In about 12 hours I will be at the airport, checking my bags in and sleep-walking to the terminal. I’m reminded of the last time I went to Japan, I was in a lonely little terminal in the back of the airport, and I fell asleep, only to be awoken at the last call for [...]
It’s hard to believe it, but one week from now I will be in the air over San Francisco on my way to Japan. I had my final day at the JASGP on Tuesday, and then we went out to dinner afterwards at Raw in Philly — very good, but also very expensive. Luckily it’s [...]
Today marks just 3 weeks until I’ll be in Japan. It’s starting to feel… real I guess. I went to my last Conversation Club on Thursday, and I’m making dates to see my friends for the last time soon. Wow. I guess it still doesn’t feel quite real. More like surreal. Actually, it feels a [...]
Today marks my reverse one-month anniversary in the US. That is to say… exactly one month until I will be in Japan! My flight leaves early on July 13, so by this time in one month, I will have landed in Nagoya (and miraculously, it will be tomorrow instead of today, thanks to the international [...]
Thanks to everyone who came by the May Fair to see me! The sun was bright and the heat was sweltering (and me without a tent!) but it was a fun event anyway. Turnout was high, and I was able to sell quite a few paintings, so it was a much better event than last [...]
It was 3 years ago last week that I went to Japan for the first time (I’m enjoying looking back at my blog and re-reading what I was doing that month). At the same time, I’ve started counting down days until I start my job at AEON in Fukui. Today, there are exactly 2 [...]
I wasn’t able to write daily like I had hoped… but I was super busy, so it couldn’t really be helped. The days leading up to Sakura Sunday were chaotic to say the least. Aside from an enormous Nor’easter that blew down and made the day really cold and wet, my prints that I ordered [...]