Hindsight

Two or three days ago I received a postcard from Noriko – one of the office staff at Tahara. Before school had ended we’d talked a bit more and she mentioned her summer plans to go to New Caledonia. I honestly had no idea where that was until I looked it up online. It was a nice surprise in the mailbox and I’m happy she thought of me while vacationing. I may have mentioned it before, but Noriko also sings in a rock band on the side. Pretty neat.

I watched Monsters, Inc. this afternoon.

While dabbling in the usual time killers (read: PS2) I got a call from my cousin in the evening. Considering that he was only 15 minutes away and that I had no major plans aside from “the usual” for the evening, I drove down and met up with him and my other close cousin. We went to BJ’s for Happy Hour.

It didn’t cost much but, even though I offered, they covered. I should jump to work soon so that I can treat them back sometime. Two rum cokes and part of a mini pizza. Light drinks and food over conversation about Japan and all else.

I used to spend nights over their place when we were all in middle school, playing Nintendo games like Stinger, River City Ransom and M.U.S.H.A.

Speaking of which, the last couple of nights (at around 2 or 3am almost ritually) I would stumble upon an attractive game job here or there. Resumes e-mailed/faxed or what not. So much for a complete hiatus from thinking about work – it’s for the better anyway.