Recently I’ve been reviving old project ideas and writing down more ideas rather than ignoring them and letting them disappear into forgetfulness. This is a good thing. This is by virtue of a new notebook I purchased with the full intention of writing every little idea down rather than writing only the thoughts that survive my perfectionistic mental filter. In addition, the girl and I have been in an Asian mood. She made a Zen garden display case and I’ve been reading about Japanese gardens and coming up with related ideas of my own. I’ve been writing down ideas for indoor Zen fountains. We ate at the Sushi Station the other day. I had shrimp sushi and the girl had veggie rolls. We shared gyoza and plum wine and hot sake. We browsed the Indoor Garden store for bamboo and Zen artifacts. In a cheesier move, I bought some chopsticks to use while eating my ramen noodles. Just more little moves to reinforce my Asian move. I’ve been working recently on a new page for my Asian notebook. My previous dilemma had been the failure to create my own red seal, but I’ve been researching more intensely to solve this issue. My mind is whirling with terms like tensho, katakana, kanji, inkan, hanko, etc, etc. I’ve organized a playlist of nice ambient music, some from the Solaris soundtrack, some from the Animatrix soundtrack, and a few odds and ends from elsewhere. Not that I intend to cut this short, but I’m actually more interested in finalizing my red Japanese seal right now than continuing to ramble in an entry no one will be reading much less responding to. So I’ll leave you with the impression that I’m being a bit more productive than usual and quite enthused about the fact.