going to work on translating, or at least trying to see how far I can get. I don't imagine it'll be flawless, and it's highly likely I won't even get very far, even with dictionaries and everything, but I still want to try.. figure I'll learn some good words and kanji from it. For anyone who's curious, it's BSSM volume.. 9(?), starting at act 27 (in BSSM S). I have a translation on my laptop, so that should help too for anything that doesn't make sense. I figure it's a good start, since I know alot about the series and like it alot.

This Sunday, I think I'm going to another kindergarten sports day thing (I work at 3 different kindergartens, and each one has their own sports day). I don't have to go, but.. it's either that or I do absolutely nothing on Sunday. I'm not a terribly social person, but it can be maddening to do nothing for 3 days straight. Also, in my current binge for trying to find something to do in my free time, I'm going to see if anyone wants to do anything from my vocational school lesson on Friday. Maybe tie up some more time on Saturday or Sunday. Of course, then I'm stuck speaking mostly in Japanese.. but with enough time, I can usually somehow get some conversation across. As I may have mentioned before, though.. it's always a bit stressful to be stuck speaking in just Japanese. But.. I guess I don't always have many choices.

Well, I need to get running. I should be online more tomorrow, so I'll see if I can get back to those e-mails and maybe write again. Otherwise.. I'll write again sometime soon..


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