brand new year

Well, I apologize for the slacking off on this blog. No excuses, just laziness. Perhaps the settling in of daily life here has caused me to be uninspired to write. But don't get me wrong, I'm not bored here, it's just that perhaps things have come to be more normal for me and therefore I think less news worthy. Also I have rearranged my blogs, to account for redundancies and so this page in now dedicated to those in the States or where ever, but not here in Japan. So, this page will now convey my thoughts of my experience here to those of you there.
To get to it, I just got back from my vacation in Thailand, and now fighting a cold that has been lingering for some weeks. I finally went to the doctor here, delayed by an irrational fear of foreign health clinics brought on by my experience in Tokyo, and received a mass amount of powders and pills that look like they could perhaps cure cancer if not my cold. As custom and politeness dictates, I wear a cotton mask at work. Normal protocol for my coworkers, but personally I feel like I'm about to be called into surgery at any moment.
It's fairly cold here and there's enough snow to ride, but everyone insists that this is rare to have such little snow here. Apparently it's the same as last year, and I must admit I am secretly disappointed. I was really hoping to see the massive amounts of snow this area is known for, but goddamn global warming has it out for me it seems. Maybe I'll stick around and see what happens. My internet connection here at work is bollocks so I'll be posting again soon with some pics and such.
Happy new year to everyone and may your wildest dreams come true