It’s been over 20 years since Spirited Away, and Ghibli finally released a pretty great film again after that string of bad/decent/sorta good-ish at best movies. If it’s Miyazaki’s last film, it’s a much better way to go out than the already forgotten The Wind Rises.
It’s tomato season and I (re)discovered my love for tomato sandwiches. Lettuce, optional, and bacon not required – it overpowers the tomatoes. Just sliced tomato, salt, pepper, and mayo. Breakfast and/or lunch and so many varieties to try.
The bad news: Yesterday I dropped my phone in the toilet and after a traumatic, very stinky experience it did not revive.
The good news: The phone was kind of old and getting a little long in the tooth anyway so I didn’t feel awful about having to get a new one. I went and got a Pixel 7a and am loving it so far! It feels like a big upgrade from my previous phone.
My only complaint is the lack of a headphone jack, but I think that’s a decent trade off for the camera quality, price, etc.
Oh and most importantly, it’s (mostly, I think?) water resistant so hopefully it will survive in the event of another unplanned toilet bath.
Natsuyasumi: sutaato!
Weight loss is going pretty well. Counting calories vs just trying to watch what I eat was a game changer. Hit my target of 79kg but I think I’m going for 75 at least. There’s talk of going to the beach and while I look ok in clothes I’m not taking my shirt off around a bunch of ripped 22 year olds with 8% body fat.
Outside temperature yesterday was 32. I was quite comfortable in my apartment with just a fan on.
God I’m gonna miss Shiga when I move next year.
also as a weeb, I’m absolutely LOVING moving to Japan in what seems to be an anime/otaku movie Renaissance. I would be so annoyed if I were overseas and had to wait for them to come there, if they did at all. (although they have been coming out much more smoothly lately. IIRC JJK:0 and the Shin tokusatsu series came out in the West only a couple months after they did in Japan. That’s pretty incredible)
EDIT: not Japan related, but I JUST got notification I got accepted to a conference back in the US! This fulfills my publication requirements for my Ph.D and I can now work on my dissertation. Should get there just in time for our family reunion.
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It’s been over 20 years since Spirited Away, and Ghibli finally released a pretty great film again after that string of bad/decent/sorta good-ish at best movies. If it’s Miyazaki’s last film, it’s a much better way to go out than the already forgotten The Wind Rises.
It’s tomato season and I (re)discovered my love for tomato sandwiches. Lettuce, optional, and bacon not required – it overpowers the tomatoes. Just sliced tomato, salt, pepper, and mayo. Breakfast and/or lunch and so many varieties to try.
The bad news: Yesterday I dropped my phone in the toilet and after a traumatic, very stinky experience it did not revive.
The good news: The phone was kind of old and getting a little long in the tooth anyway so I didn’t feel awful about having to get a new one. I went and got a Pixel 7a and am loving it so far! It feels like a big upgrade from my previous phone.
My only complaint is the lack of a headphone jack, but I think that’s a decent trade off for the camera quality, price, etc.
Oh and most importantly, it’s (mostly, I think?) water resistant so hopefully it will survive in the event of another unplanned toilet bath.
Natsuyasumi: sutaato!
Weight loss is going pretty well. Counting calories vs just trying to watch what I eat was a game changer. Hit my target of 79kg but I think I’m going for 75 at least.
There’s talk of going to the beach and while I look ok in clothes I’m not taking my shirt off around a bunch of ripped 22 year olds with 8% body fat.
Outside temperature yesterday was 32. I was quite comfortable in my apartment with just a fan on.
God I’m gonna miss Shiga when I move next year.
also as a weeb, I’m absolutely LOVING moving to Japan in what seems to be an anime/otaku movie Renaissance. I would be so annoyed if I were overseas and had to wait for them to come there, if they did at all. (although they have been coming out much more smoothly lately. IIRC JJK:0 and the Shin tokusatsu series came out in the West only a couple months after they did in Japan. That’s pretty incredible)
EDIT: not Japan related, but I JUST got notification I got accepted to a conference back in the US! This fulfills my publication requirements for my Ph.D and I can now work on my dissertation. Should get there just in time for our family reunion.
So many good things right now