hatsuna writes sometimes

i’m in a relatively terrible group for my intermediate japanese final project. our task is writing about a pressing social issue in japan, which is going about as well as you can imagine it would given that i’m the most fluent member of my group and i can write at about a first-grade level, give…

…i wish that you would pick up when you know i’m calling. it’s april now, which means i get to treat myself to rewatching one of my favorite pieces of media out there: 四月は君の嘘。i haven’t watched anime in a long time. i think that’s because a part of me still associates it with my former…

it rained today—a proper rainstorm: the kind that makes your sweats cling to the meat of your thighs and soaks through the mesh of your shoes into your socks. i always feel a bit melancholic when it rains, or perhaps i feel a bit nostalgic; it’s hard for me to distinguish between the two feelings,…

/ dermatillomania, blood my picking has been bad lately. my hands are bleeding more often than i’d like, as are my arms. i’m wearing ugly blue gloves right now to curb the urge to pick. i’m writing this entry while i sit with a dull, low ache in my back in the fifth row of…

i’m listening to the free churro episode of bojack horseman as i write this entry. it’s only since coming to college that i’ve learned that most people don’t ritually listen to their favorite shows as background music to help them focus or study or write. i can’t count the number of times i must have…

let’s talk about how good heavy rotation by akb48 is. as i type this, my alarm goes off telling me it’s time to walk to japanese class. the song that plays is yes i’m changing by tame impala, the one tame impala song i regularly listen to and like. this song reminds me of my…

hi, friends. this is my first newsletter. i don’t really understand how wordpress works, so this blog might look a little crazy for the next few days, weeks, or months. but it’ll be good practice for me. i’ve mentioned before that i write for my university, and apparently our articles are uploaded through wordpress, so…