Tadaima.
Tadaima.
Tadaima
A place to jot down the random stuff that pops in my head. Tadaima is Japanese for "I'm home!" or "I'm here!". It's also a great album by Akiko Yano.
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The other day I was helping a client with a Shopify site. She wanted the layout in a particular way and provided mockups, but as I was setting it up, I realized her mockup didn't match any of the available layouts. That meant I would...
Like most people, I've been growing increasingly concerned about microplastics. I don't think I started taking the fear mongering seriously until that 2024 study said we all needed to throw out our black plastic spatulas now. I remember...
I finally reached Level 5 on Dreaming Spanish (600-ish hours), and to celebrate, here's a list of some Spanish words I like at the moment: Conquistar This word means exactly what you think it means, however it's used in place of "winning...
I don't like doing a lot of things, but sometimes I just do things because I know I'll get an amusing anecdote from it. In fact, that's my main motivation for most things. Sure I might be miserable, and sure I might be surrounded by...
I'm not pretentious when it comes to coffee. I like it slightly weak and bitter with a ton of milk or cream in it, and that's it. Go to any cafe in America and this is the kind of coffee you find: drip coffee, bitter but weak, with a...
I'm not a high maintenance girl, cause high maintenance costs money. I sometimes watch those videos on YouTube of girls showing off their monthly "self-care routines" and it's honestly insane. Although I have to admit, there is a part of...
A month ago I was in Asia on a long trip, and so I was excited to see some temples. Temples are huge tourist attractions, especially in Thailand, but not all of them are equal (or so I've learned). Although these were legit holy spaces...
A few months ago I was getting ready for a trip by doing what I normally do: fill my e-reader full of new books. The trip included a very long journey on a train, so I wanted to make sure I had plenty to read (another reason why I prefer...
Everyone talks about how people are lonely because they're missing a "third place." I grew up in a town where the only "third place" was either church or the mall, but lately my town has been making more of an effort to get people to...
My friend and I have a theory that when you rent an apartment, it starts going downhill after two years. Everything usually starts off well (the building is nice and clean, the amenities are good, the maintenance team is responsive, the...
If I didn't go to college and major in something "important" (whatever that means), I would be a train or subway conductor. I don't know why, but I always imagined it would be interesting. I'm sure it's just like any other job, but every...
I've done more shopping within the past few weeks than I've done in the past few years. I'm not a huge shopper. I don't like looking through racks of clothes and then trying things on and then (the worst part) making decisions. I'm the...
Everyone in my life (including myself) has experienced one "big death" in their life, the kind that changes everything. Something I've noticed is that, whenever the dead person's name comes up, people start asking these hypothetical...
There's a telenovela I started watching called Las hijas de la señora García. My Spanish still isn't that great yet, so I mainly enjoy it because it's a show I can actually understand. The storylines are rather simplistic and...
Being consistent and sticking with a routine is something I only seriously started doing like a year ago. For most of my life I would start things with insane enthusiasm, to the point that it would take up all my time and mental space....