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I forgot to mention that someone stopped me during my work commute yesterday to ask me about my guitar! The first thing the passerby asked me was it was a Fender! I took the time to explain the aNueNue brand from Hawaii, and how the line of guitars is pretty new from 2020.

Today had its ups and downs, but mostly ups. But I was super distracted this afternoon, and I missed my transfer. I backtracked and made that transfer. But I was disassociating so much that another passenger noticed and asked me if I was lost. I couldn't tell her what really happened obviously, but I said that I came here seven years ago and that my head was in the clouds today. She asked me where I was going, and I replied that I was going to work. She said that she was going shopping, and we had a nice conversation about coffee shops. The conversation was a much needed distraction, honestly.

During my travels, I picked up some stickers and things for the next craft. It's been difficult to find clover stickers for St. Patrick's Day! Can Do has a pretty good selection of stickers, but I'll have to try Seria or Daiso next.

It was funny after I posted the video update where I discussed my Nirvana fanart, I found 10,000 on the ground during my work commute home. I returned it to the train station staff, and I may or may not get a payout in three months from now depending if it gets claimed. That's what I gathered as I stumbled my way through my Japanese.

Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: The wind outside

February got away from me too... but I have an extra day!

It didn't seem like that long ago since we had our last Leap Day in 2020. My one year DreamWidth anniversary also passed this month, and I am well overdue for an up. My apologies for leaving you hanging! With March literally under two hours away from us now, it's fair to say that this year is well under way.

I hope that everyone's new year is going well so far.

Up until recently, I had been putting my artwork on the back burner in order to make more time to study guitar. I have made a lot of progress so far. Over the years, I listened to Nirvana casually. I even made a post on Twitter here, commenting about Kurt's gender fluidity.

Then the December holidays came and I was at home sick with nothing else to do. It was at that point that I really started deep diving into Nirvana. And I ended up falling down that rabbit hole really hard. So hard that, my most recent YouTube uploads have been related to the band in one way or another. Here, here, and here.

Those aforementioned videos do a great job in effectively summarizing how my year has been so far.

I mentioned in the Tokyo vlog that I originally started studying Nirvana because The Moffatts were really big fans of them, as well as Silverchair. I thought this would be a great way to build a foundation in my music education in order to better play the songs off The Moffatts final studio album, Submodalties and the songs of their B-Sides collection.

But what I did not expect to happen was for Nirvana to affect me so profoundly on an emotional and spiritual level.

I'll post a followup soon about how things are going. Gnight, folks!

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: The rain outside

Today was mainly a stay in day.

This afternoon, I finished the extras for Put On Your Shoes/Hurry Up. It was cool jamming along with the song, and having it sound decent.

The next song I plan to do for the kids classes this month is Skinnamarink. My favourite is the Canadian take on this song from The Elephant Show with Sharon, Lois, and Bram.

I also started jamming a bit because I had an original song in my head for the last few days.

It was really hard to stay focused on anything because of a crisis with a friend that blew up on Discord this morning. I got the song transcription finished, but I didn't get anything else done after that.

I wanted to go to a café to get some writing done in my Traveler's Notebook, but I decided against it and did a grocery shop instead. Recently, McDonald's Japan stopped accepting the D Point card, thus completely eliminating any incentive to eat there any longer. The prices on meals were expensive, but at least we were getting points for them before.

When you work in eikaiwa/juku style schools, your hours are usually from 13:00-21:00 or somewhere along those lines. Those hours make it hard to find time to cook, and when the McDonald's is right there, it makes it hard to say no. I know it's stupid that it took them taking away the point card to get me to stop going.

I'm posting this mainly so that I don't lose my train of thought because time is going by faster than I can log it. It's barely 21:00, and I am both physically and mentally exhausted.

Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: My space heater

I didn't get as much done today as I was hoping to, but I still accomplished a lot!

I posted a large update about my weekend this morning here. I want to say it took me a good hour and a half to hammer out those details.

After that, I planned my next moves very carefully. First, I did some tidying in my apartment, getting my sewing projects off the floor. I still have more to do, but I appreciate the floor space.

It took me 20 minutes to work out the basic guitar chords for Put On Your Shoes/Hurry Up from Super Simple Songs. The chords are not hard, but I was proud of myself that I was able to pull together the basic backing melody within hours of a scheduled class. When I got home today, I started writing the tabs for all the extra bells and whistles for the song.

Happybeatsss on YouTube got me kick started on the kids entertainment side of things this year, because they had the chords posted for the Hello, Hello! (Can You Clap Your Hands?) song and the Bye Bye Goodbye song, both from Super Simple Songs.

I previously taught Music Travel Kids content at other schools with just the video support and no live music. I think by going back to the super basics with Super Simple Songs content (and even as cliché and overused as they are), it will help me work my way up to playing the MTK stuff.

Again, I want to talk about the music stuff in a dedicated post, so that I can keep these updates concise and on topic.

Following the super quick and dirty guitar tab writing, I took my shower. After that, I packed my stuff for the day, and left my house. On the way, I grabbed some onigiri from my local convenience store, and I shipped some Nagoya sweets to my flatmates in Tokyo as a surprise thank you. Two weeks late, but I'm sure they will appreciate them.

It was pouring rain all day today. I heard from the post office staff that the package delivery might be delayed due to the snow.

More life updates to come!

Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: My space heater

I have a pretty busy day today, so I'm going to see how far I can get with this entry this morning. Let's see...

Let's start with the weekend. I worked on Saturday morning, and I had the afternoon and evening to myself. I was feeling the itch to update my Traveler's Notebook in a café setting, but literally every one that I went to was completely full. I decided to go home after that.

On my way home, I ran into my neighbour. I mentioned to her that I still often hear her dog barking outside. She apologised again for the barking. But, I reminded her that I always think, "I want to meet the dog" whenever I hear it. Indeed, the dog serves as a great deterrent for the neighbourhood to keep the criminals away. She asked me what I did for my job, and I said that "I'm an English teacher, of course!" We both laughed because that's usually the case with foreigners who come to Japan.

My neighbour went on to mention that there are at least three stray cats running around, one of which is pregnant with a litter. I replied that I can hear these cats screaming at night. She said that she hears them too.

I mentioned seeing a racoon in the neighbourhood a few months back, and she mentioned that there are a lot of animals around here because of all the nature. Weasels have also been known to roam in the area. I said that in Canada, we have a problem with wolves sometimes coming into the city limits. But my pronunciation of オオカミ was not great, and she didn't understand what I was talking about at first.

Changing the subject, I asked her what her plans were at the moment, and she said that she was going shopping. I gave her the heads up that the malls were packed, and how I wasn't able to get a seat at any of the cafés.

After I got home, I realised that I never explored much of my neighbourhood in the nearly four years that I've lived here. There was another mall a short walk away from my house that I decided to check out. It was more or less the same as every other mall in Japan that I have been to, but it is nice to know that I have it as an option available to me. While I was there, I checked out another school to see if I can get some work closer to home.

I concluded the day by learning She, by Green Day on guitar. It's really too bad this song was never released as a single from the Dookie record. The song is more relevant to my life now than ever before because I'm able to look at it from a different perspective. I'll talk more about this later in a dedicated music update post, I think.

<Much of the following is transcribed from my TN.>

Yesterday was Sunday. I had some morning lessons, and I had the rest of the day to myself again. After work, I stopped by Nagoya Dome to go window shopping, and see what's new. The mall entrance had a new display for QUEEN from nico and..., featuring shirts that I saw from weeks ago.

Along the way, Gap had dwindling stock from their 90s collection, and the new items were just.,.. meh. I purchased some 70s/90s reissue jeans from them two weeks ago, because I have been waiting decades for these to come back into style. I loved the flared jeans from my high school years in the early 2000s. I modified these jeans to have the same aesthetic that Kurt Cobain wore during the In Utero era, but I will talk about this in said dedicated music post.

Nothing really stood out to me at Rodeo Crowns. nico and.. shifted their stock around, pushing the QUEEN and music merchandise to the front of the store. Spice Girls, The Beatles, and Sex Pistols merch was also displayed among the QUEEN items.

Gradiant/ombré pastel cartigans remain in the store with new styles being introduced. They also brought in new striped T-shirts. I noticed that one was quite similar to the one that Kurt wore in the Smells Like Teen Spirit music video But the green/grey ratio wasn't quite right. Regardless, I still appreciate that the 90s style in retail continues.

I was happy to see that nico and.. was getting more Canadian designed/Canadian themed items in their stationery section. They had some business card size notebooks, vinyl decals, and stickers in the theme of camping/travel. There was one sticker that stood out to me in particular that read, California Beaver Lumber. Even though it is a reference to the US, I saw it more as a throwback to the old, defunct Canadian DIY company, Beaver Lumber. I really want to come back to these items at some point. But realistically, I should use up all my existing supplies before I get any more. At the same time, buying Canadian will encourage nico and... to bring in more.

While I was at the mall, I looked around at the gacha-gacha station and there was a violinist performing an instrumental version of I Was Born to Love You. Hearing this took me back to the live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon episode, Act 29. During this episode, we meet the new villain, and the girls had a volleyball game during their gym class with the song playing in the background. I loved it a lot! Unfortunately, and undoubtedly due to music licensing restrictions, and limitations, the song was removed from the DVD release. It was replaced with some of the iconic action bgm from the show. It worked pretty well, but a lot of that original feeling was lost from the change. Too bad.

Seria, the 100 yen shop at this mall was busy, and the selection was not quite as good as other locations. I decided then, that it was time to leave. They had some kiosks set up immediately outside the entrance to the mall with binoculars and LED lights. I took the time to ask to find out who was playing, confirming that QUEEN was indeed performing in Nagoya last night. The staff member mentioned that the crowds might come.

LOL, of course the crowds will come. I recounted that I got caught in it a few times during the months of November and December. So, I was not going to stick around, and I was going home. The staff member laughed, and I wished him luck on his shift.

Staying home yesterday was the best decision ever. I got caught up a lot in my Traveler's Notebook, but I still have a long way to go. I even wrote a lot in this update, but I still feel like I have barely even scratched the surface of what has been happening in my life.

Since I started writing this, it started raining outside, ruining my laundry that I had drying out. I currently have my laundry drying out in my shower, but I'll have to rewash everything. What a waste.

Because it is supposed to rain all day and all night, this might actually change my plans for the day. And I may want to put off some things until tomorrow. Or, I might get these things done today. There's that saying that goes, rain or shine, or something like that.

The rain would just serve as more of an excuse to procrastinate more on things, so it would be better not to do that.

I hope to post another followup with more specifics about what has been happening in my life so far. I hope that the new year has been treating you well so far.

Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: The rain outside

After work today, I made some good headway on my analogue Traveler's Notebook, as well as some routine cleaning around the house.

I am very glad that I elected to stay in today because the crowds were starting to trickle in at my local mall. I found out that QUEEN is playing in Nagoya tonight, so you know it's going to be a full house.

I also managed to squeeze in 19 minutes of guitar practise tonight, which I'm really thankful for.

I'll make another update in the AM, and see how far I get at that time. Thanks for tuning in.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: My Space Heater

I took cues from a mutual to make time to update in the mornings before I go to work. So much has happened in the month of January, but I had been neglecting to update my blog or my Traveler's Notebook. I didn't update my YouTube until just the other day. I have emails, and DM's piling up. I have even fallen so far behind on my Reading Page that many updates have fallen off the feed. I promise all of you that I'm doing my best today to get caught up!

But to be fair, I've had this cold that has lasted for over a month. It really put me out of commission, and I heard from other coworkers/bosses that this stronger strain has been going around.

I have also put my art and planning in the back seat to make more time to study guitar seriously. Having so many hobbies, I find that I keep cycling through them because there aren't enough hours in a day to manage them all.

But, I want to get better at my time management so that I can pursue all these different things. Even if it's just between 10-30 minutes a few times a week.

More to come later today.

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: She- Green Day

Hello, LiveJournal!

It's crazy that it is the last day of 2023 as I write this. This month and this year just flew by, hasn't it? To summarize the month...

I ended up not going back to Book-Off to return the faulty cables because I determined that it would cost more in train fare alone. During that week,I went to the supermarket before work to get a snack, and my coffee tumbler exploded in my backpack. There was coffee everywhere in the drink aisle where I was standing. 💦 I hate being that customer, and I apologised profusely for the mess.

It is interesting how music gets in our head before we realise it. I was at my local convenience store, and I was humming Skinnamarink to myself. I wondered why that was, and I realised that the instrumental was playing in the background.

Maybe about two weeks ago, I finally met the neighbour whose dog keeps barking at everything in the neighbourhood. She was chatting with other dog owners, and I introduced myself as the neighbour. She mistook my commentary about her barking dog as a complaint, and she apologised. I clarified that I love dogs, and I said that when I heard the dog barking, I thought that I wanted to meet it. From what I could gather, she said that her dog wasn't too big on strangers, and it takes it some time to warm up to people. But the dog is great at keeping thieves away!

She's certainly right about that! My neighbours also have CCTV cameras around their property, so any attempted crimes around here wouldn't go very far, I would think.

Earlier this month, a new video about plagiarism from hbomberguy dropped. This is from the same guy who exposed Tommy Tallarico last year. Big oof, indeed. I was pretty late to the party because the plagiarism video is a 4 hour time investment. But it is an important watch because of how far the big YouTubers went to plagiarize off smaller ones for their own profit. The last two hours were dedicated to James Somerton, with another YouTuber called iilluminaughtii at a close second. It was really wild to see them reading from stolen material word for word. This reaction video to the situation made me laugh. Of course, plagiarism is going to continue. But if the video causes people to think twice before they steal content from others, I think that is a win. You could probably get away with listening to the video like a podcast in the background while you do other things. The only part that you need to see the screen is towards the end where he puts the script on the screen with a colour code guide to show how much was plagiarized, and from who.

I was disappointed, but not surprised to see that Cinemassacre made it to that list. I was a huge fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd during my first years of college. I have very fond memories of those days, talking with my friends and looking forward to the next nerd episode.

Then, I got busy with university, work, and life in general. As time went by, I stopped watching the AVGN as much. But it seemed that the videos were declining in quality every time I checked back. James Rolfe, the founder of Cinemassacre apparently wanted more of work life balance, which is fair. But in order to do that, he hired this media company known as Screenwave to help him. I guess one of these clowns decided to cut corners when writing the scripts for the AVGN episodes. This iceberg video explains everything better than I have here.

From there, the YouTube algorithm brought my attention to Dancing With Ghosts, who explains the Rex Viper saga on his channel.

There really isn't anything I can say here that hasn't already been discussed. If you watch recent AVGN videos, it becomes clear that James isn't into the role anymore, and the episodes simply don't have the spark that the early episodes did from the golden age of YouTube between 2005-2010 or thereabouts. Rex Viper is clearly a misguided passion project.

I mean.. just look at the Eye of the Tiger Electronics music video. Everything about this video is so cringe. Everything from James' tiger print shirt to the green screened tigers, to the lyrics themselves. Eeesh. Luckily the comments haven't been disabled like what has happened on the dedicated Rex Viper channel. If you check the comments from the music video, the consensus is that this is a midlife crisis project/ a dad band.

I think that the Rex Viper project can be redeemed, but it would require a huge overhaul. Get rid of Screenwave, and replace the band. Maybe go solo. Bring back Mike Matei. James should do everything he can to make things right with Kyle Justin, the original songwriter for the AVGN theme. Kyle allegedly left Cinemassacre because he wasn't paid out for the construction work he did on a set. If these allegations are true, James should pay him out. Plus interest, and a little extra as an apology. But, I think that ship has sailed, and my guess is that Kyle would want no part of Cinemassacre in the state that it's in right now.

I don't know. I think we could analyze how Metallica presents themselves, and still sells out shows regularly.

It is important to acknowledge that the Millennial generation is very quickly approaching middle age, and we have to accept that we are past our prime, and we are not teenagers anymore. Because of this, it is important that we adjust how we present ourselves as we age. I understand what James is trying to do, and it is inspirational. I think he turned 43 this year, so he is roughly six years my senior. It makes me feel that I can still pursue guitar while in my late 30s. I think I can learn a lot from the Rex Viper project, and hopefully I can pursue my own dreams with more grace.

I finally released the vlog from Kariya here (720p version) and here (1080p30 version). These are a soft release, which will eventually be replaced with the 4K version. I'm still having some issues exporting the 4K version, but it is planned. In that vlog, I said that the next video to release will be the Tokyo vlog. However...

In the interim, I will be releasing some other videos. This will include footage from my first gig for Christmas, and from collecting the Nagoya Subway stamp rally on account of those being shorter videos, and thus being easier to export.

I ended up spending Christmas Day alone because I caught another cold, which I'm still recovering from. It sucked, and I had to cancel a bunch of classes because I was unable to speak louder than a whisper.

Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: My space heater

Yesterday, I went to my local Book-Off. It took some digging through boxes of cables, but I did eventually find two third party cables that appeared to be compatible with my iPad. I went to plug them in when I got home... and neither of them work. My original cable that is just hanging on by a thread was sufficient enough to charge my iPad. Although I only paid 220 yen for the cables, I'm still going to try to return them. No sense in paying for something that doesn't work. I previously returned a non functioning MD player years ago, and had no problems making the return.

But I got my iPad charged up and ready to go, and I realised that it doesn't support AirDrop. Then I realised that the iPad that I have is an iPad2, which is considered to be obsolete worldwide. So, I'm basically back at square 1 again. Lovely.

At least I can still play Doom on it! There's nothing quite like shooting monsters to a kick ass soundtrack to blow off some steam.

Edit: Despite the technical issues, my guitar progress has still been going strong in the background. Last night, I finally started putting in the time to practising the spider walk in earnest. I feel like the spider dropping by to visit on Halloween while I practising Misery was a sign.

I have shelved the traditional art and painting recently to focus on editing the Kariya video, as well as revisiting graphic design. It is hard to strike a balance with every creative outlet because there isn't enough time in a day.

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: Go Go Power Rangers - Mia x Ally live

Hello internet! I know that it has been a hot minute since the last time I updated, so here we go! To quickly summarise the last week:

There was a k-pop band in town called Seventeen that was having a show here. I got caught in the fan craziness again, but I managed to get out quickly.

I gave a free English lesson to some kids during my travels. Once again, I fell back to my Do you like~? routine. The kids were nervous and hiding behind their arms and hands at first, but I broke the ice by asking, Do you like じゃま (colloquial term for obstruction, something in the way.)? The kids were laughing and smiling for the duration of the lesson, and their parents seemed pleased. As I got off at my stop, one of the kids said また遊んでね〜。It warmed my heart.

I posted both on YouTube and on BlueSky that I completed the Higashiyama Line/Sakura-dori Line groups from the Nagoya Subway stamp rally. Yesterday was the last day of the event, so I managed to finish it just in time.

The videos that I shot in Kariya, Mishima, and Tokyo are coming. It took a lot of extra time to edit the Kariya video to a point that I was happy with. At this stage, I just have to finish up some final edits and go through the approval process. Hopefully, I can get that done during the weekend or by sometime next week.

Current Mood: productive
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: My space heater

Yesterday was mostly a stay in day as was the day before. It goes without saying that I used the time to get caught up on the blog from Mishima and Tokyo. I used my remaining time in the day to practise guitar. After that, I got on a call with a friend whom I haven't heard from in a while and did some rehearsals with them.It was a lot of fun.

My knees are still hurting like crazy, so I decided to get out to get some light exercise in. I went for a walk, and I went to my local park and I had the whole park to myself. I used the swings and some of the playground equipment. I noticed that the swings on playgrounds in Japan are much lower to the ground than North American standards, so I have to stand up in order to get going on them. I used the spinner thing, which is more of an enclosed caged sphere compared to the ones back home. I also did some very light rock climbing, and I mean light. The rock climbing instillation isn't even that high, but I do not do well with heights. With my feet and my knees as bad as they are, it seems like one wrong move and I am done.

I felt some relief after I was finished with the light exercise, so I will have to make time for this regularly as much as I don't enjoy it. I will also have to get some x-rays of my feet and legs once I get my work situation sorted. But I'm nervous about what they are going to find, and I worry that there might be amputations, prosthetics, and wheelchairs in my future. I try to remind myself that that they can do some pretty cool stuff with prosthetics and wheelchairs now, and I can picture ones that light up like children's shoes. There's also that benefit of priority seating.

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: Outdoor sounds

As I mentioned in my last post, this last week has been chaos. I got a three day weekend in lieu of working six days in a row at my main job during the last week. But, some family issues inevitably came up and spoiled my weekend. Despite that, I'm doing my best to make the best of what is left of my weekend, and return to work tomorrow feeling refreshed.

In case if it was missed, I posted a new video here with a small "back to school" haul even though the season has already passed in Japan between March and April. I feel that this video is really going to set the tone for my channel going forward, and I'm excited to share more of what I've been working on behind the scenes with you!

I said back in June that VHS quality footage kind of freaks me out in a way, especially when it is compiled together to document VHS generation loss. I grew up in the time period, and it didn't freak anybody out at the time. If anyone wore out a favourite VHS tape, they just bought a new one. I think it's the compilation and seeing the destruction of the footage in one sitting is what makes it so unsettling.

But I came across this channel over the weekend that made me reassess my opinion on this. The makers of this channel doesn't pull any punches, and they have a lot of the crude and gross jokes that we remember from the 90s. If you're able to get past that stuff, it is wild how convincing, and well put together their channel is. All of a sudden, this old VHS technology that we cringe and shudder at has become a novelty again.

While I was growing up in the time period, we always gravitated to the latest technology that came out. We made the transition from audio cassettes and Walkmans to the Discman with Triple Shockwave Anti-Skip Protection™, to generic mp3 players to the Apple iPod. A lot of us in my friend circles kicked our feet a lot at the idea of upgrading to the iPhone from our candy bar/clam shell phones. But honestly, after making that upgrade years ago... Does anyone want to go back to T9 texting? A physical keyboard may still be nice because touch screens can't quite replicate the physical mechanics of one, but still.

Because we always adapted to new technology, I think it is important that we continue to do so. It's more necessary than ever, since practically everything we do is online now.

At the same time, I don't think we should outright reject the old technologies because they are such an important part of our history. I think that it possible to do a hybrid project that uses both old and new technologies. Despite my previous feelings towards VHS tapes, I was already doing this with my hand painted animations in conjunction with assorted iPhones, and a ten year old MacBook for editing.

Another rabbit hole(s) I found on YouTube that got us here are old footage and family videos:

Renting videos at a Blockbuster store in 1993
People watching at a mall in 1996
90's Grunge Dreams #1: Summer 1994 Home Movies
90s Kids Throw 4th of July Party (1996)
90s Kids - Grunge House Party (1997)

These videos truly are a time capsule, and they recapture the essence of the era. Being born in '86, I wasn't quite old enough to fully appreciate the height of the 90s because I was still too young to attend parties and everything. I still experienced much of the culture however, from neighbourhood cook outs and that sort of thing. We experienced a lot of music, TV, and movies this way.

However, I was old enough to catch the end of the 90s and the new millennium with clarity. I still can't believe that my parents allowed me to attend a bush party. Even though there assurances were made that the party was clean, there was tobacco and alcohol. But I was such a goody two-shoes at the time that I didn't partake in any of it. Seriously!

I was so terrified of getting in trouble and getting yelled at that I did everything by the book. I still didn't snitch on my classmates though. I don't know if I regret the experience, but if I could do it all again I probably would have declined the invite. It's not to say that parties can't be fun when you're cold-stone sober. But it is the aftermath that can get you into a lot of trouble, especially if underage drinking and smoking is taking place. I would be surprised if weed wasn't also present at said bush party.

Even though the events that I described above still feels fresh in my mind, it still feels like a lifetime ago. It's a weird space that we're in now. Although the previously demonized marijuana has been legal in Canada for some time, I will have to remain sober as it is still illegal in Japan and many parts of the US, as well as for personal reasons.

We are making progress as a global society, but we're losing a lot of the culture and face to face interaction that we had before. One more video I want to leave with you today is this release from a Canadian comedian who talks about the problems of this new space that we're in and the technology that we have. It's nice to have a computer in our pockets that also acts as a camera, but is it destroying what little remains of our privacy as we go about our daily activities?

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Nagoya, Japan
Current Music: American Pie - Madonna