Random. Irony. Stuff. Things.

     Looks like the forecasted Cherry Blossom season has almost arrived in Tokyo, with sites now projecting the last week of March as a possible peak time for viewing. Amidst all the excitement I've been thinking about going to parties in the park with friends and getting pretty pumped for how awesome the whole thing will be...
 that is...if I can get rid of my hay fever.

 Got to see some Japanese Ume (Plum) Blossoms this weekend: Taken at Fussa Station

They're so beautiful and I really hope this isn't what is making me sneeze!

     What truly seems like a cruel trick of fate is the fact that I have spent the past week tearing up, sneezing and coughing uncontrollably due to severe onset of spring allergies. I, for one, am pretty confused, because my allergies in the US where never this bad. After asking around I came to find out that lots of people experience much worse hay fever here for a couple of weeks in early spring due to all the trees planted here after the war causing over-abundances of pollen in the city... Well, oh noes! That doesn't sound good at all!

     It's been so bad the past few days that I've been barely able to go a few minutes without coughing hysterically or wanting to scratch my eyes out. Seriously, it's that miserable. I can't wait for this all to go away! Luckily I did find some medicine that helped me to manage it a bit, but I'll be pretty glad when this couple of weeks is over, and I'm really hoping that's BEFORE cherry blossom viewing because I'm not going to miss that for sure!

     In other news, I had a fairly random day yesterday. Final Fantasy XIII is finally available here in English and I've been looking forward to playing it but I decided not to pick it up until finals are over. It's pretty much guaranteed that once I sit down to play that game I will sink far too much time into it until I've beaten it. Since next semester I'll only be taking one summer class and teaching kindergarten about 30 hours a week, I know I'll have far more time to devote to it. The current semester is nearly over and I have to admit I'm pretty glad because I've been working two jobs, balancing a full time course load, and trying to work on my blog and cosplay documentary at the same time. Honestly, it's way too much! But I just have to make it through April 20th and then things get a whole lot easier. I'll have a lot more time to devote to my photography, this blog, and my other side projects like Cosplay Research Project and all that fun stuff.

     And speaking of the cosplay project, I got to go out to the Air Base in Fussa this past weekend and have a great St. Patrick's Day party with a group of friends that live out there. Julia, one of my cosplaying friends, was a great host and we had a wonderful time. It's been quite some time since I've had Shepard's Pie, Potato Cakes and Guinness! Good stuff! Since she has an oven we were able to cook everything (most traditional Japanese homes/apartments don't have ovens, just FYI).

     Well I suppose that's it for now. More later and here's to hoping that my Hay Fever finally goes away!!!
 Lady Jones

PS: Some photos from my trip to Fussa for you to enjoy!

I tried to guess what this statue is, because it's pretty neat, but sadly there was no sign nearby.

Opposite of Fussa Station

Making potato cakes!

Haruhi Suzumiya as an AWESOME series.

Part of Julia's awesome anime collection. Yay Anime!