Back...sorta

See the animal in it's cage that you built,
Are you sure which side you're on?
Better not look too closely in the end,
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the saftey of the life you have built,
Everything where it belongs.
Feel the hollowness inside of your home,
and it's all...right where it belongs.

What if everything around you...isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know...is an elaborate dream?
If you look at your reflection...is that all you want to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks...
Would you find yourself...find yourself afraid to see?

What if all the world's inside of your head?
Just creations of your own?
The devils and your gods all the living and the dead,
And you really are alone.
You can live in this illusion,
You can choose to believe.
You keep looking but you can't find the words,
Now you're hiding in a dream.

What if everything around you...isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you used to know...is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection...is that all you want to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks?
Would you find yourself...find yourself afraid to see?

--"Right Where it Belongs" from Nine Inch Nails' "With Teeth".

Well, the winter has ended (I think) and the spring starts next week or so when the cherry blossoms in Hirosaki bloom. So right now both the season and the life of JETs are in a transitional period. School has started but because of mandatory introduction stuff there aren't too many classes at the moment. So while it's nice to be teaching again there's also a lot of boredom afloat at the work place.

Wrote a review for Atlus' Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2. A game that's taught me a decent bit about buddhism and provided me with one of the most interesting stories that I'll remember for a long long time.


Mt. Iwake during the final months of winter.