Stuff Marie Does

(It's been awhile.)

But first, a little bit on

Because it's real, and it happens. And it happens like this:

As you can seen, I am now at the stage at which I am almost totally adapted, comfortable in the culture, and pretty much loving Japan for being Japan. That said,

TIU; walking to school in the morning; karaoke with my new Japanese friends (!!!!!!!); pretty-fying my phone; the 100 Yen Shop (where I bough said cellphone pretties); helping host mom peel and cut pears, because she compliments my knife skills every two seconds (!!); TIU's lunch buddy program - I've made awesome friends; my iPod, for being my calender/mobile Skype device/boredom breaker/host-sibling entertainer; Japanese class and five minutes of cracking up a day; finally settling into the rhythm of things; Skype conversations with much-missed friends; Japanese TV dramas (I am hardcore addicted!!!!!!!!)

And the list goes on and on an on.