2024
What I have done or am doing in 2024.
travel
- England
- London
- Cotswolds
- Bath
- Stonehenge
- Japan
- Fukuoka
- Kobe (again)
- Kumamoto
- Kyoto (again)
- Nagasaki
- Osaka (again)
- Otaki, Nagano
- Tokyo (again)
- Philippines
- Panglao, Bohol
- South Korea
- Incheon, Seoul, Unseo (~2 days)
- USA
- Marquette, MI (again)
- New York, New York (again) x3
- New Orleans, LA
- Portland, OR
- San Diego, CA (again)
misc.
- Scuba Diving!
- Locations: La Jolla / San Diego, CA, USA; Panglao / Bohol (PH)
- Certifications
- Open Water Diver (November)
- Advanced Open Water Diver? (December)
- Enriched Air Diver? (December)
- Volunteering
- Cherry Blossom 10 miler / 5k merchandise booth (April)
- Agricultural work and English exchange (October)
- HOA Board (3rd year)
- Blood donations
- June, September
video games
- Horizon: Forbidden West
- Short Hike, A (日本語)
- Space for the Unbound, A
- Super Mario 64 (日本語)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
books - fiction
- Abaddan's Gate (The Expanse #3) by James S.A. Corey
- Babel by R.F. Kuang
- Blindsight by Peter Watts
- Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) by James S.A. Corey
- Churn, The (An Expanse novella) by James S.A. Corey
- Death's End by Cixin Liu
- Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
- コーヒーが冷めないうちに #1 (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
books - non-fiction
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nogaski and Amelia Nagasaki
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann (in progress)
- Effective Engineer, The by Eduard Lau (in progress)
- Essential Effects by Adam Rosien
- How to Master Japanese: A Linguist's Guide to Fluent, Functional, Marketable Japanese by Shane Jones (in progress)
- Hundred Years War on Palestine, The: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
- Onomatopoeia Friends: Illustrated book of Japanese onomatopoeic characters by Tanaka
- Souls of Black Folk, The by W.E.B. DuBois
comics
- Blood on the Tracks, vols. 15-16
- Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin, vol. 4-6 by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
- SPYxFAMILY, vol. 1
- おやすみプンプン (Goodnight Punpun), omnibus vol. 1 by Asano Into
- ハイキュー!!(Haikyu!!) vol. 1 by Taku Kishimoto
- 君に届け (Kimi ni Todoke), vol. 1
- よつばと!vols. 4-6 (again, 日本語で)
- ルックバック (Look Back) by Tatsuki Fujimoto
tv shows
- Black Mirror, seasons 4-5
- Foundation, seasons 1-2
- Devil's Plan, The, season 1
- Kamen Rider GEATS, eps. 1-8
- Killing Eve, season 1
- League of Legends: Arcane, season 2
- Pachinko, season 1
- PLUTO, season 1
- Ripley, season 1
- Run for the money: 逃走中, Netflix "season 1" (again)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, season 1
- Survival of the Thickest, season 1
- 異世界おじさん (Uncle from Another World), season 1
- 神の雫 (Drops of God), season 1
- 君に届け (From Me to You), live action, season 1
- キャロル&チューズデイ (Carole & Tuesday), season 1
- 賭ケグルイ (Kakegurui, live action), seasons 1-2
- 賭ケグルイ・ツイン (Kakegurui Twin, anime), season 1
- カルテット, season 1
- コタローは1人暮らし (Kotaro Lives Alone), season 1
- 御手洗家、炎上する (Burn the House Down), live action, season 1
- 蟲師 (Mushi-shi), season 1
- 逃走中 Battle Royal (Run for the Money), season 1 Netflix
movies
- American Fiction
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Dolores
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III: The Advent
- Bombshell
- Drive My Car
- Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
- I, Tonya
- John Wick
- John Wick 2
- John Wick 3
- Kill Bill, vol. 1 (again)
- Kill Bill, vol. 2 (again)
- Knives Out (again)
- Knives Out: The Glass Onion (again)
- Late Night with the Devil
- Matrix, The (again)
- Matrix, The: Reloaded
- Matrix, The: Revolutions
- Matrix, The: Resurrections
- Past Lives
- Rebuild of Evangelion: Evangelion 1.0 You are (not) alone
- Rebuild of Evangelion: Evangelion 2.o You can (not) advance
- Rebuild of Evangelion: Evangelion 3.0 You can (not redo
- Rebuild of Evangelion: Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice upon a Time
- SpyXFamily: Code White
- Super Mario Bros. Movie, The
- 雨を告げる漂流団地 (Drifting Home)
- 違国日記 (Diary of a Strange Land)
- 大きなる不在 (Great Absence)
- 詩季織々(Flavors of Youth)
- すずめ (Suzume)
- 賭ケグルイ 1 (Kakegurui 1st movie)
- 賭ケグルイ2 (Kakegurui 2nd movie)
- 九十歳。何がめでたい (I'm 90 years old, so what?)
- レイデイ加賀 (The Great Okami)
- 東京物語 (Tokyo Story)