Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Back in my early days in Japan, my BFF and I dubbed the very disgusting looking jelly food item “Whale Ass”. I’m not exactly sure where it came from, but after that ‘konnyaku‘ was fondly referred to as ‘Whale Ass’. Over the years, I think she came to be able to eat it. I never could since I pretty much hate anything that is in jelly form. It’s not a natural substance, I…

  • Yesterday I thought I was going to die and really just wanted someone to put me out of my misery. I awoke with a visit to the bathroom that would scare anyone, but thought it was a one-time deal for the day. Upon arriving at work, I proceeded to visit the bathroom numerous times with each visit being more disturbing and difficult than the previous one. Since I carpool to work, I had…

  • …that I’m not a white woman! 😀

  • This morning on the way to work I suddenly felt a bit panicky for no real reason. Of course, anyone driving on the roads in the morning might feel tense or a bit anxious, but this was remnant of my panic attacks from before. Tonight, as I have been trying to write a short blurb for a new writing site I joined, I had a hard time concentrating. After I finished, I decided…

  • I’ve started following another blog by adoptees – Land of Gazillion Adoptees. It is seemingly more organized and purposeful site than most of the others that I’ve come across. Today, I read one of their recent postings about the question people ask – “Where Are You From?”. I know that I’ve written a poem somewhere or ranted about this before (though I can’t find the posts at the moment), so it was rather…

  • Despite the fact that I am studying for my doctoral degree, teaching full-time, and now coordinating a level at work, I still have quite a lot of free time. If I have a reasonable amount of free time, how is it that other people constantly feel like they are super busy all the time? If they have small children, I understand somewhat that they might be super busy outside of work. However, at…

  • It’s funny to say that I’m the most boring person I know, but the reality is that everyone else does truly seem to be and say far more interesting things than I am/do. Mostly, I find myself uninterested in my own thoughts; thus, why would anyone else want to hear them? Sometimes I wonder what it is that I’m actually interested in as I have nothing I am super passionate about or feel…

  • Every two weeks I take an online test to check my levels of anxiety and depression. This started back when I had decided to try out anti-depressants to get myself out of the dark hole I was in. Even though I have long stopped taking any medication, I do continue to take the test because it sort of keeps me aware of how I’m feeling. Lots has been going on lately with some…

  • _Middlemarch_ by George Eliot I can’t even remember when I started reading this on my iPad as a distraction from my academic reading. The synopsis of the story is better written here, than I could do it justice. It wasn’t one my top novels. It was similar in style to a Jane Austen novel and though I do love her works, I do also find them tedious after a while. The upside for…

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