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The Depressed Reader
My thoughts and musings on what I read as I try to find a way back to happiness.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish
The Depressed Reader ― It has been a while since I started this blog. My first post was on June 26th last year, and I originally imagined that it would be a series of book reports written as I tried to mine a little happiness from each book that I ready. It started out... (more)
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Posted on Sep 1st, 2011
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Japan by Night
The Depressed Reader ― In my last post I was complaining about trouble getting to sleep. I am still having that trouble, but I am learning to manage it. A few weeks ago I was going to bed a bit after midnight and then tossing and turning, turning the light on, reading for... (more)
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Posted on Aug 15th, 2011
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A quiet evening
The Depressed Reader ― Sunday evening has rolled around again. It is almost midnight as I write this. Today has been humid and rainy, and the city is quiet, the usual calm before the week starts again tomorrow morning. I went for a short run earlier, and while it was a bit... (more)
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Posted on Aug 1st, 2011
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Sunday Night / Zombies
The Depressed Reader ― Well, Monday morning, to be precise. But I thought I should probably try to get back into my habit of Sunday night posting. This week has been a long one, filled with confusion, weariness, and not enough sleep. But I got through it, and am ready to... (more)
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Posted on Jul 25th, 2011
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Hitting a wall
The Depressed Reader ― I've been feeling low recently. I feel like I'm in a fog. My memory feels worse than usual, and I have a bunch of things I want to do, but I can't seem to motivate myself to get things done. On a deeper level, there are things I know I need to do to... (more)
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Posted on Jul 19th, 2011
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The Graveyard Post
The Depressed Reader ― I was introduced to Neil Gaiman by a university friend back in the 90s, and really enjoyed his Sandman series of graphic novels. While most of the details of the plot have slipped from my mind, the feeling of being transported away to a world of... (more)
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Posted on Jul 11th, 2011
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Another Dawn
The Depressed Reader ― A year ago I thought this was a sight I would never see again, that I had seen my last Fuji sunrise. But it was not. I managed to get my depression and anxiety somewhat under control, and so didn't leave Japan. Fuji is still here, and so am I.I'm... (more)
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Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
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What do we say to the god of death?
The Depressed Reader ― I just got through watching the first season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, it was a lot of fun. I was really big on fantasy when I was a teenager, reading a lot of D&D related books, Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings,... (more)
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Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
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Library stamps
The Depressed Reader ― The other day I went down to the local library and wandered around looking for a book. I eventually settled on Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. I’d read it once before, at least six or seven years ago, and I thought I might take another trip through... (more)
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Posted on Jun 19th, 2011
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18k / Lists
The Depressed Reader ― It is Friday here in Tokyo. The rainy season has come, and it was raining for most of the day yesterday. But today was nice so I went out for a run. It was a bit humid but I went anyway. At first it felt kind of heavy, and I have had some foot pain... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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Memory
The Depressed Reader ― I am not quite sure what happened to my memory. I am barely in my mid-30s, but things just don’t seem to stick anymore. My memory has never been particularly great, but these days especially, everything seems to just go in one ear and out the other... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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Barefoot in the Sunshine
The Depressed Reader ― Tokyo had a lot of nice weather recently. The sun was warm but not hot, the humidity of the rainy season hasn’t come yet. The warm weather recently indicates we are probably in for another very hot summer, one that will probably come with blackouts... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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Born to Run
The Depressed Reader ― “The real reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other.. but to be with each other.”-- Christopher McDougall, Born to RunI have never liked sport. I’ve never liked watching it, doing it, or reading about it. I’m not terribly well... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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Pets and their passing
The Depressed Reader ― In recent months a few bloggers have posted pet-related stories. Snowbrush posted about the death of his dog Baxter, and getting a new cat called Brewsky. Similarly, Stephi has written and posted some pictures about Milo, a new young cat (who turned... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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Anzac Day
The Depressed Reader ― This past Monday, April 25th, was Anzac Day in Australia. Anzac Day is a public holiday, the anniversary of the 1915 landings in Gallipoli in Turkey during world war one. British, Australian, New Zealand, and other allied troops invaded Turkey in an... (more)
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Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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