Work sucked as usual. But on my way home, the clouds started breaking up and it turned into a glorious afternoon. I had one of my usual "heart leaping" highs I love to force on myself. Ah, what a wonderful feeling...I was so pumped to come home and take a nap, so pumped in fact that I did the opposite and made a mess of the kitchen throwing together some daifuku.

It's basically glutinous rice flour, water, and sugar cooked to a chewy texture and wrapped around some fruit. I bought the fruit today, made some pastry cream to go with it, and mixed it up! It basically looked like this though not as good. With some bitter green tea, that hit the spot!

Plus I finally made some good quality mitarashi dango yesterday and it was freaking bitchin'. Soooooo tasty.... it's dough balls boiled and then fried, then a sweet soy glaze is poured over them. Delicious. :)

I'm either going to have to marry someone who will put up with my Japan obsession or just marry a Japanese guy. Rina would not approve, since "Asians ugly!" Jeez, that always cracks me up!

OOoh also found this new band called Matenrou Opera that sings a song called "Sara". Aw, if only he was singing about me... ;) It's originally in Japanese, this is the translation.

"Walking, I watched before me
Into the white wind, I breathe out a white sigh
The white body temperature floats up high into the sky
I walk on top of the fallen leaves that have lost their color

Far away, I heard the echoing voice of a bird
The air began to freeze
Time stopped as I began remembering...
Time stopped as my heart closed itself...

You're not here...

Snow scatters atop my closed eyelids
The tears scatter and disappear
The snow piled in my heart
Everything goes silent
The light is pure
And I think of only you

The throbbing in my chest means that surely, I'm still breathing
The sky I looked up at was somewhat far away
My body seems as if it's getting smaller and smaller... disappearing
You, who I love so much....
I think of only you...

My eyes open themselves once again
And I wipe away the tears... yet once again
A morning where you're not in it...
I wonder...
How long will it be until I discover this to be okay?"