2025

Things I have done or am doing this year.

travel

Done

  • New Orleans, LA (again)
  • Lewes, DE (again)
  • Greece
    • Athens
    • Meteora / Kalabaka / Kastraki
    • Delphi
    • Arachova
  • Minneapolis, MN (again)
  • Marquette, MI (again)
  • New York, New York (again)
  • Placencia, Belize
  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada (again)

Upcoming

  • Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Holland
    • Amsterdam
    • Rotterdam
  • Orlando, FL (again)

home improvement projects

  • major decluttering / re-organizing
    • 3 new pieces of furniture
      • 1 vintage piece for office
      • 1 vintage piece for main bedroom
      • 1 custom new piece (Etsy) for living room
    • getting rid of plastic
      • coffee maker, coffee grinder, kitchen utensils and bowls, toothbrush heads, throw blankets, linens, duvet
      • dyson air purifiers to clean the air
  • owner bathroom remodel
  • traded old 2011 Nissan Altima (first car) for parents' Mercedes 2018 E300

scuba diving

  • PADI ReActivate course (May 2025)
  • PADI Advanced Open Water certification (June 2025)
  • PADI Invasive Lionfish Tracker certification (June 2025)
  • 4 days of diving in Belize (June 2025)

books

  • この嘘がばれないうちに (Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe) by Kawaguchi Toshikazu
  • まけずぎらいキティ by サク・のぼみ
  • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Edwin Catmull and Amy Wallace
  • Manager's Path, The: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier
  • Staff Engineer's Path, The: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change by Tanya Reilly

manga / comics

  • Blood on the Tracks, vol. 17
  • Gundam: The Origin vols. 7-11
  • X-Gender, vol. 1

movies

  • 新幹線大爆破 (Bullet Train Explosion) (2025)
  • スオミの話をしよう (All About Suomi)
  • 逃走中 THE MOVIE:TOKYO MISSION (Run for the Money: Tokyo Mission)
  • ラストマイル (Last Mile)
  • Conclave
  • Heretic
  • Kings of Egypt
  • Last Breath
  • My Octopus Teacher
  • Once Upon a Crime

TV series

  • 灰羽連盟 (Haibane Renmei)
  • カナーン（Canaan), season 1
  • 極悪女王 (Queen of Villains)
  • 薬屋のひとりごと (The Apothecary Diaries)
  • ライオンの隠れ家 (Light of my Lion), season 1
  • のだめカンタービレ（Nodame Cantabile) (Live Action), season 1
  • 葬送のフリーレン (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End), season 1
  • 私の家政夫のナギさんさん (My Housekeeper Nagisa-san), season 1 + movie
  • 8 Show, The, season 1
  • Adolescence, season 1
  • Bet, season 1
  • Black Mirror, season 7 (in progress)
  • Boyfriend, The, season 1
  • Devil's Plan, The, season 2
  • Marry My Husband, season 1
  • Midnight Mass, season 1
  • Mole, The, seasons 6-7
  • Ranma 1/2 (revamped), season 1
  • Squid Game, season 2
  • White Lotus, The, season 3

video games

  • ファンタシーライフ：グルグルの竜と時をぬすむ少女 (Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time)
  • 428: Shibuya Scramble
  • 1000xResist
  • CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII-REUNION
  • Life is Strange 2
    • The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
  • Star Wars: Jedi Survivor