I'm back in my toasty little room in freezing Tokyo, after 8 plane rides (todays flight [and subsequent Kichijoji otsukare dinner] was made easier with the sweet company of Kat and Darin who I caught up with in Bangkok), 54 flight hours, 3 countries, lots of beer and wayyyy too much good food, 2 years worth of belated hugs, lots of gossip and giggling, lots of late night long conversations, lots of thinking, lots of adventures, lots of beach time, and a fair bit of groaning about my horrible 2004 and how my life really must become my own again. Oh and some 1500+ spams in my inbox.

I'm happy to be back, ready to start afresh and planning some big changes. Will be putting up a truckload of galleries and stories in the coming weeks but have a lot on my plate so progress may be slow...

And now, I simply must go curl up and sleep in my very own comfy futon. Mmmmm. Tadaima.

PS I will reply to all emails tomorrow, I promise. Thanks to everyone who checked that I wasn't washed away in the tsunami.