November 24, 2008
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Lost and Found!
I’ve heard somewhere that you tend to find the weirdest things when you finally clean your place after a long time. I wonder if anyone’s ever found a vacuum cleaner, though….? Yeah, so today I decided to blitz my apartment, finally get it looking like someone really lives here. The tatami/living room and kitchen have been fine for the majority of my time here but my bedroom was serving as little more than a junk room I happened to sleep in till today. With a day free thanks to a 3-day weekend I figured it was about time to get it done. When the dust literally cleared I finally had the apartment I had envisioned upon moving in…… and an extra vacuum. I can only assume I forgot I had one and bought another one at some point which is just….. kinda….. stupid. >_< !!! Anyone need a vacuum?
It’s good, this feeling. The apartment feels invigorated, fresh, new. Feels like it’s finally the place I wanted it to be. The apartment is kinda symbolic (
symbolism!) of how I’m feeling right now. Life has been working for me, by and large, but something’s been missing. I’m not going into details about that here, publicly, but it’s all come to a head lately and suddenly…. I feel alive again. Coming back to Japan always had a certain “Recapture NUFS” element to it but, by and large, it was intended to be the sequel to NUFS, not an attempt at a repeat. A fresh start. It’s taken a while to get things going, it seems, but I’m feeling like life is finally happening. Could I actually be…. truly, really…. happy? Kinda think I might be. It’s a little scary…. Well, the weekend has been pretty cool. Matt had a wedding in Ena on Sunday morning so stopped the night Saturday. Played a little Force Unleashed but mainly we just talked, a good old heart-to-heart like we used to have. Been a while and it was really great to just sit and talk again. Sunday my cousin, Lee, arrived in Japan on a kinda working holiday. His company is Japanese-owned so he’s over for a week on business. Met at the airport and headed into Sakae where we met up with Sarv, Matt and Dani for a bit of a tour.
Everything feels revitalised. Sadly our time with Sarv in Japan is running out. Matt and Dani will leave for Christmas back home on the 20th so the final month’s countdown has already begun. I’m looking forward to all we have planned over the next few weeks, just as I’m looking forward to the Christmas and New Year plans with Sarv and his family. Still, it’ll all be kinda bitter-sweet. But… the future looks hopeful from where I stand right now. Sarv will return to Australia but I hope to find myself in Australia too before too long, and I hope I won’t be the only one. Same goes for the UK, US, Canada and wherever we can go together just to be together again, if only for a week or 2.
OK, it’s late. Better sleep. Looking forward to this weekend, finally Matt and I will see 300, which Sarv will let go unwatched no longer! Looking forward to a lot right now. It’s nice.
Peace. Love. “I know it’s strange… it’s a strange way of saying that I know I’m supposed to love you… I’m supposed to love you”
Comments (7)
you found a vacuum?! that’s hilarious! my bedroom can get a bit cluttered sometimes (i keep the kitchen and living room immaculate), but i don’t think i’ve ever lost anything that big. lol.
sound like you have everything you need there… i’m glad you’re happy.
enjoy the movie! let me know what you think.
You know this has all the makings of some sort of impressive double-vacuum-wielding skill, right?
Glad to hear things are going well (no matter how cryptic the reasons… curiosity brews).
Hope to see you around the holidays.
Funny enough I cleaned my floor at home about a month ago (boyfriend coming^^’) which is something I hadn’t done since I’d left for NUFS (I know, that many years…). Didn’t find a vacuum but a lot of cool stuff from my childhood and books ^^’ Feels nice when you can find all your clothes again too ^^’
And yes, Sarven is right, how can you not have seen 300 !! It’s majestic and I find very artistic ^^
@hieichan - You’ve got that right! Isn’t it just downright strange that Dave and Matt still haven’t seen 300 yet? I’ll be rectifying this very soon!
Finding things is awesome, except when it is something you don’t need, unless as Holly has suggested wielding two vacuum cleaners at once (clean your apartment in half the time?). It is great to feel fresh and revitalised and I hope I can play a part in that positive experience. As will 300…
THIS IS SPARTAAA!
yeh, thats all I have to say. See you guys soon!
I’m definitely not boycotting your xanga. I’ve been keeping up with my subscription list pretty well lately, or so I thought at least. Somehow this one slipped by me
With your history of messy rooms I wouldn’t be surprised if you had found a small child buried in there. I definitely know the feeling you’re talking about. I get that feeling whenever I clean the house thoroughly or rearrange things.
symbolism!
Looking forward to 300 tomorrow. Soon the wait will be over. By the way, I was suggesting to Sarven earlier that we should do a whole 300 theme tomorrow night. Try to think of some things we could do 300 of. Workout-related, just plain goofy, and/or food-related, challenges.
Awesome positivity there. It sounded so good it made me feel the vibe!