hagbardceline

Well this is officialy, and at long last, my last day in Japan, and under the auspices of the US Navy whom I'd endentured myself to these last four years! The prospect of never again having to request permission to go ashore is like the waking from a particularly long dream -- I don't want to sound ungracious, it isn't that I'm not glad I...
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I thought that I had cancelled my subscription months ago, and found rejoining not as complicated as I'd expected.... I guess I'll try to make up for lost time in the weeks to come. And maybe when I'm back in the states in a couple of days and the text boxes are no longer in kanji I can figure out how to load a picture...
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a hearty hello to anyone who finds themselves reading this.

a bit about myself by way of introduction i'm guessing is appropriate, this being my first entry, and all:

i'm origionally from the portland area, although i'm currently residing in japan. i wish i could say that i'm here under different circumstances, but i'm stationed here onboard a destroyer in the united states navy. i'm...
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