layout is 95% complete, unfortunately i can't figure out how to change the text for (or more ideally, remove completely) the "tags" and "memories" header links:
http://teo-japan.dreamwidth.org/

gonna update the english version of my exchange blog then link it to japanese one; i'll try to make an "i'm leaving soon!" vlog post thing too. i'll be attempting to speak / write / etc ONLY in japanese (or esperanto) as much as possible starting from when i get off the plane, so after this the vlogs will be in japanese (or esperanto if i really need a break).

at this point, even some of the (icelandic) books i originally wanted to keep i just feel like... why bother? if i really want to read icelandic i can do it online. what's stopping me is just that one is a 1940's sherlock holmes translation, the other's a vladimir nabokov translation, so they're kinda rare and stuff (everyone reads in english now)... i'll try to scan them and if i can't manage it i guess i'll keep them. i've never read these books so what's the point of owning them? on the other hand if i do get into icelandic again someday, i can't just find them easily again. those are the only two thoughts battling it out in my head.

i was gonna keep my ratty jacket since it's warm/wool and then realized in sendai it's like 24°C (= swedish summer weather), here it's 14°, and sendai doesn't get down to 14 until a month from now so i'll definitely have time to find a secondhand jacket before it starts getting cold. so i'll just bring a normal pullover and my wool cardigan...