Back Homeness

The past three days have been mostly spent scanning slides, which is what I'm doing right now. I brought them all the way from Tokyo in my carry-on (go ahead, ask me how many tonnes my luggage weighed, what with the slides and the presents for my family and the six pairs of shoes -- actually, the shoes weigh nothing compared to the knitted blanket for my brother).

The secondary school reunion on Saturday was fun. I wore my yukata, determined as I was to get more use out of it this season. Some people hadn't changed at all but I was surprised that more people had gained more weight than I'd expected. Some, myself included, have simply filled out our frames and are no longer our skinny, adolescent selves, but there were more beer bellies and heavy hips than I'd thought there would be.

It wasn't only at the reunion, though; ever since I got back to Canada, I've felt a lot thinner. It's not that I have self-esteem issues because of my weight, it's that living in Tokyo with the knowledge that you can't buy big enough pants (except in one store and even then you take their largest size) is enough to make anyone feel large. Though I also feel tall, there, so I guess it averages out. Here, I'm back to being on the short end of average!

And now for some reviews, because I finished Harry Potter!

( Spoilers, of course, and movie reviews. )

In the time it took me to type this, I've finished scanning the last role of slide film from Eastern Europe. And for my next trick, Greece!

Yes, I'm going back in time. I've done Iqaluit, Newfoundland and Poland-to-Bulgaria; left are Greece, Vietnam and Western Europe.