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\"\"<\/a>I did it again! Well, technically I did it back in November, but I still did it! Another journal bites the dust!<\/p>\n

This one was given to me by my Mom and Dad as a way to record my adventures in Japan when I was sixteen. My school district<\/a> had a Japanese program that I participated in during my High School<\/a> years.  We also had a sister school<\/a>, and I spent a couple of weeks in a host family’s home. I was lucky enough to be able to return the favor the next summer, and show Nobu around Michigan<\/a> a bit. Anyway, as I tend to do, I spent more time experiencing the trip than I did writing about it. So, when I rediscovered the journal, only a few pages had been filled.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, it’s not even really a journal. It’s a planner for the 1993\/1994 academic year. It wasn’t tough to modify – I just wrote around the date markers, the entries from my trip, and the various checklists. I made sure to leave some buffer space around my trip journal so that I didn’t ruin my scribbles for posterity.<\/p>\n

At first, I’d tried to turn it into a gaming journal. Myst 3: Exile<\/a>, Myst Online<\/a>, Eve Online<\/a>, and Everquest 2<\/a>. That effort went the way of most of my single-purpose journal efforts, which is to say nowhere. I picked it back up when I’d filled up the last journal, and filled it with quite a bit of Glass Crown, some final Adam’s Name – Detroit edits, and the beginning of the Remembrance rewrite. Looking back, it feels like I stayed incredibly on task through the entire thing.<\/p>\n

Five months to fill its tiny lines and thin, recycled pages.<\/p>\n

On to the next! There are stories to be told!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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