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Archive for December, 2006

EOY

Posted by Michael on 31 December, 2006

Spent the first three months of the year working to help afford this whole mess.

Stomped around Shiga a lot, didn’t get a whole lot further away.

First term of school was alright, but ultimately pretty uninspiring.

Second term was better in terms of class content, but I found myself going to only about half of ‘em.

After about August my excursions fell quite a bit; did some driving in October, which was great, but the last distance thing I did.

Same with the web-log entries; I’ve barely written anything over the last few months.

The whole experience – the ups, and the many down I decided NOT to share – has been really good for me. Did a lot of the growing up I missed out on, at some kind of bizarre accelerated pace.

Turned twenty-five, which occasionally sinks in and really freaks me out, but.

We’ll see if I can’t get around on my train pass some more in the next few weeks and have something to write about again.

Anyway.

EOY

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SNOW

Posted by Michael on 29 December, 2006

Finally. It’s not sticking but it’s been going on all day and it was really great this morning when the sun was coming up and it was blowing in over the lake; ’sall overcast now but still gives that nice-and-cozy feeling.

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the Star Wars School of Language Acquisition and Use

Posted by Michael on 12 December, 2006

Is it laziness, or just efficient globalisation? Read the rest of this entry »

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the earth laughs beneath my heavy feet

Posted by Michael on 3 December, 2006

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