small stereo

I got a little stereo so that I can listen to the radio.

It's pretty nice to have. I heard a program called Asian Essence last night, where they played a pretty fun Indian song. It sounded like pure pop, but was fun nontheless. I think I could understand a lot of what the djs were saying too.

dress shirts

Also known as button down shirts.

Anyway, I've discovered this ring-around-the-collar phenomenon is very annoying. I guess I have to treat all my collars after wearing.

Anyway, at this rate I have exactly one impeccable shirt. I have 5 wearable shirts, but One is too small. One brand new shirt has a strange faded spot on the sleeve. One has random stains and broken buttons from the dry cleaner. My other brand new shirt has a faint ring :P Horrible! Must buy all new shirts. But as they are so easy to ruin, I don't want to spend much money on them.

I really like the earrings I got though.

shirt, earrings

New purchases!

I got a suit shirt for 1200 yen from Comme Ca Hommes. The Shinjuku store was having a mad sale. Too bad the only other shirts were black. The shirt I got was a rather fuschia colored shirt, rather like Banana Republic's pink push a couple years ago. I like it, surprisingly enough. And while I am an M size in Uniqlo shirts, I am an L or XL at Comme Ca Hommes. Ah well. It was cheap.

I also got a pair of non-pierced earrings for 850 yen. They're great! Cute and don't hurt! The painlessness is key. Now I don't have to wonder whether I should get my earrings pierced, as I can wear earrings without any pain. All my other earrings hurt, sadly enough. It's too bad I don't really wear jewelry on weekdays. Sure, I could... but there's no real need too. Probably more important to tame my hair on weekdays than wear jewelry.

イヤリングを買いました！ピアスがないけど痛くないイヤリングを見つけて、楽しんでいます。ずっと買いたっかたので、本当に満足です。

安いワイシャツも買いました。たった1200円かかってうれしいです。

昨日の日本語の授業も楽しかったです。先生がたくさんの質問を答えて頂きました。先生は非常に優しいです。

my computer

really ought to protect me from myself.

It needs to read my mind and determine if after-midnight usage is actually necessary or not.

I really ought to sleep early.

If I didn't have a computer, I would definitely have been driven to buy a TV.

Clearly, I have too much time or not enough drive to study, that I should focus on these materialistic things. The irony of my perfectly sufficient lifestyle. Such artificial environments we do build.

goal setting

On the one hand, I should set small, realistic goals so that I will be able to make them. Builds confidence when I meet them too.

On the other hand, I need to challenge myself so that I will grow and stretch my limits. Otherwise, the limits naturally start shrinking slowly, like a deflating balloon. Have to keep adding air. But not too fast, or the balloon will pop.

However, if I set many goals for myself, I'll get at least some of them done, which is better than nothing. This approach is probably best for handling a specific day. Its effectiveness probably indicates that some of my goals are a bit too large to handle. Although a particular goal may be doable within a day, it should probably be broken up into smaller, more manageable tasks.

furniture

Stuff I'd like...

book case

little computer and printer stand

a rolling toiletries stand

The only thing I really need is the book case, and I'd bet I could find a nice one for less. The computer and printer stand would be nice...

cannot escape consumerism

I want to buy a suit, because this winter has been pretty cold.

冬のスーツを買いたくなりました。今年の冬は寒いから、冬用のスーツのほうが暖かいですね。