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)