wordy wednesday

two nights in a row now i've sat down to an empty "new post" and haven't been able to think of anything worth posting.

i don't really want to talk about work, because it's been really busy and a little stressful and so many things are just "get through it, now, today; tomorrow will be a new day" things. my boss oscillates from being awesome and filling out all my visa paperwork to semi-berating me at the weekly meeting for being opposed to the suggestion that i come in even earlier on a day that i come in before anyone else and end up working for more than 9 hours with a lousy 45 minute lunch. fucker. for as much as i allow my "non work days" to be turned into work days for events and other things going on this month and next, i get nothing but even MORE work in return. i guess i should be careful what i ask for, huh. the pay check better reflect the extra time.

but the manager knows that i am a hard worker and he sat down with me after the meeting to explain that he understands what i was trying to say and to take some general "inventory" on how i am doing, how things are going, etc. since we only see each other on wednesdays and don't really have time to chat and discuss any thing that happens throughout the week. without being a jerk, he also really smoothly slid in that maybe i should be careful how i say things in the meeting (which is conducted all in japanese). and then, he told me a bunch of confidence boosting things about my "reputation" among my coworkers and from his position as manager, which is so what i needed after busting my ass all day.

so much for not talking about work, eh? sigh.

as for non work stuff...? oh! Ro and i went and looked at an apartment on monday. it was HUGE, had a nice sized kitchen counter and TONS of closet space, but the ceilings were so low; i almost hit my head on the door frames. i'm almost 5ft8, but even still...! there were a couple things (notably security and price) that Ro had issues with, and, really, it's almost too much space for just the two of us right now. i don't think we're going anywhere with that particular apartment, but we're looking, casually at least. ever since coming back from our trip to ohio together in july, he's been into looking at apartments. my current apartment's lease is up in march, so the other day when we were talking he said, "you're going to have to pay to re-up your contract anyway, so how about we move by march....?" at least that's what he's saying now! ha. he's a bit fickle i think, but we'll see.

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i got bored on the internet the other day, which led me to believe that i REALLY need to find some new blogs, or get a real life. you know, one or the other.

my hand me down fan bit the dust last week. it has been very temperamental for the last several months, and it finally just stopped working. Ro and i went to yodobashi camera in akihabara to buy a new fan, only to find that the end of the season selection was slim pickin's. i found something i liked and Ro looked it up on rakuten and found it for way cheaper than yodobashi was selling it for. he bought it and i handed him the cash, all while we stood among the air conditioners and handful of air circulators. we simultaneously apologized and thanked yodobashi for a great shopping experience. my air circulator came last night, and it's great.

it came just in time for today's cooler weather. it rained all day but now, at 11pm, it's cool enough to leave the windows open (first time in what feels like years) and suck all that cool air in to my apartment. i love it.

i'm practically falling asleep at the computer, so i'm off to bed. i have thursday and friday off, but by wednesday i'm exhausted so tonight will be another wild and crazy night!