The Birthday Cake

I’m happy to report I got a short story called “The Birthday Cake” in issue 2 of Lit Shark. You can read it here. There’s[…]

The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge

There are certain shows I like to watch when I don’t particularly feel like thinking too much, which is not to say the shows are[…]

Standing Up

I’m really happy to announce I had a flash fiction piece published on the Lorelei Signal website. For this story, I wanted to change the[…]

The Anchor

I’m extremely happy to say I have a short story being read on a podcast called “Kaidankai.” If you have a minute, please give it[…]

Alchemy of Souls

While my main focus is on Japanese dramas, every now and then the story of a Korean drama will catch my interest. It wasn’t until[…]

Surviving Disney Sea in the heat

In July, I joined thousands of people who decided the increasingly insane heat of Japan’s summers wouldn’t stop them from enjoying a Disney theme park.[…]

“Change for your man”?

If I may be allowed a quick rant: I once ran across a meme that gave alternate titles to Disney movie, such as “Beauty and[…]

Tatsuya Kitani

I’m a huge fan of the manga and anime called Bleach, though I know it follows the same patterns of just about every “boy’s action”[…]

Fear of those who are different

I’m going to get on a soap box for this entry and propose a theory about why people are scared of those who are different[…]

Getting a haircut in Japan

I have brown, wavy hair that I have spent most of my life not thinking much about. In high school and college I’d usually put[…]