The beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?

Today felt a lot different than yesterday did.  I awoke this morning and felt lighter, alive, and full of purpose.  Clouds that had been hanging over my head for over a year had finally dissipated to reveal a bright blue sky (or rather gray but with a nice warm breeze).  What could have happened to [...]

Just a little bit more then them…

Sometimes it's like walking up a mountain

Persistence.  Here in Japan it is an essential quality and those without it quickly leave (or are somehow by buffered from reality by an unknown force and stay on for years blissfully unawares).  I’m not talking about the persistence a tourist needs to find an out of the [...]

No fate…

Sarah Conner

As I left work today, stepped out the door and into the night a line from Terminator 2 crept from somewhere in the back of my mind and slipped from my lips.  I said it not once, not twice, but three times.  Each iteration resonating stronger and stronger.  Where it came from I [...]

We forgot to mention...

You know I really wonder how much more broken my back can get with a new ‘last straw’ being added every day.  I marvel at the lack of communication, interaction, and willingness to volunteer what might be valuable information.  Most of all I wonder how I have endured through it all.  I started my job [...]