August 18, 1 pm ish

I have played with a doll, an astonishing confession, I know, but I felt I must tell you. Please don't think I'm less of a feminist, but not so long ago, in college, I have played with a doll.

While I'm taking a bath, I love to sing. I really like the acoustics in the bathroom. It's also really cool to sing while your ears are under water. I actually love to sing anytime I'm alone, or with someone who I'm not embarrassed in front of, and in the bathtub, I can sing really loudly & think no one hears me. I know that's not true - whole small countries have expressed surprise - but I go on anyway, pretending. Like when I was litle & used to hide by covering my eyes. Not singing past where you can't hear me singing. Sometimes I go & sing in the empty tub, just for the sound of it. While I'm taking a bath, I love to sing.

I practiced the writing style of Kanji. A strange third confession, it's true, but when I would write Kanji, I would not only pay attention to the arrangement of the radicals, but their balance and stylistics. And of course to the requisite stroke order. Unless I'd memorized the stroke order correctly, my sensei would've had a stroke. The result is that I appreciate the overall composition of a character. Kanji no kakikata wo renshuu shimashita. I practiced the writing style of Kanji.