Living Tall in Japan, part 46
☆ To see all of the parts in this series, click here ☆ This part is less about fangirl, and more about work. My new job, that is! As you know, I quit NOVA and was hired at another company. In my new...
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Just a quick little announcement: So yes… I finished editing my book!! The one based on my assistant days. About a third is completely rewritten, half of which is new material. I think that you guys...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 48
Things are moving along nicely! For some reason, the cold makes me really tired, so I felt sluggish all day. I need to learn to not let that affect me. In any case, I LOVED being able to work on the...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 49
May the 4th be with you!! </geek> ☆ To see all of the parts in this series, click here ☆ Shortly after the Kimeru concert, some friends from my anime club in Phoenix came to stay with me while...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 50
Update: THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your kind words of encouragement!!! *^__^* They mean so much to me! I am *still* working on the cover image, but I’m not going to bed until it’s all colored in (I...
View ArticleThe Princess of Tennis — preorder my new book NOW (please)!
IT’S OUT!!! Well, it’s up in any case!!! RELEASE DATE IS JUNE 25LIMITED-TIME PREORDERS ARE UP STARTING NOW!Every time that I read nice comments from you guys, it brings a huge smile to my face, and...
View ArticleAll the FEELS!
This has been a learning experience. HAS IT EVER! I’m filled to the brim with all sorts of feelings. Feels. Emotion, overflowing and tipping over the edge of ME, rendering me incapable of stringing...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 51
Hyaaaa—-h! That was sort of that sigh of relief that anime characters sometimes like to do. I don’t know why. I suppose that’s because things are coming together! I started to write a big life update...
View ArticleAlooohaaaaaa!
Whee! I finished reading my friend Marie’s book, Bloody Annoyances. It was a very cute yaoi story (check my review on Goodreads), and I’m super-thrilled to be reading the unpublished second book, so...
View ArticleMy Japanese Husband Thinks I’m Crazy!
I tried to imitate Grace’s style… did I succeed? It sort of ended up halfway in-between our styles, lol. I’m no master imitator like that guy who did those Sailor Moon portraits, that’s for sure! Oh,...
View ArticleUpdate-o-matic!
I want to catch you all up, so that I can move on and get over this slump… I mean, this depression. It has hit me really, really hard the first part of this year, but I’m DETERMINED to get over it. You...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 52
Note: Apparently, this has been in my queue for almost two years and it was never published! I’m so sorry! Enjoy 🙂 ☆ To see all of the parts in this series, click here ☆ O hisashiburi desu ne! (It’s...
View ArticleLiving Tall in Japan, part 53
☆ To see all of the parts in this series, click here ☆ Ah, the fangirl life! Today, I had a TOTAL fangirl moment. ^^;;;;; I seriously thought that, ‘hey, Tenimyu is in less than 2 weeks’ and completely...
View ArticleWelcome to Tokyo Disney Sea!
Oh Japan. I miss you, and I don’t. That’s for another post, though! This is all about Tokyo Disney Sea and my journey there this time. I’ve been there a handful of times, and written about it before,...
View ArticleTokyo Disneyland Hotel ahoy!
Here’s something new… for me, at least! Thuy really wanted to stay in the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, in one of the character suites, and I tend to go with the flow, so we ended up in the Beauty and the...
View ArticleEnjoying ourselves at Tokyo Disneyland and GET SOME INSULATION, JAPAN!
I’m making so many decisions back here to make life easier and better, and just overall more geared toward my true self, you know? But just bear with me, guys… right now, it’s picture time! Tokyo...
View ArticleIn the Park Hyatt Tokyo, you are…
Well, I mean, I’m not! Your mileage may vary. Japanese and me are old friends, anyway. The staff also spoke English pretty well, at least the times that I spoke to them in my native tongue, so there’s...
View ArticleA Tokyo Sunrise
Tokyo welcomed me back with open arms. It was virtually the same as I had left it. Most of my friends still lived there, most of the shops that I had loved were still there, even if some of them had...
View ArticleModern Map Art
Hey guys! Oh man, has life been busy! BUT! I had the cutest offer come in my email a little while ago. Jen from modernmapart.com offered to send me a free poster of the city of my choice if I would...
View Article20 Photos to Inspire You to Visit Tokyo
I lived in Tokyo for almost a decade, and I’ve never, ever felt as much as home as I was in Tokyo. Sometimes, I even think about moving back because I’m just that fond of the Big Mikan (as I used to...
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