it's not life that matters but the journey...

I sat down to write a really negative message yesterday but decided against posting it. I'm just feeling a bit lonely and worried about the future right now. Things with my husband are fine, and his parents are really great. We're just stressing about money and jobs, and making decisions that are counter to our original plans when we decided to come to Japan. I'll explain more later. For now, I'm applying to lots of jobs, and hoping that something will work out.

I'm surprised to hear myself say this, but I kind of envy all the people who are getting snow. I hated it in Chicago because I had to get out and work and shop in it - and digging out a car is no good. But this time of year, snow is kind of nice, and if we get any at all, it will just be flurries. However, I do feel for all of you in the U.S. east coast area with all the storms. Please stay warm and safe, okay?

Anyway, probably no one cares, but I just read that the sci-fi screenwriter Dan O'Bannon died. Who, you ask? He wrote movies like Alien, Total Recall, Return of the Living Dead and Lifeforce . But he also wrote probably one of the funniest movies ever made, John Carpenter's first low-budget movie called Dark Star . it's probably one of the cheesiest films ever made, and highly worth a watch.

Here's a scene from that movie, in which the main character is trying to fight off the alien, which looks a bit like a giant plastic tomato!