May 3, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano
I wish that I could spend all of my days creating a fantasy world, then live in it. Create a world full of tall peaks, the tops blurry and white, the bases filled with fields of marigolds. Small streams would run through the meadows, and tiny fairies would play games along the edges. Those same banks would be home to mugwumps and twitterbates, and maybe even a crumple-horned snorcack or two. In the distance, a grand castle would loom, and the occupants would want for nothing, as every week, traders of all kind would come bearing their fine wares. In the summer, a beautiful breeze would blow, ensuring that everyone was warm, and in the winter, everything within the castle walls would be toasty warm from the fires, while the land outside was blanketed with a gorgeous carpet of white snow. The Winters would be short, while the warm winds of late Spring would seem to last forever.
In the city up north, built with the help of the first Alien civilization ever officially encountered, flying cars would ride smoothly along, past tall, white buildings dotted with green plants. Earth would be home to a vast federation of planets living in peace, sharing everything between each other. There would also be no more poverty, drugs, alcohol, or unfaithfulness. Instead, people, happy for the first time, would cultivate relationships deep with meaning and work for the betterment of humanity, of life, of themselves. We would all strive to create future even more rife with possibility than now.
Ahh, yes, I would love to live in that world. If I get a chance to live on another planet sometime soon, I’ll take it! And I will keep blogging through it all, so that as many people as possible can share in my experiences.
Thanks for listening to my rambling. ^^; It’s something that I’ve wanted to get out of my mind and onto “paper” for days. =^.^=
Now, to add some color to this post, I want to share with you some art (mostly chibi doodles) that I’ve done over the past short while. I draw chibis all of the time, because it’s easier to finish one than it is to finish a non-chibi drawing, and it’s an easy way to calm a busy mind.
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April 29, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Continued from ☆ part 13 (^.-)
It’s about time, right?
I have much, much more to tell of this story, and I’m nowhere near done yet!
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April 25, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

While I’m in the process of cleaning out the sludge of two years of mostly-wasted memories, I want to upload a few choice pictures from the last few months!
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April 23, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

It’s a new day, and therefore time for some old pictures, lol! These are pictures that I took during my “long silence” this winter.. Actually, the day before what would have been my 2-year anniversary with you-know-who.
But what simpler way to feel better about yourself than to spend time with friends and pretty flowers? Something that I adore about Japan is the copious amount of flowers that appear every Spring. It’s a bit of a bane to my nose, as I suffer from hayfever (I’m currently dying from lack of breath as I type this), but they’re nice to look at, anyways! In this case though, they’re not cherry blossoms (sakura), but instead plum blossoms (ume)!
To me, they look more-or-less the same. Sometimes I hear people say that plum blossoms are whiter than cherry blossoms, but I’ve seen plenty of white cherry blossoms, and as you’ll see, plenty of dark pink plum blossoms! It all depends on the breed, I think.
And in a few months, just imagine all of the amazing plums that will be hanging from those branches.. Yummmm….
For more information about where I went, and lots of gorgeous pictures, click the link below!!
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April 21, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Welcome to my new apartment! This is where I will start my new, awesome life, with my new and improved self-confidence!! *sparkle*
I’ve also got a new blog layout! It’s just a work-in-progress, but I will continue to improve on it as I go along, and find a layout that I really love. ^^ I would have kept my old one, but it reminded me of a past that I don’t want to remember. The entire time that I was writing this blog, before even the beginning, I was living through the hell that was living with Makoto. (I wrote a lot of good posts though, I think! Don’t worry, they are not going anywhere, ever!)
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April 13, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Hi. Everybody who is reading this probably knows me, at least a little bit.
I moved from America to Japan years ago, and am trying desperately to make it in the manga industry. I want to draw comics. It might be accurate to say that I just want to tell stories, and inspire people. I want to then, one day, help spread the manga art all over the world. I also want to help other countries create their own thriving manga businesses, drawn by their own people. In other words,
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January 20, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Remember a few months ago when I was woken up in the middle of the night by a wailing siren? At the time, I thought that it was a tsunami warning (even though I live too far from the shore for any tsunami to reach me).
However, it turned out to be a fire.. not just a fire, but a HUGE fire! Literally feet away from my apartment, in the apartment house next door! (Read about it here: http://www.jamieism.com/630/japan/tokyo-on-fire)
It was pretty scary! And yet, also fascinating… I was going to say that it was cool, but anything involving a fire and a death is obviously not cool at all. Not in the slightest.
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January 19, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Just a quick pop-in to say.. there are some very unique people in the Big Mikan (Tokyo.. Mikan is the japanese word for a mandarin orange, btw!)
I ran into this… girl(?) in Harajuku just outside the shrine entrance on the 31st. Although I just took this one picture, it will forever live on in infamy.
I’ll try to get some more interesting pictures, but for now, have these more ordinary ones!
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January 16, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

That last post was so depressing!
If I think about it for a long time, I believe that I’ll get through anything. No matter what life throws at me, I’ll get through it, and come out, hopefully, a better person.
Loss, tragedy, betrayal, and more. I don’t think that I’ve been betrayed as badly as a lot of people have. In fact, I have a lot to be thankful for. But there are things, things that I’ve fought hard for, that I’ve lost, or suffered from. It really, really hurts. But I’m the eternal optimist, in such that long-standing suffering is something that I’ll eventually bounce back from.
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January 15, 2012 by Jamie Lynn Lano

A new year, a new channel?
I regret to say that there have been a lot of problems in my personal life recently. The kinds of things that I don’t feel like I can talk about just yet (including loss..)…
That’s why I disappeared for so long.
There are times when I feel like I’m just not as strong as I wanted to think that I am. You know, when just waking up seems like a chore. And just when you feel like you’ve gotten over one thing, yet another one happens. It’s another mountain to scale, another hill to climb. Up, up, up, and then down. Down down down down.
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December 20, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Following up on yesterday’s post…
To be honest, I wish that I’d taken pictures in more of a narrative form, so that I could tell a story. But they’re already taken, so all that I can do is share them! *^^*
The sun had pretty well set by the time we arrived. Where did we head off to? Why, the giant ferris wheel that you can see from all of Odaiba!
Let’s go!
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December 19, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

I wish that I had thought to take better pictures of the whole process to show everyone, but I kind of blacked it out. (I’ve just been so busy lately!) But anyways, last weekend, my good girl friends invited me out to ride the ferry that goes from Asakusa to Odaiba.
Of course my friends are the biggest draw, but I’ve never ridden a ferry in Japan before, so that was huge too! *^^*
Right in front of the ferry loading zone is the new trio, so to speak:
Tokyo Sky Tree (the new Tokyo Tower, it’s not open to the public yet)
The Asahi brewery headquarters. If you look closely, it looks like beer, right? Golden with a head of foam! (It was designed that way XD)
The Golden Poo. Err, the Golden Flame. Yeah.. you be the judge. XD Only Asahi knows what it really is!
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December 18, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Back to the weekly photodump of pictures that have no other place to go!
Did anyone else catch the lunar eclipse last week? I tried to take pictures, which made me realize that I need a tripod and a better zoom lens. Those are now on the list of things that I must buy! *^^*
I do like this photo, though!
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December 16, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

The end of the year in Japan is such a busy time. Bounenkais, or end-of-the-year parties, are all over the place. You have them for work, with schoolmates, with friends, with acquaintances, you name it! Then there’s Christmas, and New Years itself. Plus, of course, all of the work that needs to be finished before the holidays, too!
Kyaaaaaaaaaa!
But, multitasking is my specialty! *^^* A few times over the last week, I found myself in Asakusa.
Smack-dab right in the middle of Tokyo, Asakusa is a huge temple with a big shopping street attached with really pretty japanese things. It’s very touristy in that way, but there’s nothing wrong with that, right? ^^
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December 15, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Actually, to be honest, it feels like too soon.
One day it was Summer, and the next: Winter.
There was no time for Fall in between anywhere. The suddenness of the cold makes it feel a little bit surreal, too. As if a cold, frigid winter is just waiting around the corner.
Maybe it’s a little bit cliche, but somehow… doesn’t this leaf say it all? It’s dead, after all.
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December 14, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

A little while ago, I was invited by my longtime friend Jenya to attend the Tokyo Cosmetic Collection conference.
Here is their official homepage: http://www.cosmetic-collection.jp/
I’ve never been to something like this before, so I was really excited! I thought it would also be a nice change to have some girl-time. *^^*
Jenya was lovely, as always! I, unfortunately, had injured my eyes, so I looked like a monster! LOL I didn’t feel like dressing up, which is why there were no pictures of me.
I’ll make up for it later, promise! *^^*
The event was held in Yokohama Arena, which is a gorgeous place. But we were late, so there wasn’t any time to take pictures outside, unfortunately! ^^;
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December 13, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

Have you ever felt like your life was in a whirlwind?
As if it was passing by without you. As if there were gears moving around you, but nothing that you could do to slow them down.
That’s how I felt at the time that these events were taking place. Not in a bad way, of course! My dream was coming true, but things were just moving really, really fast.
It’s also how I felt this last week, hence the lack of an update. But I’m back on schedule now, come heck or high water! I know it’s frustrating to be waiting for an update, and nothing happens. ;o; Sorry!! 本当に! (“Really!”)
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November 28, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano

If I tell you a story, can you forgive me for not updating?
A week ago, Continue Reading »
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November 23, 2011 by Jamie Lynn Lano
There was a commissions form here, but it’s oooooover! ^^

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