is this thing still on?
hey world. I've been out of the 'verse for a spell (understatement of the decade-and-a-bit). glad to be back, before getting my own site to keep my blog on. things sure have changed since the 2010s: back then, I was slowly flaming out of UBC, finding work (and subsequently leaving work), still fiddling around with my medications for Bipolar I, and taking courses at TRU in Kamloops as I could afford them. friends came and went, but the real ones always kept in touch, new ones were made, and we sometimes (gasp!) we see each other in-person -- sometimes weekly! Japan was revisited, both as a solo journey in 2019 and a trip with friends last December, more of Canada was illuminated and brought to mind, a small slice of America was visited briefly; travel has always been important to me, and the pitiful few countries I've actually been to is a source of mortification when talking to more experienced travelers. I'm hoping in the near future to rectify that shameful f...
