so the first graders don't even know their own entertainers and sports players. What kind of middle schoolers are you? You should at least know some of them. And the weird part is they do. They are like, selectively blind to their own popular culture.

One of the third year girls was petting my sweater in class today. I agree, it's very soft and nice.

The knob to change the air settings in my car is still broke. As a result I can't get it on defrost. This is bad as winter is coming. I'll have to take it back in. Which is annoying as I have to drive an hour to do so. But it can't be till next week as I'm going out of town.

I'm reading some books I haven't read in a long while. It's fun. Some of the only books I've ever really liked written in the first person.

And now the sky is getting really dark. Cloudy-mess I hope, it's much too early to be getting this dark.

- KT ケイティ

So I'm not good at keeping resolutions right from the get go. But here is me trying.
Today although I've had too classes I've mostlyt been studying (ie giving myself a headache with giant blocks of text) and doing a little writing. No I'm not doing NaNoWriMo. Good for all the people who are, but it's really not my thing. For me I need motivation but not pressure to meet a deadline to write. I need to feel free to have it come in spurts and sputters. Which it does. Frequently. And then I'll have a day where I wrote a couple pages in an hour.
Anyway best for me to keep to my own schedule when writing. Besides what I'm writing now isn't novel material, just fun!
The JLPT is coming if they ever send me my test ID. So I'm studying, it's showing a few promising results but I'm still struggling with the first section where we have to use the right kanji or reading, or pick a synonym. Reading is actually much improved I think. I did 19 out of 21 in the sample questions in my booklet this morning. And I'm not really worried about listening.
It's snowing outside on and off. It's the first snow of the season. I guess I'm in a good mood. Or rather I'm rather, neutral today. It's not so much as I'm in a good mood or a bad one. Today I'm just, living. Which is nice in its own way.
Tonight is nabe and kotatsu time, which will almost certainly make me happy. And I get to sleep in a little tomorrow, which will also make me happy.
I wonder how my former students are doing, and if any of them will apply for the AJET scholarship. I think one girl here definitely will.
- KT ケイティ

Video blogs hooray!

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There are more of these to come, I shot a partial vlog while on the way to Hiroshima (creatively propping up the camera while driving). I did some fandom writing this week to go on the other journal, and now I'm thinking I'll do something writing here, before more fandom writing. Doing my best to try this Daily Truth thing, I imagine there will be some fits and starts at the beginning as I adjust to doing it though.