Marc's Japan Adventure

On hiatus

Marc — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:52:25 +0000

Everyone,

This blog is going on hiatus while I try to get my life in order. This return has been the most difficult thing I’ve done and I need to focus on getting my act together. Thanks for reading and commenting. And thank you for joining me on my Japan Adventure. Who knows where my next one will be?

Marc

Half here.

Marc — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:32:21 +0000

It’s wierd, I find myself looking for Asian people around NY, so I can find a Japanese person to talk to. Funny, right? I guess I just want to keep up my language skill and I haven’t spoken it since I got off the plane, really. Soon I’m going to find out about classes.

As far as what’s next, I feel totally lost and adrift. I’m not even sure I want to stay in New York. I feel like I’m half-here, like everything around me isn’t quite real, that it could disappear if I look too hard. I wish I had some sort of solid plan, but I don’t. It’s hard to be back.

I went for a walk today to try to clear my head, and I got some pix of NYC at Christmas.

Slow readjustment…

Marc — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:01:10 +0000

I’m trying to recover after my jet lag, but I find myself getting really sleepy in the middle of the day, and then I can’t sleep at night. My hearing seems to be heightened: I can follow tiny snippets of conversations around me, and I CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYONE, so even the most mundane conversations become intensely fascinating. Today on the train, two people were talking about Christmas gifts and I was hanging on their every word. Strange.

Also, I had brunch with Jon Lackman and Ben Weiss, two of my oldest friends. Here’s a few pix from brunch and the train. Soon, more NYC landmark pix…

NYC.

Marc — Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:33:41 +0000

I’m tired, but here. Right now I’m at my aunt and uncle’s and cousin’s house on Long Island. Thanks, Dahlia, Michael and Noah! I stayed up late last night so I could get a full night’s sleep, but I only managed to get about 6 hours or so. Today I’m going to head into Manhattan with a gift bag of Japanese souvenirs. I’ll be like Hanukkah Harry, dropping in on friends all over the city. If you want to get ahold me of, email.

Detroit.

Marc — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:44:50 +0000

First, I want to thank all of you readers and/or commenters out there. I never felt like I was alone in Japan thanks to your continued support and posting. I’m glad you were able to be with me, and I apologize for the low frequency of updates throughout the year. Thanks. I’ll keep posting to this blog, until I get tired of posting, or you all get tired of reading, whichever comes first.

Now, my first thought as I got on the plane was: boy, there sure are a lot of foreigners. Uhh…wait, that’s me too. Hey, I guess we’re all foreigners. Or Americans. Or whatever-ers. Anyway, I found the free wireless cafe in the Dteriot airport, and I’m responding to all your emails as fast as I can. Customs had a LOOOONG line and I was asked a lot of questions about where I was going and why. But I made it through and didn’t have to go to the “room”, but the French guy in front of me did. Seriously. It’s WIERD to be back, that’s for sure. I’ll post more once I reach the sane, relaxed, environment of NYC at Christmas-time.