I always kept all of my entries public out of some kind of determined vulnerability (the desire to wear my heart on my sleeve) but it's been over two years since I updated here, and in some ways I'm now quite a different, more private, person. So most new entries will still be public, but if you happen to want to read the ramblings of my 15 to 20-year-old self, and the more personal bletherings of the present, leave a comment here and let me know :)

If you're stumbling upon this journal for the first time: hello! Here are five semi-pertinent facts about me: my favourite foods are inari zushi, okonomiyaki, and roasted red pepper pasta; I read a lot of (fan)fiction about guys falling madly in love with one another; I'm hoping to become a Japanese-French-English translator; I think I'm possibly a Gryffindor, even though I always wanted to be a Ravenclaw or a Hufflepuff; and I would like to one day be able to run a marathon.