Thanksgiving: food and family

By On 3 December, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In food, for fun, life

Cranberry sauce.

I need more of it.

And this isn’t just any ol’ slop of cranberry “sauce” that you slide out of the can. It was more like dessert than sauce. It was delicious.

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Revisit – There’s no place like home

By On 9 January, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In for fun, life

I’ve read many times that revisiting older posts is typically a good idea. Not only does it allow me to see how I have progressed as a writer, but it also allows new readers to read an old post. With two years of posts published, I’ve decided to start revisiting old posts – with one [...]

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The Rise of 2011

By On 31 December, 2011 · 2 Comments · In for fun, life

As seems to be the unwritten tradition of all peoples regardless of their profession or state in life, I hereby partake in the year-end recap of all things 2011, and all things I hope to look forward to for 2012.

Memory is a fickle thing, and despite trying to remember what I can from the [...]

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to love, and then hate the holiday season

By On 7 December, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In culture and society, food, life

Thanksgiving has always been, and will continue to be my favorite holiday. But it has also become one of the worst weekends I look forward to thanks in part to the mind numbing shopping extravaganza that is Black Friday, which inevitably stretches into one month of hellish weekends.

Having been raised in Japan, which I think has a heavy materialistic, consumption culture like the U.S., the concept of frenzied all-out sales events is nothing new to me. Black Friday is. This day of

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bored in class

By On 9 April, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In life

I admit (again) that my first few semesters at Maryland have not been great. I can blame a number of things: roommates, living situation, finances, home sickness, finances and an increased lack of interest and motivation. In summary, I was having a hard time which resulted in failing some classes, performing at [...]

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Home Sweet Home

By On 19 March, 2011 · 4 Comments · In for fun, life

I had this post started prior to the 9.0 magnitude earthquake/tsunami that hit Japan – which prompted my other post about home. This post that you’ll be reading today was from the WordPress Post-a-Day inspirational question que asking to describe my home town, and whether [...]

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