“The final chapter… I’ll call it: Frog at the bottom of the well drifts off into the great ocean. Just barely glorious… But glorious indeed. Now I suppose it’s about time I put down my pen.”
Read More 72 Views of Konoha: A Naruto Retrospective (Part 1)A new year, a new reflection on the past year’s events. These posts have become somewhat therapeutic over the past few years, helping me look back at the progress I’ve made (or lack thereof) over the past year and refocus my goals for the new year. With the start of a new year I am […]
Read More Year in Review 2023As I laid down on my couch with my switch in hand, I recently found myself asking myself a pretty important question as I tried a challenge for the third time in Playtonic’s Yooka-Yaylee. “Why the hell am I playing this?” Being a kickstarter backer for the original project I had high hopes for the […]
Read More Life Is Too Short To Play Bad GamesCan you believe this will be the fifth time I get to write this post? Technically the blog is just over 6 years old at this point, but there was no yearly recap in 2018 so this will be the 5th Year in Review. Just thinking about that sends a wave of nostalgia over me. […]
Read More Year in Review 2022With the new year comes New Year’s resolutions, and what better resolution than to make sure you make time to enjoy the things you love.
Read More 2023 New Year’s ResolutionsDid anyone ever tell you that Japanese homes lack a central heating system? Standing in my appartment on a cold Chrsitmas morning is like standing in the freezer isle of a supermarket. Although Japan has nothing on Canada’s bitter winters that drop well below freezing, my appartment’s complete lack of insulation makes the rather mild […]
Read More An Otaku’s Journey Towards Japanese Fluencey Part ２: Beware the BurnoutThe Beginning Siting at the window of a hotel room 40 floors above the empty Tokyo streets, I took a moment to take in the city’s skyline. I had waited a little over a year and a half for this moment, and nothing had really sunk in yet. I had the next two weeks all […]
Read More An Otaku’s Journey Towards Japanese Fluencey Part 1: A Journey of One Thousand StepsI have a history of starting and dropping things. It’s the one quality about myself I dislike the most. I get really excited about something, dive into it with all of my enthusiasm and as soon as my interest begins to wane I move onto the next thing. So, perhaps it shouldn’t have been that […]
Read More That time I tried to become a light novel writer and got burnt out in 14 daysAs I sit at my desk typing up this long overdue post, I’m reflecting on all that has changed over these last 6 months. Normally this post would have been typed up and posted in early January, as a kind of yearly tradition where I could take a moment to reflect on all the best […]
Read More Year in review 2021
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