Apartment hunting is a pain in my keester. Today and tomorrow I have five apartment showings lined up - and I just toured the first.

It was, as I'd expected, a bust.

I'd love to live in a tiny one-bedroom with a shared bathroom and kitchen. This house bellowed character, from the kitchen in the basement to the jenkity old furnishings - but I'm not looking for a sketchy-but-character-filled one-bedroom. I'm looking for a tolerable two-bedroom, and this place wasn't it.

But I have to remember, I'll be living in some very interesting places over the next two years. Wherever I end up in Japan, it'll be strange and different; when I get back to the States, if all goes well, I'll be moving to San Fransisco for law school, and will most likely end up in a rickety and very queer little flat somewhere. No doubt I'll have to hide the existence of my cat, Valentine, for a good few years yet.

Here's hoping the other three places I'm seeing today will show more promise, and at least a little bit of character. The place I'm in now is entirely too uninteresting for its own good.

Yer off the edge of the map, boy - here be monsters!

Ferret made me do it XD Get a blogger, I mean. Not much to say except... here I am...!

Narubiryu means 'Eggplant Dragon', by the way. It might be better just not to ask :B