Bailey, everywhere

“Even if you can erase graffiti, you cannot heal...

A still from a show called Dan Dan that plays on NHK....

Camphora restaurant, over お代わり自由 coffee...

Aaron Jasny: So cold-brewed coffee produces cold coffee in the end, right?
me: Yes. Supposedly it's less acidic... Do you like ice coffee [always sweet in Japan]?
Jasny: It's okay, I guess... Not really though. I like my coffee black and strong.
me: ... ... ...
Jasny: ... I'm really not going to go there.
tension: [mounting]
me: ... ... ... *giggle*
Jasny: ... ... ...
me: ... ... ...
tension: [mounting higher]
Jasny: ... Like I like my men.
me: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAA

these days I take everything to be a...

So right now, I ought to be doing the considerable amount of homework that I have, but part of the...

大塚愛 - さくらんぼ (Ootsuka Ai - 'Sakuranbo')

I haven’t translated a song in forever— most of the time I understand them well enough...

I left my heart in Kyoto Prefecture

—but I’ll be going back to get it in a week and for now I’m drowning my sorrows in...