This silver week I got the full week off, making a perfect opportunity to travel, right? Wrong! Three forces conspired to keep me in Tokyo, one of them being a high study load.
The weather was also, well, not great? Perhaps this is why my motivation has wavered. Several days of heavy typhoon rain and different levels of weather alert. Still manage to run a lot though.
On Wednesday the lads go to see Spiral, Spiral, which was very guruguru, followed by dinner at afuri. I learn a few things but mostly it’s just good vibes.
Also, the Future of Life! Unfortunately I couldn’t see it at the Expo last year, so couldn’t pass the opportunity to catch it at MoN. The middle bit was extraordinarily good and stirred up some strong emotions. The other bits, less so, but it was a nice time.
I published a piece on Times Channels, “Get with the #times,” which I started on the 26th of August 2025! I’m happy with how it turned out and enjoyed researching both weeknotes and times. The dinner thing in the screenshot was at toriki and it was lovely, thanks for asking.
Chotto bruised ego, ne?
Now the proud owner of graded resistance bands and a yoga mat. None of them quite come in my size, but we ball.
Went to Nichome for a wake. It was good, or, about as good as a wake can be. Some deep topics come up and I share some things I have learned from therapy.
In class I construct the two most complex sentences I have ever attempted in Japanese and they’re both mostly correct. I struggle, but I’m chuffed that they land. My teacher says that she thinks I’m a perfectionist, and I tell her that she’s right. Getting over this hurdle will be really hard.
Went to a language-exchange type meetup which was, a bit early for me, and now I am content in some IG stories. There I bumped into the tallest man in Japan.
In that post about the Expo, I posed a question. Alex, a year later has an answer: No: That wasn't still fun. My priorities and identity have shifted: I am not the same person.
I really like my neighbourhood. While there are others that sometimes tempt me, when the weather is good it’s just a joy to walk around.
