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Hey man, it's going good. How've you been? Haven't been on the anime scene much over the past few years but I've been getting back into it and going to cons!

Smooch~

Grad school in the Arts is hard, government doesn't like funding it so I sympathize (granted science is taking a hit too). If you don't mind me asking, how're the bills being paid these days? Lol, I think I've reached that stage where I'm finding comfort in things I used to enjoy. Went for years without much anime and now I'm subscribing to some streaming services and even playing some visual novels. That's just how the cookie crumbles.

These days with nothing to do and being indoors all the time, some people just want a nice conspiracy theory to go all chaotic y'know? I'm still hacking away at the PhD. Had some highs the last few years, but some very low lows - I've joined the ranks of the depressed grad student I vowed to never become a part of, but things are looking up now a little. I am still getting paid so I don't want out immediately into this job market (hopefully things improve in a year).

Canucks have learnt the way of crazy from down south my guy. Insane protests everyday in the big cities about everything. MAL is the same with the comment system being an utter failure, at least that part of life never changes. Are you working in translations?

It's been five years. How's it going, dude?

Welp, I reply late too lol.

Hmm, I see what you mean. If you think you can do better and got a plan to make your experience turn into something more definitely go for it. And I ended up joining that lab that I liked. Now to do some good research and hopefully publish some papers. Bio is definitely not for everyone, but then you could say that about any field of study. I would have liked to study history and make a career out of it but it's not easy and I really wouldn't know the first thing about making connections in that field.

Oh yeah what is your ID? (my line id is my real full name lol....haha)

Yeah I will. I will probably stay for 3 years.

And I hope I pass it my first time...ahaha.

All Tokyo JETs teach high school.

And no I would totally meet up with you guys! Just let me know.

Yeah it is my first year. And I am actually in Tokyo Prefecture lol (there are like 300 or so Tokyo JETs now because they expanded the program for the Olympics I guess).

And nice! I am thinking of taking N2 next summer. I still have a long way to go...haha.

Working for crunchyroll would be cool. Do you know how much they pay for translating a weekly show?

Yep I am a JET ahha.

Are you taking N2? Good luck! And it is so cold... D:

My goal is similar to yours, but I also lack faith in my abilities. Also I am a pretty pessimistic person in general ahah. Like...even attaining N1 won't necessarily open up roads to translation. You have to also be a good writer, and get things to flow and make things equivalent when they won't translate cleanly etc...

For now I just want to live here and improve my Japanese. I guess I will see what the future holds in a few years ahha.

That is kind of my goal too. Stay for a few years and hopefully get good enough at Japanese to escape being an ALT. If not, maybe something at home will turn up. I am from Texas so I feel you on those temperatures.

Dang, must be pretty frustrating. Did you always find the job frustrating or did you only come to not like teaching anymore recently? Or is it that you're missing your friends and fam? I know I kinda miss them now even though I'm only 2 hours' drive away and it's only been 2 months since I moved out haha.

I pretty much hated the first lab that I worked in and I think the feeling was mutual. It was a much different field than I was used to (biology gets freaking diverse) and the people and I didn't gel. I like my current lab much better and would like to stay here. I have one more 5 week rotation to go through after I'm done here though, so there's still time before I settle.

Hmm I'm not sure tbh. At least a year or so maybe a few. But the novelty has worn off and I am not sure if I can see myself living here long term. What about you?

I don't dislike it lol, but I need some time to get used to it.

Last year? I thought you were only spending one in Japan. But then again you told me you moved there who knows when so my memory's fuzzy. Heard it was hard to make friends in Japan since the locals tend to treat you as free English lessons, is that true? Grad school is going alright. There's a rotation system for me to try my hands at various labs before settling down with one so it's nice that I don't get tied down with one project until I get one that seems promising.