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Kristopher Kortryk

My personal blog about life as a single parent, and my quest to get there one day from America.

Hello from America! America

 

I hope everyone is doing well in Japan, I'm glad Typhoon season is wrapping up finally! Mukamuka

 

In addition to be hopeless Otaku's destined to one day live in Japan, we also love to cosplay and suit in professional quality hollywood fursuits.

 

I thought I would share a few photos since we were all together last weekend for a photo shoot Throb

 

On the right in Red is my son Shouta in his "Rogue" fur-suit.Glassan Heart

In the middle in black is my son Connor in his "Tokoyami" cosplay from My Hero Academia. Glassan Heart

On the left in Blue is me in my "Voltie" fur-suit. Glasan

 

Voltie was made by Monster Cat Creations, where my son is an intern helping out

and learning how to make these awesome suits too !!

Rogue was made by Skypro Creations, another high quality suit maker here in the USA.

 

Suiting is allot of fun for my boy's and I. cracker

We do not get to do it very often because of work schedules.

And we don't get to goto conventions for cosplay more than 3 or 4 times a year. A teen

But we go as often as we can afford to.

 

The suits we have are also very expensive, with Voltie and Rogue costing between 

400,000 and 700,000 Yen respectively! Surprised Beat

A huge investement. To give away

There are all custom creations, with designs we created or had created for us.

 

Tokoyami was more affordable, but all there were hand-made and took months

of work to be fully complete. They are all wonderful and came out great! Eye

 

 

 

 

 

It is fun to run around in a suit and play like a giant stuffed animal or anime character. A lol

It also gives us a common bonding experience too, a way to play together even as

we all grow up and change. heart

 

We are going to be in a parade on the 1st of the year, I'm excited!

I'll post pictures after. Awesome

 

Thank you for reading Please

 

Have a safe and wonderful day in Japan Japan

 

Kris

Hello from America! America

 

There are still beautiful places in America, and where I am living right now has a very nice (and small) downtown area that was designed right and is beautifully maintained. 

I'm very busy with Job and taking care of my boys, I don't get much time to see it. 

Tonight I got to see it in action when I was visiting a shipping store.

 

I was taken aback by how beautiful it was, and wished I could share it with someone. Heartbreak

 

I can share it with you! OK

 

 

 

 

 

It was very warm outside, which was perfect weather for ice skating! Surprised Mark

 

After I had to get some of my favorite Starbucks coffee of course. Gellagera

 

I'll post more tomorrow with me and my boys in our cosplays and fursuits. !  !

 

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful and successful day in Japan! Please

 

Kris

Hello from America! love

 

The holidays can be a very hard time of year in troubled times.

That could be said of my life in 2018.

Very hard year, for both my kids as well.

It is very easy to sink into despair about all that was lost last year.

But that is the wrong thinking.

 

Jesus died so that we could live.

He gave all of his tomorrows for ours. To give away

What are my problems compared to that?

This is what I think the Spirit of Christmas is all about.

 

Renewal. Another chance to do it right. 

That is the gift we all receive from his sacrifise each and every Christmas.

 

The hard part for us in the accepting of his gift.

So often times our view is clouded by real world troubles and perceived grievances.

We are best at causing our own suffering in this way.

By focusing too-much on the pain of the past, we might miss what's just up ahead.

 

And that is the point. ビックリマーク

 

Jesus died for our futures, so that we would have tomorrows to try again.

Even if the past was hard, the future can be better.

If we convert bad experiences into lessons learned,

and believe in the goodness of people,

then we can receive Jesus' gift at Christmas more fully.

 

For me, its looking forward, not back too much. 

History is important so that I do not repeat the mistakes of the past.

But beyond that, looking forward to a better tomorrow.

To forgive the pain, to cherish the good, to support those supporting me.

That is the feeling of Christmas that I choose to embrace.

 

I hope everyone who had a hard 2018 can too. !  What?

 

I will pray for the people of Japan. Please

 

Kristopher

Friendship is a simple, instinctual aspect of Human society.
As human beings, we were programmed to need friends.
That is why we go crazy if deprived of all human contact.
That is why we have the most fun of our lives when with friends.

For most people frienship is easy, and comes naturally, and without effort.
For others is a very difficult, either because of DNA or upbringing. 
The only consistency in friendship dynamics is that there is no consistency.
Friendships change, evolve and devolve right along with people's daily lives.

Sometimes friendships that start strong, end badly for human reasons.
Other times friendships that start badly, grow and blossom for human reasons.
Some people who seem like natural-born friends, are never able to get along.
Other people who seem incapable of being best friends, become them anyway.

One constant among all friendships is the cost of those relationships.
We give of ourselves, mind, body, materially and time to our closest friends.
Every moment we spend with our friends is therefore an act of sacrifice.
When the heart is true, those gifts are given without expectation of compensation.

True friends do not need to expect kindness or compensation.
It comes naturally, flowing in both directions without equalization.
True friends come to know one-another in the mind, and lives become entangled.
This is how trust is created between people, and even life-long bonds.

Most friendships never evolve beyond the casual, or low in cost kind.
Those often called acquaintances are friendships we put little effort into.
They never require trust, and are never steeped with deeper expectations. 
The best friendships require the highest trust, and are layered in expectations.

The closer we are to someone, the more we depend on them for happiness.
For the more trust that we extend to a friend, the more vulnerable we become.
When friends become dependent upon one-another for happiness, expectations form.
And it is in these expectations that we measure the cost of that friendship.

Sometimes the cost is as small as being considerate of each-others feelings.
As it often takes effort and thought about what to say, or not say, and when.
Other times the cost is material or measured in helping sustain this existence.
And it comes at even higher cost when one friend sacrifices in big ways for another.

Friendship is also measured in moral terms, which is the most difficult cost.
For when a close friend does bad things, when should the response be of the other?
Does a true friend stand-idle? Or do we try to stop them from making a mistake?
The most important lessons come from our friends, when they catch us from falling.

Only trusted voices can often penetrate the veil of our upbringing and programming.
Only those who have walked a mile in your shoes, can truly know hard that walk is.
It is therefore expected that true friends watch-out for one another, always.
We care about their happiness, and we pay the cost in time, thought and energy.

So in the end, the simple act of making casual friends is easy.
The cost of maintaining close friendships can feel as heavy as a mountain.
So why do we do it? Why must we be concerned about our friends happiness?
Because they care about ours, and that matters to us even if we do not want it to.

I hope everyone in Japan has a safe and successful day! 
お願い

Kristopher

Ohiyou! Nico Nico

 

I have not blogged in quite some time.

The reason is due to life difficulties, my son's health is not good.

We were in the hospital for 18 days, he had surgery and will take weeks to fully recover.

I am also needing to move in a short timespan to due to other life challenges.

A dozen other difficulties. The pressure I face is the strongest I have ever known. 

But this is okay.

 

I am a warrior. And like my Japanese friends, surrender is not a word I believe in.

I will die before letting myself fail my sons. 

What is the saying again? 

"Duty is as heavy as a mountain, and death as light as a feather."

 

In America we also have similar saying ..

"Time-enough for the Earth in the Grave" (meaning the Earth can have me, but only when I'm dead).

 

The best wisdom of this kind, I think, is more meaningful; 

"That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."

 

It is pure truth.

 

I will survive this.

I will heal my sons and set them up as as best as I possibly can to succeed.

It is hard doing it alone.

My friends are good medecine.

But loneliness is a bitter companion.

It is the love of another that I seek most of all.

 

It is not love of the body. 

It is love of the mind.

For if you believe in God as I do, the body is temporary. 

The mind lasts into eternity.

Why love of the body then, when I can love of the mind forever, even after death?

I begin this journey once more, free of all constraints.

 

I love all of my friends very much for their support. 

Someday I hope to return that love in meaningful ways.

 

For now, I am a doctor, nurse, computer coder, network security guard, father to my kids, son to my mother, packer of the house and I have to be true to myself.

I will be.

And I will succeed. 

 

Thank you for reading! Please

 

I hope to blog more again. OK

 

Kristopher

 sinamonCinnamon's special skill makes you big ears flutter Cloudiness
and fly in the sky If you can fly the sky like cinnamon you want to fly away?Nico Nico


Campaign details to see everyone's answerRight Arrow
Right ArrowMy answer is an easy one! I want to fly to Japan!! notenotenotenotenote

I may need many cinnamon ears to make it that far from America sinamon sinamon sinamon sinamon sinamon

There are many places that I want to see in Japan keroppi

But I will probably not get to see too many places unless I move there Whistle

Which is my ultimate goal for the future note

Someday 

Just being in Japan and immersing in the culture will be enough OK

I want to meet people and make friends more than I want to see places Please

I can see anyplace in Japan on Google 日本

However

Only by going there can I make new friends kitty pompom

And that is more important than visiting places Surprised Mark

I am ready to fly away today please!! Please

Stay Safe and have a good day Chokey

Kristopher

 

 

 

 

Hello from America America

 

I was going to stop blogging here but thought better of it Er

I was worried about people seeing my blog that I do not want to see it Kyo rookyo

Like everyone, I have good days and bad days Shobourne

My fear of posting public things about myself usually prevents me from posting on bad days Guan

When I had a really bad day, I thought about not blogging anymore Untitled

I had to ask myself 

Why am I doing this What!

Why blog about my life if I am not going to be 100% honest about it What!

Life is not always pretty Mukey

I am not going to improve my image by pretending nothing ever goes wrong in my life Er

 

Right now I fight with terrible loneliness Shobourne

One of my two sons is working as an apprentice now, and is far away 

My other son is here with me 

But he is in his own world too 

My son Shouta once described this feeling very well 

"Not having someone to talk to about my thoughts and feelings" MukamukaMukamuka

It is a lonely feeling A teenA teenA teen

 

On a brighter note ...

 

I wanted to share one interest story I found in the Japan Times that I thought was amazing pawn

'Alien' life forms in Japan's Seto Sea

This picture is now my computer wallpaper Goessori

 

I had a few pictuers to share from my new office 

It looks like any typical cube farm 

 

 

The veiw outside is very nice Good!Good!Good!Good! Eye

 

 

I also got my work badge that identifies me as a valid human being Nico Nico

 

 

Funny how a work badge means more to my living well than my citizen papers do Surprised Mark

But that is how things are in America Tough

Work for a big company and you will live well cracker

Do not and you will struggle skull

It is not a balanced system Boo

But its the system we have Awesome

 

I worry about Typhoon Jebi Kyo rookyo

Powerful Typhoon Jebi on course to hit western or central Japan on Tuesday

It is going to be a very bad one for Japan Shobourne

It seems Japan is not getting much rest this year when it comes to typhoons Er

 

I will pray for the people of Japan tonight Please

 

Kristopher

 

 

Hello from America アメリカ

 

I took some much better pictures of the building I work in Whistle

 

 

It looks very modern OK

It is one of the tallest buildings I have worked in Surprised

 

 

 

Though I know there are much taller ones 

This is about as big a building as I would feel comfortable in I think Kyo rookyo

I work about half way up 

 

I went to Starbucks for lunch love 

 

 

I am so happy that there is a Starbucks in the building where I work notenotenote

 

 

I am extremely grateful for this Please

 

We went to lunch again outside near the fountain Nico Nico

 

 

It was much hotter today, almost 38C Guan

I was glad to go back inside To give away

 

There are many things I love about working for a big company in America 

One is that they take very good care of the employees heart

Some companies are better than others of course 

Comcast is one that does very well in taking care of the workers OK

The heathcare is one big benefit !!

Even though the company reduces the cost of healthcare plans in America 

The cost is still quite high 

My plan cost over 90,000 Yen per month ポーン ゲッソリ

Which to me is very high and accounts for 8.5% of my monthly pay Untitled

It is allot of money for healthcare Gero

 

I cannot really complain though Er

It does cover all things and reduces the cost of perscriptions to just 556 Yen グッ

My son Shouta can now get a doctors appointment in Pennsylvania where he lives Awesome

We got lucky in that Comcast corporate is also in Pennsylvania come

So the healthcare coverage is strong there 

It also means that all of us can get our monthly perscriptsions renewed soon come

I did not expect this 

At most companies there is a waiting period after starting, before the healthcare coverage starts Boo

Most companies are 30 days after starting 

Some are 60 or even 90 days 

Comcast started on the first day AwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesomeAwesome

Perfect OK love

 

There are many other ways in which big companies take care of their employees 

A free laptop is one notenotenotenote

I get to use a new MacBook Pro with all the adapters notenotenotenote

I also get to use an iPhone X notenotenotenote

There are other perks like a company American Express card and travel assistance site notenotenotenote

There is also a healthcare hotline where doctors, nurses and researchers for finding in-network care is all available 24/7 notenotenotenote

It is powerful cracker

I am very grateful for it Ushishi

I will do my best to make my contributions worth the cost Glassan Heart

 

Thank you for reading Please

 

Kristopher 

 

 

Hello from America! ニコニコ アメリカ

 

Today was my first day at my new job !  !

It was a good first day at Comcast Ushishi

It is in a big building in the city of Reston, in the state of Virginia 

I could not get good pictures because I was so nervous Kyo rookyo

 

I had a few challenges in terms of making the wrong turn going to the building and the car having an issue, but I made it Guan

My new boss is very nice Nico Nico

My team-mates are all laid back and very nice also Nico Nico

The group admin is an amazing human being Nico Nico

Everyone made me feel very welcome love

I was terrified going in, delighted coming out Glasan

 

 

We had lunch at a beautiful fountain located near the building pawn

 

The job will be demanding Tough

We have to deploy over 2,000 Linux UNIX servers across the country To give away

I don't have to physically goto each location thank God Surprised Mark

These days everything is done from remote テレビ

So many long hours ahead, but the work is easy and/or fun ロボット

A good start. OK

 

Also !!!

 

There is a Starbucks attached to the building with an internal door between them Surprised love Glasan

OMGOMGOMG Glasan

I mean the job is great !  !

But the fact that there is a Starbucks in the building makes the job amazing !  !!  !!  !

Hahahaha Gellagera

Yes I am addicted to Starbucks Whistle notenotenotenotenotenotenote

 

Everyone was happy to hear about the good day Nico Nico

All except for one of my cats Ozzy Beat

 

 

He was tired because I could not sleep last night and he stayed up with me lovelovelovelovelovelove

I was too nervous to sleep Untitled

Tonight I think I will sleep very good Blunder

 

Thank you for reading heart

 

Have a wonderful and safe day Please

 

Kris

アメリカからこんにちは note America note

 

私は月曜日に仕事の準備に今日の多くを費やしました あせる
Comcastで新しい仕事を始めると不安になります キョロキョロ
この仕事にとても満足しています note
私は一生懸命働いたら良い仕事をすることを知っています Tough
それでも心配です Kyo rookyo

今日はいい前兆があった OK
キーボードを正常に修正しました!
「Data Hand」という特別なキーボードを使用します robot

DataHand Keyboard
 

 

開発中に多くの研究が行われました search
キーボードで30%高速に入力できますThunder
それらを使用する方法を学ぶのに約2か月かかりました Sweat Sweat Sweat
それらを作っている会社は10年前に廃業しました Boo
なぜかわからない Er
それらを購入することはもうできません Guan
私はこのキーボードが必要なので、これは私にとって残念です To give away
だから私はそれらを修復する方法を学びました robot

このペアは22歳です !  !!  !l

 



非常に古いものといえば Glasses
オランダの家族の歴史を記録した本を見つけました Notes
私は50%がオランダ人、50%がドイツ人です Nico Nico
この本は、1600年代に戻って私のオランダ側を文書化します Surprised Surprised Surprised

 


この本を見つけてくれてとても感謝していますSurprised Mark cracker
この本は、1922年にバスティアンヴァンコルトリクによって書かれました。 !  !

 



アメリカは非常に若い(国として300年未満
これは、アメリカの誰もが他の場所から来たことを意味します
移民は私たちの国を作ったものです
これにより、家族の遺産を追跡することが難しくなります To give away
アメリカ人にとってこれは非常に重要です !  !
ほとんどのアメリカ人は家族の遺産を見失っています Shobourne
私は私の半分を見つけました Laughing crying
とても刺激的な時間です note

私は今、私のドイツの家族の遺産を探しています search
どこから来たのか知りたい Pick up
私はそれらを学ぶときに詳細を投稿します OK

読んでくれてありがとう Please

日本で素晴らしい安全な一日を note Japan note

Kristopher Glasan