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That was very generous of you.  i would’ve assumed i was dead.  Or had developed some sort of adversarial relationship with the technologies.  Not so! Since you’re here after all this time, i’ll have to assume you’re one of those people that loves me and so i will tell you some things that might interest you (read: things about me).

i love everything these days.  Except the things i will never love because they are evil – like cockroaches and morning.  i won’t list the things that i love because i already told you it’s everything.  But there are a few things that are standing out as bringing extra joy into my anyways stellar life.  These include God, loved ones, and Japan.  The first two i think are self-explanatory.  That’s right.  That means i’m not going to explain why they are bringing extra joy.  Though i may later explain how they are doing so.  But probably not.  However, i do recognize that the mention of Japan out of all the countries and other things in the world, many of which i have a much closer relationship with, may merit some elucidation.

It’s not true that i love Japan more than other places.  [editor's note: this initially read "i can't say that...". It seems worth noting that 'i can't say' and 'it's not true' are apparently synonymous in my mind] i’ve never been there and don’t know much about it.  However, it is without doubt the entity (aside from God and friends – did i mention that both of these are the same thing as love, which is the very best thing in the worlds?) lately bringing me the most joy.  This joy first came in the form of a teenager drama called Hana Yori Dango, with which many of you have since, in some cases forcibly, become familiar.  i could go on a bit about how this silly little show opened the dusty windows of my heart and let the air in so my friends and God could breathe there again.  But instead i’m just going to skip ahead to jpop, which adorns the halls of jdorama (both of which terms can be found in the most recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary) with catchy happy and earnest emotional tunes.  You may listen to a sampling of these here.   You may also partake in a variety of jdorama here, but a note of caution:  a certain mindset must be present in a viewer for such things to be healthy and uplifting instead of murdering your soul.  i suspect these are the only two possible outcomes of this activity, so proceed, if you will, with care.  Through these media, i have discovered that i love Japanese language and am now learning it like someone else might learn an instrument.  All i want to do (besides my work and loving God and my friends) is practice Japanese.  And eat cabbage.  But that’s maybe something for another post.  So you see?  Japan has provided THREE things that bring great joy to my life.  Plus a fourth that i should really be more ashamed of.

i think that’s enough for now.  However, if i get my act together about it, posts and comments from yours truly will also be appearing at the Changing Times blog at semi-regular intervals.

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