#prejet

[atelierdusoufflereve]

“La jeune fille avait beaucoup grandi cette dernière année, mais elle conservait sa silhouette androgyne. Malo la regardait trottiner pieds nus dans le chemin en pente, bondissant de roche en roche pour éviter les endroits où les petits cailloux étaient trop pointus pour ses plantes de pieds.”

Les Enfants du Souffle-Rêve, Tome 1 - Le Garçon sans pouvoir

Chapitre 1 - La Brûlure de l’oubli

[atelierdusoufflereve]

“...Malo se retourna pour observer les centaines de petits toits d’ardoise et de chaume qui composaient son village. Ils se répandaient jusqu’à la mer, entre deux pans de falaise formant une immense brèche qui peinait à contenir toutes ces habitations. Près de la plage, les tours et les hautes murailles du Fort-Prejet clôturaient l’ensemble et donnaient l’impression d’empêcher toutes ces petites maisons de glisser jusqu’à la mer. Avec son port abritant une cinquantaine de bateaux, sa jetée de pierre terminée par un petit phare, Prejet n’était qu’un modeste village de pêcheurs, mais l’ensemble donnait à Malo une impression d’éternité.”

Les Enfants du Souffle-Rêve, Tome 1 - Le Garçon sans pouvoir

Chapitre 1 - La Brûlure de l’oubli

[atelierdusoufflereve]

Voici une vue de Prejet, le village de Malo.

A découvrir également dans l’épisode 2 des “Enfants du Souffle-Rêve”  (en récit vidéo prochainement...)

[1hourfromsiberia]

@ Chicago Orientation

My mom and I have discovered a Target, a nearby Perkins-type restaurant and a Starbucks, Chipotle and Potbelly. Obviously we haven't gone to ALL of these places but we did go to Target.

A quick inspection of my new laptop tells me I might have to make a return trip there because I do not presently have an SD card slot by which to transfer photos from my camera to my computer, and thus, to this blog.

BUT I have discovered something amazing at breakfast which I took photos of on my phone.

[1hourfromsiberia]

Over the past week or so my keys have been gradually getting lighter and lighter. I think eventually, I'll give my house key to my parents to keep as a spare, too.

But I've decided to keep my June Beetle keychain - he'll go where I go, we'll see some new things together. Maybe get new keys, and go on new adventures. :)

[1hourfromsiberia]

Driving back from the send-off event for JET the other night...

... I still don't really feel as if I'm leaving to go to another country. I've been waiting for it to hit me and it just.. hasn't. I have this strange fear that it will come on all at once, without warning, and completely incapacitate me with nerves and anxiety.

Or it's entirely possible that I will arrive to Tokyo Orientation as calm as...

...what are some calm things...

... coral?

That's the first thing that came to mind.

Coral is calm.

Coral doesn't have a brain. 

I have a bachelor's degree dammit. 

[1hourfromsiberia]

favorite exerpts from the survival guide

"...your room will still get plenty warm, and 

you won’t die. Bonus."

we are really genki today aren't we

"Group sweating is part of your Japanese experience, and getting to drip in your office while everyone moans about the heat is part of the international exchange mentioned in the Exchange part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program."

exchanging sweat, got it

"If you haven’t grasped the fact that Japan is pretty humid, you have not been paying attention, go back to the Introduction and start again. Be prepared for the fact that everything in Japan can grow mold: your futon, your shoes, your clothes, your passport, your walls—nothing is safe"

this sounds distinctly more realistic

[1hourfromsiberia]

oh man

Living in the city has spoiled me. I'm used to driving around at 11pm and listing off several places that I know are open until 1am - sometimes 3. I get incredulous when Caribou closes before 9pm.

Prediction - I'm going to be sharing quite a few unhappy glares with the closing-ATMs.