Twenty six years

It’s my birthday – on this day, twenty-six years ago, I came into the world pink and screaming and new, a burden on my parents that I think I have never really repaid. It’s been an interesting time, growing up, I think that I still have an awful lot to do.

Part of Japan for me, a big part of coming here, is living by myself, without relying on my parents or my family to help me the way they have in the past. Even when I was at university and living away from home it was never really like surviving and living a real independent life.

Even if times get hard here I don’t want to have to ask my parents for anything.

I’m twenty-six. I’ve been on this Earth now over a quarter of a century. Yes, that’s still kind of young – but it’s not that young any more. More time spent on the things that I want to be good at, less time spent faffing around with distractions. It’s not like I’m swearing off things like Facebook and the other pursuits that I have online, but I really think it’s time to put down the webpage and move towards doing much more drawing, much more writing, much more of the things that I hope will provide me with a future.

Look up look up higher
And see
Its not as hard as you figured it would be
Now two tons, two tons lighter
Agreed
If it’s alright with you it’s alright with me