USER POLL
A recent letter from a reader, let's call it "fan mail," has made me question my intent in writing here. As I replied to the writer, the content expressed in the message won't change the blog in any manner. Even so, it has made me wonder what exactly I should write to keep this journal... flowing.

The truth is, I've been markedly uninspired lately. This, of course, is a result of the absense of drama and confusion in my life. Because I use this blog as an emotional outlet, the content tends to suffer in times of happiness or outside obligation. However, I want to keep writing regularly... especially because I only have (EXACTLY) two months left in Tokyo. Even though I've always maintained that I keep this blog for MYSELF as a chronicle of memory, one thing that has always motivated me to write has been the potential of "reaching" or entertaining an audience.

So as a solution to my Writer's Block, I want to ask you, the readers, your opinion. In the time before I leave Japan and therefore fade again into obscurity, what is it that you want to see/read?

Photographs?
Personal gossip?
Daily life?
Ethnographic essays?
Reflections?
Experiences?
Timelines?

I know that my writing isn't easily classifiable. It is, in fact, unclassifiable prattle in large quantities, as my writer so kindly put it. Nevertheless, I don't consider myself on the same level as the newspeak-writing 13-year-old blog bimbos who chatter about their schooldays in the most inane fashion possible, so I'd like to keep writing... rambling... whatever... and if you'd prefer the same, please tell me what you think.

Thanks in advance for your input. More in the morning.