2025年01月
currently listening to: tomodachi life ost - map (night)
current obsession: the dramatical murder soundtracktoday's weather was super super cold but i went out nonetheless! i finally got to wear the coat i got from the charity shop (that cost me wayyy too much) and trialled it as my 'holiday coat'...basically the signature item i will wear on my trip! i don't want to be stressing too much about outfits, as i'm keeping it as simple as possible so i have enough space for everything i'm going to buy while i'm there >:)
speaking of the japan trip...it's only 2 weeks away (°ロ°) ! i'm mentally preparing for the flight more than for my start back at uni (in a week)...i have soso much to organise before i leave and it's like crazy daunting when i think about it. i should probably be preparing for it now... but the blog comes first lolol. i also should be studying my phase book, prepping my visa, making an itinerary, picking my outfits, booking activities and checking flight requirements. like, the pressure is on! i was also really motivated to learn much more japanese (especially kanji) on the build-up to the trip, but time passed so damn quick and before i knew it the trip is in 2 weeks and i still don't know a goddamn thing! although, i've reached the point of acceptance that i haven't learnt as much as i wanted to, however, i will learn what i can when i arrive. i'm going to make like a sponge and absorb as much 日本語 whilst i'm there #日本語 上手 #すごい
anyway. on today's agenda was my sister's dentist appointment aaand a new years meal with the family (albeit just with my mum & sister). i tried a new pizza place that has just opened in nottingham that my mum recommended. truthfully though...that was our second choice of restaurant. i really wanted to try this really cute ramen place but it was fully booked and wasn't even selling ramen? the menu seemed limited to only katsu curry for the new year which was a total disappointment. i'm determined to try it eventually, but i guess today was not the day (-_-;)... the pizza place was delicious though and i'm glad the ramen restaurant changed our plans hehe...
in terms of my creative ventures for the day i feel i have created a great big list in my head of every new piece of media i now need to omnisciently consume. i went to the record shop and the bookshop today whilst in nottingham. i browsed the movie dvd selection at the record shop but all it ended up doing was remind me of the fat watchlist of films i created with no intention of starting in the near future. one film that has been popping up a lot for me lately is shin kamen rider: it's supposed to be a darker kamen rider story that other toku fans have been raving about on twt. alongside the movies list, an even longer manga list has spawned in my brain after spending a solid hour in waterstones. for 2025 i 100% need to start reading at least one of these books: [20th century boys], [#drcl], [my lesbian experience with loneliness], [fruits basket], [acca] and basically any other book by usamaru furuya (my favourite manga author) #hellsyeah. i forget how fun reading manga is, but i always put it off becuase i never 'feel' like it. which, now i think about it, is a stupid excuse for me to stop being even more goated than i already am, right?!
to summerise, i think i'm actually really enjoying blogging. it still took me a good min to actually sit down and just start writing today, but when i get into it it feels like no big deal! now, i just need to keep this energy up for writing fanfics, and then i might be able to actually finish one for once in my life...
signing out (￣^￣)ゞ
- 幸