things i'm doing at 3:23am

☆ reading this love story (oh my gosh i just can't keep myself from clicking the next chapter!), making me wish there were cowboys in japan.

☆ realizing this gore-tex sponsored mt. fuji photo contest deadline is tomorrow (today) and i don't even know if i have a photo that meets the requirements. (i didn't splurge on gore-tex gear until after mt. fuji this summer.)

☆ wishing i could justify/afford spin matsuri (not because i think it's over-priced, because i don't, but because i've now been unemployed for a full 6 months and i saw the number on my bank transaction slip today, which is a reality i'm facing) but thinking a camping trip with hoops and a bonfire and S'MORES!!!! may tide me over.

☆ worrying a teeny bit about my placement test tomorrow at 11am for my JLPT class (and thankful for parents who support furthering my education, in concrete financial ways).

☆ semi-brainstorming what i'm going to wear to part two of my interview for a job i've pretty much already decided not to take. but feeling good about applying for a handful of other jobs, even if nothing comes of it, because at least i did something. it's a start.

☆ rubbing my eyes because they hurt. (my mom would say, "...they're tired eyes").

☆ wondering why the hell i'm STILL up. actually, no, i know: i always fear if i go to sleep "i might miss something exciting!" despite experience telling me that nothing exciting happens at this hour of the night.