January 2022 Update (brisk and to the point)

Happy New Year! Here's some brief blog chatter on a rather brisk January in Japan, then straight on to the deadlines I managed to add here. I hope the year's starting off well for all of you. I've had a relaxing start to it, though a bit too lazy, so it's been a slow climb back towards productive--almost there. I'm going to try and focus on having more fun with the writing this year, which likely