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June is almost here and it's another time of change, part 52. Every few months since last February it's been one upheaval after another, and nothing's been still and concrete for much longer than...maybe 6 months and that's really a stretch. I've experienced yet more change that tore me down a little in this month, but feel marginally confident that I can somehow pull it back together, for the even bigger change of graduate school and moving again in just a few months.

The heat and humidity in New York make it so unbearable in multiple ways that I can hardly worry about my problems! My lack of sleep thanks to my lack of air conditioning is prompting me with strange inspiration, such as getting up forty five minutes before my alarm after about maybe four hours total of sleep, to pack up my apartment. Whut?

Restaurant review time -- my piano duo partner and friend, Asuka and I went to a restaurant I've been dying to try for months. When looking for Japanese curry places in the city, there were certainly a few places that were just all about CURRY but Yelp discovered Hiroko's Place for me, down on Thompson Street and Spring Street in Soho. Hiroko's Place is pretty much the cutest thing, with a manga and magazine corner and a nice upright. (Sadly they're not looking for a pianist...) It's certainly not what you would expect from "Japanese" -- they specialize more in comfort food that a family would have every day. Between Asuka and I, we had seafood gratin and omu-curry. The few bites of Asuka's seafood gratin were so rich and creamy, and the seafood was actually seafood (real scallops!) and tender. Omu-curry was a brand new concept for me, with an omelette wrapped around rice, and doused in curry. Wow, brain overload for food! Anyway, for the future, some Japanese spaghetti might be nice...