I'm off for my first "solo" overseas trip! Going to New Zealand in November for around 2 weeks, and 11 days of that will be with one of Topdeck's NZ trips. I'm pretty excited about it all. This will be the first time going by myself, and not with a friend, family member, or in a group. Also I'll be able to catch up with some of the girls I graduated with who moved to NZ for work. I'm kinda surprised at how cheap it is... the whole thing minus spending money will cost me under $2000.
I've also been thinking about what to do for my 25th birthday next year. Maybe a return to Japan might be on the cards. It'd be pretty cool to celebrate my actual birthday in another country!
Speaking of Japan... I'm enrolling in a beginners Kendo course this week. The course starts on the 7th, and I've been looking forward to going all year. I missed the first semester start cuz I 1) had no money and 2) was out of the country and 3) was starting work. Now that I semi have work under control, I feel more able to start doing some more active hobbies.
Which leads me into the writing portion. I've always wanted to write and publish something! I can see myself as an author on top of everything else. I just have to be in the mood to write! Anyways, since returning from Japan, I've been wanting to write a novel. The Inari-Taisha near Kyoto was an extremely inspiring place, and if I were to write something it would at least in part take place there and involve kitsune and other such spirits... maybe like Spirited Away for a more adult audience? I've always been attracted to the richness of the Shinto belief in spirits and gods.
For now though it's back to poking my nose in 'Shadow of Night' by Deborah Harkness and her world of witches, vampires, alchemy, academics, and history.
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