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Random thoughts
Mar. 22nd, 2007 10:40 pmYou know that fantasy, the one in which you take off for some exotic destination, have a wonderful trip, then get home to a clean, orderly apartment?
*sigh*
I like that fantasy. Perhaps I should try to make it happen, what do you think?
***
Tokyo is slowly but surely turning me into a total shoe whore. It's not my fault, though, really, it's just that they have the world's most adorable shoes! Today I was good and resisted a store full of nothing but cute shoes that were quite distinctly calling my name. I bought a pair of earrings instead.
***
Ten years ago, if anyone had told me that one day I'd find the taste of tofu comforting, I would have laughed. Today, I find myself savouring the slightly rubbery, bland-yet-not texture and taste of it in ginger broth with leafy greens, onions, carrots and egg. There's something satisfying about it, the subtleness that nevertheless lets its presence be known.
***
I got my pay yesterday, so I bought myself a bottle of nice wine, some good cheese and nice pastries for tomorrow night. I'll settle down with a couple of good movies, or at least something a bit more high-brow than Top Model or Project Catwalk (the British version of Project Runway). To celebrate the coming of spring, my departure next week and Moving On.
***
This weekend, I'm going to the Tokyo International Anime Fair. I'm curious to see what's going on in the anime world, now that I've been completely out of it for so long! It's way out in the boonies (relatively speaking, of course; this is Tokyo, after all, so no place is truly inaccessible) and I don't know how long it'll take me to get there, but I'll try to arrive in time for the opening, it ought to be interesting.
***
I haven't been eating much meat this past month, aside from meat-filled dumplings and shu mai. Living with G, I grew accustomed to eating more red meat than I ever had before and since I've gone back to what was more or less my previous diet, I suppose I'm in withdrawal, of sorts. My body is reacting to this by alternating between being totally fine with it and violently craving cheese.
***
For no reason I can think of, I spent much of the past few days with the Chipmunks's Christmas Song stuck in my head. Yeah, that one, the "Me, I want a hula-hoop" one. Sorry if I got it stuck in your head, too. I can't even remember when I last heard it, it just came to mind for some reason and refused to leave. Then it was replaced by an instrumental from the Escaflowne soundtrack, which at least makes sense because I listened to that CD a week or so ago. But I don't like having instrumentals stuck in my head: how am I supposed to sing it to make it go away? Humming is not enough!
***
On the creative front, I'm cautiously pleased with my continued efforts. I've managed to either do some sewing or some knitting almost every day and so far have a pair of socks, a skirt and several pillowcases to show for it, as well as another 1 1/3 socks and a half-completed skirt I should be able to finish tomorrow or Saturday. It's a bit trickier with the sewing, because I only do it during the daytime out of respect for the neighbours beyond these paper-thin walls. I can knit as late as I like.
*sigh*
I like that fantasy. Perhaps I should try to make it happen, what do you think?
***
Tokyo is slowly but surely turning me into a total shoe whore. It's not my fault, though, really, it's just that they have the world's most adorable shoes! Today I was good and resisted a store full of nothing but cute shoes that were quite distinctly calling my name. I bought a pair of earrings instead.
***
Ten years ago, if anyone had told me that one day I'd find the taste of tofu comforting, I would have laughed. Today, I find myself savouring the slightly rubbery, bland-yet-not texture and taste of it in ginger broth with leafy greens, onions, carrots and egg. There's something satisfying about it, the subtleness that nevertheless lets its presence be known.
***
I got my pay yesterday, so I bought myself a bottle of nice wine, some good cheese and nice pastries for tomorrow night. I'll settle down with a couple of good movies, or at least something a bit more high-brow than Top Model or Project Catwalk (the British version of Project Runway). To celebrate the coming of spring, my departure next week and Moving On.
***
This weekend, I'm going to the Tokyo International Anime Fair. I'm curious to see what's going on in the anime world, now that I've been completely out of it for so long! It's way out in the boonies (relatively speaking, of course; this is Tokyo, after all, so no place is truly inaccessible) and I don't know how long it'll take me to get there, but I'll try to arrive in time for the opening, it ought to be interesting.
***
I haven't been eating much meat this past month, aside from meat-filled dumplings and shu mai. Living with G, I grew accustomed to eating more red meat than I ever had before and since I've gone back to what was more or less my previous diet, I suppose I'm in withdrawal, of sorts. My body is reacting to this by alternating between being totally fine with it and violently craving cheese.
***
For no reason I can think of, I spent much of the past few days with the Chipmunks's Christmas Song stuck in my head. Yeah, that one, the "Me, I want a hula-hoop" one. Sorry if I got it stuck in your head, too. I can't even remember when I last heard it, it just came to mind for some reason and refused to leave. Then it was replaced by an instrumental from the Escaflowne soundtrack, which at least makes sense because I listened to that CD a week or so ago. But I don't like having instrumentals stuck in my head: how am I supposed to sing it to make it go away? Humming is not enough!
***
On the creative front, I'm cautiously pleased with my continued efforts. I've managed to either do some sewing or some knitting almost every day and so far have a pair of socks, a skirt and several pillowcases to show for it, as well as another 1 1/3 socks and a half-completed skirt I should be able to finish tomorrow or Saturday. It's a bit trickier with the sewing, because I only do it during the daytime out of respect for the neighbours beyond these paper-thin walls. I can knit as late as I like.
