more snow last night, this time it stuck. lots of wind blowing it around, ominous, dark clouds over both mountains and the sun trying to break through created a really beautiful contrast of dark and light. great way to kick off the day. :) it's pretty chilly too. trying to stay warm!

snowy afternoon

snow showed up outta nowhere during lunch. i love being surprised by it like that. i also love when snow comes down on days that aren't windy. it just slowly floats down at it's own pace. fantastic. :)

4 months now? haha. does anyone even read this then?

wowza, i wonder if it's even worth updating anymore since it's been 4 months. well, it's a new year, so might as well give it a shot then.

it's hard to stay on top of this, especially after this long of a time, since things lose their luster and nothing is eye-poppingly new anymore.

i'm back from x-mas break. i spent 3 weeks at home seeing friends and family and travelling. i didn't realize how much i missed the good ole US of A. of course, i realize that my trip was a 'best of' kinda deal, as i won't be able to goof that much when i'm back for grad school next fall. :P still, madison, washington, and florida were all good times. i'm happy i could go.

my time between the last post and my x-mas vacation wasn't particularly exciting. i mainly just spent lots of time with friends around nagano. Thanksgiving was delish and jesse and I purchased a fishing trip for next spring. i went to a game place in nagano called 'round 1' in december that was intensely fun. the block meeting the day before i left was also fun: i met a girl at the high school we were at who had done a study abroad in Iowa. wooo!

we'll see if i can be better about this blog thing from now on. but i'll try to be realistic too. :P